The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-18

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. '-.''''' iet,t - fllrllaafl his ns-z
'ftEz1s1 $500 ( :.
acknowledge that that IS not right. Cnrl q
man can read the Declaration Of Indepsrd
ence and the constitution Of the line
States, and calculate the interest on IN
american debt and know the difference,)e
tween Republican form Of government nd
monarchy or a despotism, he is unfit to x
ercise the right OF suffrage at any ballot lDx
between Key West and Alaska
In lo13 in England there were 1900 anO
children who ought to have been in school.
There were only 1873, 000 in other woris.
about so per cent, and Of the so Der cent bof
more than 5 per cent got anything worby
the name Of an education Now, take tat
foreign ignorance and add it to our American
ignorance, and there will be in November
thousands and thousands of people who ire
no more qualified to exercise the right of s,f
frage than to lecture on astronomy. E5w
are these things to be correcteds BY law of
/ compulsory education, well executed. tro
IN Tor law which.after giving fair yssfrng
2or few years, shall make ign "a
/ crime There is no excuse for h
these subjects in this land wher = Ia
schools make knowledge as e.. eesh
air OF heaven. ! woul1 have $500 eI-
animation seated beside the officersf.fegis-
tratlon, and let them decide whether the men
who come up TO vote have any capacity to
be Inonarchs in a land where we are all mon
archs- One of the most awful foes OF the
American ballot box to-day is popular ignor-
ance Educate the people, give them ar op-
poriunity TO know and understand what
they do II they will not take the educa-
ton, deny them the vote
Another powerful enemy of this sacred
chest. the ark of the American covenant. the
ballot box, IS spurious voting. In $50 In
brooAlyn, there were a thousand names re-
corded OF persons who had no residence here
ana II there were a thousand attanipted
fraudulent votes in the best city on thecon-
tlnent what may We expect in cities not so
fortunate! What n grand thing is the law IN
registration Without it elections in tbIS
country would be a farce. There must be
scrutiny on this subject. The law must have
keenest twist for the neck ofrepeaters Some
thing more than slight fine and short i'm
prlsonment. IL is an attempt at the assassin
atlon OF the Republic when man attempts
to put in a spurious vote. In olden times
wnen men laid unhc'y hands on the ark of
the covenant they dropped down dead Wit
ness uZzah. And when men ATTEMPT To MT |
unholy hands on the American ballot box. |
the ark OF the American covenant they de- |
serve determination.
Another powerful foe of this sacred cbaSt |
is intimidation. - eAie'O
Corporations sometimes demand that their !
employees vots in this and that way. II &c
skllfully done. It is not positivaIv in e.
many words demanded, but the emniove mn.
iei stands he will be frozen out of the ,sstasj.
lishnlent unless he votes as the firm do. So
you can go into villages where there are es-
-aollSAments with hundreds and thousands
y y eiiip'0yes ana having found out the poll
US OF the head men in the factory. YOU can
ell which way the election Is eoi11 Now
nat ma. IS damnable. If in any precinct in the
iiitel states man cannot vote as he
'i9 9ai there is something awfully wrong
~ ~ =" 10 you treat that <mploye who votes
IN lereItly from what you dos Oh, YOU say
- ~ uo hoy P. interfere with the right of suf-
rage But you call him into vonr nrivate
iilce, ana you find fault with his work. and
i'el WINS you tell him there is an uncle,
y an aunt or niece, or a nephew that must
ave Ihat position. You do not say it is be-
nus ne dthis or that way, but he knows
M uod Knows 1t is. II that man has given
Q you IN hard work an equivalent for the
80 you pay MIN, you have no right TO ask
hytLlDg else Of him. He sold you his work:
E dld not sell you his political or religious
rlncipies But you know as well as | do
lere IS sometimes on that sacred chest. the
r. OF the American covenant shadow cor
orats or monopOlistic.
another powerful foe of that sacred chest.
ls ARK OF the American covenant, the ballot
OK, Is bribery.
very often " is not money that bribes. but
Is Office "You make me President and hi
AXE you Cabinet officer; you make me
oyernor and I'll make you Surveyor Cen
al you make ne Mayor and I'll put re 4 on
le Water Board You give me posit:.,--apd
I give YOU position" That is tt form of
'ibe often and often in these ga cities. 2
} not say it is in our cit rI<}aAw>
ain and again throughdd8e = csc
we been the forms Of bride Pit
often the case that by the til IN 5nes
an office to which he has b, he
from the crown of head to the Nc boot
with pledges. and the ma who
YES 70 Albany or to Washington TO get an
Wee is applying for some position which
IS given away three months befor Che cleo
n. Two long lines of worm fencs, ons
'rm fence reaching to Albany and the other
Washington, and there a great many
lzens astride the fence, and they are
1hily poised. and they are waiting to see
which side there is most emolument, and
this side they get down. But bribery
Ks both ways. IL kicks the man that o.
5 it and the man that takes it, Bribery :