The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-25
TIE POST INTELLIGENCER.

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9E1rrrE xHURsDAx. SEPTEM1E1 -
Aa0ur xArURALIzED cIT1zENs.
The Democratic managers Of this state
are making persistent effort to aiisnats
from the Republican party those foreign
horn citizens who have become identified
With Il By cunningIy Compiled pamphlets
and by the statements Of their emissarfes
they are trying to make it appear that their
Marty has been the steadfast and only
friend OF liberal naturalization laws; that
the Repnblicsn party + the hnsal descend
ant Of the Federal. Wing and Kncwnothing
PARTIES. and inherits the sen timsnts Of the
latter, and good deal more Of the same
sort Of fanfaronade. In this connection
these Democrats perform their usual
prank Of tracing their party ssnealcey
back 10 the foundation Of the government.
All Of which anyone who Il familiar with
American political history knows to be the
verisst bosh. At tn outsst Of our govern
mental experiment IL founders. but re-
Gently subjects Of monarchy-and most
OF them, within period not remote. loyal
subjects--had uothing but theories and am
Gent history to guide thsm. That I'll we're
pure patriots their mutual risks aud coop
Grafton IN ioundins me govefnmsns aouno'
antiy testify. But among the leaders were
different ideas about the proper distripu-
ton Of powers betwssn tho general govern
ment, the states and the psople. The ideas
oil one set were termed federaiisrc; tne
others were more strictly republican.
Washington. Hamilton. the Adamses.
Pickering, John Marshall and others I'M
ciined to the formsr shsory. and were called
Federaiists; Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.
John Randolph and others took the other
view, and were cniied hepubaicans-
But while these dinerences were trench.
anfly argusd among these leaders, party
divisions IN sne sense o. the present day
were then unknown. Inere were no sucn
Things - pontscai convenuons- Con-
gressionai caucusss MADE mountainous ana
issued addresses 70 the people embracing
one or another theory OF government
But that this did not lead to divisions -
st present - proven by the fact that Wash
fngton, . Federaiist, had Jefferson, the
leading kcpnhaicsn, for his secretary OF
State; he latter was Woe President dur
ing the term OF John Adams - President;
1onn Vumcy ADAMS Wa secretary OF
800 u"usr mv"'o0' .nu u.en uo"n W
.o4o Jun =. SsNoun esluens
uus ..s ss - sonn ~uncy Aus"s
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.Ans' NO iul'ns1 sn.n y sns e'ecl'on
" nnuseW JACKSON.
'ns i.snsulP u 1ener.
- 49, uos s.nPlovo sns 1eisslonsnlp ot
-s ps'v - 'e QUESTION u ns'ul.h1a-
.0n - l.", curing WASH
1s'n H'ss sslu sne MS. nasuIs 'lzauoh
- su' "n'cu su"'sseo 70 cisi-
ensn'P any 'fee ~n''e alien after resi-
ucnc s"o seass unoer 'ns Jurisoicuon
'ne oni'eo STATES ana OF one year IN
INC sAte wnere ne applied LOT admission.
"a A0o1, VIC s<cono year Oh 1enefsons
soec'a'Auon OF intention AFTER three
years ana natufansation as the end OF hve
year, were prescribed.
~ 49, ssse Aaeeui euss-
uon quesaon never ensered acuveiy into
naaonai ponucs' IN tnas year Miiiard
lnors represented tne Anownothing
ioes - csnoiosse ior ffesiden. In that
elecuon ne received TOTAL OF es4,oSA votes.
OIL wnicn ooo'oiz were cast BY states which
cast 'nelr eiectorai woes Tor Cleveland in
iecf, ana only z",szz rom the Republican
s.a'es' ana IN tnas eiection south Carolina
CHOSE ner electors through tne legislature,
anu no. oy popular vote.
an 1907 1onh neii' oil tennessee, was the
nno"notnins candidate Tor President
ne ieceiseu = 'otai Oh osi.vo votes, OF
Wnicn o1f'aoo were gwen cy states which
.as. 'ne'f eiec'orai votes Tor Cleveland in
soos' south earohna again not counting.
IN oo'n Oh 'nese elections the Republican
ucke1 was openly opposed to the Know
no'ning uckeI In the latter case the
s'ecsIoh OF Lincoln dealt the deatholow to
the ACCOMMODATING party and to knownoth-
-. :. "epa"oah supre-
"scy ~ HAS never dared 10 snow Its head