The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-07
HANNA MADE A SPEECH.
II Was az Argument in Favor of
ship Subsidy Bill.
PRICE OF LABOR IS THE HIGHEST
II Is that Which Increases the Cost OF
Ships Built in This Country
He Alleged


cussed from the standpoint Of an "Ameri.
can business man"
Early in the session Mr. Frye In charge
Of the pending shipping bill, obtained an
agreement that the senate should vote on
the measure and OIL pending amendments
at p m, Monday March II, that time
being entirely satisfactory to those opposed
TO the bill Before consideration of thG
shipping bill was resumed an extended de-
bate occurred on the measure providing for
the protection of the presid Mt of the
United States.
MIR. Bacon (Ga) took the ground that In
its present shape the bill was an lnva-
sion OF the jurisdiction OF the state and
that IL ought to be amended radically.
Mr., Patterson icolo) while be agreed TO
the general propositions Of the bill urged
II ought not to pass in its present form.
No. action on the bin was taken
At the conclusion OF routine business con
slderatlon was begun Of the bill providing
for the protection of the president of the
United states
Pending discussion Of the bill Mr.. Frye
Name, In charge Of the shipping bill,
asked unanimous consent that final vote
upon that bill aud all amendments be taken
on Monday, March II, at p. n Without
comment the senate agreed TO the request
MI Bacon (Gay, a member of the ju-
dietary committee then discussed the bill
Ior The protection Of the president 1t was
he thought, a very grave question and h
did not uelIeve that tae measure ought to
be passed without amendment. In view of
the recent calamity WA4cu had bafallen tle
nation IN the assassination OF Pres dent Nc.
hIu.ey, the subject oil tle pending bill
was difficult one to discuss. lie paid h IN
tllbute TO President Mckinley. Saying tuat
ne was the most amlable courteous aId
Peasant man have ever met in so high
station aud from him he personally al
! ways had received the k.udest consldera-
] ton Mr.. Bacon believed that the proposed
/ law was nnnect ssary and did nOtf provide u
I more certain punishment for the assassin
than was provided now IN tine State laws.
( I be word, he Insisted, was not large
+ enough for the criminal 10 get beyond tle
reach of the law and there was no place
from ayenging justice He urged that in
the biI Indicated pupre was no sumo -
reliance ipon the criminal laws of tHe
Mr. Depew ~ " pointed out shat in
the State laws there was 10 differentiation
between the assassination Of thu president
OF the United states and OF any other per
son, and an attempt at assassination WIS
not punishable with death in any State
as the pending bill provided.
Mr.. Plat Comm suggested. too that
some states had laws against capital pun
ishment.
Mir Bacon, continuing said that the bill
involved the right and the propriety OF
the Federal government 10 enforce a law
WITHIN a Stale different from any law on
the statute hooks of the State. SO far as
the anarchist was concerned, the death
penalty was not o dets .rent against the
Cthue 81 dssasslhatl0h as the anarchist
Was willing to sacrifice his own life
Mr.. Hoar tAass,) Interrupted to say that
the pending bill was proper because the
1 assassination or attempted assassination OF
the president was. an interruption Of the
gSoyeinment 9nd It vas 'itally important q
the government that such Interruptions
; sh9ald not occnr.
NJ. bacon urged that the bill at least
Iu i 10 4e aIhehIe9 IN accoTdance WIN
us proposition already oHered so that II
shouId be SHOWN mat the crime was com
n'tItu asHlhsl me PRESIDENT because OF
als oInGisI RoS'lion or for the purpose o.
J destroying the government or impairing
the execution Of his constitutional power
! NJ. baCoh s9id the oil Is practically an
eaiafse m Of The law OF treason and pro
pgsea 10 MAKE treason OF something that
5 uhWef tae constitution was not treason.
~ ~ i%llelsVh lyoIo.t suggested that &
aiise, stn W. ,aSslus SITUATION would nave
H HIL1gh nAu the ASSASSINATION OF President
: Mchlhley' Tor instance, occurred in tbs
S 81 UL ttoWai "AeIe capital punishment i
bo hs1io ,,'l>9 would nave resulted
r ~ III co. IN 'he STATE belng disgracet
? ~ mGp Jaw as no American community he
/ , r5,TuH "a W9uH IANe oeen SATISFIED witt
i5 eu 't9Urtuyht loI the ASSASSIN OF
main pIrpose ~ ~. mi agreed win tn'
% 70
= visions ~ IN oPpsuseu some Oh me pro
+ rbev nropnsed - R8gnGGtn6 measure because
o not now consISercd as rrrbs lines at LINZ
n gesteJ mar ~ ~ ~ CllineS; anu ne suS
of those provisions mirht wv r.ar cenieI
. hardship upon a person mr. nersons 'e'''u'
Mr.. Clay (Ga5 resumed his sneenS IN N.
failure of the pending measure VStnro
conditions alone he argued could Incrsa g,
the foreign carving trade of fine ITnrife5
States.
Mr. Hanna then spoke, his remarks heinn
j principally in answer to Mr.. Claws speec6
Of Yesterday. He said that when Mr.. Clay
there was IN this question which required
legislation was embraced In the one cues
tlon OF labor he was correct ~ stand by
snHt proposition, but ! go further" The
ore IN tue grounds IS worth about - cents
Ton. AFTER Il was touched by the hand
oL man II was labor Ninety 1--WE pei
on' ~ 'ut CoSl OF a snip built in Amer
] gu hn'P NaIus is purely labor. The cost
~ tnS construction OF ship in thu
, Snoienn ''3,tS US against that In either
n,ss 49, 49,, ~ Se'ugny on France simply
SeIrierc, t w uauetence OF wages ana the
d air US,Uo anlyilghh lanor
rbant ti"uu t a.Eueu Aor neIp Tor the mer