Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-07


 mended where it springs from sin core and permanent intention to be- come citizens and real appreciation of the privilege, but it is a source of untold evil and trouble where it is traceable to selfish and dishonest mo- lives, such as the effort by artificial and improper means in wholesale fash ion to create voters who are ready made tools of corrupt politicians, or the desire to evade certain labor laws ere ating discrinlinations against alien la bor. All good citizens, whether natu- ralized or native born, are equally in terested in protecting our citizenship against fraud in any form and, on the other hand, in affording every facility for naturalization to those who in good faith desire to share alike our privi- leges and our responsibilities.
 The federal grand jury lately in ses- sion in New York city dealt with this subject and made presentment which states the situation briefly and forci- bly, and contains important suggestions for the consideration of the congress. This presentment is included as an ap- pendix to the report of the attorney general.
 In my last annual message in connec- ton with the subject of the due regula- tion of combinations of capital which are or may become Injurious to the public I recommended special appro priation for the better enforcement of the antitrust law as it now stands, to be expended under the direction of the attorney general Accordingly 0oy the legislative, executive and judicial ap- propriation act of Feb. p, 1903, s2 Stat, S54, 904) the congress appropriated for the purpose of enforcing the various federal trust and Interstate commerce laws the sum of $5o0,0o0, to be expend- ed under the direction of the attorney general in the employment of special counsel and agents in the department of justice to conduct proceedings and prosecutions under said laws in the courts of the United States.
 PUBLIC LAND AND POSTAL
 FRAUDS.
 now recommend, ag&a matter of the utmost importance and urgency, the extension of the purposes ef this appropria tion, so that it may be avail able, under the direction Of the attor- ney general and until used, for the due enforcement 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 ac- auirsd. It is hardly necessary to urge the importance of recovering these dis honest acquisitions, stolen from the people, and of promptly and duly pun ishing the offenders. I speak in an- ether part of this message of the wide spread crimes by which the sacred right of citizenship is falsely asserted and that 'inestimable heritage" per verted to base ends. By similar means that is, through frauds, forgeries 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 postoface department have been notoriously vio- lated, and many indictments have been found, and the consequent prosecutions are in course of hearing or on the eve thereof. For the reasons thus indicat- ed and so that the government may be prepared to enforce promptly and with the greatest. effect the due penalties for such violations of law and to this end may be furnished with sufficient instrumentalities and competent legal assistance for the investigations and trials which will be necessary at many different points of the country I urge upon the congress the necessity of mak- ing the said appropriation available for immediate use for all such pur- poses, to be expended under the direc- ton of the attorney general. |.
 Steps have been taken by the state department looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with foreign powers. The need of more eff fectfve treaties covering this crime is manifest. The exposures and prosecu- tions of official corruption in St. Louis and ether cities and states have result ed in a number of givers and takers of bribes becoming fugitives in foreign lands. Bribery has not been included in extradition treaties heretofore, as the necessity for 1t has not arisen. While there may have been 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. It 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 extraditable. The recent amended treaty with Mexico, whereby this crime was put in the list of eXtraditable of lenses, has established a salutary {rN l,5-