Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-12-10

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century OF our countrys history It
should be The policy OF the United
states TO leave no place Non earth
where corrupt man fleeing from this
country can rest in peace There is
no reason why bribery should not be
| included In all treaties as extraditable.
The recent amended treaty with Mex
leo. Whereby this crime was put ON
the list of extradltable offanses, has
established II salutary precedent in
This regard. Under this treaty the
state department has asked, and Mex.
leo has granted, the extradltion OF one
OF the st. Louis hribe givers.
There can be no crime more serious
than bribery. Other offensos violate
one law while corruption strikes at
| the foundation of all law. Under our
form ot government all authority is
vested in the people and by them del
| egated to those who represent them
in official capacity. There can be no
omense heavier than that of him in
whom such sacred trust has been
| reposed, who sells it for his own gain
| and enrichment. and no less heavy is
The ofense OF the bribe giyer He is
worse than the thief. for the thief rohs
the individual, while the corrupt Off
| cial plumbers an entire city or state.
| lie is as wicked as the murderer. for
the murderer may only take ono life
| against the law, while the corrupt Off
| cinl and the man who corrnpts the off.
cial alike aim at the assassination of
the commonwealth itself. Government
| oi the people, by The people. for the
peop,e WIN partaA. from the face of the
eAr'h Il gibery iss Rsrated The siv.
ers ana i'afMs Of bhes stand on an
posrre ana lia..s Vi public cor.
raplion is 6if bSsfxr " nation. not
a disgrace The same lies in tolera-
lion. not by correction No city or
| state. Sun less the nation. can be in.
lured by the enforcement of law As
long as public plunderers when detect
ed can find a haven of refuge in any
foreign land and avoid punishment,
just so long encouragement is given
them to continue their practices, II
We fail to do ali that In us lies to
stamp out corruption we can not es-
cape our share OF responsibility for
The guilt. The first requisite of sue
cesslnl self-government is unnInch-
ing enforcement of the law and the
cutting out OF corruption,
Alaskan Boundary
For several years past the rapid de-
yelopment OF Alaska and the establish
ment of growing American interests
in regions Heretofore unsurveyed and
lnperiectly known brought into prom
iuence the urgent necessity OF "A prac-
tical demaFcalion OF the boundaries be-
tween the jurisdictions OF The United
States and Great Britain. Although
the treaty of 1925 between Great Brit
ain and Russia, the provisions of
which We're copied in the treaty of
1867. whereby Russia conveyed Alas.
Ia to the United States, was positive
as to the control, first by Russia and
later by the United States. of strip
OF territory along the continental
mainland from the western shore OF
Portland Canal to Mount ST. Elias, fol-
lowing and surrounding the indenta.
lions of The coast and Including the IS
lands to the Westward Its descrip-
ion of The landward margin of the
strip was indehnite, resting on the
supposed existence of continuous
ridge or range of mountains skirting
The coast, AZ figured in the charts OF
the early nayigators. 1t had at no
time been possible for either party
in interest to lay down, under the au-
thorty of the treaty, a line so obvious
ly exact according to its provisions as
20 command the assent OF The other
For nearly three-fourths of century
the absence OF tangible local interests
demanding the exercise OF positive
jurisdiction on either side of the bor-
der left the question dormant In
1873 questions of revenue adminl5tra-
ton on The 5tikine river led to the
| establishment OF a provisional demar-
cation crossing the channel between
Two high peaks on either side about
"A miles above the river mouth. In
| 1899 similar questions growing out of
| the extraordinary development OF min
| ing interests in the region about the
| head of Lynn canal brought about
temporary modus viyendi. by which
a convenient separation WAS made al
| the watershed divides Of The White
| and Chilkoot passes and to the north
| of Klukwan, ON the Klehini river,
| These partial and tentative adjust
ments could not. in the very nature of
things. be satisfactory or lasting, a
permanent disposition Of The matter
became imperative.
After unavailing attempts to reach
| an understanding through joint high
| commission. followed by prolonged ne
gotlations, conducted in an amicable
spirit, convention between the Unit
| ed States and Great Britain was sign
| ed, January "a, 1908, providing for an
examination OF the subject by a mixed
| tribunal of six members. three on a
| side. with view to It's final disposi-
| ton. Publications were exchanged
| on March 3 last, whereupon the two
government appointed their respective
members Those on behalf OF the
| United States were Elihu Root, secre-
| tary of war; Henry Cabot Lodge,
senator Of the United States and Geo.
| Turner. an ex-senator Of the United
States, while Great Britain named the