The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-17

sage OF December 3 1902, called atten-
| TOT. to certain needs Of the financial SIT
| uhion. aud ! again ask the COnsidera.
| tloH OF th" congress for these questions
The Merchant Marine.
a majority OF our people d,s.ro THAI
| steps bu taken IN the interests Of Aser.
lean shipping, 40 that We may once moro
RESUME our former position tn the ocean
| carrying trade Hut hitherto the iiflcr-
tnces ui opinion as to II" proper method
| Of reaching this end have been so vide
| that II has proved Impossible tu secure the
| adoption Of nny particular sch, IIav.
| Ing III View these facts ! recommend thali
me congress direct the secretary Of the
| navy. the postmaster genera! and the sec
| rCiAry OF commerce and labor associated
| with sucl a representation from the sen
| ntc ana house ~ representatives. AZ tn.
| congress IN 'ts wisdom. may ! sgua'e. u.
| serve AS "A comm. ,sstou lot TIE PURPOSE OF
| Investigating and reporting to the COngress
| AT Its next session what legislation Is tc
| sirHhi" OF necessary iur the d,Vr.upmvnIl
| Of tho American merchant marine and
| American commerce and Incidentally Of u
| national ocean mall service OF adequate
| auxiliary uaNa, cruisers and naval reserves
| While such measure Is desirable IN an)
| event, II Is specially desirable at this timr.
| IN view 1i tho fact that our gr,s,nt gov
| cruW' uthl contract for ocean mail with tn,
| AM f'uan ln' WI. "NpIr, ~ y our ucoaL:
mall act was passed IN lNgi In 1885 uui
| N-knoi lruusat,Hntlr mall line Was rqua
| tu any foreign liue Since lk,n the Co
| p.
| the British have ruu'rEi'd TOT si-kuu
| steamers our service SHOULD tquH. IT,,
| best. II 1t iu,s not. tn, comm, iu,ai pub
| lir Will abandon Il II We ate TO stay Ia the
| business 1t ought to he with a fun under
| standing ut the advantages to tLr country
! on one hnud, and on tn" Other with exact:
| Of carrying II on Moreover Hines 81 carg,
| ships are Of even more importance thar
fast mai. lines. save 50 far ~ The latter
| can b, depended upon to- futuLh sWift
| aux. mary cruisers lU time Ut The ~ !
| tahitslm"ut Of urW lines OF cargo shipa t..
Soutt America 10 Asia. and ,,s,Whor,
| would D" much boz H., interest uf our com
| my!c.ul expansion.
ImmIErHtI"n.
We cannot have ,oo much Immigration
! Of the right Kind and W. should have
| none Lt all Of tho wrong kind The need
! is tu devise sumr system by which undo.
| s'riblH Immigrants shall hu kept out en-
| tir"ly. while desirable Immigrants are
| properly distributed throughout the raun-
| try. At present some districts VIII oh
need immigrants have none. and In 9th
crs where the population is already con
| gcstcd' immigrants come Ia such numhcrs
| those already there During the last
| two years the immigration scrvIcu NJ New
! York has been greatly improved. aud the
corruption and inrfirirucy which former
| ~ obtained 'hor" have been eradlrAicl
This service has lust been investigated
by Cummttr, ut New York citizens ui
Righ sthndlrg M,ssrs Arthur Y Hricsru
| Thomas W ilyuus and Ralph Truutmau
| Their report deals with Ia, whole stu.
| alton at length. and conclude with Ger
| tain rrCpmncndnuun Igr administrative
and Legislative action II IS now rcCclY-
ing the attention Of the secretary Of
commerce and labor
naturalization Frauds.
Tho special Investigation uf the subject
OF naturalization under the direction o.
the attorney general and the consequent.
prosecutions, reveal condition of at
fairs calling for the immediate attention
oi congress. forgcries nnd pcriurirs g
Ehamcl,ss and nIgrant character have.
been p'rpctfatcd. not only In the dens'
centcrs Of population. but throughout tn,
country; and II IT, established bcyunt
doubt that very many so-callrd cItlzcna
OF the United Stutcs have NO title what
ever To that right and aro asserting anut
enjoying the benefits Of the same through
the Rrosscst frauds. II IL never to b.
forgotten that citizenship IL. to quote tn,
words recently asei by tn" Huprem'
tmnblc heritage whether II proceed
from birth within the country. or III ob
Gilucd by naturalization. and We poiso
the sources ot our national character am
strength ~ the fountain. II the prvileg :
IS claimed and exercised without right
and by means OF fraud and corruption
Tho body polite cannot be sound an,
healthy II many Of it's constituent mem |
bers claim their standing through tn, |
prostitution Of tho high right and callint !
of citizenship. II should mean something
to become citizen Of the United States |
and IN the process no loopholc whatever
should be left open to fraud
The FEDERAL grand jury lately In session I
| IA New York city dealt with this subject
and made u presCntmunt which states n,
| situation briefly and forcibly and contains
| important SuggeeNons Tor the cOnsidern
ti0u OF the congress. This pTescutment Il
| included us IN appendix to the report Of tn, 4
attorney general. 4
Government Department Frauds.
| In my last annual message. In connection
| with the subject of the due TVEula ton q
| combinations OF capital which are or maS
| become Injurious TO the public ! recon-
mended special appropriation for the
| better enforcement Uf the untl-trust law
as It now stands, to be expended under
the direction Of the attorney general Ac.
| cOrd!ugIy thy the legislative, executive and
! judicial appropriation act Of February 70
1903, 81 Stat. sji, ND the congress Gppro-
| priuted, Tor the purpose OF enforcing the
| various federal trust and interstate com
m,rcy laws. the sum of !JOOO1D. to be ex-
pended under the direction OF the attorney
general In the employment Of special coun-
sci aud agents IN the department OF Justice
to conduct proceedings and prosecutions
| under Haid laws In the courts Of the United
States now recommend, ns matter OF
| the utmost Importance md urgency. the
extension OF the purposca of this aprro-
| priatiun. ~ that II may be available. under
the direction Of the attorney general and
until used, for the due cniorcem,nt of the
laws OF the United States In general and
| especially Of the Civl and criminal laws
relating to pubic lands and The laws relat-
|
| subject OF naturalization. Recent inyCsti.
CATIONS have shown a dcpiornble state of
affairs IN these three matters OF Vital con
| Germ. ny various frauds and by forEcries
and pcfJurlcs thousands Of acres Of the
public domain, embracing lands OF differ
mt character hnd ,Ntendlng through vari-
Gus soCiions Of the country, have been dis
homes silly acquired. 1t IL hardly necessary
TO urge the importance OF recovering these
dishonest acquisitions, stolen from the peo-
pie and oi promptly and duly Furnishing
| The of flultTE Ak In another of
this message Of the widespread crimes by
which the sacred right OF cstiz,nsLip IL
heritage perverted to base ends. Iiy sim
liar means that is. through frauds. forg,r-
les and p,rjuries, ana by shameless briber-
les-tho laws relating to the proper con
duct OF the public service In general and
to the due administration Of the post Office
| department have been notortously violated,
and many indictments huve been found,
and the consequent prosecutions nro In
course OF hearing or on the eve thereof
For the reasons thus Indicated. aud 80 that
the government may be prepared to en-
force promptly una with the greatest effect
the due penalties for such violations OF law,
and to this end may be furnished with
sufficient tnstrume entaiites aud competent
legal uss!stRnCr for the inYestigat Ions and
trials which will be necessary at many
different points Of the country. urge upon
the congress the necessity OF making the
said appropriation available for immediate
use for all such purposes. TO be expended
under the direction OF the attorney general.
New Extraditicu Treaties Needed.
Steps have been taken by the state de-
partment looking to the making OF
bribery an extrndita bic ofrense with for
eign powers. The Iced OF more effective
treaties covering this crime Is manfest.
The exposures and prosecutions Of on
| clal corruption In st Louis. No. and
yther cities and states have rcsultsd In
number of giyers and takers OF bribes
becoming fugitives In foreign lands
Bribery has not been included In extra
dillon treaties heretofore. as tho neces-
Bity for II has not arisen. While there
may have been as much official corrup-
ton In former years, there has been more
. developed and brought to light In the
immediate paat than In the preceding
, century OF our country's history. II
3 should be tho policy OF the United States
, to leave no place on earth where n cor
: rupt man fleeing from this country can
/. rest In peace. There is no reason why
] bribery should not be included In all
treaties as extraditabie; The recent
amended treaty with Mexico. whereby
i. this crime was put In the list OF extra
ditabie offenses, has established saio-
TREATY the state department has asked