Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-08
MESSAGE
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of the earth II bribery IL tolerated
The gives nnd takers Of brides stand
on an evil pre-eminence Of infamy. The
exposure and punishment Of public
corruption Il m honor To : ns;ion. moi
. disgrace. The shame .i,s in toler
alton not IN corruption. No city 81
state. still less the nation en- be In,
Jured BY the enforcement Of law. Al
long - public piunderers when de-
tectod can md ! haven Of refuge In
any foreign land and avoid punish.
ment, JUST so long encouragement Ia
given them to continue their practices.
II W fall TO do all that In us Hes to
stamp out corruption We cannot cs-
cape our share of responsibility for
the guilt. The frst requisite Of sue
cessful self.goyernment 10 unfiinching
enforcement Of the law and the cut.
ting out Of corruption"
Foreign Affairs.
The message then discusses the set.
Element or the Alaskan boundary
question and also the submission of
the Venezuelan claims to the perma'
nent court OF arbitration at the Hague,
This leads to reviewing the advance
n.ent Of the cause o. the information.
u arbitration and The exemption II
private property a s.a from capture
BY ~belligcrent powers and the meet.
iEg Of the interpa elementary unio1
for International arbitration.
The message says: "Onr relations
with the Turkish government remain
friendly: our claims founded on In
equitable treatment or some 81 our
schools and missions appear TO be IN
process IL amicahle adjustment" In
speaking OF the relations with China
the message says: We have secnr-
ed for our missionaries n valuable
privilege, the recognition Of their
right TO rent and lease In p~erpetuity
such property as their religious soc.
ieties may need In all parts OF the
empire. The full measure OF develop,
ment which our commerce ma right.
fully expect can hardly be looked for
untIl the settlement OF the present alb
normal state OF things In the empire:
but the foundation Or such develop.
rsent has al last been laid
After calling attention 10 the reduc.
ed cost Of maintaining the consular
service, President Roosevelt contin,
ues: This Is the best showing for
the consular service for the past -four.
teen years
The Philippines.
Rural free delivery. good roads, the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. the deyeI.
opment Of Alaska. the Alaskan salmon
-
fisheries. Hawaii and the Philippines
and Porto Rico come In for brief dis.
cussions. OF the last named the mes.
sage says:
or the insular possessions, the
Philippines and Porto Rico, it Ii graf,
flying TO say that their steady prog.
ress has been such AZ to make II nm.
necessary to spend much time In dis.
cnssing them. Yet the congress should
ever keep in mind that a peculiar oh.
legation rests upon US 10 further In
every way the welfare OF those com.
munities. The Philippines should be
knit closer 10 us by tariff arrange.
ments. Il would. OF course, be I'm.
possible suddenly to raise the people
Of the islands 10 the high pitch OF N.
dustrIal prosperity and or course he
Impossible suddenly 20 give them the
governmental efficiency 10 which they
will IN the end by degrees attain; and
the caution and moderation shown in
developing them have been among the
main asons why this development
has hitherto gone on so smoothly.
S%crnpuious care has been taken In
the choice of governmental agents
and the entire elimination OF partisan
politics from the public service. The
condition Of the islanders Is In mater.
ial things. far better than ever be.
fore, while their governmental. intel
lectual and moral advance has kent
pace with their material advance. No
n people eve benefited another peo.
pie more than we have benefited the
FiIlpInos by taking possession Of the
islands"
General Land Office.
1The cash receipts Of the general
land once for the last fiscal year were
3~i1.02465. an increase Of s4.762. sfG.a7
over the preceding year. or this sum
approximately. tss6l.se3 VIII 30 10 the
credit Of the fund for the reclamation
Of arid land. making the total Of this
fund, up 10 the goth OF June. 1908. mp.
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