The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-03-28
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and snconirolisSi 10 p.rv--rrtt~ every
detail. whtch. ia its juigps~uf.
mighi - 49, or du.iratl- 80 tis.
ssrucsur~ AMI th- cunt-n,. of th- t-l
~, ani t.sc moir of suslur A.. II
this ~"rs not - ih~ i'r,-ssai Actin.
sAn t@llut h~ c,z8ii uus ~ uF1cli
IL l. T-ar~ly t-.Na-. tb~ o-a..ltusl.su
Ia. nui I'Fuhihiir,I 10. sdutsioa that
at sd"Isi0n NA. collstitaftuslal. II
Z The isnctslaiur. Nzs thus .b-lil--rNi-lN
and pGrP -ciy l~n fss~ - Tr,--ril-,
+ = aai u ds~-ms.i D. q. o. th- kinI
II l~llos, th~n u -A- l~st rr,-, "a 81
clare that thu ,,allui .hOaiI o. t,rini-
t-i Without -mhi-tn. 80 athrr .lga.
and Ina ib- WAy ~ 1. T.r1J---.i o.
print IL. aud ifAsA unn-.sprure oi
ii- ls'ing prinis-i Ga th~ ~ay d /.
~uPT-S--si o. IsTini u -ssh~ E.---n.
may not NOir luicliis-vniiy. thru tt-
iAul. Il if FAULT th-r. T. 1. ~tth And
in the Constitution in thi.. that n
has lcn g. thr l~gi-iAiarv. ~iihuut
r''.triciion. tho T-p~-r TO pr,.i,ss..
Aud bring At-sui that tsrrci.-- rs--alt
10y lawfully Adupilng such q l~ll.;
| Unis-- 10 can - aid the ds.lArHtion
that all el,s-fion, -lAli =. - talloi
l. iAntAmouni 70 proN idin. that tla.
Legislature has no power io pr---rli--
the form OF the t~lloi, ~ uAnnoi D.
d"nisSl that in pr-sIiblng the fHn
.t has the right To- Adopa thi. nIrn
no~ prop---d. not u Outstanding tho
adoption or IL may imIs,ir -bmc I.sr-
sons la voting who Ani~v-ding u
did vote.
The Baliimorr News, OPPOSING
the proprs-i ia~, answer thu. on
the constitutional point.
"Thc un-oundn.-- Of this argu-
ment L. manifest. Nobndy has ever
pretended that the legislature hAd
no right io make regulation. a. q"
the ballot; but IL l. dificult Go 49,
how any p-r-on in hl- --n-- can
-obrrly maintain the pro.s-iiion
that bSAu-" th" legislature may oon-
additionally max" one regulation. u
/
make any other regulation. A very
simple cR-e will show ihi- ~up.v-s
the legislature were io enArt that al
ballots must Lee written in the No-
ier's handwriting. liza the rolling
booth, without Assistance aud with
cut the aid Of any paper la the vo-
ter'~ Possession, and that any ballot
containing an error In spelling -hsli
Ice invalid; according 10 the doririn.
Of the COMMITTEES this AT would To-
absolutely within the I.ower- OF the
legislature, though IL would have
the effect Of practically depriving OF
the suffrage nine tenths oi the male
citizens of Maryland upon whom
that right is conferred 10y the legis-
lAture. IL will bc noted that the
committee nowhere quote that de-
larztion oT the Constitution upon
which Alon. thc argument against
it, proposed action l. founded that
= every male citizen OF the Unitesi
Stai's Of the Agc Of twenty one years
or upward who ha- bs-en II r-idsni
Of the state for one year aud of the
Legislative district of baltimore city
, I or OF the county i'm which bc may
offer To vote for siN months Dent
presiding the election -hAll i,e enti-
tied 10 vote In the ward or election
district in which he ro-ide- at all
elections hereafter 10 bc held ia this
State
QUIBBIE oF TERMS
4 The senate committee further al
1 vAnce- the following argument on
1 the legal phase:
% "The fallAcy running all through
: the arguments against the measure
e lic- in confusing and confOuLding
a the right TO vote with the eKerci--
of the right, and also Ia a-cribing g.
q the proposed law q character which
4 lis attributes do not give IL, but
a which il IL alleged its result- impre-.
n upon IL. The right TO vote exist.
under the present law, bat IL tbs
ticket l. not properly marked th'
not been lawfully exercised. Unle-'
Il the legislature has the authority "a
v do what l. now propo-sd 10 be done
l. where did IL get the power TO ordei
d that ticket wrongly marked should
v be rejected? II the right 10 vOts
d and the exercise Of the right are co
@ extensive, how could the legislAtur'
% reject ballot once cast?'
d The News, In reply, says:
d "This Is a quibbIe 50 shallow and
i contemplate that one has q sense O
a humiliation In conde-cending Z.
q answer IL. The two things place
,f here In the same category are q
d different from eAcn other ~ honest.
~ H. from rascality, As different a. tn
TO dealings Of an upright business maj
,e from the methods Of bunco steeref
IT Under any law whatever, owing q
D. the imperfection Of all humar
Of machinery, some things must <
ne wrong; and an election law L. no CT
se ception TO the rule. Because -ou
10 few cases Of lots Of vote throug
Of accident occur under the existini
q law, say these sharp practitioners,
n must be quite legitimate TO make
to law expressly designed To caus
he many thousands of voters 20 lo-
In their votes. Because, from the M
I'd ture Of things, some individuals vii
I'd in every election, through circum
~ stances peculiar TO themselves, IA
to in the exercise Of their right 20 vot'
ce therefore il L. perfectly proper Il
the legislature deliberately to max
!, that exercise impossible, or nearl
-. so, in as many cases ss IL pleases-