Chairman. I do not propose to discuss the constitutional questions involved in the pending bill. I do desire. however. to lay stress upon the necessity of a Federal law which shall make it a crime to kill or attempt to kill the President of the United States or those in the line of Presidential succession. which shall make anarchy a crime. and which shall restrain the immigration of anarchists to this country so far as may be. The killing of William McKinley as a citizen of Ohio. or as a temporary resident of any State. would be a crime against the laws of that State. but the killing of a President. because he is President. and because of the Government which he represents. is a crime against government and ought to be so punished. Czolgosz assaulted the President because he represented organized society. not because of any personal grudge against him.
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