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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-05-20

says, Col sellers. secretary OF the
territorial faig which will be held in
Albuquerque the later part Of Sop
tember, has already begun tie work
OF adYei Using The slogan d 10 be-
Get on the trail that leads 10 Alhu.
querque" II SELLERS don't get Thorn
on 10 the trail il will b. a bunch that
Is mighty hard 10 handle
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PROBLEMS OF IMMIGRATION
Undesirable Elements of All Nations
Ought to Be Rigidly Excluded
From This Country

The question of immigration is Of vital
interest to this country In the year end
ing June 80, 1905, there came to the
United States 100000 alien immigrants.
In other words, In the single year that
has just elapsed there came to THIS
country a greater number of people than
came here during the one hundred and
sixty-nine years of our colonial lire
which interviewed between the first land.
Ing at Jamestown and the Declaration OF
Independence 1t is clearly shown In the
report of the commissioner general o.
Immigration that while much OF TINS
enormous immigration Is undouptealy
healthy and natural, a considerable pro- a,,
portion is undesirable from one reason 5.Ia
or another; moreover, conside,r 2 PIE PIE
proportion. including most OF the un
desirable class. does not come here OF
its own initiative, but because OF the
activity of the agents of the great trans
tDortation companies. These agents are
distributed throughout Europe; ana pg
the offer of all kipds of Inducements
grants, often against their best inter-
ests to come here. The most serious OBJ
stacIe we have to encounter IN the Ell
fort TO secure a proper regulation or the
imn,fgration to these shores arises from
the determined opposition of the foreign
steamship lines who have no interest
yvhatever In the matter save to In
crease the returns on their capital by
carving masses Of immigrants hither IN
In, steerage quarters of their ships.
AS I said in my last message TO the
congress-, we can not have TOO much I'M
migration Of the right sort. and we
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
BETTER NATURALIZATION Law
United States Courts Ought to Have
Almost Exclusive Jurisdiction

During the past year evidence has ac-
cumulated to confirm the expressions
contained in my last two annual mes
ssses FL 81 systems
March commission to make a care
full examination of our naturalization
laws, and to suggest appropriate meas
ures to avoid the notorious abuses re,
granting of citizenship. This. commits
sion composed of an officer Of the de-
partment Of state, of the department OF
Justice, and of the department Of COM
nerce and labor, has discharged the duty
port, which will be transmitted to the
congress for Its consideration, and, ]
hope, for Its favorable action
The distinguishing recommendations OF
the commission are:
First. A federal bureau of naturaliza-
ton. to be established in the depart
ment of commerce and labor, to super
wise the administration of the naturalfza-
ton laws and to receive returns OF
naturalizations pending and accom-
plished
Second. Uniformity of naturalization
certificates, fees to be charged and pro-
cedure.
Third. More exacting qualifications for
citizenship.
Fourth. The preliminary declaration 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
cities of over 100000 Inhabitants the
United States district courts to haxe ex-
elusive jurisdiction in the naturalization
Of the alien residents of such cities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

ly hopeless. If the officers and MEN are
not thoroughly skilled in and Sha]ve not
been thoroughly trained to. their duties,
1t would be far better to keepsthe ships
In port during hostilities than to send
them against a formidable opponent, for
the result could only be that they would
be either sunk or captured The marks
1nanship of our navy is now on the
whole In gratifying condition and there
has been a great Improvement in feet
practice. We need additional seamen;
we need large store Of reserve, guns;
we need sufficient money for ample tar
get practice; ample, practice of every
comparatively inefficient types-the old
third-class battleship Texas, the single,
turreted monitors above mentioned. and
indeed all the monitors and some of the
old cruisers-efficient, modern seagoing
vessels. Seagoing. torpedo-boat destroy
ers should be substituted for some of
the smaller torpedo boats. During the
present congress there need be TO addi-
tions to the aggregate number OF units
of the navy. Our navy though very
small relatively to the navies Of other
nations. Is for the present sufficient in
point of numbers for our needs, and
while we must constantly strive to make
its efficiency higher, there need be, no
additions to the total number of ships
now built and building. save in the way
of substitution as above outlined. /
recommend the report Of the secretary
of the navy to the careful consideration
of the congress. especially with view
to the legislation therein advocated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
TERcENTENN1AIs OF JAMESTOWN
Movement For Naval, Marine and
Military Celebration Well Received

again heartily commend to your ia
vorable consideration the tercentennial
celebration of the settlement at James,
town. Virginia. Approaching the desir-
ability of this commemoration, the con-
gress passed an act. March 8, 1905, au-
thorizing in the year 1907. on and near
the waters Of Hampton Roads, in the
state of Virginia. an international ma
val, marine, and military celebration in
honor of this event. By the. authority
proclamation Of said celebration. and
have issued, in conformity with Its in
structions, invitations to all the ma
lions of the ear.n to participate, by
sending their naval vessels and such mil
itary Organizations as may be practical
BILE. This celebration would fail Of its
full purpose unless 1t were enduring in
its results and commensurate with the
Importance of the event to be celebrated,
the event from which our nation dates
Its birth. I earnestly hope that this cell
ebration, already Endorsed by the con-
gress of the United States, and by the
legislatures of 16 states since the action
of the congress, will receive such addi-
tional aid at your hands as will make 1t
worthy Of the great event 1t Is intended
to celebrate, and thereby enable the
government Of the United States to
make provision for the exhibition of its
own resources, and likewise enable our
people who have undertaken the work
Of such celebration to provide suitable
and proper entertainment and instruction
In the historic events of our country for
all who may visit the exposition and to
whom we have rendered our hospitality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PLANS MUST BE PRACTICAL
They Should Minimize the Number of
Cases in Which War Must Result
lions as to Var

So much it is emphatically necessary
to say in order that both the position
of the United States may not be mis-
understood. and that genuine effort
to bring nearer the day Of the peace Of
justice among the nations may not be
hampered by folly which, in striving
to achieve the impossible, would rem
der it hopeless to attempt the achieve
ment OF the practical. But while rec
1t remains our clear duty to strive in
every practicable way to bring nearer
the time when the sword shall not be
the arbiter among nations. At present
the pratical thing to do Is to try to
minimize the number of cases in which
1t must be the arbiter, and to offer, at
least to all civilized powers some sub
stitute for war which will be available
in at least considerable number of in
stances Very much can be done through
another Hague conference in this direc-
ton. and I most earnestly urge that this
nation do all in it's power to try to fur
Their the movement and to make the re-
suit of the decisions of The Hague con-
the conference may be able to devise
some way make arbitration between ma
lions the customary way Of settling In
ternational disputes in all save a few
classes of cases. which should them
selves be as sharply defined and rigidly
limited as the present governmental and
social development of the world will
permit. If possible, there should be a
general arbitration treaty negotiated
among all the nations represented at the
conference. Neutral rights and property
should be protected at sea as they are
protected on land. There should be an
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

Of its obligations; for such temporary
occupation might turn into a permanent
occupation. The only escape from these
alternatives may at any time be that
we must ourselves undertake to bring
about some arrangement by which SO
much as possible of a just obligation
shall be paid. 1t is far better than this
country should put through such an ar
rangement, rather than allow any for
eign country to undertake It. To do so
insures the defaulting republic from
having to pay debts of an improper
character under duress, while it also in
sures honest creditors of the republic
from being passed by in the interest of
over, for the United States to take such
a position offers the only possible way Of
insuring us against a clash with some
foreign power The position is. there
fore. in the interest of peace as we'll as
in the interest Of Justice. 1t is of bene-
At to our people; 1t is Of benefit to for
eign people; and most of all IT is really
of benefit to the people of the country
concerned.
Doctrine Stands For Peace
This brings me to what should be one
of the fundamental objects of the Mon
good faith try to help upward toward
peace and order those of our sisters re-
public which need such help. Just as
there has been gradual growth of the
ethical element in the relations of one
individual to another. SO we are, even
though slowly more and more coming to
recognize the duty of bearing one an
others burdens, not only as among in
dividuals, but also as among nations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
BREACH OF OFFICIAL TRUST
Prematurely Divulging Government
Secrets Ought to Be Punished


There seems to be no statute Of the
United States which provides for the
punishment of a United States attorney
or other officer of the government who
wrongfully refrain from doing any act
when the consideration for such cor
rupt agreement Is other than one pos
sessing money value. This ought to be
islation should also be enacted to cover.
explicitly. unequlvocally and beyond
question. breach of trust In the shape of
prematurely divulging official secrets by
an officer or employgee OF st the United
atty therefor. Such officer or employee
owes the duty to the United States to
guard carefully and not to dlvulge or in
ton which is accessible to the officer
or employee by reason of his official pos
ition. Most breaches Of public trust are
already covered by the law, and this
one should be. 1t Is impossible, no mat
the occasional appointment to the pub
lie service of a man who when tempted
proves unfaithful; but every means
should be provided. to detect and every
far as in nv power lies each and every
such wrongdoer shall be relentlessly
hunted down; in no instance in the past
has he been spared: In no instance in
the future shall he be spared His crime
is crime against every honest man in
the nation, for It Is crime against the
whole body polite. Yet in dwelling on
such misdeeds, 1t Is unjust not to add
that they are altogether exceptional. and
that on the whole the employees of the
government render upright and faith
full service to the people. There are
exceptions. notably in one or wo
branches of the service; but at no time
in the nations history has the public
service of the nation as whole stood
on a higher plane than now, alike as
regards honesty and as regards eff
cheney
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

requires that no right to the use of
water for land in private ownership shall
pc sold for tract exceeding $50 acres
70 any one land owner This provision
has excited active and powerful hostili-
ty, but the success of the law itself de-
peends on the wise and firm enforcement
OF II. we can not afford to substitute
tenants for freeholders on the public
domain. 81.
Use. of Public Grazing Lands
), The greater part Of the remaining pub
lic lands can not be irrigated. They are
az present and will probably always be
any other purpose This f acs has eaa lea 'f to-
the grazing homestead Of $40 acres in
Nepraska and to the proposed extension
o. fa II n, 20 other states It is argued that
acres of arid grazing land. This is OBJ
viously true; but neither can a family
pc I. supported on $40 acres of much Of
ply the grazing homestead. To establish
universally any such arbitrary limit
would be unWise at the present time. It
IN enlarging the holdings Of some Of
the great land owners, and on the 9TH
er In needless suffering and failure on
the part of a very considerable proper
ton of the bona fide settlers who give
faith to the implied assurance of the
ggo o,as1 mat that such an area Is suf-
Ing lands REQUIRES the careful examina-
ton and classification of these lands in
order to give each settler land enough
to support his family and no more
While this work is being done, and UNI
TIL the lands are settled, the govern
ment should take control of the open
range. under reasonable regulations
suited to local needs, following the gem
eral policy already in successful opera
ton on the forest reserves. 1t Is prob
able that the present grazing value OF
the open public range is scarcely more
than half what 1t once was or what 1t
might easily be again under careful reg
ulation.
Forest Policy Is Popular
The forest policy of the administration
appears to enjoy the unbroken support
OF the people. The great users Of timber
are themselves forwarding the move
ment for forest preservation. All or
ganized opposition to the forest re
serves In the west has disappeared.
Since the consolidation of all govern
ment work in the national forest service
there has been a rapid and notable gain
in the usefulness of the forest reserves
to the people and in public appreciation
of their value The national parks with
In or adjacent to forest reserves should
be transferred to the charge of the For
est service also.
The national government already does
somethingA in connection with the con-
struction and maintenance Of the great
system of levees along the lower course
of the Mississippi. in my judgments 1t
should do much more.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
MERCHANT MARINE NEEDED
Difficult to Keep American Flag Fly
ing With Liberal Aid Given by
Other Governments

To the spread of our trade In peace
and the defense Of our flag in war a
great and prosperous merchant marine Is
indispensable. We should have ships OF
our own and seamen of our own to con-
vey our goods to neutral markets, and
in case OF need to re-enforce our battle
line. It cannot but be source Of regret
communication with our sister repub-
lies of South America should be chiefly
under foreign control. 1t Is not q good
manufacturers should have to send their
goods and letters to South America via
Europe If they wish security and dis
patch. Even on the Pacific, where our
ships have held their own better than
on the Atlantic, our merchant flag is now
threatened through the liberal aid be-
slowed by other governments on their
own steam lines. I ask your earnest con-
sideration Of the report with which the
merchant marine commission has fol
lowed its long and careful inquiry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
REVISION OF CRIMINAL LAWS
Anticipated Rules Work Harm to the
General Body Polite

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 earnestly re-
quest that you pay heed to the report Of
the attorney general on this subject;
to throw every safeguard round the
accused. The danger then was lest he
should be wronged by the state. The
laws and customs tell Immensely in ia
vor Of the criminal ard against the in
terests of the public he was wronged.
Some Anticipated and outworn rules
which once safeguarded the threatened
rights of private citizens, now merely
work harm to. the general body. polite.
The criminal law Of the United States
stands In urgent need of revision. The
criminal process of any court of the
United States should run throughout the
entire territorial extent of our country.
The delays of the criminal law, no less
than Of the civil, now amount to a very
great evil
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
international agreement to this purpose
and a similar agreement defining contra
International Relations Closer

During the last century there has
been distinct diminuition in the num-
Der. OF wars between the most civilized
come closer. and the development of
The Hague tribunal is not only symp-
tom Of this growing closeness of re)a-
tlonship. but Is a means by which the
be from time to time to take such steps
as may be possible toward creating
something like an organization of the
becomes more highly organized the need
for navies and armies will diminish. 1t
Is not possible to secure anything like
an immediate disarmament, because it
peoples are on the whole menace to
the rest of mankind. and to provide
against the disarmament of the rest be-
ing turned into a movement which would
really chiefly benefit these obnoxious
peoples; but 1t may be possible to exer-
else. some check upon the tendency to
tary expenditure. OF course such an eff
fort could succeed only If 1t did not at
tempt to do too much; and Il it We're
undertaken in a spirit Of sanity as, far
terical philanthropy. 1t is worth
while pointing out that since the end
of the insurrection in the Philippines this
nation has shown its practical faith in
the policy of disarmament BY reducing
its little army one-third. But disarma-
ment can never be Of prime import
anCe. there Is more need TO get rld OF the
causes of war than of the implements
of war.
Striving Toward Golden Rule
1 have dwelt much on the dangers to
be avoided by steering clear of any
mere foolish sentimentality because my
wish for peace Is SO genuine and earn
est; because I have a real and great
desire that this second Hague confer
ence may mark long stride forward in
the direction of securing the peace of
Justice throughout the world. No object
is better worthy the attention of en-
ligntened craftsmanship than the es-
Establishment of a surer method than now
exists of securing justice as between ma
lions, both for the protection of the lit
tie nations and for the prevention of
war between the big, nations To this
aim we should endeavor not only to
avert bloodshed but, above all, eff.
fectively to strengthen the forces of
right The golden rule should be, and as
the world grows In morality 1t will be-
the guiding rule of conduct among ma
lions as among individuals: though the
golden rule must not be construed, in
fantastic manner as forbidding the ex-
ercise of the police power. This mighty
and free republic should ever deal with
all other states, great or small, on a
basis of high honor. respecting their
rights as jealousy as 1t safeguards its
own.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PENSION BUREAU COMMENDED
Is Now Time to Take Charge of the
c.aEoe 90 Confodarako Pr}snnara

1t is a matter Of unmixed satisfaction
once more to call attention to the eI-
cellent work of the pension bureau: for
the veterans Of the civil war have,
greater claim upon us than any, other
class of our citizens. To them, first OF
Seven years ago my lamented prede-
cessor, President Mckinley, stated that
the time had come for the nation to care
for the graves of the confederate dead.
I recommend that the congress take ac-
ton towards this end The first need Is
to take charge of the graves Of the
confederate dead who died in northern
prisons
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
IMPROVING ARMY AND NAVY
Promotion For Merit Among Officers
and Better Training Necessary
in Roth SartyiceS

We cannot consider the question of
our foreign policy without at the same
time. treating of the army and the navy
We now have a very small army-in-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PUBLIC LAND LAW REVISION
Statutes Should Be Made to Fit the
Conditions of the Present Day

Once. again l call your attention to the
cent developments have given new ur-
gsncy to the need for sct such changes as
ditions The honest disposal and right
use OF the remaining public lands is of
fundamental importance. The Ubiquitous
methods by which the monopolizing of the
public lands is being brought about un-
der the present lays S;st are re- booming more
recommendations Of the public lands
commission upon this subject are, wise
and should bel given effect
The creation Of small irrigated farms
under the reel Amation act Is a powerful
offset to the tendency of certain other
laws to foster or permit monopoly Of the
land Under Il act the h obstruction Of
lands reclaimed fare eagerly taken up,
and the prosp}cts that the policy of ma
tional irrigatidn will accomplish all that
was expectedJof It is bright. The act
should be extended to include the state
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
ReclamatiIpn Act Makes Homes

The reclamation act derives much OF
its value fron the fact that it tends to
secure the grtatest possible number OF
homes on theiland. and to create COM
munities of t f,holders in part by set
Element on pu lie land, in part by fore
ing the subdiv on of large private hold
ings before t " can get water from
government u b ton works. The law
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
Immigration and Chinese Trade

AS a people we have talked much
the open door in China, and we expec
and quite rightly intend to insist ,upol
Justice being shown US by the Chimes
But we can not expect to receive equit
unless we do equity. We can not as
the Chinese to do to us what we are III
willing to do to them. They would ha,
perfect right to exclude our laborin
men If our. laboring men threatened
come into their country in such number
as to jeopardize the well-being Of tt
Chinese population; and as, rnutatis mi
tandis. these were the conditions W
which Chinese immigration actuH
brought this people face to face. we u
and have perfect right, which 4
to act as we have acted In the matterM
restricting coolie immigration. That y
right exists for. each country was y
plicity acknowledged in the last trep
between the two countries But we nj !
treat the Chinese student. traveller
business man in a spirit of the broadR
Justice and courtesy II we expect sin
lar treatment to be accorded to our ow
people of similar rank who go to Chin
summer from the organized boyco
against American goods which has be1