The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-09
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Gre 81 tire latest rsws isems frcra our
sister tspsasase 81 Mexieo 3as . the eject
tssas ssroag combination 81 members had
been ferrned - bsizg ferwsri ard press II
tiss Mexscan congress nssalen 30 make
he oslsee os president perpetual.
4 short time pgeyiousaY esnae . rsswE isesn
from BseHss Ayses. ststsng thas ftae par
isanfsst 81 Brszsl woaid son submit % the
peoase 81 thar epnnsry = proposition look-
ing . ths substitution 81 = republican for
a. imperial gDseramcnt. This Was wlta
he ascent Il Dotn Pedro. the emperor.
Who more than ours has pahiie.g seciared
hrs readiness - assasease whersFer ma
jorttg If the psop!e Il Hraaa. voting freely
and wstheat tgamnies. shall declare Il their
wish that be shsll do 50.
sEIxed up wash these dispatches came re
ports q she recent elections Ia Francs--da
rep-sbliqsas stating the number OF Royal
ixts, . and Of "Iegtimizts and OF OPP
portaaiSts. and % B0nspArtisss. aud Of
sfsoBlaagists' who had been elected %
tie legislative b1ay ia France which cor
responds with cur congress. Al OF these,
ns il nnasFatood, are bitterly opposed 20
the existing form Of government 81 which
tkey have oxen chosen lawmakers. TX
eepa The Rouiangasts. all OF tnsgn are IN
favor ol 0verthrowing the republic end
Substituting monarchy. differing only IS
10 the person upon whom the crown shall
hs conferred And their number Is BY no
means ineonsiderabls. being sufficient, in
combination with either OF the chief repub-
Hean factions. 70 control legislation and
neither faction seems 10 recognize any in
consistency In forming such an alliance ia
an emergency.
Ia the English parliament there are
several avowed Democrats. and several
other members who are Democrats IN all
except open avoEai 10 say nothing ot the
PAynegIises. who certainly bear no love TO
England or the monaFehseal system. And
In the British parliament thee elements
are fTesaeniiy able 20 hold the balance OF
power and enter into combinations winch
eontrol legislation
A short time ago these columns con-
taiaed m exposition Of the kind Of govern
Colombia. where the will OF one man,
styled President Is absolute. Iiy the
acts OF a congress which was elected at
the point OF the baysnet. be was clothed
with powers more aatocratie than are exer-
elzesl by the ear OF Russia. the sultan of
Turkey or the most despotie ruler Of any
civilized country, And his term. like that
proposed for the president OF Mexico, is
perpetual
All Of which goes 20 show that names. az
We understand them. do not always TT the
things whIeh we understand them 70 de.
ere nsisedecassd. Instead 81 being taught
70 respect and admire tie essence Of good
government as illustrated by freedom,
stability. llheraiifv and truly representative
administration. they are too often taught
to value the name though all Of these are
lacking They are taught to manifest Il
half irenzied sympathy for anything cali
ing itself a republic. though in is govern
ment there Il not aemhIance OF freedom
or representative character They are
taught - desest any government which
hears not this name. no matter how liberal.
progressive and stable. and no mat.
ter how rapidly tending toward true
Fepahllesnism as understood in the
United States. 70 many sho have
heea thEs taught il would probably seem
like hsFesy to assert that Brazil Is the ireest,
che most stable land the only really stahlel.
the mest liberal and toe most progressive
government south Of our own border Il
is certainly quite doubtful whether any
president Of a sister republic would he will.
is.g to initiate Dom Pedro ip submitting 20
tis people whether he should continue Ia
rule over them.
Is would he well 10 understand and teach
that 4 takes something more than name
TO make republic