The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-06

economical. and efficient as the best
 eanziatlons. which at present Is not eomniex detaii and essentially in It's
 nature: probably no legislative body.
 no matter how wise and able. could
 o w. that tSe
 gress consider. this subject with
 View ,o provide isgislation .o,,S. fSr 1. the the
 sransusI snd assisnmen, I of duties and executive
 organizations or parts of organiza-
 tions. and for the changes in business
 mefhods: within 1r 1esWeen g,f hes, vns promote ]
 the economy. efficiency. and high char acter of the Government work. ..
 In my ifTs Fsdenni ennpis Eleeeiess. aesssse 'A'
 .'rhe power of the Government to ! protect The Integrity of tse elections of It's own officials IS inherent ahd nas peated declarations of the Supreme
 Court. There Is no enemy of free gov ernment more dangerous and none s,. SO , corruption. and 1t would seem to fol- low that none would oppose vigorous
 asslns, bribery and corruption in Fed erai elections. The details Of such . erection of the Conrress. but 1t should 10 as far sunder the Constitution 1t Is possible to 20. and shopid include SC.
 or receives a brine Intended to inf1u- ence his act or opinion as an elector; and provisions for the pubiication not
 tions and Nelection of all candidates, but also of all contributions received pv political committees.
 ton. Tn political .campairns In a country as large and populous as ours 1t Is inevitable that there should De kind. This, of course. means that manv contributions. and some of them of large size must be made. and; as .
 contest contest Such eontr'bations are always made to both sides. It is entirely nrcpcr both to. give and receive them,
 connected with either gift or reception: | If they are extor:e6 cy auv kind of pressvre- or promise. express or I'm. favor or immunity. then the giving or 1, receiving becomes not only improper l but criminal. It will undoubtedly be
 to sha De an act which shall guard with
 reasonable certainty against such mis-
 conduct: but v 1t fs poss'h'e! to secure ton n in deta,i Of Of am the sums contr,n- uted to and expended by the candi-
 dates or. committees of any political wholesome. All contributions bv cor. | norations to any political commtttae or for any political purpose should be he permitted to use. stockholders mon- 1 ev for such purposes: and. moreover.
 a prohibition of this lind would he of stopping the evils aimed at In cor rupt practices acts. Not only should
 both the National and the several State a. corporation from using the money, of the, corporation in or about anx. ala ltttt @ Qnn n tGn for. bid such use of money in connection with any legislation save by the ems
 ployment of, of counsel 'sras n,a in public manner The Hague Conference.
 The first Conference of Nations held
 at The Hague in 1899, being unable I 1t. recommended the consideration and
 settlement Of number of important
 questions by another conference to be date. These questions were the fol-
 neutrals: @ The limitation of the
 military budgets; t3) tho use of new types and calibers of military and
 naval guns; (D the inviolabilfty of war; (5j the bombardment of ports. cities. and villages by, naval forces. 1 In October, 1904. at the instance of the ! conference held in the United States
 and attended by the lawmakers of if:
 teen different nations. had reiterated the demand for second Conference of
 Nations, I issued invitations to all the powers signatory to The Hague Con- i vention to send delegates to such a again held at The Hague In It's note
 of December Is, 19Of, the United States
 Government communicated to the rep- 1 resentatives of foreign governments
 its belief that the conference could | be best arranged under the provisions
 of the present Hague treaty;
 received. coupled in some eases with
 the condition that We should walt
 until the end of the war then raging
 peror of Russia imm edtately after
 the treaty of peace which so happily 13. through Ambassador Rosen. took
 the Initiative in recommending that i the conference be now called. The | expressed its cordial acquiescence and stated that 1t would. as matter of
 course, take. part in the new confer | We assume that all civilized govern | ments wil support the movement, and
 that the ccnferencs cS Is now an ra,; assur. so
 everything in It's power to secure the
 success of the. conference to the end
 that substantial progress may be made
 Justice, and good will.
 This renders 1t proper at this time to say something as 10 the general at-
 titude of this Government :. towards peace. More and more war Is coming 1 to be looked upon as in itself lament able and evil thing. wanton or use- less war. or war of mere aggression in short, any war begun or carried on In a conscienceless spirit. Is to be crime against all humanity. We can, however, do nothing of permanent value for peace unless we keep ever clearly in mind the ethical ele- problem. Our aim is Righteousness. Peace Is normally the handmaiden of righteousness: but when peace and righteousness conflict then great and upright people can never for moment leads toward righteousness. even though that path also leads to war. There are persons who advocate peace at any price; there are others who, fol- lowing a false analogy, think that be- cause 1t Is no longer necessary in civi-
 tect .neir rights with strong hand,
 1t Is therefore unnecessary for nations to be ready to defend their rights.
 These persons would do irreparable
 principles. and even as 1t Is they se-
 riously hamper the cause which they
 advocate by tending to render 1t ab- surd in the eyes of sensible and patrt- otic men. There can be no worse foe Of mankind in general and of his own gogue Of war. the man who In mere
 folly or to serve his own selfish ends continually rails at and abuses other nations, who seeks to excite his coun- ficient pretexts. who excites and in flames perverse and aggressive national vanity. and who may on oc- easions wantoniy bring on conflict