Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-10
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Congratulates the Country on Substantial Achieve
ments of Past Year-Capital and Labor-Postal
and Land Frauds-The Panama Canal

ject Of naturalization under the direc-
ton of the attorney-general and the con-
| reveal condition Of affairs calling for
! the immediate attention of congress
Forgeries and perjuries of shameless and
| fragrant character have been perpetrated,
not only in the dense centers of popula-
ton. but throughout the country: and it
| is established beyond doubt that very
| States have no title whatever to that
! right. and an asserting and ENJOYING the
benefits, of the same through the grossest
frauds"
I'm my last annual message" says the
| president, lin connection with the sub
| 1ect OF the due regulation of combina-
| tons or capital which are or may be in
| furious to the public. l recommended a
| special appropriation for the better en-
stands. to be expended under the direc-
ton of the encouragement Accord
ingly congress appropriated five hundred
| employment of special counsel and agents
! to conduct proceedings and prosecutions
under said laws in the courts as a matter
| the extension of the purposes of this an
| propria ton. so that it may be available
for the due enforcement Of the laws of
the United States in general and espe-
| cially of the civil and criminal laws re-
lating to postal crimes and offenses and
the subject of naturalization. Recent in
VestigatlOnS have shown deplorable
state OF affairs in these three matters Of
vital concern, BY various frauds and by
acres of the public domain have been
dishonesty acquired 1t is hardly neces-
sary to urge the Importance of recovering
these dishonest acquisitions, stolen from
the people ana of promptly and duly
furnishing the offenders.
touching the subject of the postal
frauds: forgerles and perjuries, and by
shameless briberies. the laws relating to
the proper conduct of the public service
IN general and to the due administration
OF the postoffice department have been
| prosecutions are in course of hearing or
on, the eve thereof. For the reasons
ment may be prepared to enforce prompt
" and with greatest effect the due penal
ties Tor such violations of law. l urge
the necessity of making such appro-
| priation available for Immediate USE
steps nave been taken by the state de-
b briberS Locking to The making of
elgn powers. The need of more effective
treaties covering this crime is manifest.
cit cit should tie the policy of the United
states. says the president. Ito leave no
place on earth when a corrupt man fee
ing from this country can find rest. There
bribery no otbe CRIME nfsr more serious than
ton of all law
the history OF the Alaskan boundary dis
pute and cal IS attention to the recent sue
GessIuI termination of that dispute by the
decision which is satisfactory in every
way.
- Speaking aps al Of the claims of foreign
mission of those claims. through the
friendly offices of the United States. to
the In, permanent court of arbitration at The
triumph of the principle of International
arbitration is subject of warm con-
graduation and offers a happy augury
tor the peace of the world
Regarding our relations with China the
president says: The signing of a new
e tonk nIsc treaty With China which
october, is cause Of satisfaction. This
act: the result of long discussion and ne
gotiation, places our commercial relations
with the great Oriental empire on more
satisfactory footing than even before"
The rural free delivery service has been
gress is asked to the question Of the com
pensation OF the letter carriers and clerks |
engaged in the postal service. especially
More routes have been installed since the
first of July last than in any like period
in the departments history. Which a
dent. must be kept in mind in the es-
adjustment Of new routes yet the extern |
sion Of the rural free, delivery system |
must be continued. for reasons of sound !
public policy" In this connection the |
president also urges the Importance of |
the movement for good roads.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition and
the Lewis and Clark exposition are rec |
commended to the favorable attention of |
congress-.
The president calls the special attention |
Of congress to the Territory of Alaska |
The country is developing rapidly and It |
has an assured future: Proper land |
laws should be enacted says the presi- |
dent. and the survey Of the public lands |
Immediately begun. Wagon roads and |
trails should be built and the building of |
railroads promoted in all legitimate |
ways.
An appropriation for the building of |
lighthouses in Hawaii is recommended
The president says: ''if our insular
possessions the Philippines and Porto |
Rico it is gratifying to say that their |
steady progress has been such as to make
1t unnecessary to spend much time in dis
cussing them; Yet congress should ever
rests upon us to further in every way the
welfare of these communities. The
ar ns snend b ant eosr by
benefited another people more than we
have benefited the Fllipinos by taking
possession of the islands,
The cash receipts OF the general land
office for the last fiscal year were St1 ,O24-
1856. an increase of -. 1862 S16.47 over
the preceding year Of this sum. APP
it of the fund for the reclamation of arid
land. making the total Of this fund, up to
the Both of June, 1908, approximately,
s16 191 1886.
sion of the public land laws the president
says: There is tendency to mass in |
large holdings public lands. especially
timber and grazing lands. and thereby to
retard settlement. l renew and emphasize
my recommendation of last year that so
far as they are available for agriculture
in its broadcast sense. and to whatever
national irrigation law, the remaining
public lands should be held rigidiy for
the home builder The attention OF con-
and stone law. the desert land law. and
the communication clause of the hofne-