The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-12

4 Correspondent Argues Against
Property Ouali1cation.

0oottie, UepI II. lkM
70 thA Editor: II you will permit me
through your columns TO reply to the
writer Of the communication In Sundays
paper. signed xxx. will seek to
show that wail-edncsted but rather mar
row-mindod Individual the errors into
which no has fallen. He bases all his ar
gument on property-hoid!ng alone pre-
Stunning. win assume. that all property
holders are necessarily of tina highest or
der Of intelligence. batter educated and
by nature more refined. as we'll az more
patriotic than non-prcperty holders. In
confirmation OF his belief. he calls 20 h!s
aid several able writers who In their
Soluminons writings are bound 10 give In
abstract form opinions carrying great
weight, viewed from an abstract stand
point. To begin with. wauid like 20 ask
the gentleman a few questions. which.
II he viii answer fairly and AZ the plain
truth dictates. will either annlhiiate hts
arguments or mine. and will submit tho
case 20 tho whole American people n
Judges ana Jurors.
THIS great American republic has
paused tho experimental stage. and its
form OF government and the underlying
institutions on which th~ government II
based have come TO be recognised by cv-
cry cXilfsed nation on the globe as the
aostndUot Of al sound foundations on
Now. the Quessicns- Were the men who
established this free government on the
baftlsheids OF the revolution all prop
erty holders, or. IN other words. were
property holders alone patriotic and will
Ing TO risk their lives Ito nay nina the
ncst valuable OF all mans rossessions)
on tina battlefield TO establish equal free
dom for ali mankind II all chose 10 avail
themselves IF tho offered hoons
t1ra ~ xrx.
strange the infant republic property
holders. or were they oil nan-prcpnysy
holders ana consequently scaIa~ags and
traitors to their native laziF Were the
slavc-cwaera 90 the sou;h ncn-,srepsrsy
holders. from q hcuse and land point ~
view. and aid they or did they not seek
20 tear down and destroy the FORM az
government which We term repua,sr-
Was Christ = property holder, ~ we IN
derssand ana apply the 'egraF Arc all the
ansi-irsprrsa,is's rcn-progerty holders
they who earnestly nsak 80 vetara sra
restrict esr growing republic, using the
term anti~ex pansicsists. ditto imperial
ism. ~ an escape waive for their pont-n.,
hatred Of the republic. cr are they all ~
the poor tlitsera,~ eissss-~~y1oys-sqrcf,s-
kel3ers- Were ths soldiers who patriot
ieaiiy enlisted and fought ths Spanish
war 10 n glorious termination all Prep
ert. he'dersf Ara you sar. that your
openly expressed sna PuhlssA@a sertt.
uents are not = deadly Insult 10 Admiral
Dewey. tire greatest naval hern ee shis
or any ether see. who - notcrteusty n
peer man ard nes-prer~rty hatanra DO
ycu suppose that tire men h~hIaa .hs
guns cr hts rees were all prcperty haiss-
erss Does 81 occur 90 you that yga nsve
entered cnso rather dangerous ground
In your views ss 60 l,rStsssTty hoissfnS
qualifications FAR voters Af course 1
ara not DENYING yea - right 90 EXPRESS
ing your iseissss ana sentiments ia ANY
way that seems proper 90 yoa 20 ia 90.
only pointing cat sAe eTrcrs iasa which
your narrow ard entirely cold Needed
way os rsassasnr have led vvsa SO saff
I ara not a property holder sa nn,
hoast Of q: neither have aGy ezuse 20
De ashamed 81 e.. and believe that I
afa as ssatrsotie. ~ tar as rarpos4 aaa
latent so. ~ Cefuessns Vanderbilt And
we're you 10 ask tAe resssss presse.ns o..
tho United Statea or the s<crssAry 90 TIE
navy / believe they wOaid back uc the
assertion over shssr signatures Finally,
n I wers yoa I believe w0sid write q
alert article explaining tnas my scrrasr
article wss but = sekes or fe~far pa,
fcstA 60 draw cut the oppeststsn- and I
ASSURE xea tAat ! have acas my bese -