Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10

l1utT tue ulIttlou VI tut hANtluts
general and until used, for the due en-
forcement of the laws of the United
States in general and especially of the
civil and criminal laws relating TO pub
lie lands and the laws relating TO postal
crimes AMI offenses and the subject OF
Recent Investigations
have shown deplorable state OF af-
fairs i'm these three matters of vital
roncern. BY various frauds and by
forgeries and perjuries thousands OF
lcres OF the public domain, embracing
lands OF different character and ex-
tending through various sections Of the
have been dishonesty acquir-
I'd. 1t is hardly necessary 10 urge the
Importance of recovering these dishon-
est acquisitions, stolen from the people,
and of promptly and duly Furnishing
the offenders.
Through frauds, forgeries and per
juries and by shameless hriberies the
laws relating 10 the proper conduct OF
the public service in general and TO the
due administration of the pos;ottice-
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 indicat-
ed and so that the government may
be prepared to enforce promptly and
with the gveatest effect the due pen
alties for such violations of law, and
to this end may be furnished with sufii-
cient instrumentalities and competent
legal assistance for the Investigations
and trials which will be necessary ut
many different points of the country. |
urge upon the congress the necessity
of making the said appropriation avail
able for immediate use for all such
purposes, to be expended under the dl-
rection of the attorney general.
Need For Treaties Making bribery
Extraditnbie.
Steps have been taken by the state
department looking TO the making OF
bribery an extraditable offense with
foreign powers The need of more eff,
fective treaties covering this crime is
manifest. The exposures and prosecu-
tions Of official corruption in st. Louis,
Mo. and other cities and states have
resulted in a number Of givers and TAX
ers of bribes becoming fugitlves in for
eign lands. Bribery has not been in
cluded in extradition treaties hereto
fore, as the necessity for II has not
arisen. While there may have been
as much official corruption in former
years. there has been more developed
and brought to light in the immediate
past than in the preceding century OF
our country's history. 1t should be the
policy Of the United States to leave no
place on earth where corrupt man
fleeing from this country can rest in
peace.
Alaskan boundary.
After unavailing attempts to reach an
understanding on the Alaskan bound
ary question through joint high com
mission, followed by prolonged negotia-
tlons, conducted in an amicable spirit
n convention between the United States
and Great Britain was signed Jan. "a
1903, providing for an examination OF
the subject by n mixed tribunal Of six
members, three on side, with a view
to its final disposition. Ratlfcations
were exchanged ON March last
whereupon the two governments ap
pointed their respective members
Those on behalf OF the United State:
were Elihu Root, secretary Of war
Henry Cabot Lodge, senator of the
United States, and George Turner, nj
ex-senator of the United States, while
Great Britain named the Right Hon
Lord Alverstone, lord chief justice o.
England; Sir Louis Amable Jette, X
G. NJ. G., retired judge of the supreme
court Of Quebec, and A. b. Aylesworth
X. c., of Toronto. This tribunal me
In London on Sept. 3 under the presl
dency of Lord Alyerstone. On the 20tl
of October a majority of the tribuna
reached and signed an agreement ol
all the questions submitted by tn
terms OF the convention. by thi
award the right Of the United State
to the control Of continuous strip o
border Of the mainland shore, skirtin
all the tidewater inlets and sinuositle
of the coast is confirmed; the entranc
to Portland canal, concerning whicI
legitimate doubt appeared, is define,
as passing by Tdngass inlet and to tn
northwestward of Wales and Pears
islands; line is drawn from the hea,
Of Portland canal to the ifty-sixth dc
gree Of north latitude. and the nterlo
border line Of the strip is fixed by line
connecting certain mountain summit
lying between Portland canal an
Mount St Elias aud running along tn
crest Of the divide separating the coas
slope from the inland watershed at IN
only part OF the frontier where th
drainage ridge approaches the coas
within the distance Of ten marin
leagues, stipulated by the treaty as ia
extreme width Of the strip around IA
heads OF Lynn canal and It's branches.
While the line so traced follows th
provisional demarcation OF 1878 at th
crossing OF the Stiklne river and tha
OF 1899 at the SUBMITS Of the Whit
and Chilkoot passes, it runs much fnl
ther inland from the Klehini than n
temporary line Of the later modus v
vendi and leaves the entire mlnln
district Of the Porcupine river and Gli
| cier creek within the jurisdiction Of Ii
/ United States.
1.-THE president here recapltulates III
Details Of the imbrogllo between Eur
pean powers and Venezuela and II
reference OF certain points OF the col
troversy to The Hague tribuui
through the influence Of the Unite
States. This he calls II victory 4
American diplomacy and triumph Z,
international arbitration. He adv
Gates an extension Of international Ia
10 exempt all private property at 81
from capture OF destruction by force
OF belligerent powers.l
international Arbitration.
Last year the interparliamentary 10
lon for international arbitration m
at Vienna. 600 members Of the dlne