The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-08


the country urge upon The Congress
the necessity OF making the said appro-
rriotion available for Immediate use FOR
all such purposes TO be expended undey
the direction OF the Attorney General
Needs for Treaties Making Bribery
Extraditabie.
Steps have been taken by the State
Department looking 10 the making Of
bribery an eNtraditable oftense with for
oign powers. Tho need OF more effective
treaties covering this crime Is manifest.
The exposures and prosecutions of Of
nciai corruption IN ST. Louis. Mo. and
other cities and states have resalted IN
number Of giYcrs and takers pf brhes
/ becoming fugtlves IN foreign lanNs 8rib-
ety has not been included Ia extvaditiou
treaties heretofore as the necessity FOR
u has not arisen. while there may have
been as much official corruption IN former
years, there has been mere developed
and brought TO light IN tho immediate
past than IN the preceding century OF
our countrss history. it should be the
policy OF tho United states to leave no
place on earth where corrupt man
fleeing from this country can rest I'm
re.cc rhere IS NO reason why bribery
should not bc included in an treaties as
cxtraditablc. The recent amended treaty
with Mexico, whereby this crime was
put in the list of eNtraditable onenses
hae established a salutary precedent Ia
| this regard. Under this treaty the state
I Department has asked. and Mexico hrs
granted. the extradltion OF one of the St
Louis bribc giycrs.
There can be nc crime more serious
than bribery Other onenses violate one
iaw. while corruption strikes at the foun-
datioli of an law Under our form Of gov
| eminent aN authority Is vested in the
! people and by them delegated to those
who represent them IN official capacity
| Tte exposure and punishment Of public
| corruption IS an honor 20 nation. not
q disgrace The shame lies in toleration
rot in correction No city or state. stll
/ lets the nation can be injured by the
/ enforcement OF law. As long az public
j phnderers when detected can hnd "a
+ haven OF refuge In any foreign land and
avoid punishment. lust so long encOur-
I agement IS given them to continue their
| practices. III we fail TO DO all that IN us
| lies TO stamp out corruption we can not
escape our share OF responsibility for The
/ guilt. The first requisite OF successful
! sclf-government is unninchng enforce
/ ment Of the law ana the cutting out OF
Alaskan Boundary.
For several years past the rapid deyei-
! opment Of Alaska ana the establishment
/ sof growing American interests IN re-
| gions heretofore unaurveyed and im-
/ perfectly known brought into promi-
/ Afuit ktlt urgent necessity OF n pfae-
| deal demarcatlon OF the boundaries be-
| tween the jurisdictions OF the United
] States and Great Britain. Although the
treaty Of 1925 between Great Britain and
/ Russia. the provisions of which were
| copied In the treaty OF 1861 whereby Rus
| sla conseyed Alaska 20 the United States.
| WAS lWsitiNe as to the control. FIRST by
/ Russia ana later by the United States,
| of strip OF territory along the couti-
| mental mainland from the western shore
/ of Portland canal to Mount ST. Elias fol-
/ lowing ana surrounding the ndentatlons
/ o. the coast and including the islands TO
! the westward. It's description OF the land
ward margin OF the strip was indefinite
resting on the supposed existence Of a
| continuous ridge or range of mountains
sltirting the coast, as figured In the
/ charts OF the early naVieators II had
| az no time been possible for either party
! In interest 10 lay down. under the author
ity Of the treaty. lire so obviously ex-
J act according TO its provisions as TO COM
| mand the assent OF the other. For nearly
| three-iourths of "a century the absence
/ of tangible local interests demanding tho
| exercise of positive Jurisdiction on either
/ side or tho border left the question dor
| mant Tn 1873 questions of revenue ad-
/ ministration on the StilSlnc river led 10
/ the establishment of provisional lie
| marcation crossing tho channel between
| two high peaks on either side about TWEEN
/ ty-four miles above the river mouth In
| 1899 similar questions growing out of the
/ extraordinary development oil mining in-
! terests In the region about tho head or
/ Lynn canal brought about "a temporary
modus yiyendi. by which "a convenient
| separation was made at the watershed
| divides of the White and ChiIkoot passes
| and TO the north OF Klukwnn. on the
I Klehni river These partial and tentative
! adjustments could not " the very ma
| ture of things be satisfactory or last-
ing a permanent disposition OF the mat
I ter became imperative
After unavallinE attempts 10 reach an
| understanding through "a joint high com
| mission, followed by prolonged nogOtia-
tons conducted in an amicablc spifit "a
Z convention between the United States
and Great Britain was signed Jan "a
[ 1903. providing for an examination of the
subject by missed tribunal OF nlv mem
bers, threo nu e. side, with a view 10 rs