Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-10

ingly (by the legislative, executive. and
| judicial appropriation act of February
25. 1903, 80 Stat. S54, 904), the Congress
appropriated, for the purpose of en-
| forcing the various federal trust and
interstate commerce laws, the sum of
100000, to be expended under the d.
| rection of the attorney general in the
employment of special counsel and
| agents in the department of justice
to conduct proceedings and prosecu-
tons under said laws in the courts of
the United States. I now recommend
as matter of the utmost Importance
and urgency the extension of the pur-
poses of this appropriation, so that it
may be available. under the direction
OF the attorney-general,a and until used
for the due enforcement of the laws of
the United States in general and es-
pecially of the civil and criminal laws
relating to public lands and the laws
relating to postal crimes and offenses
and the subject of naturalization. Re-
cent investigations have shown de-
| plorable state of affairs in these three
matters of vital concern BY various
frauds and by forgeries and perjuries
thousands of acres of the public do
| main, embracing lands of different
character and extending through vari-
Gus sections of the country. have been
dishonesty acquired. 1t is hardly nee
essary to urge the Importance Of recov-
ering these dishonest acquisitions
stolen from the people. and of prompt
ly and duly Furnishing the offenders. !
speak in another part of this message
of the widespread crimes by which the
sacred rights Of citizenship is falsely
asserted and that "inestimable herit-
age" perverted to base ends. BY SINH
lar means-that Is. through frauds
forgeries. and perjuries, and by shame
| vnCc hv~ttn y,fO
proper conduct of the public service
in general and to the due administra-
ton of the postoffice department have
been VIGOROUSLY violated, and MANY in
dictments have been found. and the
| consequent prosecutions are in course
of hearing or on the eve thereof For
the reasons thus indicated, and so that
the government may be prepared to
enforce promptly and with the creates
effect the due penalties for such vio-
lations of law. and to this end NAV he
furn' shed with sufficient instrument
talities and competent legal assistance
for the Investigations and trials which
will be necessary at many different
points of the country I urge upon the
Congress the necessity for making the
said approximation available for imme-
date use for all such purposes. to be
expended under the direction Of the
attorney general.
The President saws in this connec-
ton that steps are being taken to in
clnde bribery in the list of extradit-
able Offenses.
Alaska Boundary.
The President gives n history of the
Alaska boundary dispute and it's set
Element. The result is stated to be
satisfactory in every way.
International Arbitration.
There seems good ground for the be-
lief that there has been a real growth
among the civilized nations of senti-
ment which will permit a gradual sub.
stitution of other methods than the
methods of war in the settlement OF
disputes. 1t Is not pretended that as
vet we are near position in which II
will be possible wholly to prevent war
or that Just regard for national in
terest and honor will in all cases per.
NIT Of the settlement Of internationa
disputes by arbitration; but by mix
ture Of prudence and firmness witt
wisdom we think 1t is possible to dc
away with much Of the prOvocatior
and excuse for war. and at least ir
many cases to substitute some Other
and more rational method for the set
tlement of disputes. The Hague cour'
offers so good an example of what car
he done in the direction Of such set
Element that it should be encoura gee
in every way. Further steps SHOULD
be taken.
President McKinley's recommended
ton in his message of 1898. that the
executive may be authorized to cor
respond with the governments of the
principal maritime powers. with a view
of Incorporating into the permanent
law Of civilized nations the principle
of the exemption of all private prop.
erty at sea not contraband Of war
from capture or destruction bv bellg-
erent powers" is cordially endorsed.
Rural Free Delivery Service.
The rural free delivery service has
been steadily extended. The attention
of the Congress is asked to the ques-
ton of the compensation of the letter
carriers and clerks engaged in the pos
tai service, especially on the new rura
free delivery routes. More routes have
been installed since the first of july
than in any like period in the depart.
ment's history. While a due regard tt
economy must be kept in mind in the
establishment of new routes. yet the
extension of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn must be continued for reasons OF
sound public policy. No governmental
movement of recent years has resulted
in greater immediate benefit to the peo-
pie of the country districts. Rura
free delivery taken in connection witt
! the telephone, the bicycle and the troll
ley. accomplishes much toward lessen.
ing the isolation of farm life and max
ing it brighter and more attractive. Ir
the immediate past the lack of just such
facilities as these has driven many OF
the more active and restless young mer
and women from the farms to the
cities; for they rebelled at lonliness
and lack of mental companionship. II
is unhealthy and undesirable for the
cities to grow at the expense of the
country; and ruarl free delivery is moi
a good thing in itself. but Is good be-
cause 1t is one of the causes which
check this unwholesome tendency to-
wards the urban concentration of oul
population at the expense of the coun-
try districts. 1t is for the same reason
that we sympathize 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.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
l trust that the Congress will con-
tinue to favor in all proper ways the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This
exposition commentaries the Louisi-
ana purchase, which was the first
great step in the expansion which
made us a continental nation. The ex-
petition Of Lewis and Clark across the
continent followed thereon, and mark
ed the beginning of the process of ex-
ploration and colonization which thrust