Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-12-10

gaf1ona federar trust and Interstate COM
,nerce laws. the sum Of 100000, TO 20 ex-
nendsd under the direction Of the attorney
aTSncrai IA the employment Of special conn-
ri ana agents In the department o. yusLice
To- conduct proceedings and gr ~ Sids9n
s SnSsr Aiu now recommend, assa matter q
se ~ * he purposes Of this abpro-
nriation, 80 that II may be available, undef
Inc direction Of the attorney general ahu
AVE 81 the United States In general and
especially Of the civil and criminal laws
eeIcfinc 10 public lands and the laws relat-
inr 10 postal crimes and ofiensea and the
rlibject OF naturalization, Recent invesus
cations have shown aePcraDIe s.d, coS Z.
cern I3y various frauds and by forgeries
ana perjuries, thousands Of acres q the
nublie domain, embracing lands Of diner
emit character and extending through VAR VAR
ouS sections Of the country. nave peen o, y,
y noI a,rre the Importance Of recovering these
dishonest acquisitions, stolen from the peo-
Ma and OF promptly and duly Furnishing
TX Offenders. speak IN another part 81
this message Of the widespread crimes ~
hsh s sasGsd an afht h & 'ilnsasnDb
herifaee' perverted 10 base ends. BY sim
lar means-that IL, through fraud, iorger-
Ia and perjuries, and by shameless briber-
iss-fhe laws relating TO the proper, con.
duct 81 the public service " sn coat of MA
department have been notoriously VIOLATED,
ana many indictments have been founa.
enS me CONSEQUENT prosecutions are IN
course or hearing or on the eve thereof:
For the reasons thus indicated. an9 ~ tnet
tcrcs nroinptIy and With the greatest effect
tha d,io penalties for such violations of law.
ana "a this end may be furnished WITH
gufficient instrumentalities anq competens
jeral assistance for the Investigations arc
tTss whi cn,s Wy Ss douatry urge npo
tha congress the necessity Of making the
raid appropriation available for Immediate
nae for ali such purposes, TO BE- expended
under the direction OF the attorney genera.
New Extraditfon Treaties Needed,
STEPS have been taken BY the state DC.
partrlent looking 70 the making q
bribery an exfr8ditapie ogemss sa WV nNac ty
treaties covering this crime y manifest.
The exposures and .proeecutions 81 ON.
niai corruption In st. Louis, MO-, .And
othar cities and states have resulted ~
number liver aEd ss sogsiss q P IanSs
Hribery has not been included IN extra
,iition treaties heretofore. a. the neces-
sitv for IL has not arisen. While there
nav have been as much oficial corrup-
tion IA former years, there has been more
developed and brought 20 iignt " tne
rant,,ry Of our country's history II
sSonld be the policy Of the United States
~ iaeve no place on earth where q cor
rynt man fleeing from this country can
rest IN peace. There ~ no reason WIZ
bribery should not be includsd ~ AZ
smsnded treaty with Mexico. whereby
thSs crime was put In the HIST Of extra
Xlabie offenseg has established q ealu-
Jaw t,recedent In this regard. Under thii
treaty. the state department has asked
ana Mexico has granted, the extradiuon
n one OF tho b. Louis bripe givers'
the Alaskan BOUNDARY.
For several years past the rapid asvsioei
Icus refusal 81 q the congress when mas jusl
closed It's SESSION. to consider. favorably
such q treaty; II shows that the govern
ment which made the treaty really had ab,
solute. control over the situation. put Nv
dispatch further calls on US to restore or
der and secure Colombian supremacy II
fheigthmus from which the Colombian gov
eminent has just by It's action decided Y
bar Us by preventing the construction o.
the canal
Important to u.
The control. In the interest Of the com
merce and trafflc Of the whole Icivilizet
world, Of the means Of undisturbet
transit across the isthmus Of Panama
10 the United States. We have repeated
" exercised this control by intervening
Ia the course OF domestic dissension ant
BY protecting the territory from foreign
invasion In 1858 Mr.. Everett assured Thu
Peruvian minister tnat We a Should ne ~.
isthmus In the case OF war between PERI
and Colombia. In 1854 Colombia, which
has always been vigilant to avail itsel
OF its privileges conferred by the treaty
expressed It's expectation that In ~.
th hs"s United States would carry into q
feet the guaranty Of neutrality. Ther.
have been few administrations OF tn
state department in which this treat,
has not. either by the one side or tn
other, been used a. q basis Of more q
Mr., Fish in 1871 that the department q
state had reason to believe that an ~
tack upon Colombian sovereignty on ths
iathmus had. on several occasions, beer
averted BY warning from this govern
mont, In 1885, when Colombia was undel
the menace Of hoetilities from Italy y
the CerruH case, Mr. Bayard expresset
the serious concern that the United
States could not but feel, that Euro
pean power should resort to force againsi
4 sister republic Of this hemisphere, a.
to the a0Yereign and uninterrupted use O
: psrt Of whose territory We are GUAR
antors under the solemn faith Of . treaty
The above recital OF facts establishel
beyond question: First that the Unitet
States has for over half century pa
tiently and In good faith carried out ~
obiisations under the treaty q lsas; SEQ
ond, that when for the flrst time II pc
came possible for Colombia to do any
thing IN reQuital Of the services thus re
peatcdly rendered to II for 81 years b,
the United States. the Colombian gov
ernment peremptorily and extensively r.
to do 50 would have been to It's adyan
tage and immeAsurably to the advantage
OF the state OF Panama, at that time un
der It's jurisdiction: third, that through
out this period revolutions, riots, ant
fractional disturbances OF every kind hay'
occurred one after the other In almos
uninterrupted succession. some Of then
lasting for months and even for years
while the central government was unable
70 put them down or 10 make peace witt
the rebels; fourth, that these disturb
anees instead q showing any sign 2
numerous and more serious In the imme
date past; ilfth, that the control o
Colombia over the Isthmus OF Panami
could not be maintained without tn
armed Intervention and assistance Of tn
United States. In other words, the gov
eminent Of Colombia, though wholly IN
able 10 maintain order on the lnthmus
has nevertheless declined 10 ratlfy
treaty the conclusion OF which openel
the only chance 70 secure It's own Rtabll
~ and 10 guarantee permancnt poac
across, the isthmuh.
Under such circumstances the govern
ment Of the United States would have beef
guilty Of folly and weakness, amounting
n shsir sum to crime erin. AEsinst the patton