Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-07

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| cured naturalization. are questions of
seipus import. involving personal rights
anu OFTEN producing friction between this
govFrnment and foreign governments.
tTI upon these questions our laws are
slept. l recommend" that an examina-
t1oA De made into the subjects of citizen
SNIP repatriation and protection of
AnlFr!cans abroad, with a view to ap-
pro3riate legislation.
Protection Of Elections.
IAe power of the government to pro-
tecl the integrity Of the elections of its
own officials is inherent and has been
recognized and affirmed by repeated
uectafatlons OF the supreme court. There
10 enemy OF free government more
ualRetous and none. SO insidious as the
corruption OF the electorate No one de-
.e re VI excuses corruption, and it would
seem 10 follow that none would oppose
visyrous measures to eradicate it,
recommend the enactment of a law di-
leGteo against bribery and corruption in
ieoeral >elections. The details of such a
Jaw may be safely left to the wise dis
o 81 tn OF the congress, but it should go
as Iar as under the constitution it is DOS
slole to go, and should include severe
penaltles against him who gives or re-
ee!fes DrlDe intended to influence his
act' or opinion as an elector; and pro-
VISIONS Tor the publication not only of
LUZ NOMINATIONS and
e!ectlons OF all candidates but also of
an contributions received and expendi-
Ouies maze by political committees,
Delays in Criminal Prosecutions.
No subject is better worthy the atten-
tioh or the congress than that portion of
.ne report of the attorney general deal
ing with the: long delays Sandssthef great.
obstruction to justice experienced I'M the
cases of Beavers, Green and Gaynor and
c01o fol
cases. l should not call your attention
70 them; but the difficulties encountered
as regards these men who have been
lnulcted for criminal practices are not
exceptional; they are precisely similar in
n su 70 what occurs again and again in
the case of criminals who have suft1cient
means to enable them to take advantage
Oh system Of procedure which has
grown up in the federal courts and which
amounts in effect to making the law easy
OF enforcement against the man who has
no money, and difficult of enforcement,
even 10 the point Of sometimes securing
immunity, as regards the man who has
money. In criminal cases the writ CT the
oh1ted States should rum throughout it's
Doroers. The wheels of justice should
not be clogged, as they have been closeed
IN the cases above mentioned, where it
mas proved absolutely impossible to bring
the accused to the place appointed by the
constitution for his trial. OF recent
years there has been grave and increas-
ing complaint of the difficulty of bring
ing to JUSTICE those criminals whose
cr1mlnal1ty, instead of being against one
sons in the republic, because it is against
| the republic itself. Under any circum-
stances and from the very nature of the
case 1t Is often exceedingly difficult to
secure proper punishment of those who
| nave been guilty of wrongdoing against
the government By the time the Of
render can be brought into court the pop
| ular wrath against him has generally
| subsidized; and there is in most instances
very slight danger, indeed. OF any pre1u-
| dice existing in. the minds Of the jury
| AGAINST him. At present the interests
| OF the, innocent man are amply safe
| guarded; but the interests of the govern
| ment, that is the interests of honest
administration that is the interests of
| the people. are. not recognized as they
! should be. No subject better warrants
the attention of the congress. Indeed, no
| subject better warrants the attention Of
the bench and the bar throughout the
United States.
Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The Alaskan natives should be given
| the right to acquire, hold and dispose
Of property upon the same conditions as
| given other inhabitants; and the priv
llege of citizenship should be given to
such as may be able to meet certain
definite requirements. In Hawaii con-
gress should give the governor power to
| remove all the officials appointed under
him. The harbor of Honolulu should be
| dredged. The marine-hospital service
should be empowered to study leprosy in
| the islands. I ask special considerati ton
! for the report and recommendations OF
the governor of Porto Rico.
! Our Foreign Policy.
In treating of our foreign policy and of
the attitude that this great nation should
assume in the world at large, it is alb
solutely necessary to consider the army
and the navy, and the congress- through
which the thought Of the nation finds it's
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
enort to secure justice for others or
justice for ourselves. save as conditioned
upon the attitude we are willing to take
| toward our army, and especially toward
| our navy. 1t is not merely unwise, it is
| contemplate, for nation, as for an in
! dlvidual, to use high-sounding language
| to proclaim it's purposes or TO take posi-
| tons which are ridiculous if unsupported
by potential force, and then to refuse to
provide this force. If there is no inten-
ton of providing and of keeping the
force necessary to back up strong at
titude, then it is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
Striving for World Peace.
The steady aim of this nation, as of all
enlightened nations, should be to strive
to bring ever nearer the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world the
peace = of justice. There are kinds OF
peace which are highly undesirable
which are in the long run as destructive
as any war. Tyrants and oppressors have
many times made wilderness AND
called it peace. Many. times peoples who
were 'slothful or timid 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
ed self-sacrifice. and have sought to 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 thest
should be Stunned as we shun upright
eous war. The goal to set before US as
nation the goal which should be set be
fore all mankind. is the attainment O.
the peace of justice, of the peace which
comes when each nation is not merel!
safe-guarded in it's own rights, bu
scrupulously recognizes and performs IT.
duty toward others. Generally peace tell
for righteousness; but It there Is conflic
! between the TWO, lAeu our AediIy IS uu'
Nrst to the cause of righteousness. I'm
righteous wars are common, and un
righteous peace is rare; but both shouls
be stunned. The right of freedom an,
the responsibility for the exercise of tina
right cannot be divorced. One of on
great poets has we'll and finely said tina
freedom is not a gift that tarries lon,
In the hands of towards. Neither doe
1t tarry long in the hands of those to-
slothful, too dishonest or too unintelli
gent. to exercise it. The ;eternal vigilance
which is the price of liberty must be ex
ercised. sometimes to guard against out
side foes; although of course far NOR
often to guard against our own selfisl
or thoughtless shortcomings.