Evening journal., 1905-12-05


which the a4iount in controversy is un-
limited: in cities of over 100000 inhab-
iianis the United States district courts
TO have exclusive jurisdiction In the
naturalization Of The alien residents Of
such cities
Criminal Laws.
In my last message l asked the at
tention Of the congress to the urgent
need Of action TO make our criminal
law more effective. and l 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 a 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 remedied by appropriate legislation.
Legislation should also be enacted to
cover explicitly, unequivocally and be-
yond question breach Of trust in the
shape Of prematurely divulging official
secrets by an officer or employee of the
United States and to provide a suitable
penalty therefor
Merchant Marine.
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
convey our goods to neutral markets
hand in case Of need to re-enforce our
battle line. 1t 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. 1t is not
good thing that American merchants
and manufacturers should have to send
their goods and letters to South Amer
lea via Europe if they wish security
and dispatch Even on 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 on their own steam lines. l
ask your earnest consideration of the
report with which the merchant ma
rlne commission has followed its long
and careful inquiry.
1t is a matter Of unmixed satisfac-
tion once more to call attention to the
excellent 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
all among our people honor is due.
y Immigration.
AS ! said in my last message to the
congress. we cannot have too much
immigration OF the right sort and we
should have none whatever Of the
wrong sort
The questions arising in conAection
with Chinese immigration stand by
themselves. The conditions in China
are such that the entire Chinese cody
class-that is. the class Of Chinese Ia
! borers, skilled and unskilled 80 legitl-
mately come under the head of unde-
sirable immigrants to this country.
! But in the effort TO carry out the pol
icy Of excluding Chinese laborers, Chi
nese coolies. grave injustice and 7rong
have been done by this nation to the
people Of China and therefore ultimate
/ " to this nation itself. Chinese stu
dents, business and professional men
! Of all kinds. not only merchants, but
bankers, doctors, manufacturers, pro
fessors. travellers and the like should
; be encouraged to come here aud treat
ed on precisely the same footing that
( we treat students, business men, trav-
elers and the like Of other nations.
As a people we have talked much OF
the open door in China, and we expect
and quite rightly intend to insist upon
justice being shown us by the Chinese
But we cannot expect to receive equity
unless we do equity.
The Civil Service.
Heads of executive departments and
J members Of the commission have call
ed my attention to the fact that the
} rule requiring a filing Of charges anC
three days notice before an employe,
could be separated from the service fol
, inefficiency has served no good pur
pose whatever Experience has showi
: that the rule is wholly ineffective L
save any man If a superior for i'm
! proper reasons wishes to remove hin
. and is mischievous because it some
times serves to keep in the service in
? competent men not guilty Of specif
B. wrongdolng Having these facts il
r view. the rule has been amended b,
l providing that where the inefficiency o
< incapacity comes within the persona
= knowledge Of the head of a department
Y the removal may be made without NJ
tice, the reasons therefor being file
j. and made n record Of the department
Z The absolute rlg Of removal rest
e where 1t always has rested, with tn
Z head Of a department. The change
t merely one OF procedure. was niue
d needed, and It is product good II
It suits.
{ Our copyright laws need revision.
r Philippines and other Islands.
n DuSing the last year the Philippin
g. Islands have been slowly recoverin
5. from the series Of disasters which sine
o American occupation have greatly r.
5 duced the amount of agricultural prO'
it ucts below what was produced in Spa
q ish times
70 The agricultural conditions Of the i
d lands enforce more strongly than ev'
d the argument in favor of reducing Il
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