The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-22
A BODY GUARD PROVIDED
The Bill to Repeal War Taxes ID
Also Passed.
1T GOES THROUGH WITHOUT DIVISION
Patterson Of Colorado ForcefuIIy Opposed The
Bill to Protect the President and Fair
banks Advocated II. Amend
ments Voted Down,
ments Voted Down.
(By the Associated Press.)

10y IIlG AooONtdlSO LNoSsJ
Washington, March Z1.-Two import
ant measures were passed by the Senate
today, the bill for the repeal of the War
Revenue Taxes and that for the protcc-
tion CT the President of the United
States.
The revenue reduction bill was passed
without division and after only one short
speech, Mr.. Tillman, embraced the op-
portunity afforded by the bills consid
Grafton to protect again the repeal of the
duty of ten cents a pound upon tea.
The owners of tea teas now in this coun-
try in bond, Mr.. Tilman said, would get
the benefit OF the removal of the duty
to the amount of $4,000, 900. Since the
duty had been levied upon the tea the
United States had been receiving a bet
ter quality Of tea, which had been sup
piled to the people at no increase, he
said, that the experiment of tea culture
was being made in South Carolina and he
believed it would be successful This
was "baby industry, and really need
ed the protection. This was the tea cui~
tue industry gave occupation to many
colored children and might do much
other good.
The bill for the protection of Presi-
dent was under consideration the greater
part of the session. M Patterson, of
Colorado, made an extended speech in
opposition to it, and Mr.. Fairbanks, of
Indiana. advocated it in forceful ad-
dress.
,En 49,
Morgan, Mallory, TelIe, McLaurip.
(Miss.), and McCumber, North Da-
kota), and rejected.
The substitutes offered by Senators
Culberson, Bacon and Patterson were
rejected.
The bill then was passed So to Is as
follc VS.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever-
idge, Burnham. Burrows, Burton. Clark,
.(Mort), Clark, CWyoming), Cockrell,
Cullom, Deboe. Depew, Dillingham;, Dry
den, Dubois. Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster, Oouisiana); Foster, washing
toni; Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gibson.
Hanna, Hansbrough Harris, Hawley.
Heitfeld. Hoar. Kearns. Kittridge.
Lodge, McComas, Mcmillan, Martin,
Mitchell, Nelson, Perkins, Platt,
(Corn); Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles.
Scott, Simmons, Spconer,, Stewart, Tel
Ter. Vest Warren, Wetmore-52.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Carmack, Clay McCumber,
Mallory, Patterson, Pettus, lRawlins,
Taliafaro Tilman, Wellinton-1b.
The bill provides that any person with
in the United States who shall Wilfully
and maliciously kill the President or any
officer on whom the duties of President
may devclve. or any sovereign of for
eign country, or shall attempt to kill
any of the persons named. shall suffer
death; that any person who shall aid,
abet, advise or counsel the killing of any
of the persons named, or shall conspire
to accomplish their death, shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding twenty years;
that any person who shall threaten to
kill or advise or counsel to kill the Pres
ident. or any official on whom the duties
of President may devolve shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding ten years; that
any person who shall wilfully aid in the
escape of any person guilty of any of
the offences mentioned shall he deemed
an accomplice and shall be punished as
a principal. The Secretary of War is
to detail from the regular army
a guard of officers and men to protect
the President, without any unnecessary
display and the Secretary is authorized
to make regulations as to the dress,
arms and equipments and duty of such
guard.