St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-26
HIT THE CATHOLICS.
How DIR. Holman Would Restrict
the Foreign Vote.

How DIR. Holman Would Restrict
the Foreign Vote.
1.-The Citizen and the BaIIot'' was
the theme of a lecture at the First M.
E. church last evening by Rev. F. o.
Holman, d. d. The discussion was
kept we'll in hand under the two general
divisions of the inherent rights of cit
henship as a general proposition, and
the principles on which the right of
suffrage is and should be based.
The lecturer remarked. ''Man has with
in himself acting forces which are con-
trolled by his will. The use or nom
use of these forces determines mans
destiny. He has right to assert his
personality, for on it depends the great
struggles in war, politics or other
achievements" From the foregoing
declarations the speaker glided into a
discussion of the exercise of the elective
franchise. The basis of this privilege
as right was declared to be based upon
citizenship or birth, and was not a
right but mere privilege when extend
ed to foreigners. The reason he gave
as to why Indians do not possess the
right is that they were not born within
the bounds of the United States, but
under tribal relations within territories
that are not part of the nation. The
exclusion of minors and persons under
! mental disability was touched upon.
The foreigner was granted the privilege
of voting under restrictions prescribed
by the government, and it is a mere
privilege that might be modified, and is
not right.
The lecturer discussed the advisable
ity of placing greater restrictions on
l,n Nrix Of
serted that their relations with the ma
ton are changing IN that they are not
being aSSimilated as in former times.
They were declared to be clannish, and
that there are fewer of the better and
more of the poorer classes of people i'm
migrating to the country. They now
come here as foreigners, and preserve
that characteristic.
"What shall we do with the immi-
grants ?r asked he, I'VE have right to
hedge their privileges. The exercise of
the privilege to vote should be based on
intelligence, and the foreigner should
not be allowed to vote until he has, been
here fourteen years. In Boston the
Irish rule. and vote as IriShmen. In
this state the Germans vote as Germans,
and political parties eringe before
them"
He alluded to illiteracy in the South,
and said that the colored people were
bulldozed there, and that the Southern
problem was not more difficult than the
foreign problem in the North. He paid
his respects to the public schools and
the Roman Catholic church, declaring
that the latter was opposed to the
former. He claimed that the next move
would be to declare that it is
| the province of the church that
| all education shall be interdicted unless
(! given under the control of the Catholic
| church. He enlarged on these points in
| a rather vigorous and partisan manner
| and then took the position that. as the
privilege to vote should be based on in.
| herent rights and Intelligence
woman should not be excluded from the
| privilege because she was woman
! but the same rules should be applied K
her that are applied to man.
The lecture concluded with an eXhorta
ton on the duty of exercising person
atty by voting for men rather thar
platforms.