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

| cured naturalization. are questions of
sef1pus import, involving personal rights
and often producing friction between this
| government and foreign governments.
| 1et| upon these questions our laws are
| silent. I recommend that an examina-
| t!oH De made into the subjects of citizen
! snlH repatriation and protection of
A1l1Fricans abroad, with a view to an
| pro3riate legislation
Protection of Elections.
| T4e power of the government to pro-
tect the integrity of the elections of its
OWN omclals is inherent and has been
| recognized and affirmed by repeated
u :r OF the supreme court. There
| 70 enemy of free government more
| uasetous and none SO insidious as the
corruption of the electorate. No one de-
lelos or excuses corruption and it would
oeem 10 follow that none would oppose
V1Sorous measures to eradicate it,
Iecol,lnend the enactment of law di-
fec1ed against bribery and corruption in
| ieoeral 'elections. The details of such a
| Id" may be safely left to the wise dis
| cretlon OF the congress, but it should 20
| as .ar as under the constitution it is pos
s4ple TO co. and should include severe
penaltles against him who gives or re-
celVes Drlbe intended to influence his
dct or opinion as an elector; and pro-
VISIONS for the publication not only of
the expenditures for nominations and
e.ee'1ols OF all candidates but also of
an contributions received and expendi-
| lures made by political committees.
Delays in Criminal Prosecutions.
NO. subject is better worthy the atten-
tion OF the congress than that portion of
me report of the attorney general deal
Ing VIII the. long delays sand7'thet great
obstruction to justice experienced in, the
cases OF Beavers, Green and Gaynor and
benson Were these isolated and special
cases should not call your attention
| 10 them; but the difficulties encountered
as regards these men who have been
lnulctea Tor 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
VI 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 ha s
no money, and difficult of enforcement
even to the point of sometimes securing
immunity, as regards the man who has
money. In criminal cases the writ CT the
united States should run. throughout it's
Dorders. 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
crimihality, instead of being against one
person in the republic, is against all per-
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
fender 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 preju-
dlce 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
administrations 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 beach 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
'lege 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 ! ask special considerat ton
| Tor 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
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 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 to take
| toward our army and especially toward
our navy. 1t is not merely unwise, 1t is
| contemplate, for nation, as for an in
dividual, 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 a 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 which highly undesirable
which are in the long run as destructive
as any war. FyrantS and OppressOrs have
many times made wilderness and
called it peace. Many times peoples WING
were slothful or timid or shortsighted
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
nous terror, the peace of craven weak
ness, the peace of injustice, all these
should be Stunned as we shun upright
eous war. The goal to set before US as q
nation, the goal which should be set be-
fore all mankind. is the attainment OF
the peace of justice, of the peace which
comes when each nation Is not merely
! safe-guarded in its own rights, but
! scrupulously recognizes and performs Its
duty toward others. Generally peace tells
for righteousness; but If there is conflict
between the two, then our fealty is due
FIRST to the cause of Righteousness. I'm
| righteous wars are common and un.
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 oul
great poets has we'll and finely said that
| freedom Is not a gift that tarries LONG
| In the hands of towards. Neither does
| 1t tarry long in the hands Of those toe
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 more
| often to guard against our own selfish
| or &honphtless shortcomings.