The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05

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JYdss Hansord 10 sasa 70 have rsfssed
70 naturaiixs m alien because he ex-
pressed dssapprovsl Of this form Of gov
eminent. Any man has q right 70 dis
sp1rove Of the form % government In
mis- country: bss the same right entities
him 70 select sorus other 70 I've under.
The precise question and answer are
not reported. bat Judge Hsnsord 10 BOT
csmagowue. and he must have felt salts
ned that the man was rot auslifed under
the naturalization Law. or he woaad not
have rejected him We have already too
many foreigners tn this country who 10
not Approve os anything In .; except the
better opportunity II affords them 20 make
. Hvsng. No man. even ~ be Is making
q living here. IL compelled 70 become .
citizen n he does NOT want 20; he can
enjoy all the advantages Of escape from
the povsrty Of bis own country and the op-
preston of his own government without
binding himself 20 support this. But we
want no mora citizens than we can help
who on the very threshold Of citizenship
declare their dfrapproval Of its FORM
number OF gentlemen In Chicago not 50
long ago expressed their disapprovA OF
the United States government BY explod-
ing bombs and killing and manning Amer
lean citizens.
IL 10 not necessary that any foreigner
need Ike this country. TT psopis. Its
ways. III institutions or iss government
His prsssncs II equally unnecessary to
our peace or prosperity.
Perhaps the man referred to Was go
Ignorant that he ala not understand the
question, or he had bsen attending some
Popuiist meetings and thought they were
serious rxtsn they talked about dragon
namsd Wall street having the people by
tbs throat and . giant named Bancus.
whe was insisting upon putting 70 gold
pieces into peoples pockets instead OF
silver dollars. II that Be the case. he can
learn . little more about us before be-
coming a citizen; and by that time he
viii know that the Populists may use
very terrible words. ous. ike most other
American citizens. they raise armies by
persuasion and f,xht their battles at the
polling place.
II mnst strike more terror into the heart
OF an innocent foreigner only partially ac-
qualnted with our language than 'mtta-
ton into a fraternal society TO listen to
some Of the orators after whom John
Wiley patterns: or TO read the Spirit OF
Seventy six. or even SONS OF the political
platforms. II does not serve to encourage
a man to become q citizen when he finds
that the Populists ana not elect their man
In iss2. yet reads their prediction that un-
iess he was. the ''onteries Of . plundered
people" were to be drowned TN the uproar
OF q sham battle" and that "our homes.
uyas and children via be sacrificed on the
altar OF Mammon-"
We can well understand how a man
might hesitate about accepting the protec-
ton Of this republic II he had just been
reading I'm the Democratic platform OF iss2
a csnunciatson of Republican protection
al q frassd. a robbery OF the great major
ity OF the American people" or that tho
manner Of nominating a candidate for
president was "a scandalous satire upon
free popular Institutions" or that It
viewed with alarm the tendency to pol
icy of irritation and buster which IL
ilabls at any time 60 confront US with the
alternative Of humiliation or war" or
that the Administration Of the pension
ONCE was Incompetent, corrupt, disgrace
ful and dishonest"
Any OF these causes might have con-
tributed 20 the mans answer No." when
Judge Hanford asked him IL he was In
favor Of this form OF government Never
theiess. whether he Is not in favor OF II
or does not yet understand enough about
II To be able 10 Judge. no harm will result
IN having hun wall til he doea l, is one
thing TO object 60 some of ne abuses
which have grown up under this govern
ment. and quite another thing 10 be OPP
posed 70 the form OF government issslr.