The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-11

Woulu DC If!WlSe ana unnecessary 10 at
tempt recons truction Of our entire mon
etary system. The same liberty should
be granted the Secretary OF the Treasury
TO deposit customs receipts as is granted
him in the deposit of receipts from other
sources. In my message of Dec. >. 1902,
l called attention TO certain needs of the
financial situation. and ! again ask the
consideration Of the Congress for these
questions.
Gold and Silver Standard
During the last session of the Congress.
at the suggestion of a joint note from
the Republic Of Mexico and the Imperial
Government Of China, and in harmony
with an act of the Congress appropriate
ing $4,000 TO pay the expenses thereof.
a commission was appointed to confer
with the principal European countries in
the hope that some plan might be devised
whereby a fixed rate of exchange could
be assured between the gold standard
countries and the silver-standard coun-
tries. This commission has filed its pre-
liminary report which has been made
public. l deem it important that the
commission he continued, and that sum
OF money be appropriated sufficient to
pay the expenses Of its further labors.
With regards to the improvement of
the American merchant marine the
President recommends that the Con-
Navy. the PostmasterGeneral, and the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, as
sociated with such a representation
from the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatlves as the Congress in its wis
dom may designate, 10 serve as COM
| mission for the purpose of investigat-
ing and reporting to the Congress at
hot II, tel, y
sirable or necessary for the develop
ment of the American merchant ma
rine and American commerce, and in
cidental]y of a national ocean mail
service of adequate auxiliary naval
cruisers and navel reserves.
On the subject of immigration the
message calls attention to the report
or high standing. Messrs. Arthur V
Vriesen, Lee X. Frankel, Eugene A.
Philbin. Thomas W. Hynes, and Ralph
Trautman. which deals with the whole
situation at length, and concludes with
certain recommendations for admins
trative and legislative action. 1t is
now receiving the attention of the
The message continues:
Antitrust Laws.
/ On the subject of the antitrust
measures which have been dealt with
by the Congress the President says:
In my last annual message, in connec-
tion with the subject of the due regua-
ton of combinations of capital which
are or may become injurious to the pub
lie. l recommended special appropria-
ton for the better enforcement of the
antitrust Law as 1t now stands to be
expended under the direction of the At
torney- General. Accordingly (by the leg
islative, executive. and judicial appro-
priation act of February 25. 1903 80
Stat, S54. 9o4l, the Congress appropriated.
for the purpose Of enforcing the various
Federal trust and interstate-commerce
laws, the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars, to be expended under the dircc-
tion of the Attorney General in the en-
ployRent of special counsel and agents
in the Department of Justice to conduct
proceedings and prosecutions under said
laws in the courts of the United States,
l now recommend. as a matter of the ut
most importance and urgency, the extern
sion OF the purposes of this appropria-
ton, so that 1t may be available, under
the direction of the eAttorney-General,a and
until used. for the due enforcement of
the laws OF the United States in general
and especially of the civil and criminal
laws rela ting to public lands and the laws
relating to postal crimes and offenses and
the subject of naturalization. Recent In
vcstigations have shown deplorable
state of affairs in these three matters of
vital concern. BY various frauds and
by forgeres and periurics, thousands of
acres of the public domain. embracing
lands of different character and extend
ing through various sections of the coun-
try, have been dishonesty acquired. 1t
Is hardly necessary to urge the import
ance of recovering these dishonest acqui-
sitions. stolen from the people. and of
promptly and duly Furnishing the Of
tenders.
Postal Frauds.
l speak in another part of this message
of the widespread crimes by which the
sacred right of citizenship is falsely as
serted a.d that ''incstmable heritage"
perverted to base ends. BY similar means
that is, through frauds, forgeries. and
perjuries. and by shameless briberies--
the laws relating to the proper conduct
of the public service In general and to
the due administration of the Postofiicc
department have been notoriously vio-
lated. and many indictments have been
found, and the consequent prosecutions
are in course Of hearing or on the eve
thereof. For the reasons thus indicated,
and so that the Government may be pre-
pared to enforce promptly and with the
greatest effect the due penalties for such
violations of law, and to this end may