The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-12-08

joyed themselves.
itunts the Unitel States district courts
to have exclusive Jurisdiction In the
naturu lization Of the alien residents Of
such cities.
Criminal Laws.
In my last message | asked the at.
tention Of the congress to the urgent
need of action to make our criminal
law more effective. and | most ear
nestly request that you pay heed to
the report OF the attorney general on
this subject.
There seems to be no statute OF the
United States which provides for the
punishment Of United States attor.
ney or other officer OF the government
who corruptly agrees to wrongfully do
Or wrongfully refrain from doing any
act when the consideration for such
corrupt agreement Is other than one
possessing money value. This ought to
be rcmedied by appropriate legislation.
Legislation should also be enacted to
cover explicitly, unequivocally and be-
You'd question breach VI trust In the
shape Of prematurely divulgng official
secrets by an officer or employee Of the
United States and to provide suitable
penalty therefor.
Merchant Marine.
To the spread Of our trade In peace
aud the defense Of our dag In war
great and prosperous merchant marine
Is indispensable. We should have ships
Of our own and sealnen Of our own to
convey our goods to neutral markets
and in case Of need 10 REINFORCE our
battle line. Ii cannot but be source
Of regret and uneasiness to us that the
lines of communication with our sister
republics of South America should be
chiefly under foreign control. IL Is not
good thing that American merchants
and manufacturers should have to send
their goods and letters to South Amer
lea via Europe II they wish security
and dispatch. Even OH the Pacific,
where our ships have held their own
better than on the Atlantic, our mer'
chant flag Is now threatened through
the liberal aid bestowed by other gov
ernments Oh their own steam lines.
ask your earnest consideration or the
report with which the merchant ma
rine commission has followed Its long
and careful inquiry.
II Is a matter Of unmixed satlsfac'
tion once more to call attention to the
excellent work Of the pension bureau
for the veterans of the civil war nave
n greater claim upon us than any other
class of our citizens. To them hrst OF
all among our people honor Is DUE
Immigration.
A said IN my last message to the
congress, we cannot have too nuch
immigration Of the right sort. ana we
should have none whatever OF the
wrong sort
The questions arising In connection
with Chinese immigration stand by
themselves. The conditions IN emma
are such that the entire Chinese CODY
class-that Is. the class OF Chinese ID
borers. skilled and unskilled - 'esi!i
mately come under the head OF unue'
sirable immigrants to this country
Rut in the effort to carry out the poi
lev of excluding Chinese laborers' on'.
nese coolies, grave injustice ana wrong
have been done by this nation 10 'ne
people Of China and therefore ul.llna.e
" to this nation itself. Chinese STU.
dents, business and professional nen
Of all kinds, not only merchants ou'
bankers, doctors. manufacturers pto
fessors. travellers and the Ike snou'a
be outraged to come here ana 'rea'.
ed on precisely the same footing tna'
we treat students, business men, 'fa''
slers and the like Of other nations,
As a people we have talked mucn u
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