Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

silver dollar should tbe made bylaw re.
ydetemable t ma ins gold at the; option Of p the
0OlQeI., -, r4>tit4. f,.xr is.f 3.i% tqtt
Merchant Marine.
I especially commend to your fnmedi-
ate attention the encourag agement Of OUT
merchant. marine by appropriate legis-
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||' The growing Importance of the orient
ae a field for American exports drew
from my predecessor, President Nc
Kinley, an urgent request for it's spe-
/ cial consideration by the congress-.
Fl The Importance of securing proper
information and data with view to
the enlargement OF our trade with Asia
Is undiminished. Our consular repre-
sentatives in China have strongly
urged place for permanent display Of
American products in some prominent
trade center Of that empire, under gov
ernment control and management, as
an effective means Of advancing our
export trade therein. call the atten-
ton of the congress to the des1rability
of carrying out these suggestions.
'Immleratfon and Naturalization.
In dealing with the questions Of I'm
migration, and naturalization It - IN
'dispensable to keep certain facts ever
before the minds OF those. who share
n enacting the ]awA Firet and fore
mont ;lek us rsmembef that The Ques
don q being 4 good American has
;rauthita Wha1eyer 10 do With a mans
hi1Ehplses any more than It has TO do
With ~ creed III every genaRst t1on
fsom t12s time fnds govsEnmea1t Wa
tpundsd men At eessten birth have
soood in ~ vHy foremost pank a.
rood eit11nnsnlp, and mat not meEety
b ens but tn eraey 0ssd of AnseRfean
aetfviey.
i. 1hsrs In 10 danger Of having TOO
many Ammfsrant1 ef ths hight Kind
but The et3ssnship az this country
should not be dsbased It b vital that
ws should kesp high the standard Of
we'll being among osr vagevorkers.
and therefore We should not admit
masses Of man whose standards Of liv-
:hg and vhoss personal eus<ems and
habits ars such that they tend to lower
ths Isvea Of ths American wageworker,
and above ~ - ahoald not admtt any
man o< sn unworthy typa Similarly
~ shouid take ths greatest care about
natueal11at1on. fraudulent natural1a-
tton, che naturalization OF improper
peRso9as, - q curse % our government
and i IL the affair Of every honest
votas., wherever born. to see that no
neuduIsnt voting - allowed, that no
haud, In connection with naturalisa-
t3on h peEmatosd,
2svistoo ct LIBERALIZATION Laws.
+ There should Be a comprehensive re-
VISION of the natnsaitna&1on laws. The
courts having power to naturaafae
should be definitely named by national
authority, the testimony upon which
naturalization may be conferred should
be definitely prescribed. publication Of
impending INSTRUMENTATION applications
should be required tn advance Of their
hearing In court, the form and word
ing fall Certificates issued should be
uniform throughout the country, and
the courts should: be required to make
returns to- the secretary Of state at
stated periods OF all naturalizations
conferred.
Not. only are the laws relating to
naturalization now defective. but those
relating to citizenship Of the. United
States ought also to be made the sub
ject of scientific inquiry with a view to
probable further legislation: The pow
er OF the government to protect the IN
tegrity Of the elections Of it's own off,
Gals Is inherent ana has been recog-
nized and affirmed by repeated dec
larations OF the supreme court. There
is no enemy OF free government more
dangerous and none SO insidious as
ommend the enactment Of a law direct
ed against bribery and corruption in
federal elections: - ar s.'
T., Delays In Criminal Prosecutions.
No subject is better worthy the at
,tention, Of the congress than that ,por-
ton Of the report of the attorney gen
eral dealing with the long delays and
the great obstruction to justice expert
enced in the cases Of Beavers, Green
and Gnynor and Benson. Were these
Isolated and special eases I should not
srall Nodr attention to them, but the DIFF
.nc,,ltIes encountered as regards these
men who have been indicted for crind-
nal practices are not; exceptional They
aana precisely similar tn kind to what,