St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-05

price to support their OWN principles,
they furnished votes enough to elect
Democrat. Just why, we will not say.
But they think now the time has come
for reform, and they are the ones to DO
it. Now. if they only had the govern
menr, they would start every smoke
stack. circulate every dollar anu furnish
employment TO every hand at good
wages-a great party and great peo-
pie. When you talk about everything
being cheap, is not our public domain
given away? Is not citizenship two
dollars. and two-thirds of it paid by
those who want the votes. As an in
vestment, what is better than American
citizenship? After tramp once Oh.
tains Il, has he not something 10 sell at
every election? For the money il takes
10 acquire il. it beats government bonds
and railroad stocks. 1t is not enough
TO ask everybody from all nations
(6ut China TO come here and mo-
nopolize free field of labor, to
enjoy the benefits and blessings of free
Institutions: but atiicS, saloons and
cellars are searched 10 force citizenship
upon those who can't speak the lam
guage. and who don't know the consti
tuition or laws we now have; but before
the smell is off of them from an emil
grant ship, they are asked TO have Il
voice in making laws and shaping the
policy OF this country. Iney are asked
10 hoot and shout and record their opin-
ions as 10 how we shall be governed.
Could anything be cheaper than this? As
an American, waited twenty-une years
TO vote. object TO any one voting sooner.
When American citizenship Is offered
10 everybody and everything al 81, wheat
ought to be 10 cents a Dushel and the
has n n d. mr. fr.Ya
The subject of subjects. the ore
which all parties are afraid of, the one
which is going to make or breaksthis
country, is the subject of emigration
anu the price and condition OF citizen
snip. You cart get too many people of
the right KIND in any country. but when
citizenship is not only sold at ruinousiy
low rates, but presented and
forced upon the bad as well as
the good, why should not every
thing be cheap and well mixed?
" hen the Christian mother, the devoted
wife, the noble daughter and sister cali
not 10 save their lives express an opiOn-
ion at The ballot box if they saw hus-
band, son and brother going to The
devil: but drunken. miserable loafer,
VINO can neither read Dor write, can
step up freely and record his vote on all
matters pertaining 10 public affairs, why
should not everything be cheap? l am
going with the party that makes an
issue OF raising the standard OF Ameri-
can citizenship. | am gong with the
party that makes every man
wait twenty-0ne years to vote.
Good emigrants are a good thing. but
we have had enough poor ones. Ii we
are 10 raise the value Of anything. the
time has come not to invite anarchists
10 come here 10 help shape the policy of
our government. 1t is enough 10 allow
them 10 breathe the air of liberty which
we have bought ana paid for. without
befouling it with their murderouS pTin-
ciples. 1t is enough to let.them enjoy
that which we have paid for with blood
without asking them 10 assume die
tatorShlp over us at the ballet box.
Cheap people have cheap ideas. Cheap
ideas degrade and make everything
else cheap, and that is what is the
matter with Us. Too many cheap peo
pie are expressing opinions and howl
ing on public affairs who only paid 50
for the right, or had the right paid for
by some one else. Think of all the hu-
man vermin crawling over this country,
who have been given the right of citi-
ZenShip. They travel from state to
state, and at election time have the priv
ilege to vote, then tramp Oh 10 some
other part OF the country, where amhi-
tiouS of1iceseekerS are waiting to make
their acquaintance. Why shouldn't
everything be cheap and rotten at that?
The subject OF the next letter will be
j. Sterling Morton, our honorable secre-
tary Of agriculture. BUDD REEVE.