The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
BEATEN BY BACON
BILL FOR PROTECTION OF THE
PRESIDENT FALLS THROUGH.
WOULD BE PRIVILEGED CLASS
IF SUCH A BILL SHOULD BECOME
A LAW.

senator from Georgia Argued That
1t Would Not be just to Afford
officials Protection as a Favored
Few-This Would be Against Fun
dnmentaI Principles of American
Citizenship-CoI. Obear at Wash
ington on Behalf of Georgia State
Troops.
By R. NJ. Larner.
washington, March Ex-senator Ba-
con came out victorious to-day in
fight he has been making for year,
against the passage by Congress of
law creating a special privileged class
under the operation of the criminal
laws, the pretense being that such an
act is necessary for the better protec-
ton of the lives of the President and
of those officials of the government In
the line of succession of the presidency.
Some time ago the Senate passed
hill prepared by Senator Hoar. This
went to the House and an entirely diff
ferent measure was substituted for the
Senate bill as an amendment to it. This
went to conference, and this morning
report with the idea of having it agreed
TO. Senator Bacon made long argu-
ment in opposition to the bill, in the
course of which he disclosed the fact
that the bill, in its present shape, mad
never been considered either by the
Senate or the Senate Committee on Ju-
dietary, and the acceptance of the cor
4 f1ao
by the Senate of a bill which had new
er been considered by that body or its
committee.
Senator Bacon went at length into
the merits of the measure taking
strong ground against making Federal
offenses of assaults upon persons who
hold high office under the Federal gov
eminent. He attacked the principle OF
the bill, and in order to show its logi-
cal results, he produced bill which
had been introduced by Senator Hoar,
and which made the killing or an as
sault upon any Federal Office holder an
offense of higher grade than similar
attack upon any private citizen. He
showed that the bill under considera-
ton by the Senate made it a greater
offense to kill or attempt to kill the
minister from some little government
in the West Indies or in Central Amer
aaaipst--the ..chisf Justice -4of, the Su-
prerne Court or any member of the
Senate.
Ono Law for All Men.
Senator Bacon contended that there
should not be one law for one man,
even though he be President of the
United States, and another law for an
other man, even though he be the low
lest citizen of the United States. Upon
Senator Bacon declaring that he pro-
posed to persist in his opposition to the
bin. Senator Hoar abandoned all eff
forts to put it through. What are re-
garded by most senator's and represent
tatives as the most important features
of this bill were a few days ago, upon
Senator Bacons motion, embodied in
the immigration bill. Senator Bacon
and other Democrats have taken the
position that the most effective way to
legislate for the protection of the Pres
ident and others in high place is to
prevent the immigration of anarchists.
This idea was embodied in this bill.
When the immigration bill was be-
fore the Senate a few days ago Sena-
tor Bacon took the eighth and ninth
sections, which covered this feature of
the subject, and proposed them in their
exact language as amendments to the
immigration bill. They were adopted.
The result is that through Senator Ba-
this measure have been enacted into
law, while what he and others consid-
cred the bad features have failed.
working for a Georgian.
Senator Clay and Representative
Howard were among the callers at the
White House to-day. Their mission
was to secure for one of their constit-
uents an appointment as assistant pay
master in the navy, under the provision
in he
Congress- The Georgians had a salts
factory interview with the President,
and when the bill becomes a law, as
it probably will be, before the present
Congress dies, Georgian will be add
ed to the list of paymasters in the
Naval Register.
Senator Bacon helped to kill time in
the Senate to-day by discussing the
Philippine tariff bill, which the Demo-
Gratis have decided shall not be passed
this session. Senator Bacon took &C.
casion to defend in an able manner
the sugar and tobacco interests of
Georgia, which he claimed might be
injured by the concessions laid to the
sugar and tobacco growers in the
Philippines
Trying for Encampment.
Inspector General Obear of the Geor-
gia State Troops is here, comforting
with the officials of the War Depart
ment in the interest of Georgia mill
tary One matter for which he is con-
tending is that the state troops be
permitted to hold their annual encamp-
ment at Griffin, the expenses to be
borne by the federal government,
rather than at Fort Mcpherson or
Chickamauga.
Col. Obear has been in conference
with Adjt. Gen. Corbin and the Off
Gals of the militia division of the War
Department. and will go with Senator
Bacon to have a conference with Sec
rotary Root as soon as Senator Ba-
con is able TO get away from the Capt.
tol, which will not be until after adj
Journment Tomorrow.