Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-19

lions have been received asking tht
government to take action to procure
temporary injunction against the col
lection OF increased rates on freight
hy various railroads. claiming that
such rates. although iniy filed wit!
theS Interstate Commerce. COmmiS
sion. had been adopted II fact through
agreements between competing ran
roads In violation of tie Sherman
Antitrust Law. lie reports that. as
applications had already been mad"
IT, "A majority OF the cases TO th"
Interstate. CommrrCr Commission. he
deemed /, in appropriate to inStitut"
proceedings looking to III" procure
meni OF Temporary injunctions. the
principal purpnSr OF which would b"
t. keep The Old rates in fore" pend
mp the decision of The Int, state com,
m.rcp Comm Sion
Crimes Less Frequent.
Two classes " cases which have
engaged large part of the attention
OF the iDepartm, nj the Attorney Gen
eral reports have been prosecutions
for peonage and civil and criminal
proceedings arising cot Of alleged
frauds and IRREGULARITIES in tn" az.
QUESTION of title BY private parties 10
the public land In both cases.
he SAYS Il am happy to report that
IN. energetic prosecution Of offend
crs has undoubtedly rendered thu
crimes less Frequent. and also less
profitable. Ii is noturiOuSly difficult
To secure COZ, lotions In prGnast
cases, owing 10 the antecrd"nts and
surroundings of the victims and Wit
nrsses and the frequent exist nee OF
strong local sympathy for IN" d"!"n-
dants.' lie rcp"r.S, however, that
through the deter minatiOn of the de-
partment the frequency OF thcS" OF
lenses has diminished materially. al
though they are still by no means I'M
known. The land fraud cases" h"
says. have forvibly illustrated the
unfortunate consequences of admins
trative laxily and liberation OF
abuses in the enforcement of any laws
during a considerable length of time.
The number and gravity Of Of
lenses against he national banking
laws by officers or employees OF ma
tional banks constitute matters OF
reasonable solicitude and regret he
states. The moral clipability involV-
ed in such offenSts seems often to be
imporfeCtly appreciated and. although
they usually excite great indignation
and provoke loud complaints from tn"
sufferers when they are first dis
covered. SO much time Is frequently
lost in the preparation for trial and
actual trial of these long and compll-
Gated eases that the crime Itself mas
faded from public memory when the
criminal is at last convicted. and there
is need of vigilance lest he finally "s-
cape with wholly insufficient punish
ment"
Wants Authority Extended.
S,In his opinion as a matter of justice
No good reason exists why warrant
of arrest issued by any court OF the
United States should not be directly
executed in any part Of the United
States. He asserts that ii has been
found that certain districts constitute
for practical purposes sanctuaries for
certain classes OF offenders against
federal statutes. He believes that
there should be law giving commit
ting magistrates c. the United States
to issue search warrants
when crime against the United States
to misappropriate is lalieved 10 be
concealed. In regard to the super
vision of naturalization by his depart
ment he saws that the appropriation
granted is too small for the work to be
done thoroughly. AS TO jury cha!-
lengeS on behalf OF the United states
TO say there is no good reason why the
defendant should be allowed a larger
number of peremptory challenges
than the prosecution in criminal
trial and that il is often diflcult un-
der the present rules TO bring to jus
tice offenders as to whose gli!t there
is no reasonable doubt He renewS
his recommendation that the salaries
OF federal judges be increased owing
to the increase in the cost of living
since they were last adjusted.