The sun., 1900-08-12

Of one class TO WELD this power over aupther
class and therefore II never has been and Is not
now q republic A Constitution and q supreme
Court which admit this right are helpless 10
protect the victims who suffer by its exercise.
There are various kinds OF opposition to
dice. stabborn St"s conseryatism Sc % which objects
70 amy progress, disbelief In universal SUI
irage and desire 10 limit 1t even among men
Of the opposition. 1t also is exempliied by
the New York and the Massachusetts, anti
suffrage societies. the only ones In the country
o9i any considerable numbers or Influence
a suffrage oligarchy, ballot-box imperialism
IN vote may be said to effect two purposes
II gives TO the individual the sovereignty OF
voice in affairs Of government, Il brings TO the
latter the consensus OF public opinion. From
neither OF these points OF view is an educational
PROPERTY ansiileadton Iustisea nee ho,os
box have not been by the poor and the ignorant,
but by the rich and the educated. The recent
by the poor and illiterate. They are not re-
sponslble for the corrupt political rings IN
New York, Chicago and the other large cities.
violated the Fourte.nth % and nd fifteenth III @ FEDERAL
amendments in various Southern states. Nell
ther poverty nor ignorance was manifest ia
the Montana expose at the last session of Con-
gress
To bar out the poor does not insure an in
telligent ballot There are college professors
who who does s, not possess the amount OF propertty
ability TO read "A section Of the Constitution
IN English does not guarantee an honest fran
chise. Cnlettered men may form lnt.sligent
opinions and vote conscienti0usly simply by
listening 10 the private and public discussions
OF campaign; while Others, through the ability
70 read and write. are all the better htted lor
the most INSCRIPTIONS political trickery. so
long rs all classes are permitted voice in
government, there il no excuse Tor anarchy.
Any class dissatisfied with the present order
OF things is at perfect liberty 10 organize, work
ana vote Tor "A regime. lake away tnls
privilege and there is no resort except secrecy.
intrigue. assassi nation and the various an
archistic methods.
The right Of self-government through the
peaceful means of Misrepresentation AZ the
ballo box is inherent in the citizens OF re-
public The Fifteenth Amendment did not
the States from denying or abridgng their
right to the franchise. which accompanied the
m-nt, This also conferred citizenship upon
negro women and included the same rights,
Native and naturalized white men and women
ALREADY Possessed these rights but, with the
been prevented from exercising them. When
they have attempted To do so they have been
arrested. fined and committed to jail, lnn
this present wholesale disfranChiSement OF
negro men by an alleged legal process. he nation
simply is reapng what IL has sown.and the har-
vest Is not yet epdsd The moral crime is
petrated against women for more than . CEN
fury, and people who have permitted il de serve
TO BE- punished.
correspondent sends a co,nmn article from
the irgn Fra. Dover. y. } signed The Wan
derer," with the request that IL be answered
1t is devoted to q vndictiye afack upon this
department and the writer No military code
Of civilized nations reyogn Yes guerrilla warfare:
| am not accustomed to the Filipino method OF
fighting from ambush and DO not care 10 enter
into contest with nom d. plume The per
son W ho attacks another under cover II al, as
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