Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-07
ArPi.iEs TO NATIVES.
Joe Haston's observation concern

Joe Huston observation concern
ing his residence in Idaho is good
enough to repeat. lie said the vul'
gar rabhle shouted rpet-bagger
aud tenderfoot at him for about
twenty long years, and all at once
tamb.ing to the inapprepriatcness OF
the application, they Topped and
yelled m.o-s.s-b-a-ck! moss
back" He went TO bed one night
. titnid tenderfoot and awoke in the
mornin' = grim-yisaged mossback.-
Boise City Democrat
This reminds us of fact OF daily
illustration. A fall-blooded, pure
and unauthorized American, OF the
native kind, coming to Idaho
from any State or Territory east OF
US, is termed carpet-baggcr or ten
dsrfoot, until what few Struggling |
hairs are left on his Uranium mot
yet harvested by old father Tune
have bleachcd, and form nice white
fringe 10 adorn slick, glossy bald
head; but no objection is found to a
pure aud unadulterated foreigner
from across the briny waters. In
five years he gets out his papers, aud
big class OF them do not wait until
they have recoy ered from the ,midity
and mental exhaustion incident TO
the extraction from their systems Of
oil allegiance 10 foreign power, and
swearing allegiance to the stars and
stripes, before they polka to fast
music into the political arena, and
loudly demand what many pretend to
be their lifelong birthright--a fat
office, aud Tho foreigner is never
termed JohnnyCome Lately, ten
der.foot or a carpetbaggar, and is
embraced by the native American,
lifted to positions which he sometimes
imagines he owns, aud IL retired after
twenty or thirty years OF public sup
Foits wv - E'i"''f a'uscN hi"h
from his own view of the matter
This does not apply to all foreigners
but jus, read the lists OF officials al
over the Il. 5. with nationality OF the
Office holders, aud SEQ how out OF pro
portion to their numbers. as compared
with natives, are the office holders o
foreign birth. 1t is safe to say tina
IN any State or Territory where tbs
foreign element is ten per cent. o
the entire population they are, b,
virtue OF holding the balance OF pow
or aud through the great generosit,
OF Americans, holding down owe
bali the Offices. There are worth,
foreigners who do not approve OF thi
state Of affairs, aud believe that ma
tives should be at Toast equally rep
resented, on basis OF number,
This illustrates the unhounded gener
osity OF Americans, who have Away
acted on the theory that foreigner
should be treated q the best we cal
give them--more than We will de
~and for ourselves, being treated a
guests Mt a banquet--and looke'
after first-and have all the tempting
vlands OF the political table ireel
offered them. Such has always bees
and is still the undue generosity o
America aud Americans. The new
conner from across the ocean is nevc
tender.foot or esrpet-baggsr. Thi
genus IS always understood to mea
foreigner" born aud raised i
Maine or Missouri, or some othe
State, but does not apply SO much t
Missourians, who are still looked up
on as pseudo foreigners. No wonde
immigration To America has been $
enormous, Americas reputation 70
unbounded generosity in distrihutin!
her Offices among the sons OF foreig
lands is proverbal and worldwide
From the organization OF this count,
nine out of ten of her officials hav
been of foreign birth, and this is
fair illustration of the free hearte
nature of the sons OF the "land of tn
free and the home OF tho brave,
where if a native gets office It's by
close shave. AL Foreigners cspne