Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

foreign governments. Yet upon thesY
questions our laws are silent. recomI
mend that mn examination be made irf
to the subjects OF citizenship, expatril
tlon md protection OF Americana
abroad with view to appropriated
i legislation.
Protection Of Elections.
I The power Of the government to prof
tect the Integrity Of the elections 81
It's own officials is Inherent and hal
\ peen recognized and affirmed by ra
peated declarations Of the supremt
court. There is no enemy Of free goy4
eminent more dangerous and none sol
,nsidlous as the corruption of the elect
crate. No one defends or excuses corr
ruptlon, and 1t would seem to follow
that none would oppose vigorous meas-l
ures to eradicate IT. recommend thd
enactment of law directed against
prlpery ana corruption in federal elect
;iohs. me Details of such law maN
pe sarely left to the wise discretion Oh
the congress, but it should 20 as far ash
uhuer the constitution it Is possible tok
go and should include severe penaltie5
against him who gives or receives
prlpe intended to influence his act on
npnlon as an elector, and provisional
Tor the publication not only of the ex-S
penditures for nominations and cleo.
lions OF all candidates, but also Of alH
contributions received and expendR-
lures made by political committees.
Delays In Criminal Proseoutions
No subject is better worthy the attn
tention OF the congress than that porl
tlon OF the report of the attorney gen.
eral dealing with the long delays and
the great obstruction to justice expe-
rlenced IL the cases OF Beavers, Green
and Gaynor and Benson. Were these
isolated and special cases should not |
CAL your attention to them, but the \
dlf1cultles encountered as regards these
men who have been indicted for GRIM
mai 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 lawfl
easy of enforcement against the man
who has no money and difficult of en-
forcement, even to the point of some
times securing immun.ty , as regards
the man who has money. In criminal
cases the writ of the United StateaA
should run throughout it's borders. ThA
wheels of justice should not be clog&
ged, as they have been clogged in th{
cases above mentioned, where it han
proved absolutely impossible to bring
the accused to the place appointed byS
the constitution for his trial. OF rev
cent years there has been grave and n
complaint of the difficulty ",
of bringing to justice those criminals Y
whose criminality instead of being 4
against one person in the republic Is
against all persons in the republic, be-
cause it is against the republic itself.
Under any circumstance and from the
very nature of the, case it is often eS-
ceedingly difficult to secure proper pun
of those who have been guilty 4
Of wrongdoing against the government.
By the time the offender can be
brought into, court the popular wrath Z.
against him has generally subsidized, T
and there is in most instances very
slight danger indeed of any prejudice
existing i'll the minds of the jury
against him. At present the interests
Of the innocent man are amply safe
guarded but the interests of the gov 4
is. the interests of hon
EST administration; that is, the interests 4
Of the people-are not recognized as
hey should be. No subject better war;
ants the attention of the congress.
indeed no subject better warrants the
attention of the bench and the bar \
throughout the United States. n
Alaska.
Alaska. like all our territorial &c.
luisitions, has proved rcsourceful be-
,ond the expectations of those whoX
made the purchase 1t has become the
lome of many hardy. industrious and
thrifty American citizens. Towns of a
character have been built.
The extent Of it's wealth in minerals.
timber, fisheries and agriculture, while
great, is probably not comprehended \
'et in any just measure by our people. I
We do know, however, that from
cry small beginning it's products hayas
crown until they are a steady and ma
erial contribution to the wealth of the
lation. Owing to the immensely of I
Alaska and its location in the far
lorth it is a difficult matter to pro. \
Tide many things essential to itsaF
,rowth and to the happiness and com,
ort of its people by private enterprise 4
lone. 1t should therefore receive rea-
enable aid from the government. The
government has already done excellent
work. for Alaska in laying cables and
building telegraph lines. This work
las been done in the most economical
nd efficient way by the signal corps
f the army.
In some respects it has outgrown its ~,
resent laws. while in others those
avs have been found to be inadequate
II order to obtain information upon
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