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There arc constant opensca ~ tho sur.ag,
lrv Some Apply 10 a'l auc Nj ~. others to .,c
cinc questions solc oprly 10 81, .,,rc D.,
M lici .ali'lc- hu' w our section tho change.
all look ~ tho snr,o dit g ion IN tho ,ame 90,
tont and have no ono pUTn".e, tho nullnc1',n
of ~ Fifteenth Amen incnt under tho for,us
~ law the 4 sfr ,rchi.cmcnt In ihr sou.h
Tho - def .nnchIsins acts 70 Hll hy Democratic
I,p slntutcs They nr' acts pls-cd and o. grot
an enforceda a. Fen II Imam SAYS. .hy bul' 4. ylt.
btowbcatinr. hor.ev hirplng and ootiug v,t-
cts into the huncr 20 rofr In from voting. or
INTO voting with inc nulincra Those avs coms
from. ,riginItc In. and are found only IN South
crn Stntes
These b'ing facts. II secms that the time FOR
tho literal enforcement OF the second section u
the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment IL
fully come. II seem. that the NULL fcat on senti-
ment iS now taking on n rapid growth that the
seeming Indifference Of nat onal officials has
encouraged the nunors and in a few years
more the example OF N" Southern Demortacv
III have spread until in many States hereto
fore exempt from the-a frinhtful forms Of dis
franchisenent al except the elect will hive
been robbed. under IN" forms OF law" ~ all
participation IN governmental affairs,
Tolerance has been INDUCED with tho hops
that Southerners would see the error OF their
way and correct their own conduct. that tho
better judgment OF the thinking element would
set straight the crooked things. but worss evil
t-e1ds on heels Of lesser evil 80 thick and fast
they follow III II now seems time for action
al hand. Representation In Congress is to be
apr ortoned and the basis sh onld be shifted from
nopulation 10 votes recorded AID counted.
There ism q point OF view from which such a
shifting would not he absolutely just T g
States or sections losing representation would
be without cause for comma NJ. while States
gaining would get only wha. was due them.
One district in Ohio h1s cast and recorded ~
many votes as tn whole state OF MiSss- -Ippi or
Alabama at same 81 cton for Congr' ssman. IL
IL not just that one OF those atcs. casting no
greater vote than n district in arother State.
should have eleven and the district one Con-
greeSinar.
II s true that those acts OF dsfran chisement
by the State may ba Just that tho di fran his"d
are justly deprived of u vo &C. that the loo :, "
be-t knows he worthy and the unworthy. but
II Is also true II a state has n large class o. the
unworthy. that II u unjust that numerous un-
WORTHY citizens should have wider and fuller
represen' alton than worthy citizens. or that \
ma 3 OF unworthy citizens entities the good
among them 10 member OF Congress for
fewer people. 1t Is a certainty that II the aver
az" OF the tab,a ed vote for five years alo
decided the extent OF representation that the
grow, or Congress reprt sentation quickly
shrink. and II Ia safe to predict, with the wei
known eegerness for offi cal pie entertained In
the South, that the ballot would achieve free
dom not lately known. Give rs q literal en-
forcement Of section two Of the Fourteenth
Amendment. Messrs. Congressmen. and We
guarantee an increase OF human liberty.