The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-09

10 see that no fraudulent voting - allowed.
that no fraud In connection with natural
ization Is permitted.
Naturalization Laws Need Revision.
There should be "a comprehensive revi-
sion of the naturalization laws. Tic courts
having power 10 naturalize should be
definitely named by national authority the
testimony upon which naturalization may
be conferred should be definitely prescribed.
publication OF impending naturalization
applications should be required In advance
OF their hearing In court. tie form and
wording OF all certificates issued should be
uniform throughout the country. aud the
courts should be required TO make returns
To the secretary Of state al stated periodS
or al naiura.izotions conferred.
Not only are the laws relating 10
naturalization now defective but those
relating 10 citizenship OF the United
States ought also 10 be made the subject
OF scientific inquiry with a view TO prob
able further legislation. by what acts
eNpatrlatiOn may be assumed 10 have
been accomplished. how long an Amer
lean citizen may reside abroad and re-
celve the protection Of our passport.
whether any degree OF protection should
be extended 10 one who has made the
declaration OF intention TO become a c.u-
zen or the United States but has not Sc
cured naturalization. are questions Of
serious import. involving personal rights
and often producing friction between this
government and foreign governments.
Yet upon these questions our laws are
silent. / recommend that an examlna-
ton be made into the subjects OF citizen
ship. expairiaton and protection OF
Americans abroad. with view TO APP
propr!ate legislation.
Protection OF Elections.
The power Of the government 20 pro-
tect the integrity OF the elections OF its
own officials Is inherent and has been
recognized and affirmed by repeated
declarations OF the supreme court There
IS no enemy OF free government more
dangerous and none 50 lnsidiOus as the
corruption OF the electorate. No one de-
tends or excuses corruption, and IL would
seem 10 follow that none would oppose
vigorous measures TO eradicate II.
recommend the enactment OF a law d.
rected against bribery and corruption in
federal elections The details Of such a
law may be safely left 70 the wise dis
erection Of the congress. but Il should 30
as far as under the constitution Il Is pos
siole 10 go. and should include severe
penalties against him who gives or re-
ceives a br.be intended 20 influence his
act or opinion as an elector. and pro
visions for the publication not only OF
the expenditures FOR nominations and
elections OF all candidates but also OF
all contributions received and sNpendi-
lures made by political committees
Our Foreign Policy.
In treating OF our foreign policy and q:
the attitude that this great nation should
assume IN the world at large. II IS alb
solutely necessary 10 consider The army
and the navy. and the congress. through
which the thought Of the nation nnds its
expression. should keep ever wildly in
mind the fundamental fact that It Is i'm
possible TO treat our foreign policy,
whether this policy takes shape IN the
effort TO secure justice for others or
Justice for ourselves. save as conditioned
upon the attitude we are willing 10 take
toward our army. and especially toward
our navy IL IS not merely unwise. IL Is
contemplate, for a nation. as for an in
! dividual. 10 use high-sounding language
10 proclaim its purposes. or TO take posi-
lions which are ridiculous II unsupported
by potential force. and then TO refuse TO
provide this force IL there Is no inten-
ton OF providing and OF keeping the
force necessary to back up a strong at
I titude. then II Is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
Striving for World Peace.
The steady aim o., this nation as OF all
| enlightened nations. should be 10 strive
I 10 bring ever nearer the day when there
/ shall prevail throughout the world the
peace OF Justice There are kinds OF
which are in the long :un as destructive
7 as any war Tyrants and oppressors have
many times made wilderness and
called Il peace Many times peoples who
were slothful or tlmid or shortsighted.
who had been enervated BY ease or by
luxury. or misled by false teachings,
have shrunk In unmanly fashion from
doing duty that was stern and that need
Y ca self sacrifice and have sought 20 hide
from their own minds their shortcom-
ings. their ignoble motives. by calling
them love OF peace. The peace OF tyran-
nous terror the peace OF craven weak
! ness. the peace OF injustice. all these
should be Stunned as we shun unright-
eous war. The goal 10 set before US as a
nation. the goal which should be set be-
fore all mankind. Is the attainment OF
] the peace OF justice, OF the peace which
4 comes when each nation Is not merely
I safe-guarded In It's own rights, but
I scrupulously recognizes and performs It's
/ duty toward others. Generally peace tells
I for righteousness. but II there is conflict
between the two. then our fealty IL due
first TO the cause OF Righteousness. Un-
righteous wars are common. and un-
1 righteous peace Is rare; but both should
be Stunned. The right OF freedom and
the responsibility for the exercise Of that
| right cannot be divorced. One OF our
great poets has well and finely said that
freedom is not gift that tarries Ions
in the hands OF towards Neither does
II tarry long in the hands OF those too
slothful. too dishonest or too unintelli.
gent TO exercise II. The eternal vigilance
which Is the price OF liberty must be ex.
ercised metimes TO guard against out
side foes. although OF course far more
often TO guard against our own selfish
or thouGhtless shortcomings.
Not Ready for Disarmament
II these self-evieent truths are kept BE-
fore Us. and only II they are so kept befor,
Us. we shall have a clear idea OF what oui
foreign policy IN It's larger aspects should
be IL Is our duty 10 remember that a ma
ton has no more right TO do injustice e
another nation, strong or weak. than az
Individual has 10 DO injustice to another
Individual. that the same moral law apple:
In one case as In the other. But we mus
also remember that Il Is as much the duty
of the nation 10 guard It's own rights anC
its own interests as Il Is the duty OF th'
Individual so 10 do. Within the nation IN,
individual has now delegated this RICH
TO the state that Is 70 the representative
OF all the individuals. and IL Is a maxim
OF the Jaw that for every wrong there is
remedy But in international law we hav,
not advanced by any means as far as w
have advanced In municipal law. Their
is as yet no judicial way OF enforcing a rig n