The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-12-10

to the report of the attorney general.
Public Land and Postal Frauds.
In my last annual message, in con
nection with the subject of the due
regulation of combinations of CAPITA
which are or may become injurious tt
the public. recommended a special an
preparation for the better enforcement,
Of the antitrust law as it now stands
to be expended under the direction OF
the attorney general. Accordingly (by
the legislative, executive and judicia
appropriation act of Feb. 25, 1903, 3.
Stat, S54, 904), the congress appro
printed for the purpose of enforcing tn,
various federal trust and interstate
commerce laws the sum of 100000, ts
be expended under the direction of tn,
attorney general in the employment OF
special counsel and agents in the de.
partmcnt of justice to conduct proceed
ings and prosecutions under said laws
in the courts OF the United States. ]
now recommend. as q matter of the ut
most Importance and urgency, the ex-
tension of the purposes of this appro-
priation, so that 1t may be available,
under the direction of the attorney
general and until used, for the due en-
forcement of the laws of the United
States in general and especially Of the
civil and criminal laws relating to pub
lie lands and the laws relating to postal
crimes and offenses and the subject Of
naturalization. Recent Investigations
have shown deplorable state of af-
fairs in these three matters of vital
concern. By various frauds and by
forgeries and perjuries thousands of
acres Of the public domain, embracing
lands of different character and ex-
tending through various sections OF the
country, have been dishonesty acquir-
ed. 1t is hardly necessary to urge the
Importance Of recovering these dishon-
est acquisitions, stolen from the people.
and of promptly and duly Furnishing
the offenders.
Through frauds, forgeries and per
juries and by shameless briberies the
laws relating to the proper conduct of
the public service in general and to the
due administration of the postoftice
department have been notoriously vio'
lated. and many indictments have beer
found, and the consequent prosecutions
are in course of hearing or on the eve
thereof For the reasons thus indicat.
ed ana so that the government may
be prepared to enforce promptly and
with the greatest effect the due pen.
alties for such violations of law, and
to this end may be furnished with sufi'
cient instrumentalities and competent
legal assistance for the investigations
and trials which will be necessary at
many different points of the country.
urge upon the congress the necessity
of making the said appropriation avail
able for immediate use for all such
purposes. to be expended under the di
rection of the attorney general
Need For Treaties Making Bribery
Extraditable.>
Steps have been taken by the state
department looking to the making ol
bribery an extraditable offense will
foreign powers. The need of more eff
fective treaties covering this crime il
manifest. The exposures and prosecu
tions of official corruption in st. Louis
Mo-, and other cities and states have
resulted in a number of givers and tax.
ers Of bribes becoming fugitives in for
eign lands. Bribery has not been in.
cluded in extradition treaties hereto
fore, as the necessity for it has moi
arisen. While there may have beer
as much official corruption in former
years, there has been more developed
and brought to light in the immediate
past than in the preceding century OF
our country's history. 1t should be the
policy Of the United States to leave nc
place on earth where a corrupt mar
fleeing from this country can rest il
peace.
Alaskan BOUNDARY.
After unavailing attempts to reach ar
understanding on the Alaskan bound
ary question through joint high com
mission, followed by prolonged negota
tions, conducted in an amicable spirit
q convention between the United States
and Great Britain was signed Jan. "a
1908, providing for an examination OF
the subject by a mixed tribunal of ST,
members. three on a side, with view
to its final disposition. Ratification.
were exchanged on March last
whereupon the two governments ap
pointed their respective members
Those on behalf of the United Statel
were Elihu Root, secretary of war
Henry Cabot Lodge. a senator of thu
United States, and George Turner, an
ex-senator of the United States, while
Great Britain named the Right Hon
Lord Alverstone lord chief justice OF
England; Sir Louis Amable Jette, K
G. NJ. G., retired judge of the supreme
court of Quebec, and A. B. Aylesworth
X. c., of Toronto. This tribunal me
in London on Sept. under the presi
dency of Lord Alverstone. On the 20tl
Of October majority of the tribuna
reached and signed an agreement oil
all the questions submitted by thu
terms Of the convention. By thi
award the right of the United State
to the control of continuous strip O
border of the mainland shore, skirtini