Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-18
ANTI-ANARCHY BILL.
measure to Protect President Passes
the House-SynOpsis of Its
Provisions.

Washington, June 10.-The house
Monday passed the bill to protect the
president, vice president. members of
the cabinet and foreign ministers and
ambassadors and to suppress the
teaching of anarchy by a vote of 175
to 80. A motion to recommit the meas
ure, with instructions to strike out
certain sections, was defeated, II to
l23. The bill is a substitute for the
senate measure, which contained no
anti-anarchy provisions, but which did
contain provision omitted from the
substitute for a bodyguard for the
president. The substitute consists of
10 sections.
1t provides that any person who shall
unlawfully. purposely and knowingly kill
the president or vice president any Of
fcer entitled by law to succeed to the pres
i ;dta any foreign ami assador or min
lister accredited to this country, while
engaged in the performance of his Of
hclal duties or because of his official char
acter or because of any of his acts or omis-
s1ons," shall suffer death. Any person who
attempts to commit any of the above Of
lenses shall be imprisoned not less than ten
years.
Any person while engaged in an unla wful
attempt to infict grievous bodily harm up
on the president or any person entitled to
succeed him, if he inflicts injuries which
cause death shall be imprisoned for life;
II such injuries do not cause death such Of
fender shall be imprisoned not less than
five years.
Any person who aids. abets or conspires
with another to commit any of the above
onenses shall be deemed principal.
ANY person who knowingly harbors, con-
ceals or aids with intent that ne may avoid
arrest or punishment any person who has
committed one Of the above offerses shall
oe imprisoned from one to twenty-five years.
Any person who advocates the unlawful
killing of an officer of the government or
OF the government Of any civilized nation
because of his official character or who
openly justifies such killing with intent to
secure the commission of any of the above
offenses shall be fined from $500 10 $1,000 and
imprisonment from one to twenty years.
Any person who conspires or advises; any
person to assault or kill, within or without
the United States, the chief magistrate Of
a foreign country because of his official
character shall be punished as follows:
II the attempt is made and death results,
such offender shall suffer death. If such
attempt does not result in death the punish
ment shall be fine of $500 to s., coo and i'm
prlsonment from five to twenty-five years.
1t such attempt is not made the punishment
shall be a similar fine and Imprisonment
from one to five years.
Section II provides that no person who
is opposed to all organized government or
is member of any organization entertain
ing or teaching such opposition shall be
admitted into the United States. and that
any person who aids such person to enter
shall be fined from $500 to s., COO and i'm
prisoned from one to five years.
Section y prohibits the naturalization of
anarchists ard empowers the courts to in
vestigate, and before issuing final papers
to require the affidavit of the applicant1ef-
flrming the truth of every material fact
necessary for naturalza ton
The last section of the bill provides that
IN all prosecutions under the first seven Sec
lions of the act it should be presumed until
the contrary is proved that the president or
other officer was engaged in his official du-
ties at the time of the offense