The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-03-27
WASADAY OF ACTION
Senate and House Adopt Important
Measures.

Washington, March 22.-Two impor-
tant measures were passed by the SEN
ate Friday, the bill for the repeal of
the war revenue taxes and that for the
protection of the president of the
United States. The revenue bill was
passed without division and after only
one short speech. Senator Tillman en-
braced the opportunity afforded by the
bills consideration to protest against
the repeal of the duty of ten cents a
pound upon tea.
The bill for the protection of the
president was under discussion during
the greater part of the session. Sem
ator Patterson Coli made an extend
ed speech in opposition to it and Sem
ator Fairbanks Qnd.) supported it. All
amendments to the measure were re-
jected and it was passed by vote of
81 to Is.
Its Provisions.
The bill provides that any person within
the United States who shall wilfully and
malciously kill the president or any off,
Ger on whom the duties of president may
devolve, or any sovereign of a foreign
country, or shall attempt to kill any of the
persons named. shall suffer death; that any
person who shall aid, abet, advise or coun-
sci the killing of any of the persons named,
or shall conspire to accomplish their death,
shall be imprisoned not exceeding 20 years;
that any person who shall threaten to kill
or advise or counsel another to kill the
president, or any official on whom the du-
ties OF president may devolve, shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding ten years; that any
person who shall wilfully aid in the es-
cape of any person guilty of any of the
offenses mentioned shall be deemed an &C.
complete and shall be punished as a prin-
cipal. The secretary of war is directed to
detail from the regular army guard of
officers and men to protect the president,
without any unnecessary display" and
the secretary Is authorized to make regu-
lations as to the dress, arms and equip
ment of such guard.
House.
Washington, March 22.-The house
on Friday passed the river and harbor
bill, which has been under considera-
ton throughout the week. Although
several minor amendments were
adopted, not single dollar was added
to the measure, and, as passed, it car
ried exactly what it did when it came
from the committee-$60,6S s,267, in
Guiding authorizations. Mr.. Sulzer IN.
" attempted to force record vote
on the final passage of the bill, but
only three members-Messrs. Smith
Qa.), Fitzgerald IN. W and Cochran
(Mo.) supported him.
Protest from Gompers.
Washington, March %. - Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has sent to the
senate protest against the "conspir-
acy" or anti-injunction bill as reported
to the senate on the 18th inst. by the
that when the bill was first reported
February sit was received by all par
ties in interest as measure calculated
to right wrong too long endured"
This feeling, however, was rudely
changed, he says, by the latest report.
He quoted the opinion of an attorney
to the effect that the bill as now re-
ported sis completely subversive of all
principles of liberty" and added: "Or-
ganized labor seeks no immunity from
the law applicable to all other citizens
and people of our country, but must
insist that those things which are legal
when performed by other citizens
ought not to be illegal when performed
by members of organized labor, and it
was to recover those rights to the
members of organized labor that the
original bill was drafted" He con-
cludes by saying that the labor inter-
ests would prefer the defeat of the
bill as amended to its passage. He,
however, asks that the original bill be
favorably acted upon.