The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-03-28
Our Sl.OO Umbrella is a Beauty.
sept. 241y. 1900

made a crime punishable with
death, while a similar assault on
the governor of state or on any
body else, is punishable only by
Imprisonment? And five are to
so make one class, why not more?
Why not have included the Judi
ciary, Senators and Representa-
tives and so OH and make it
punishable with death to assault
any of them, while to assault any
other people in the United States
merits only imprisonment! Such
distinction is contrary to every
tenet of liberty and equality, con-
trary to every tradition of Ameri.
can freedom and, the fever which
attends existing circumstances
having subsidized, will be condemn
ed by every thoughtful American
citizen. Aside from the funda-
mental objection to the inequality
of different people before the law
which this bill establishes, grave
objection is that under this law
an innocent man is liable to be
convicted. 1t is all right to make
it easy to convict an anarchist,
but it is all wrong tomake it easy
to convict an innocent man for
some harmless or thoughtless word
spoken by him. Whether this
bill becomes a law or not, the
man who kills President will be
executed, but that will not bring
the President back to life. The
important thing to do is to drive
the anarchists out of the country
and prevent the killing Of Presi,
Dents
Last Monday the Senate passed
the ship subsidy bill although six
prominent Republicans voted
against the measure. On the
same day the House Committee
on Rules voted to report to the
House the Crumpacker resolution
providing for the appointment of
a committee to investigate the
question of congressional repre-
sentative as compared with the
number of voters. On Friday the
House passed the River and Har.
Dor bill carrying an appropriation
OF $50, 6SS, 267. On Friday the
Senate passed the war revenue re-
peal bill, amending the bill as
passed by the House only to the
extent of leaving the tax on
"bucket shops" Saturday there
was no session of the Senate and
the House devoted its attention
to the private calender.
The promoters of the Crum-
packer movement do not deny
that their intention is to curtail
the congressional representation
of certain Southern states and. if
they attempt any definite move in
that direction, they will be
strenuously resisted by the Demo
Gratis. Representative Richard
son, the Democratic leader,
assures me that the Democrats
wall avail themselves of every
parliamentary tactic to prevent
so grave an injustice and every
Democrat in Congress will stand
by him. Whatever may be the
result, in so far as the Republicans
are concerned, the attempt gives
every promise of uniting the
Democratic party and it is freely
predicted the northern Republi.
cans will repudiate the attempt,
on the part of their representative,
to take a step which must result
in intense sectional animosity. 1t
is well known that the former
President disapproved of this
movement and the leaders of the
House shared his disapproval, but
were forced to consent with a view
of overshadowing the constantly
growing sentiment in Congress,
and all over the country, in favor
of tariff revision.
The much Wanted harmony
emanating from the ratification of
the Ways and Means policy in re-
gard to Cuba at the conference of
the Republican memb ers held on
last Tuesday evening, is not ma
terializing to the satisfaction OF