The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-28

when & considered co sid ] the e one oo9 hand that the Suffrage amendment the
General Assembly composed of of membership curEng
ons @ % S I % interests ~as @ @ nhos 5 sas @a u 4 enyggs g & I
place the Suege Amendment the high plane
Some had take the initiative duty
point party merged itself into great electoral reform movement and having
now assumed that proportion the question submits itself the action the people
In those Southern where the white pub
ne affairs was BY means Constitutional Conventions and in Virginia by
subsequent FORMULATION Of the popular ect without the referendum
and ] an an a % the p5 ., rer Md 5 ss Here pss % cnuea. asa
Conventions are the people representative FORM qualified well promate and
State did not REQUIRE resort to the extreme step this time of Constitutional
process and bring the question a before the people of the State for their
auy campaign 1903 which resulted in the election Demo-
Governor, Comptroller and Attorney Gl well Democratic L
eenaea clearing negroes rst
tn lists Of the State far practicable The method by which this
the people was to be accomplished was long and seriously considered Several
thoughtful plans suggested their details Two of them
the State by the Fifteenth Amendment the Constitution the United States
To safely around this Federal rider Constitutions devised by national
Republican the plan pped which could
the the Federal consider provisions
The presented itself IN the OF State asserting itself in the presence
of Federal power intensified by repeated noaehment and the Oveshawg nau
OF wealth and patronage 1t impossible do what desired which
tnainf to The Federal nt1tn oi in the xar Ptv naT6at for
voters 50 rusnant to the sentiment of MARYLAND that could not be considered any
more than other een' suggested which could stand the test the Federal
The plan finally decided for submission the the people
distinguished Rel ubcaus
though the pO could beat down than the Supreme
subject affecting Mississippi O
standing grandfather
mnabe having exactly purpose
for which originated has been handed down Maryland the and
severe remedy admittedly evil.
accepting its provisions Of membership
the ge bad view n them and that which would stand the test the Fed
eFa court. and m which Conlhe Senate npo hwa5
the 9 N % was no & good and though some iann % defenders % remained %
all proved bte Therefore the plan which Maryland electors called
scrutiny elsewhere and found be impnab the choice the
conditions Mayithat halted and aed efforts elsewhere under
There e from such a conclusion
Under the provisions this plan for regulating the franchise Mississippi bound
forward The taken politics aud removed from carpet bag nau
has resumed his place producer He no longer neg his personal
.f nuisance generally denied gain wealth
children do things which white from
negroes only satisfied with this condition say the and
them carpet who
rhr the franchise them for their the enemies of the
The process by which negro enraf suffrage
high handed reckless and unwauau invasion of the nenae rights of States
which h proved harmful those who planned than those against whom
aimed the State had been let alone solve the problem gradual suffrage
for 0 and But the political engi
oee ike those fnanos who want get rich quick Ovenno the marx and
this generation The counter revolution dves in lsO5O6
The revolution OF 1870 was without the consent Of the State where slavery pre-
vailed before % pa Ioo, ~ % T5 nave % =; ~ ] % S @ - ~ every white;
should enlist support every unbiased
the proposed for electors this State plain and direct The
OF may punded
other hand there reading understanding test for those who have been voters
IS-o Tab @ g b Is If atfv comaaI with will enhe the ani
The whole scheme equitable
II any Of complied with the applicant 1906
No white man need fear or hesitate
has power deprive applicant of the franchise if he is
Tests registration novelty innovation They required under
rtiHg law
every regulating the franchise uiia power reside extent
in
this particular Maryland tandf
nearly other of the such right guaranteed
hypothetical which
and which mateaze They have
plain their confusion while seeking
Amendment
should be able clearly understand them They
Fint.o oreador under is Eread
Second. II ia been a 1869,
be male descendant of who in 1869
power the privilege And be always borne
in who who wish
pgto whch the confer with such safeguards attached
mayb be regarded as and Irudeut
Why not inheritance
Why not reading and understanding for another
reasonable They have worked well elsewhere Why
should sought hwaH their practical operation by hypothetical
that launched
have made from 1866 date change has been the order for
the Assembly
malewe essentials
f,ru implies 70 betteiug conditions eyerytm
unaded black who have fastened
privileges by designing politicians outside
borders. DEMOCRAT
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