The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-21

.TASHINGTON, March 2O.-Through-
w ont today's session Of the senate

w ont today's session Of The senate
the bin providing for protection
for the presidents of the United States
was under discussion. Just before ad-
jcurnmeGt an agreement was reached
To vote on the measure and pending
amendments at 4 O'Clock tomorrow.
The speakers today were Messrs. Pet
tus of Ala oama. Hawley of Connect
cut and Nelson of Minnesota in support
ol the bin and Eessrs. Rawlins of
Utahs McClmber of North Dakota,
Mallory Of Florida, Carmack of Ten
nessee and Money and McLaurin of
Mississippi in opposition 10 r.
The speeches, in the main, were re-
cspitulations of arguments that nave
Seen advanced heretofore, no new
points being raised. The principal
point made by the opponents of the
-Ieasure was that federal officials
o1ght TO be treated in the courts pre-
cisely as are other citizens.
Three substitutes for the bill are
pending and viii be presented when
the voting begins tomorrow
Mr. peftus of Alabama thought that
it was beneath the dignity of the presi-
dent 10 5e guarded by secret service
officials IN his opinion. if President
Mckinley had had a proper military
guard, he would not have been assassi-
mated. The guard was not provided
for pomp or for display, but for the
safety and security of the president.
Says It Was Inevitable.
Mr. Mallory doubted whether that or
any other sort of guard could have
prevo1ted President Mckinley's assas-
iEation at Buffalo. Mr. Hawley Of
ment that some senators should persist
i'm misreSVesenting the measure. in
misunderstanding the constitution and
in splitting hairs over inconsequendai
ma tiers. He saw no reason why the
senate should hesitate for five minutes
TO pass the pending hill. y
conspiracy might be formed at
any time for the Wrecking OF the entire
executive branch of the government.
Mr. MeCumber of North Dakota.
while he had no doubt of the authority
of congress To enact the proposed leg
islaUOn. said he did object to some Of
the bills provisions. lie did not be-
1ieve for instance. that an attempt
to take the life of the secretary OF the
treasury ought 10 be punished with
death merely because of his official pO-
s'tiOn He did not think such Dr0vis-
ion was IN accord with either reason
or justice The people of the United
States were not expecting that kind Of
legislation for the protection of the
president He hoped a bill would be
offered to protect the president and
the government against anarchy and
anarchists. AS the bin stood he could
not support it,
Wrong and Useless.
-dr Carmack of Tennessee said his
ob54efions TO the bin did not apply 20
the question of its constituti0nalily.
"But I believe" said he, that it is
bad i'm principle and utterly and abso-
luteIy unnecessary. No more futile,
no more unnecessary law ever encum-
bered the stu tute books of this country
than the measure which We have now
under consideration
He declared that such an act would
not have prevented the asSassina tion
of any president and he was certain
the measure would never accomplish
one OF the results hoped for from its
enactment.
Discussing the proposal to establish
military guard around the president,
he declared that President Roosevelt
fpr instance. would not endure e for q
moment. ID would Dee absolutely inuol-
ere hle Go nara
'Te escape such q guard when he
wanted to go out FOR quiet stroll.
Said be "the president would climb out
OF hdCa window. get OUT of the
grounds hy the back gate, and go up a
hack alles
AIr Money Of Mississippi I'm 0pposi-
tion 10 the bill suggested that it was
The product of hysteria produced by
President NcKinleys assassination
He objected 10 It because lis effect
uuuld bee To establish the inequality Of
men bafere the law. The bin was
Simply another tendency TOW q
imperial government. Mr.. Money a.
nounced anarchy and anarchists, say
inc that Il 2 measure could be devised
that toul6 iiG the country of anarch
lists. Dc would support 1T.
MI McLaurin Of Mississippi. after
expressing his own and his people
"ahEorrence of anarchy a8d of an
archists." said that he could not sup
por; the pending measure. In its pres
emit shape DE believed the bin 80 b,
urcons stutonal, it would establish in
equality before the law, and, 90 hi.
mind. it would be entirely ineffective
smother objection he had 10 the meas
ure was lha- it attached the dealt
penalty. not only to mere manslauEh
ter. but rs even an attempt to cOmmi
manslaughJer.