The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-02
A MILITARY GUARD
SENATORS ADVOCATE ONE FOR
PRESIDENT.
DETECTIVE FORCE A FAILURE.
THREE PRESIDENTS MURDERED
SINCE 1T WAS INSTITUTED.

Hoar of Massachusetts and Pettus
of Alabama AdvOte the Measure.
Bacon and Clay OF Georgia Sup
ported Irrigation Bill, Which Was
Passed-Mr. bacon Spoke of the
Importance of the savannah
River to Commercials. Turner
SuEar-cOats His Resolution.
Washington, March considerable
important business was disposed of by
the Senate to-day. What is known as
the omnibus claims bill and the meas
ure providing for the irrigation of pub
lie lands were passed, the conference
report on the Philippine tariff bill was
agreed to and the shipping bill was
made the unfinished business.
Soon after the Senate convened Mr..
Turner of Washington announced that
after consideration he had concluded
that his resolution offered yesterday
ought properly to be referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
The resolution declared, in brief, that
the presiding officer Of the Senate had
no authority to eliminate from the roll
calls of the Senate the name of any
member of the body.
The present occupant of the chair
(Mr. Frye, he said, had made a state
ment concerning recent occurrences in
the Senate in the course of which he
did me the high honor to apologize to
me for not entertaining an appeal
which 1 had taken from his decision"
Mr.. Turner said that as the Senate
was about to attend the memorial ser
vices to the late President Mckinley
he was prevented from making ac-
acknowledgement of the kindly and court
eous act of the chair. He desired now
to make such acknowledgment, al
though he felt that the apology of the
chair was unnecessary.
He desired, ne said, to express his
deep sensibility of the act of the chair
and to say that he appreciated it high
~. He was pleased to make this state
ment. and he wished the chair to un-
derstand that his resolution had not
been drawn in any spirit of personal
hostility to that officer
The resolution was then referred to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tiOns.
The protest of Senator Tillman pre-
scented Thursday was referred to the
same committee.
To Protect the President.
The bin for the protection of the Pres
ident o. the United States was laid
before the Senate.
Mr. Hoar said it seemed to the COM
mittee that for many obvious reasons
any attempt to kill the President ought
10 be taken cognizance of by the fed
eral courts, rather than by the state
courts.
Relative to section of the bill, d.
recting that the Secretary of War
should provide a military guard for
the protection of the President, he
thought all careful observers must
agree that the detective police, upon
which dependence was now had, had
not accomplished its purpose upon at
least three important occasions. The
purpose of the provision was to make
some officer OF the government re-
sponsble for the protection of the
President.
Mr. Pettus of Alabama maintained
that the military guard ought to be
provided. He expressed his conviction
that IL there had been a military
guard of ordinary proportions not one
CT the presidential assassinations
would have occurred. Perfect protec-
tioni he thought, was not possible, but
he remarked sarcastically that the
only blow struck for the life of the
President at Buffalo was struck by u
negro
Such a situation would scarcely
have been possible if a proper mill
tary guard had been provided. The
bill was laid aside without action and
consideration was resumed of the irri-
cation bill.
Messrs. Bacon and Clay OF Georgia
and others supported the measure.
Mr.. Bacon spoke of the Importance OF
the Savannah river to commerce and
cordially approved of the project of
irrigation provided by the pending
bill. Mr.. Clay s>id that as a matter
of justice the bill ought to be passed.
Mr.. Tiliman of South Carolina sup
ported the bill and in the course of
his remarks referred to some state
ments made by ex-senator Carter of
Montana when he talked the river and
harbor bill to death in the last Con-
gress.
(which We're not true" interjected
Mr.. Berry of Arkansas.
I'm afraid" said Senator Tillman,
that my friend from Arkansas will
get into the same trouble l was in re-
Gently If he isn't more parliamentary.
The bill was passed without a roll
call, the sentiment in favor of it be-
ing unanimous.
After some further business the
Senate adjourned
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