Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-28

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We respectfully call the attention of
Mr.. Bryan, both as a statesman and as
lawyer, 10 a remarkable ciasSiilcat ton com
tanned in a statute of the United States
passed by the Eighth Congress and APP
proved on March u, 1904.
The Act in question specifically divided
all territory under the flag and sovereign
~ OF the United States into three classes.
as follows:
1. States of the Union;
?. Territories OF the United states;
:. Countries subject To the Jurisdiction
of the United States
The Congress which enacted this im-
perialistic classification was providing at
the time for the authorization of local
acts or public records introduced as evil
denee in the Federal courts and in all
other courts within the United States. The
second section of the Act was rs follows;
AN the provisions of this Act, and the
Act 10 which it is a supplement- shall APP
ply as we'll TO the public acts. records.
office books, judicial proceedings courts
and offices of the respective Territories of
the United States, and countries subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States.
as 10 the public acts, records, office books,
judicial proceedings, courts and offices of
the several States"
Here is a distinct recognition OF i'm
perialsm; designation of successive
grades of United States territory, from
the subject country up to the State in fun
membership; framework for a system
OF outlying possessions, colonies, provin-
ces, or whatever you please.
1t is still the law of the land The elas-
sicalons were preserved in the revision OF
the statutes OF 1919 by the imperialiStS
of the Forty-Third Congress. Mr.. Bryan
viii find on page III OF his copy of the
Revised Statutes;
Section 905.-'rhe Acts of the Leglsla-
ture of any State or Territory, or OF
any country subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States. shall DO authenticated
by having the seals of such State, Terri
tory or country affixed thereto. The rec
ords and judicial proceedings OF the
courts of any State or Territory, or OF
any such country, shall be proved or adj
mltted in any other court within the
United States, by the attestation of the
clerk, etc.
And the next section:
Section 906.-All records and ex-
emplihcauons of books, which may be
kept in any public office of any State or
Territory, or of any country subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States. not
appertaining to court. shall be proved
or admitted in any court or office IN any
other State or Territory, or In any such
country, by the attestation OF the keeper
of said records or books or OF
the Governor, or Secretary OF State, tho
Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal
of the State, or Territory, or country"
etc
once more let us catalogue the three
classes of United States territory recog-
nized by this statute:
l. A State;
2. A Territory;
). A country subject to the Jurisdiction
of the United States
BUT WHO WAS THE IMPERIALTSTIC
PRESIDENT so RECKLESS OF RE-
PUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS OR SO
BLIND TO THE DANGERS LURKING
IN A GRADED SYSTEM or ALIEG-
lance PERMITTING COLONIAL EN-
TERPRISES AND THE HOLDING OF
DISTANT POSSESSIONS THAT ARE
NEITHER STATES NOR ORGANIZED
TERRITORIES. THAT HE SIGNED
THE ORIGINAL ACT ESTABLISHING
THESE DISTINCTIONS
1T may interest Mr.. Bryan to learn that
bis name was THOMAS JEFFERSON