Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-07

that We must ourselves undertake to
bring about some Arrangement by
which so much as possible Of q just
ohhgadou shall he paid 1t is far
better than this country should put
| through such an arrangement. rather
than allow any foreign country 70 un,
| der,ake 1t; and This is what We are
doing in Santo Domingo.
The Army,
Coming to the army and navy the
president said that provision should
be made by sufficient appropriations
for maueuyers Of a practical kind so
that the troops may learn how to take
care Of themselves under actual SerV-
ice conditions; every march, for in
stance being made with the soldier
loaded exactly as he would De In an
active campaign. Provision should
be made for the exercise at least Of n
brigade and by preference of divt
sion in marching and emharktug NJ
some point ON our coast and discm-
barking at some other point and con
tinuiug its march, The number OF
posts in which the army is kept IN
time of peace should be materially
diminished and the posts that are
! left made corrcSpo udingy larger
Promotion by mere seniority can never
result In a thoroughly efficient corps
OF officers In the highest ranks unless
there accompanies it a vigorous weed
iug,out process Such weedingout
/ process--that Is, such a process Of Sc
| lceHon-is a chief feature Of the four
years course of the young officer at
West Point. There is no good reason
why 1t should stop Immediately upon
his graduation,
1t does not seem to the president
necessary that the navy shouldn't
least In the immediate future-be in.
creased beyond the present number OF
units. What is now clearly neces.
/ ficient units as tho latter become
wornout or as 1t becomes apparent
that they are useless probably the
result would he attained by adding a
single battleship to our navy each
year. There is urgent need OF pro.
viding a large increase in the number
of officers, and especially in the num-
Der OF enlisted men. Recent naval his
tory has emphasized certain lessons
which ought not to. but which do,
need emphasis. Seagoing torpedo
boats or destroyers are Indispensable,
not only for making night attacks by
surprise upon an enemy, but even In
battle for finishing already crippled
ships. Under exceptional clrcum
stances submarine boats would doubt
less be Of use. Fast scouts are
needed The main strength Of the
navy. however, lies and can only lie
in the great battleships, the heavily.
armored, heavily gunned vessels
which decide the mastery OF the seas
Naturalization.
In regard to naturalization the pres
ldent recommends;
First A federal bureau OF natural
ization, to be established IN the de
partment of commerce and labor, TO
supervise the administrator Of the
naturalization laws and 10 receive re,
turns of naturalizations pending and
accomplished,
Second Uniformity OF naturali2a-
ton certificates, fees to be charged,
and procedure,
Third. More exacting quali1ca
lions for citizenship.
Fourth The preliminary declarn-
ton Of intention to be abolished and
no alien to be naturalized until at
least ninety days after the filing Of
his petition.
Fifth. Jurisdiction to naturalIze
aliens to be confined to United States
district courts and to such state
courts as have jurisdiction in civil
actions In which the amount in con
troversy is unlimited; in cities Of over
100, 900 inhabitants the United States
district courts to have exclusive jur.
isdiction in the naturalization OF the
alien residents OF such cities,
Land Laws.
The honest Disposal and right use OF
the remaining public lands Is Of fun.
damenta importance The iniquit
Gus methods by which the monopoliz
ing Of the public lands Is being
brought about under the present laws
are becoming more generally known,
but the existing laws do not furnish
effective remedies. The creation Of
small irrigated farms under the re,
clamation act Is a powerful offset to
the tendency of certain other laws 70
foster or permit monopoly Of the
land. Under that act the construction
Of great irrigation works has been
proceeding rapidly and successfully,
The lands reclaimed are eagerly taken
up, and the prospect that the policy
Of national irrigation will accomplish
all that was expected Of 1t Is bright
The act should be extended TO include
the state OF Texas.
Merchant Marine.
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