The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-18
PRESIDENT ANNUAL q.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Congratuates the Country on Substantial Achieve
n1ents Of Past Year Capital and Labor Postal
and Land Frauds The Panama Canal. #

lngly congress appropriated five hundred
snoIIsa a dollars ls to pc expended in the
| to conduct proceedings and prosecutions
under said laws in the courts as a matter
Of the utmost Importance and urgency
preparation. SO, that it may be Invaluable
for the. due enforcement Of the laws OF
the United States in general and espe-
latfng to postal crimes and offenses and
the subject Of naturalization. Recent in
yestigatiens have shown a deplorable
Vital concern BY various frauds 't aad b Ss
\ fcrgeries and perjuries thousands OF
acres Of the public domain have been
dishonesty acquired. It is hardly neces-
these dishonest acquisitions. stolen from,
| the people. and Of promptly and duly
publishing the offenders.
| touching the subject OF the postal
frauds, forgertes and perjuries, and by
shameless briberies, the laws relating to
the proper conduct Of the public service
in general and to the due administration
| VIGOROUSLY violated, and the consequent
| prosecutions are in course Of hearing or
t On The iea, eve thereof For the reasons
| ment may be prepared to enforce prompt
~ and with greatest effect the due penal
| ties for such violations of law. ] urge
priation available for immediate use"
Steps have been taken by the state de-
PartmeHe looking to the making OF
h bribery an eStraitable of1ense with for
treaties covering this crime is manifest.
It SHOULD he the policy of the United
states says the president. Ito leave no
place on earth When corrupt man lee
ing from this country can find rest. There
can be no crime more serious than
bribery. Other offenses violate one law
while corruption strikes at the founda-
ton Of all law ~
The president deals ct some length with
the history of the Alaskan boundary dis
pute and calls attention to the recent sue
cessful termination of that dispute by the
decision Of the convention III London. a
decision which is satisfactory in every
way.
Speaking of the claims OF foreign
powers against Venezuela and the sub
mission Of those claims. through the
friendly offices of the United States to
The perma me- court Of arbitration at The
triumph. of the, principle OF international
arbitration is a subject of warm co,,-
graduation and. offers {. happy ausury
Regarding our relations with China the
commercial treaty vita China. which
paGs e. the sth
act, the result OF long discussion and ne
gotiation, places our commercial relations
with the great Oriental empire on more
satisfactory footing. than even before
The rural free delivery service has been
steadily extended. The attention of con-
gress is asked to the question of the com
engaged in the postal service, especially
on the new rural free delivery routes
More routes have been installed since the
first of July last than in any like period
In the departments history. (which a
due regard to economy" says the presi-
dent. "must be kept in mind in The es-
sanlish M mt OF new routes yet The exten
must be continued, for reasons of sound
public policy In this connection the
president also urges the Importance OF
the movement for good roads.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition and
the Lewis and Clark exposition are rcc-
commended to the favorable attention of
congress.
Of congress to the Territory of Alaska.
The country is developing rapidly and 1t
has an assured future. Proper land
laws should l., be enacted says the prcsi-
Immediately begun. Wagon roads and
trails should be built. and the building Of
railroads promoted in all legitimate
ways" :.
;. An approximation for the building of
The president say ; IF our insular
Rico, it is gratifying to say that their
steady progress has been such as to make
1t unnecessary to spend much time in dis
cussing them Yet congress should ever
keep in mind that a peculiar obligation
rests upon us to further in every way the
welfare Of these communities. The
philippines u inc should be lnit closer by
benefited another. people more than We
possession OF the islands, n
The cash receipts OF the general land
otllee: for the last fiscal year We're s11 ,oa4.-
1885, an increase Of 81, 7e2s1G.47 over
the proceeding y, ysa n. Of this sun, ap-
~ 10 1ln,,
land, making the total of this fund, up Ia
the 3oth; Of June. 1908. approximately
In pointing out the necessity for revi.
sion of the public land laws The presiden,
says: There is a tendency to mass in
| large holdings public lands. especially
retard settlement; renew and emphasize
| my Recommendation of last year that SC
| far as they are available for agriculture
in Its p I,,os sense, and to wha tevel
national irrigation law, the remajnine
public lands should be held rigidiy foi
the som IS nasn Hne IN IN q
and stone law, the desert land law. anl
the Communication clause OF the home
stead law, which in their operation hav.
| public land policy"
4 TN, me work OF reclamation Of the arit
| lands ct the West is progressing steadil,
and sattiisfactorily under the terms Of til,
aaW setting aside the proceeds from tht
disposal Of public lands. The study O.
/ the opportunities of reclamation Of til,
vast extent Of arid lands shows thai ,
whether this reclamation is done by in
| dividuals. corporations, or the state, tn,
sources OF water supply must be effec
| lively protected and the raservoir
! guarded by the preservation of the for
ests at the headwaters Of the stream ms
The necessity for perpetrating; our fores
resources, whether in public or privat,
hands, 1s recognized now as never hnfnre
The demand for forest reserves bas ia
come insistent in the West, becaI1sa ~,
/ West must use water. wood. and s,,n, :, &c =
range which only such reserves q, s,iT
The Indian agents.. saws the ,ras,
4 dent, Should not be dependent for p tiss;
A appointment. or tenure OF Office mon 90,
u alterations Of partisan politics the NO !
a tice Of appointing, when possible tsta a.
4 army officers or bonded superintandan,,t
70 the: vacancies that occur is workin'
4 on the subject OF pensions the nre.,d !, !,
n says: No other class Of our citi.e,,
III deserves so well Of the nation az thos 1ei y
III whom the nation owes its hainn S % !, =
Il veterans Of the Civil war Snecia1 !. ! IN
n stlon.is asked to the excellent work - 81
IIsnsien bureau IN expediting and disp 81
yer s ending ons July the bureau s st
II claims ferseacl, working day 81 the syeoI
Il The namber Of settlements since Tryv ~
81 1893 han been In excess II siast v - q