Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-03-06
THE SHIPPING BILL.
Final Vote on II viii Be Taken IN the Senate Mex
Munday-Ths House.
SENATE.

Washington, March 6.-Frye asked
unanimous consent that the final vote
upon the shipping bill and all amend
ments be taken on Monday, March IT,
at 8 p. m. The senate agreed to the re-
quest.
Bacon, Georgia, member of the judi
ciary committee, then discussed the
bill for the protection Of the president.
He paid high tribute to President
Mckinley. Bacon believed the pro-
posed law unnecessary, said that 1t
did not provide a more certain pun
ishment for an assassin than provided
new in the state laws.
Bacon said the bill was practically an
enlargement of the law of treason and
proposed to make treason of something
that, under the constitution, was not
treason.
Patterson, Colorado, suggested that
a most embarrassing situation would
have arisen had the assassination OF
President Mckinley, for instance, oc-
Cured in the state Of Iowa, where cap
ital punishment is not permissible 1t
would have resulted, he believed, in
the state being disgraced by mob law
as no American community, he thought
would have been satisfied with mere
imprisonment for the assassination of
President Mckinley. He agreed with
the main purposes Of the BILL
Hoar interrupted to say that the
pending bill was proper because the
assassination or attempted assassina-
ton of the president was an Interrupt
ton of government and it was vitality
important to government that such in
terruption should not occur.
Bacon urged that the bill at least
ought to be amended in accordance
with his proposition already offered, SO
II should be shown that the crime was
committed against the president be
cause Of his official position or for
purpose of destroying the government
or impairing the execution of its con-
stitutional power"
At 2:15 the senate took up the snip
subsidy bill. Clay continued MS
speech, begun yesterday.
HOUSE.
Washington, March 6.-The house re-
sumed consideration of the bill to clas-
sify the rural free delivery service and
place the carriers under the contract
system.
THE CUBAN SITUATION.
Washington. March 6.-Chairma1
Payne of the. house ways and means
committee. today made a statement
regarding the Cuban situation In
which he reviewed the three PROPOSE
tions pending. He also said that a
ma aiority of Republicans think some
thing ought to be done for Cuba. He
says: MANY misleading statements OF
the attitude of the president, cabinet
and house Republicans are appearing
in the newspapers. cannot speak OF
the conferences with the president
But I have every assurance that the
cabinet Is not divided on this SUBJ
ject, nor has a majority of the house
Republicans committed themselves
either to the Morris, Tawney or do.
nothing policy"
Payne said that to grant 20 per cent
reduction will prevent the annexation
Of Cuba for many years, and annexa'
tion will mean free trade. He closes
his statement by saying: ITO refuse tt
do anything would put the house in
| position of hostility to the president
would cause uncertainty and a feeling
of apprehension to producers Of sugar
| in the states. and would be utterly de.
l -
moralizing.'
It Is conceded that nothing will be
done at tonight's caucus.