The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-09


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Merchaht MARINE
L especially commend TO your lmmedl-
ate attention the encouragement OF our
merchant marine by appropriate leglsIa-
tloh'
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On the tarlIl l Shiil communicate WIN
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immigration ana Natufai'zat'on.
In dealing with the questions OF lhltnl-
grafton ana Naturalization II IS lhulS-
pehSabie 10 Keep certain lactS ever De
lore the minus OF thoSe WHO snare III en-
actlh@ the laws. FIRST ana foremost let
US remember mat the question: VI peils
good American has nothing Whatever
10 GO win man birthplace any more
imam II mas 10 90 WIN MS CEceo' III
every generation from the time thlS gov
eminent was ROUNDED men OF foreign
oiFth nave S'ooH IN tne very foremost
rank or Good cltizehShlp' ana that not
merely IN one but IN every fleld OF Amer
lcan ACTIVITY: While 10 try TO t'raW diS-
ulctioh between lhe man whose parents
came 10 TINS country ana the man whose
ancestors came 10 II SeVefal generations
PACK IS mere ahSuro!tE' HCou AIhefl-
cdhiSlh IS Hlat'eF Oh h'aI'' Vi coiiSc!-
ehce' OF loltE ASPIRATION OF Souhu com
mon sense, pul not OF birthplace OF Vi
creed
Ihere IS no Gahger OF having 100 many
Immigrants OF the Nght KING. but the
cltizenShlp OF ms country should not De
"epaSeu' II IS vital ina we Snoulu Keep
hish the STANDARD OF "ell-pelhs among
our WaEe-"oi h"rS' ana therefore We
Shoulu not aCmlt masses OF men whose
STANDARDS OF nNlng ara whose personal
| customs ana haoltS are such that they
tend 10 lower the level OF the American
"aSe-"orkeF; ana apoEe all We Should
not admit any man Of an unworthy type,
any man concerning WHOM we can Say
| that ne Will himself be pad citizen or
that MS ch!!dreh ana grahdchlldreh VIII
| ueIact from instead OF auulhg 10 the
sum VI inc sood cltlZehShip OF the coun-
Try similarly we Shoula take the great
est care ABOUT naturalization.
Cnder the constitution II Is IN the
| power OF the Congress Ito establish a
UNIFORM rule OF NATURALIZATION. ana
numerous laws nave from time to time
| been enacted Tor that purpose, when
| nave peen supplemented IN lew states
by state laws having special application.
| There should be comprehensive revision
| OF the naturalization laws. Inc courts
| having power to naturallze should be
| dennltely named by national authority;
the testimony upon which naturalization
may be conferred should be definitely pre-
| scrlbed: pubNcatlon OF impending natural
| izatlon applications should be required in
advance OF their hearing in court; the
| form ana wording OF all certltlcates issued
should De UNIFORM throughout the coun-
Try. ana the courts shouid De required 70
make returns to the Secretary OF State
| at stated PERIODS OF all ADMINISTRATIONS
conferred.
Protection OF Elections.
| The power of the government to pro-
| tect the integrity of the elections OF its
| own officials is inherent and has been
| recognized and "ttirmed by repeated dec
| Iaratlons or the Supreme court. There
is no enemy OF free government more
dangerous and none so msldlous as the
corruption OF the electorate No one de-
tends or excuses corruption, and it would
seem to follow that none would oppose
| vigorous measures to eradicate it.
| recommend the enactment of law di-
rected against bribery and corruption ir
Federal elections. The details OF such a
| law may be safely LETT 10 the wise dfScre-
ton OF the Congress. but 1t should &C
as far as unGer the constitution 1t Is
possible TO go. ana should include severe
penalties against him who gives Or re-
celVes a PRIDE intended TO influence his
act or opinion as an elector; and provi-
sions for the publication not only Of the
expenditures for nominations and cleo
| lions OF all candidates but also OF al
contributions received and expenditures
made by political committees.
Delays IN Criminal Prosecutions.
NO SUBJECT Is better worthy the atten-
ton or the Congress than that portion OF
| the report OF the AttOrney-General deal