Daily Republican., 1879-01-30
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EDery Ece"'"g on 1.-THE banner Oh
Tweedism Raised, and We must con-
TESS that we cannot $40. what It means,
il il does not mean that nobody shall
rule but real estate owners, but 'neh
We reckon that our want OF rational
judgment is bar to our understanding
rational argument, or at least that Is
the way the Ere,y Eceai"g would put
it. That paper lansnts most bitterly
that our city government becomes more
burdsnsoms and corrupt from year 10
year, and debt, (which Is only kept
from increase by this illegal increase
Of debt We always know tt. editor
was funny fellow, tut he has also
shown a wonderful aptness to indulge
in "Irish BULL, as the sentences above
quoted shows. The real Ast Of what
tho T.. +. in it's article Is driving at,
il shown n the following which We
clip:
~There is bat on- bulwark against
this tendency toward the absolute CON
troll Of the city govern nsnt by men
who do not pay cent towards its sup.
port, led by designing demasogurs, aud
that il the legal requirement that m"m-
hers Of Council shall be frseholders.
There il, at least, a hesitation in the
mind Of q man who owns property him
self, about laying unnecessary burdens
upon that property for tho sake OF mere
political schemes. "
There is the whole thing in a nut
she'll. Nobody to hold any Office OF
trust, responsibility and honor unless,
a. We said In former article, he has
several lots of real estate tagged to his
coat tail. The city has been governed
ever since it was city by te-holders,
last as the Erery Ese7'tng desires nov,
aud the result has been that this enor-
NOUS debt so much complained OF, has
grown and accumulated under the free
hold estate management. That advan-
taee has been taken OF the law requir-
Jag the large majority Of city and state
Office holders to BIZ freehoders, cannot
bs denied, but this is something that
will spring up under such law, and
We can see no way out OF it bat for the
T.. &. to 60 step tartner, and have
law TO designate exactly how much real
estate man must possess before ne car
be s'City Councilman or a member o
the Board of Education. OF coarse the
xsors real estate 4 man owns the NOR,
honest It makes him. and the more ca
pable Is he Of being an impartial legis
lator.
This is rather an unpopular idea II
these progressive TINES, when by thu
aid Of free schools the masses Of tn,
people are becoming educated and fit
ted to occupy any position in life with
out being encountered with numbe'
of dwelling houses or two or three
farms. We have already admitted tina
the present law requiring man to b
the owner Of real estate before he coulc
serve in certain Offices was violated al
most with impunity. but this onl.
proves the utter foOlishnrss OF such
law, that only stands as q temptation
to b. violated. The real estats require
Ment is no compliment to the man VIII
accepts Office under it, for it is stand
ing reminder to him and the who'll
community that he would be at leas
al unfair if not dishonest law make
il il we're not for the real eBtate he own
which keeps him in check, and to thos
who are not the fortunate owners 0
real estate, the law looks them in tn
face and tells them that although the,
may be Intelligent, refined, honest AM
educated, they cannot aspire to lesis
hate either in the City Council or tn
Legislature, and they cannot even b
inspector of precinct at Stat tlet
ton unless they own the requisite rea
estate.
This is the feast to which w are in
vted by the Every Evening, and he
cause W. do not accept the invltatio
we are denounced by that sheet a. tt
yoring communism. IF this ia cDn
muriism We cannot help it. We al
opposed to any landed ariStoeraCy
this nation OF ours, especially il tn
law making power is TO be comm t'e
80 that class AZ taught by the +. +
but because We think that there al
Intelligent and capable men not fire.
holders who would make good hone
Coupcilmen and mem bers Of the Boar
of Education, that paper, in the role
a dictator, warns the public asain-t I
in the following lanentabI1 atyl
which might entitls it to the name
the modern weeping prophet "Ti
merchants, manufacturers and III
ohanics Of this city will some day pa
dearly for their Indifference II Ii
giect if they do not unite to put an Ell
to the dangerous tend ncies and il
huences represented in our city go
eminent and supported by the Rcpud