| Show PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT ON account o of the death of Senator Senator LOdge it is If an announced flounced wIll take up ip the Hoar bill for forthe forthe the protect protection on of 01 th the r rJ rIte e er r provides th that t the de t lien ilen alty shall be Inflicted foi the I nil r of the president th an any officer in line for the he presidency For Forthe Forthe the murder ot of an any minister or th aboM cp p is J vided For attempts to murder at of the officials the criminal i to tobe tobe be punished either b by death or b by irn Im fo for t period ranging from not less Jess than ten years rears to life liCe r bill a hoU h ue e measure intro introduced by t makes it a felony b by long terms of to openly advocate thc assa or rulers Or 01 to att attempt to justify such assassinations The C on that has been raised against both bills is that they the states of of the power to try nd punish those ho he murder or attempt to murder dents cabinet and representatives es ot of fOreIgn ments In the only instance in a president was assassinated outside of the exclusive of the fed federal eral government prompt justice was meted mete I out to the murderer a ate aery te ery fC Week eek a r rp B as thor of the Czolgosz bullet the body of the murd murderer been ee Interred d lp V I lim In a h rf gr Fe era oral justice could not have been prompter Presidents Lincoln and nd G a were ere both ss mt d in In Vhs gt n and their slayers of course were trIed In federal courts There Is no good reason for that any iny state would Q bC prompt than was the state Of New NewYork ew York In so Sc grate e a matter Criminals vho ho commIt far ar l less ss un to the natIon than the tha mur murde de of oC a president or apy o of the named In the bills at ot 01 cc whenever cases nr ar nai inath e o t against th them n We Ve boUIc thoroughly Izi in pt our and nd those thos In line or Of succession as w well U as a lor sc But neither of oC the as we understand them offers rs any more l n is t U |
