The Dolores star., 1903-12-11


expended under the direction OF the At
tornsy General. Accordingly by the leg
tsiativs. executive. and judicial appro-
priation act of February Is. 1908. =
Stat. SsA scD. the Congress appropriated.
for the purpose of enforcing the various
Federal trust and iuterstate-commerce
laws the sum OF five hundred thousand
dollars. to be expended under the direc-
ton Of the Attorney General in the en-
ployment Of special counsel and agents
in the Department of Justice TO conduct
proceedings and prosecutions under said
laws in the courts of tn. United States
| now recommend. a matter OF the ut
most importance and urgency. the exfen-
sion OF the purposes OF tins appropria-
t.on. so that IL may be available. under
the direction Of the Attorney General. and
until used. for the due enforcement OF
the laws of the United States In general
aud especially of the civil and criminal
laws relating to public lands and the laws
relating TO postal crimes and oHenses and
the subject of naturalization. Recent in
vrstisltion< have shown deplorable
state OF Affairs in these three matters of
vital concern. BY various frauds and
by forgeries and pcrjuries, thousands of
acres OF the public domain. embracing
land. 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-
promptly and duly Furnishing the Of
tenders.
Postal Frauds.
speak in another part or this message
of the widespread crimes by which the
sacred right of citizenship is falsely as
serted and that ''iuestimable heritage"
perverted to base ends. By similar means
that is, through frauds. forgeries. and
perjuries. and by shameless briberies-
the laws re:ating TO the proper conduct
of the public service in general and to
the due administration of the Postoffice
department have been notoriously vio-
lated. and many indictments have been
found. and the consequent prosecutions
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
be furnished with sufncient instrumentali-
ties and competent legal assistance for
the Investigations and trials which will
be necessary at many different points of
the country. 1 urge upon the Congress.
the necessity of making the said appro-
prlation available for immediate use for
all such purposes, to be expended under
the direction OF the Attorney General.
Alaskan Boundary.
The message gives in detail the
causes which led to the appointment
of the Alaskan boundary commission,
and congratulates both countries on
the satisfactory termination of the
sessions of the tribunal. 1t continues:
The result is satisfactory In every way.
II is Of great material advantage to our
people in the far Northwest. 1t has
moved from the field OF discussion and
possible danger question liable TO be-
come more acutely accentuated with each
pae Finally ba hed
a signal proof of the fairness and good
will with which two friendly nations can
approach and determine issues involving
national sovereignty and by their nature
incapable of submission TO a third power
for adjudication.
Consular Service.
I call your attention to the reduced cost
in maintaining the consular service for
the fiscal year ending June 30. 1903. a.
shown in the annual report of the Aud
itor for the State and other departments.
as compared with the year previous.
the year under consideration the excess
of expenditures over receipts on account
of the consular service amounted to $685.
125l2 as against 1886. .9I2.j0 for the year
ending June 80. 1902. and SNi,04o16 for the
year ending June 30. 1901. This is tho
best showing in this respect for the con-
sular service for the past fourteen years.
and tho reduction in the cost of the serv-
spite OF the fact that the expenditures for
the year in question were more than
10000 greater than for the previous year
Rural Free-DeIivery Service.
The rural free-delivery service has been
steadily extended. The attention G3 the
Congress IL asked to the question of the
compensation of the letter carriers and
clerks engaged in the postal service es-
pecially on the new rural free-delivery
routes. More routes have been Installed
since the first of July last than In any
like period in the departments history.
While due regard to economy must be
kept In mind in the establishment of new
routes. yet the extension of the rural
free-dclivery system must be continued,
for reasons of sound public policy No
governmental movement of recent years
has resulted in greater immediate benefit
to the people of the country districts.
Rural free delivery. taken in connection
with the telephone. the bicycle. and the
trolley. accompiishes much toward les
sening the Isolation of farm life and max
ing 1t brighter and more attractive. In
the immediate past the lack of just such
facilities as these has driven many of the
more active and restless young men and
women from the farma to the cities; for
they rebelled at loneliness and lack of
mental companionship 1t is unhealthy
and undesirable for the cities to grow at
the expense of the country; and rural
free delivery is not only good thing
in itself. but Is good because it Is one
of the causes which check this unwhole-
some tendency towards the urban con-
centration of our population at the ex-
pense of the country districts. 1t is for
the came reason that we sympa :hze with
and approve of the policy of building
good roads The movement for good
roads is one fraught with the greatest
benefit to the country districts.
In the Philippines and Porto Rico,
it is declared, steady progress is being
made and the condition of the island
ers already has been materially ad-
vanced.
Receipts of General Land Office.
On the subject of the public lands
OF the country the message says:
The cash receipts of the General Land
ONCE for the last fiscal year were $l1.-
02i. 65. an increase of $4,762 S16.47 over
the preceding year OF this sum. approx
imately, ss.4sl 4S3 will go to the credit
of the fund n In pf uriJ