The sun., 1903-12-08

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The methods by which these frauds
now under full investigation with view
to netting out punishment and provid-
ing adequate remedies-are perpetrateo
! include many variations OF procedure
are forged in their entirety; or genuine
certificat es, fraudulently or collusively OBJ,
tained in blank, are filed in blythe criminal
conspirat ors; or certificates are Obtained
| on fraudulent statements as TO the tilne
! of arrival and residence in this country
or imposition and substitution or another
party for the real petitioner occurs In court
, or certificates are made the subject OF
barter and sale and transferred from tne
/ rightfu holders to those not entitled TO
! of the original names and the insertion
/ OF the names OF other persons not emitted
/ to the same
1t is not necessary for me to refer here
at large to the causes leading to this state
of affairs. The desire for naturalization
,, is heartily to be commended where it springs
! from sincere and permanent intention
to become citizens and a real apprecia.
tion of the privilege. But it is source OF
untold evil and trouble where 1t Ia trace
able to selfish and dishonest motives, sucn
as the effort, by art rtifcial and improper
means. in wholesale fashion to create voters
who are ready made tools of corrupt poll
ticians, or the desire to evade certain lapor
laws creating determinations against AMEN
labor. All good citizens, whet her nat a. :
terested in protecting our citizenship
against fraud in any form, and. on the r
ether hand in affording every facility Tor
naturalization to those who In good faith
desire to share alike our privileges ana
our responsibilities.
The Federal Grand Jury lately in session
in New York city dealt with this subject
and made a present ment which states the
sit uat ion briefly and forcibly and contains
import ant suggestions for the consideration
of the Congress. This present ment Is n
cluded in an appendix to the report of the
Attorney General.
EXTENSION RECOMMENDED OF PURPOSES OF
APPROPRIATION FOR ENFORCING TRUST
AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAWS
In my last annual Message, in connection
with the subject of the due regulation OF
combinations Of capital which are or may
become injurious to the public, recon-
mended special approprat ION %, ior tne De;
now stands. to he expended under the d,-
recton of the Attorney General. Accord,
ingly (by the legislative, executive ana
judicial appropriation act OF Feb. 20, lsoa;
32 Stat, S54 ,904l. the Congress appropriated
for the purpose of enforcing the various
Federal trust arN interstate commerce laws,
the sum Of S5OOSOO, to be expended under
the direct ion of the Attorney-General IN
the employment Of special counsel ana
agents in the Department OF Justice TO con-
duct proceedings and prosecutions unuer
said laws in the courts of the United States
] now recommend as matter OF the Ut
most importance and urgency, the extern
sion of the purposes of this appropriation
so that it may be available, under the dlrec,
ton of the Attorney General, ana un'll
-.t.. Cor nj
of the United States in general and especially
of the civil and criminal laws relating 70
public lands and the laws relating to postal
crimes and offences and the subject oi nat
uralzation. Recent Investigations nave
shown a deplorable state OF anairs IN these
three matters of vital concern,
PUBLIC LAND FRAUDS.
Bv various frauds and by forgerles ana
perjuries, thousands of acres Of the public
domain, embrac cling lands of different char
acter and extending through various sec
tions of the country. have been dishonesty
acquired 1t is hardly necessary to urge
the importance of recovering these tilshon,
est acquisitions. stolen from the people; ana
of promptly and duly furnishing the ohend-
ers. 7 speak in another part Of this Message
of the widespread crimes by which the sa-
cred right Of citizenship is falsely asserted,
and that ~inestima heritage perverted
to base ends
POSTAL FRAUDS.
By similar means-that ls. through
frauds, forgeries and PerjU.'eS, ss,,atna a W 3o
the proper conduct OF the public service IN
general and to the due administration OF
the Post Office Department have been no
toriously violated and many lhdlSflhentS
have been found and the consequent prose-
eve thereof. For the reasons thus indi-
Gated, and so that the Government may be
nrennrec TO enforce promptly ana WIN
the greatest effect the due penalties Tor such
violations of law, and to this end may be
furnished with sufficient il'S' S'ruinen.an'ieH
and competent legal assistance for the m
yestigations and trials which Will be neces-
sary al many different points OF the country.
I urge upon the Congress the necessity OF
making the said appropriation avaAne
for immediate use for all such purposes.
to he expended under the urec'ioi vi Vi'e
httorney y-tieneral.
NEED FOR TREATIES MAKING BRIBERY
ExTRApITABLE
Stems have been taken by the State De-
ma RI ment looking to the making OF bribery
an extradtable offence with foreign Powers.
The need of more effective treaties covering
this crime is manifest. The exposures ana
prosecutions of official corruption in 81.
Mis- Ma, and other cities and States have
resulted in number OF givers and takers OF
bribes becoming fugitives in foreign lands.
bribery has not been included in extradition
treaties heretofore, as the necessity Tor ~
has not arisen. While there may have been
az f much official corruption in former years,
there has been more developed and orought
to light in the immediate past than in the
preceding century Of our countrys history,
II should be the policy of the United states
to leave no place on earth where corrupt
man fleeing from this country can rest IN
peace. There is no reason why bribery
should not be included in all treaties as
extradtable. The recent amended treaty
with Mexico, whereby this crime was put
in the list of extraditable offences, has
established a salutary precedent in this
regard. Under this treaty the state De-
nartment has asked, and Mexico has
granted, the extradition OF one OF the ST.
Louis bribe givers
There can he no crime more serious than
bribery. Other offences violate one law,
while corruption strikes at the foundation
of all law. Under our form of government
all authority is vested in the people and by
them delegated to those who represent
them in official capacity. There can be no
offence heavier than that OF him in whom
such a sacred trust has been reposed who
sells it for his own gain and enrichment,
and no less heavy is the offence OF the bribe
giver. He is worse than the thief, for the
thief robs the individual, while the corrupt
official plumbers an entire city or State.