The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-19


THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 10.
AoouTsusDnAoa.
Tbs cosalGstSsa isds fault With usbscaaas
~ doat fassf ~ fepsal Of ~ RsGiszy
Law. The 0see1hfio dsss favor tkat -
ped. Il fasprs 4 T. ~ sysry reason aaaA
~ dos,t; III ;s shat Tho shsps vhseD 49,
tio6 frsads Ars seoppsd bgNe efleisk Rsei6-
tsysLAw, 1rs Dsaoeslts, nine hsndfs1 nod
nisesy nine 70 oas - tho Bsps6liesa ads.
Ara W sivS shas 30 = = bsrs ersss;sy; -
dot bslieys 80 exists Il laet. We think
bsslot box smiling. and fraudulent vostak :
pussly Denscras,s proseediDg. Bat, a1a,s-
Tin that shsrs - Republicans Who would
bsguii.y ofksslsisst vssins. " are quite
wiling to p~t qsissss % their procesdisss
,ysne.ps 81 Registry Law. Why il At
the Consfitation similarly Wing ~ to it,
ewn side ofthe house1 Don't it believe that
tho Democracy carried NV York aad New
Jersey By fraud Il the recent election? That
but for fssud Grsat would havs had ! najority
ia both STATED We do, II II doesn't. On .
fair and square vote-man for man, the DEM
oona epddsA AHss denS1 aNaxh NOAH
{, 4d1e 4 =;
politicians should e opposed 70 registry, and
oil other lava einiaG tossspase Aonsse s'sc
sions; those 9aSs mott 1snsibls diminish the
probabilities Of Democratic .pajorities any
vh4eesgs This salea inkhl y aSs I'D pf
sosrss The mass 81 the party are not oboox-
ious 70 he ~sishsy secusstion involved.
Bat the politicians run the Democratic par
ty;snd they run il 70 that niasty nine enc han
StS1gAsssf thu frauds committed spon the
Aeotbe1Asp 10 b ~ down TO The credit Of
tie Democratic party.
yThs Constit.tion il % much displaass1
that Democratic practices should be intsr-
fssrsd With that il dseliaes 70 lift itsslf Above
The pafti1ah And be honest. Aside from any
question Of party and party politics, il does
Spps1f ~ . isconssovsrtibls, Inst honest
slseAsns -thaa purity Of the ballot-srs the
S6ay security for tie stability 81 our ffse 10.
situations. The tendency 10 to universal suf-
lt4ksE sUaissrsal amnesty and universal saf-
frags Il our platform. That tendency viii
~ b. 6sfsaee1 sits ineNtdble' en1.S IL
time isn't for Of when everybody will vote
lhas vanN . vote. We will come down to
NE common sense and the application Of
Qamacn&ic Msss, amer wkile. We are doing
psSsty ven nowhere 10 Iowa q least We
lQpltls thsrish mas say vhethsr o. aos tAs
Sosi naa1hAii voter fhis - It'll 70 u some
statSs-bst il isn't 20 here; ths poor man has
- sSay,fAsse he ballos = ths rich MA
TAAs's sSs relic Of bArbasisn sess. We
ln'tle the learned nan ~ tAas sAa isnss>
snt man shall Of shalt not; the ignorant man
has the same right 70 The ballot - the learn
ID man. That's another relic Of barbarian
goAe. We don't Lei the naa Who belongs tc
church ~ ihss the man Who doesn't bslosa
VAAlk nos vsas. Il used 10 b - in sasiJ
New England-and the principle il jet 20 in
pspAl countries, but it isn't 20 here. That's
another rskc ofaArhasis. gone. Hereafter
the white man will not say in this State sha,
shstiak msn shAu not vote. We are get.
ting on pretty vel, but none too fast. Thinl
u II. WAst nors right, according 70 Ii.
prissislss Of our Government, has the rich
..napio ~ TIA. the poor nan shall rot vote
sthna ~ poor nsa 70 ~, sthaAs The viet
snAa sAAu Aos pesaf Or ~ learned MAJ
arhast1s issorans ~ 'sAali scta vosss sess
the ianesass ass 49, ~ Isasasd saa shall
hot, whss moro right ~ ~ ssarci mSm
Der 70 ~ that the ssA>charch member shsl
see we, thaa the Astsr TO deny the bsllo
! 70 lAs lognsf7 And II tAsrs i no right Il
these cases, vAers il the right - 70 the. -
stsissions aaA prohibitions kept up . I,
ninoss and women, aad oil the res. Z. Their,
isn't any right 1t al. Its all wrong snt
stupidity. One Of the mont stuitifyink thing
ono Of the blindest and most idiotic thinei
--&Aet this OF any age has Witnessed. is tn
spectacle Of u who vote, wrangling s6d de
batting, and assuming to ssatls b. our vote
whether others shall vote or not. Wha
..s1ieht have " 10 vots that these others hav
ssas Ncs > jot Of right. Amt they par
s.sfsos;sty-aia't they Affected ~ laws, an
nasaohAiiy Ansvsrabld 10 them : OF rours
~ ars; and Of eosrys, they havs The sam
night 70 voice in u.akins the laws lAas =
AAss. w recognise twu' stsxs afighn u ever
= so1flhat God has made. ORE il 70 pus itssl
entirely without the pale ofsocisty and Tier
- - ~ alone: the Sse6hd u to remain i
a0c;ssy, and il 10 there Ae. sqlsl OF sseE
atAssssp 6atitlsd q lh0 fypics n saSsttn|
-hA6Hs,,aad = the rishts and psiyilsses q
al. AID ,kis right bSlonss equally 10 Il
without distinction Of -, sex, color, or con
dition. Sore, Who vols, win perrit Or 10
according to our lofdly pleasure, others i
.yote, viii vei There Is, when yos look !
Il right, about - much sesss II that, .
though the women, and the miuors and ID,
fesa ~Ss do mot vess, should bold, election
70 decide vhsthrr " should Be permitted j,
.yots ,pr not. They have rs much righ. i
~ whether Or not ws shall voss, ~ Ne hsv,
70 say whether or not they shill yots. 70,
don's believe ibis Of course, but commence
right lsrs 70 think about il, apart from preii
sdics. and Jon will aes that The propositio,
u iaeopsroversibls. "
Bdsws commenced 70 shc~ tbst Rssistr,
and other laws preserving the purity Of else
4 taeefspeess0sys and ~ Asvs CONWAY II
- pey oehjssG Ne dida't iatsnl 10 -,
d srkddsat idfs4os of anivSrat- sufIr.e
For is coming. You old fosiss, that sxps<
everything 70 - sa;nsl Shss il comes, hsl
best change your minds and helm bring /,
Along o. it Jon srs ineosrigibls, ,shsa paol
ury0df duds-of norsiity AVA 70 ssrairh. i
Heaven. If ron don't Be in hurry about i,
you mae W y - he tine whss ,her, vill
bsso mors question y to The right Of svsr,
soul that has reached years Of discretion.
naae end female, black and whiGs, Old aud
PONG; Ssssys and forsiEn born, . vots, than
No. = Aovssfn free white male eniss,1
over twsnty-one.
nov, With this ten escy 10 anlver,sl euf-
fraKe, We viii have 10 much s,nn,%x.. ~.