The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-08
| CONGRESS

1val ana residence In this coun-
 position @nd substitution of an- a for the reaf petitioner occur
 certificates are made the sub
 ter and sale and transferred thtful holder to those not en-
 mi or certificates are forged , the original names and the
 the names of other persons
 10 the same.
 ,essesry for- me to refer here
 causes leading to this state
 e desire for naturalization
 be~commended where 1t
 sincere and permanent in-
 ne citizens, and a real ap-
 ,e privilege. But it is a evil and trouble where 1t
 elfish and dishonest mo-
 g effort by artificial and
 Fs ' in wholesale fashlon to are ready-made tools
 09ht ans. or the desire to N, laws creating discrim-
 en labor. Ali good cit-
 ralized or native born,
 '"i ted in protecting our
 fraud in any form, s nd, in affording every ation to those who in
 share alike our priv-
 sibiiiues.
 ~4g. Jury lately in session F eaft with this sub ! ~.sson briefly and fercibiy and con. L:asns tnpoftaiit suggestions for the con. nloeraIp1 of the Congress. This present- saenL iA inciudea as an appendix to tba 5SpVV[t lpVrt gL Hne Attorney General
 A1sensiM ecommendsS of Purposes or Appropriation for Enfo-eing
 Trust and Interstate Com
 merce Laws.
 ln Mg last annual message. in. concc. .svA " Mltn Lne subject of the due regulation ox combinahons of capital which are or n " becOme injurious to the pubIic4 | ,s- sP PHi1nended n a special appropriation for hs eef1ar enforcement of the anti-trug. der the direction of the Attfsr,- Attorney-fsenersi 1..ccoraingh tby the legislative, exeeu- gTve. and judicial appropriation act of ir,ebruary 2S. 1903. g Stat, s54, sOal. the s,s Suassness appropriated. for the purpose of enIarcing the various Federal trust and ssaS tsnseTstate r commence laws, the sum of ssscgy 10 be expended under the direc- ton or the Attorney General fin the ens- s Dsoyment M of special counsel and agents proceedings and prosecutions under sss,i,i ,aWs in the courts of the United States, T now recommend, as a matter of line nj, = nnost importance and urgency, the exten- slon oI the purposes of this appropriation, 70 4nhf # may be available, under the ,ii. recfam ct the Attorney General. and ,,nf;l used, Tor the due enforcement of fhe l,l ws ot the United States in general and es- peclaily of the civil and criminal laws re VI E1OAfG tlfEtNS d1lu IIlG IaWS FeiAt- ing te postal crimes and offenses and the subject of naturalization. Recent tnves- tlgaf1@rs have shown a deplorahle srate or amaars in these three matters of viial coneern. By varions frauds and by forg- cries and perturies, thousands of acres of Nne public domain. embracing lanIs or diMerenf character and extenfiInE throAKh Taraos1s sections of the country. , nave been dishonestly acquired. It ls hardly necessary te urge the fmportance 0f recovering theae dishonest acouisitions. stoien rom the people, and of promptly and duly putnishang the offenders. | sneak In another part of this Message oF the ss.lasspIsAd s..s,sa crimes by which the sacred and that ffnestfmabie heritage'' peryert- ca 10 base ends. By similar iueails-that is. through frauds. fcrgeries and perfIi- tsss. ana by shameiess briberie8-the laws EeARaihg 10 Inc proper conduct of the ptIa,- hc service in general and to the due ad- luinistration Of the Postofflce Deparfr1eEt nave been notoriously violated, ana many have been found, and the con. SSquent prosecutions are in course of nearing l0r on the eve thereof. For fhe reasons thus indi@ated, and SO that the GDvernnent may be prepared to enforce promptly and with the greatest effect the u@us @ penaitieS Tor such violations Of laI, nishcd . with sufieient instrument Lntles .!l and competent legal as- Alsfance for the inVestigation and X ~nicn s,,t VII be necessary at many differ me Congress the necessity of making the Iaad appropriation available for immediate ase Tor all such purposes, to be expended %ander % the direction of the Attorney Gen. Need for Treaties Making Hriberv
 Extrad 't~AIe. Steps have been taken by the State De- aar rrnent looking. to the making of bri- osry an exTaditabie offense with fofeign powers. The need of more effective The exposures and prosecutions of official iorruption in St. Louis, Mo, and other titles and States have resulted in d mum per of giuers and takers of bribes be- 'o.nlng 's.aa l f1gifiRes In foreign lands. Brib- .reanea heretotore, as the necessity for [ has not arisen. While there may lave been as much official corruption in ofTaer years, there has been more devel- nate past than in the preceding century If our country's history. It should he ne policy Of the United States to leave 70 place oa earth where a corrupt man leelng from fhas country can rest in )eace. There is no reason why bribery mould not be included in all treaties as :xtraditable. The recent amended treaty RNn 1eKace, whereby this crime was put established salutary precedent in this ,egard. Under this treaty the State be- lartTnMnf h2s a1Eea and Mexico has Eranteds the extradition of one of the st. Louis bribe gfyers,
 There can be no crime more serious than lrtbery. Other offenses violate one law while corruption strikes at the founda- ion of all law. Under our form of gov ,eopie and by them delegated to those who Eeptesent them in official capacity. There can be no offense heavier tlnn that or ham in whom such a sacred trust yka own gain and enrichment; and no loss neavy Is the offense of tn ebrihe Rfver He B worse than the thief, for the fhisf robs the individual, while the corrupt of He Is as wicked as the murderer for inc murderer may only take one life aEainst the law, while the corrupt official and @ the man who corrupts the official alike wealth itself. Government of the peonle by the people, for the people will perish from the face of the earth if bribery is tolerated. The gfVers and takers of The exposure and punishmenit of of nubAic corruption is an henor to a mn. lion, not .a disgrace. The shame lies n toleratlon, not In correction. No city 1r State, still less the Nation, can he injured by the enforcement of law As ong as public plunderers when detected ,aH dpd a haven of refuge in any foreign and and avoid punishment, just so long their practices. IT we fail to do ali that Il us lies to stamp out corruption we gan not escape our share Of responsibiIitv for the guilt. The first requisite of sue nessful self-goYernment is unflinching en- forcement of the law and the cutting ont of corruption.
 Alaskan Boundary.
 For several years past the rapid Jevel- Dpment of Alaska and the establtshment of growing American interests in re- gions theretofore unsIrveyed and imper- Eectiy known brought into prominence fhe urgent neceg,.:lty or Q nractic:Il dern.,rra-