The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
WASHINGTON, Aug 20.
Advantages OF Admitting the Foreign
BOrn 10 Citizenship.

To THE EDITOR or The srN--Sir, Our
suffrage is mlinly Il representation OF practical
interests, AS a epublic we say that the
worker Is TO ba represented as well as the
employer, the tenant as well as the land
lord. The immigrant is here as worker.
III lie were not needed for the development
of our resources. he would certainly be ex-
cluded The SIN showed recently that
nearly all immigrants are employed in our
Northeastern States leaving other regions
without the labor and population they need.
ldleness Is greater crime agnnst the nation
than any foreign speech fore en- customs
While the immigrant W.iN-. as he always
does, he is performing his part for the well
fare Of the nation and Is entitled TO the vote
that represents the interests of the worker
This il American doctrine. which no true
American can attack
II is suggested that foreigners should be
content 10 see their children voting. Don't
your correspondents know that the children
Of Immigrants are generally inferior to their
parents, morally. physically md in practical
lie. Doesn I every observer know that We have
more to fear from the children of immigrants
nbronght o up among TIE temptations q cities
dustrious parent Of ofttimes shiftless children.
IHE Sun said. the other day, that many
Italians have bought tencments in New York
know of many foreign-bOrn Jews who have
purchased property, IN our country dis
OF small farms or little dwellings. All these
dsfrsnchised" we snail have nm many w paying
taxes without representation. Shall we
put 3 glI,operty qualification to the foreign
from our traditions that no one, can look
upon 1t with favor and still call himself an
American.
The citizen is entitled to his vote, not only
MS worker, but also as a possible soldier.
As we depend upon Voluntary enlistment.
percentage oh
civil war took place few years after the
Know Nothing movement, and thousands
from he ranks because, they were not Ameri-
can., In our late Spanish war the so-caled
foreign elements we're well represented
left New York held q large percentage Of
foreign born men The Irish Volunteers,
many Of whom are foreign-born. were told
Tint war had been q prolonged struggle the
Irish Volunteers OF America would have
furnished thousands Of foreign-born volun-
teers, Thousands more Of the same nation
atty would have chenred the call to arms.
Thousands again Of other foreign men would
have 10 be taken before we could have the
military strength that once overawed the
Holy Alliance. Can the safety of our nation
depend upon the race that Is given 10 slIicide2
Tic eh%r@cer Of the mmdTant is un-
ing upon Watt"rson attack upon the Four
other in every social sphere. The Immigrant
stone The poor immigrants of New York,
whatever their faults may he, are favored
by comparison with tho native poor of London
and other great European cities
TIL" Immigrant problem seems to he con-
sldered mostly from an aesthetic point Of
view. This is an encoura Ging sign, for Ameri-
cans are accused Of showing no love for the
beautiful Still, the question is largely prao-
tiGal' and those who would take the heart.
racial feeling into IN" arena of politics must
be prepared to show strong political reason
for the action they contemplate
I. j REGAIN
DoUGLAsToN. l.. l.. Aug. "a.