Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

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can be depended upon 10 furnish swift
auxiliary cruisers i'm time OF war.
Immigration.
We cannot have too much immigration
of the right kind, and We should have
none at all Of the wrong kind. The need
is to devise some system 10y which unde-
sirable immigrants shall be kept out en-
tirely, while desirable immigrants are
properly distributed throughout the coun-
try.
The special investigation of the sub
iect Of naturalization under the direction
Of the Attorney General, and the conse
qucnt prosecutions, reveal condition OF
affairs calling for the immediate atten-
ton Of the Congress. Forgeries and per
juries of shameless and fragrant charac-
ter have been perpetrated, not only in
the dense centcrs OF population, but
| throughout the country; and 1t Is estab
lished beyond doubt that very many So
called citizens of the United States have
no title whatever to that right and are
asserting and enjoying the benefits OF
| the same through the grossest frauds.
The body polite cannot be sound and
healthy If many of It's constituent mem
bers claim their standing through the
prostitution of the high right and calling
Of citizenship. 1t should mean some
| thing to become a citizen of the United
| States; end In the process no loophole
|
In my last annual message, in connec-
tlon with the subject of the due regula-
ton of combinations of capital which are
or may become injurious to the public, |
recommended n special appropriation for
the better enforcement of the antitrust
law as it now stands, to be expended un-
der the direction of the Attorney Cen
eral. Accordingly the Congress appro-
priated 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 the United States.
/ now recommend, ms matter OF the ut
most Importance and urgency, the extern
sion of the purposes of this appropra-
ton, so that it 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 gen
eral and especially of the civil and Grim
inal laws relating to public lands and
the laws relating to postal crimes and
oitenses and the subject of naturaliza-
ton. Recent Investigations have shown
n deplorable state of affairs in these
three matters of vital concern.
BY various frauds and 10y forgeries
and perjurics, thousands OF acres of the
public domain, embracing lands of dir,
various sections Of the country. have
been dishonesty acquired. 1t is hardly
necessary TO urge the Importance of re.
covering these dishonest acquisitions
stolen from the people. and of promptly
and duly Furnishing the offenders.
Postal Frauds.
! speak in another part of this mes
sage of the widespread crimes by which
the sacred right of citizenship is falsely
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perverted to base ends. by similar
means-that is through frauds, forgcric'
and perjures, and by shameless briberieS
the laws relating to the proper conduC
of the public service in general and t,
the due administration of the PostofIic,
Department have been VIGOROUSLY VIC
lated, and many indictments have beer
found, and the consequent prosecution
are in course of hearing or on the ev
thereof. For the reasons thus indicated
and so that the government may be pre-
pared To enforce promptly and witt
the greatest effect the due penalties 70
such violations Of law, and to this en-,
may be furnished with sufficient in
Strumentallties and competent lega
assistance for the Investigations and trial
which VIII be necessary at many dinercn
points OF the country, urge upon the Con
preparation available for immediate use 10
III such purposes, to he expended under tn
direction Of the Attorney General
stems have been taken by the State Dc
partmcnt looking to the making OF brlhcr
an eXtradltable olTcnsc with foreign pow
! crs. The need OF more effective trcatie
covering this crime IL manifest. The ex
posurcs and prosecutions OF official cor
ruptiOn In st. Louis, Mo, and other elite
and States have resulted In number o
Clvcrs and takers Of brides becoming fugI
tiycs I'm foreign lands BrIbery Inns NO
+ been included In eXtradltion treaties here
toforC, as the necessity for 1t has not arts
en- While ther' may have been MS muc
official corruption In former years, thcr
has been more developed md brought to High
In the immediate past than in the prcccdn
Q century OF our Conntry's history. II shout
= no place on earth where corrupt ma
= fleeing from this country can rest In peace
4 There Is no reason why bribery should no
be Included In all treaties az extradltable.
: Alaskan boundary.
/ For several years past the rapid deyelor
| ment OF Alaska and the establishment @
! growing American interests In regions there
: tofore unsurveyed and imperfcctly know
brought into prominence the urgent nece,
: stty OF practical dcmarCation OF the bour
+ daries between the Jurisdictions Of tn
: United states and Great Britain. Althoug
the treaty OF 1925 between Great Brltni
: and Russia, the provisions OF which wer
copied In the treaty OF 1857, whereby Ru,
= STA conveyed Alaska to the United State,
= was positive as to the control, first by Rui
7 sla and later by the United States, OF
y | strip of territory along the continental mai
n | lana from the western shore OF portlan
4 | Canal to Mount st. Elias, following an
= | surrounding the indentations OF the Goa,
5 and including the islands to the westwar,
I its description OF the landward margin ,
z the strip was indefinite, resting on tho suI
: posed existence OF a continuous ridge |
: range of mountains skirting the coast !
, figured In the charts OF the early navigator
- 1t had at no time been possible for eth,
party in Interest to lay down, under N
authority OF the treaty, a line so obvious
= exact according 20 Its provisions as to cor
/ mand the assent OF the other. For nea,
i threc-fourths OF a century the absence
r tangible local Interests demanding the Q
i. ercse OF positive Jurisdiction on either slC
:, of the border left the question dormant
1 permanent disposition OF the matter final
= became imperative.
; After unavaiing attempts TO reach an II
j. Outstanding through "A Joint High Commit
n sion, followed by prolonged negotiation
= conducted In an amlcahle spirit, Conve
: ton between the United States and Gre
o Britain was signed, January ~, 1908, pr
viding for an examination OF the suble
by a mixed tribunal OF six members, thr
on side, with a view to Its final disp
i sltion. RatlhCatlons were exchanged
: March 3 last, whcreupon the two Cover
e meuts appointed their respective member
n ON the twentieth OF October a m
p jorlty OF the tribunal reached and sign
= an agreement on all the questions suhmltt
v NV the terms OF the conventions BY IN
10 Iubf Of IN oil f,y q, .