The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

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not be debased. 1t Is vital that we should
keep high the standard Of well-being among
our wageworkers and therefore we should not
admit classes of men whose standards of liv-
Ing and whose personal customs and habits
are such that they tend to lower the level OF
the American wageworker; and above all we
should not admit any man of unworthy
type, any man concerning whom we can say
that he will himself be bad citizen, or that
mis- children and grandchildren will detract
from instead of adding to the sum Of the good
citizenship Of the country. Similarly, we
should take the greatest care about naturaliza.
ton. Fraudulent naturalization. the natural
ization of improper persons, Is curse to our
Government: and It is the affair Of every
honest voter, wherever born, to see that nc
fraudulent voting Is allowed, that no fraud in
connection with naturalization Is permitted
= In the past year the cases of false, fraudu-
lent and improper naturalization Of aliens
coming to the attention Of the executive
to an alarming degree. Extensive sales OF
forged certificates of naturalization have been
discovered, as well as many cases Of naturali-
zatlon secured by perjury and fraud: and. N
addition Instances have accumulated showing
that many courts Issue certificates Of natural
lzation careiessly and upon insufficient evil
dence
Under the Constitution, 1t Is in the power OF
the Congress 80 establish uniform rule OF
naturalization and numerous laws have from
time to time been enacted for that purpose,
which have been supplemented In a few states
By state laws having special application. The
Federal statutes permit naturalization by any
court OF record IN the United STATES IRVINE
common-Iaw Jurisdiction and a seal and clerk,
except the Police Court Of the District OF Co
lunbia, and nearly eli these courts exercise
this important function; It results that where
jurisdiction. there. IL lack of uniformity In
the rules applied in comforting naturalization.
Some courts are strict and others Lax. An
alien who may secure naturalization in one
place might be denied 1t in another, and the
intent of the constitutional provision Is in
fact defeated. Furthermore. the certificates OF
mol fNr li-ak naH
ly in wording and appearance. and when they
are brought into use In foreign countries, are
frequently subject to suspicion.
There should be q comprehensive revision OF
the naturalization laws The courts having
power to. naturalize should be definitely named
by National authority; the testimony upon
which naturalization
Naturalization Laws may be conferred
SnSHlG Se Revised" scribed; publication OF
tion application should be required in advance
of their hearing in court; the form and word
Ing of all certificates issued should be uniform
be required to make returns to the Secretary OF
State at stated periods OF all naturalizations
conferred.
Not only are the laws relating to naturaliza-
tion now defective, but those relating to citi-
zenship of the United States ought also to be
made the subject of scientific inquiry with a
view to probable fur
Laws Concerning Their legislation. BY
C..,-,, what acts expatrlation
C"izenship' may be assumed to
have been accom-
plished, how long an American may
reside abroad and receive the protection OF
our passport wether any degree of protection
should be extended to who has made the
declaration of intention to become a citizen OF
the United States but has not secured natu-
ralZation, are questions of serious import, in
volving personal rights and often producing
friction between this Government and foreign
governments. Yet upon these questions our
laws are silent. recommend that an exam
nation be made into the subjects Of citizen
ship, expatriation and protection of Americans
abroad, with view to appropriate legisla-
ton.
The power of the Government to protect the
integrity of the elections of its officials
is Inherent, and has been recognized and
affirmed by repeated declarations of the Su-
preme Court There q no enemy of free gov
eminent more dangerous and none SO insidtous
as the corruption of the electorate, No one
defends excuses cor.
ProAacA1oN nj ruption, and 1t would
seem to follow that
GAeCCAOns' none would oppose Wig
methods to Grad.
icate 1t. recommend the enactment of a
law directed against bribery and corruption in
Federal elections. The details OF such law
may be safely left to the wise discretion OF
the Congress, but it should go far under
the Constitution 1t is possible to go, and
should include severe penalties against him
who gives or receives a bride intended to in
huence his act opinion as an elector; and
provisions for the publication not only Of the
expenditures for nominations and elections OF
all candidates. but also of all contributions
received and expenditures made by political
committees.
No, subject is better worthy the attention
OF the Congress than that portion of the
report OF the Attorney General dealing with
the long delays and the great obstruction
to Justice experienced
nAIava in Criminal In the cases of Beav-
,1., ers Green and Gay
@E"Se0"'AVnS' nor, and Benson. Were
these isolated and
special I Rhould
attention to them; but the difficulties en-
countered regards these men who have
been indicted for criminal practices are not
exceptional; they are precisely similar In
kind to what occurs again and again In
the case Of criminals who have sufficient
means to enable them to take advantage
OF system Of procedure which has grown
up in the Federal courts and which amounts
in effect to making the law easy Of enforce
ment against the man who has no money,
and difficult of enforcement, even to the
point of sometimes securing immunity, as
regards the man who has money. In Grim
inal cases the writ Of the United States
should run throughout its borders. The
wheels or justice should not be clogged as
they have been clogged in the cases above
mentioned, where 1t has proved absolutely
impossible to bring the accused to the place
appointed by the Constitution for his trial.
or recent years there has been grave and
increasing complaint of the difficulty of
bringing to Justice those criminals whose
criminality instead Of being against one
in the Republic, because 1t is against the
Republic itself Under any circumstance
and from the very nature of the case 1t is
often exceedingly difficult to secure proper
punishment of those who have been guilty
OF wrongdoing against the Government. By
the time the offender can be brought into
court the popular wrath against him has
generally subsidized: and there is in most
instances very slight danger indeed of any
prejudice existing in the minds of the Jury
against him. At present the interests of the
innocent man are amply safeguarded; but
the interests Of the Government, that Is, the
interests OF honest administration, that Is
the interests of the people, are not recoE-
niZed as they should be. No subject better
warrants the attention OF the Congress In
deed. no subject better warrants the atten-
tion of the bench and the bar throughout the
United States.
Alaska. like all our territorial acquisitions
has proved resourceful beyond the expecta-
lions of those who made the purchase. 1t
has become the home of many hardy in
dustrious. and thrifty
Alaska. American CT tt z e ms.
Towns of a permanent
character have been built. The extent of its
wealth in minerals, timber, fisheries and
agriculture, while great, is probably not
comprehended yet in any just measure by
our people. We do know. however, that from
very small beginning its products have
grown until they are steady and material
contribution to the wealth of the Nation
Owing to the immensely of Alaska and its
location in the far north. 1t is a difficult