Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-12
colored students may apply for ad-
mission with white students to the
Maryland Agricultural College.


mission with white students to the
Maryland Agricultural College
Il succeeded in making an ar
rangement whereby a substantial
part OF the fund should be allotted
to the Morgan College. in Somerset
county, for the education of the COL
ored people, and the Maryland Agri-
cultural College should receive its
part Of the appropriation without {
incuring the risk of co-education OF
the races and having the black boy
sit with the white. This colored in
stitution has done good work toward
the education Of its race. and only
o fem months ago I contributed 900
Tor the erection Of new buildings.
/ refer to this only to illustrate the
fact that | am not speaking as the
enemy of the negro race. Indeed, /
believe that the colored people
themselves would be very much bet
ter off in Maryland if they were ELI
minated from politics.
THE Democratic party has never
failed to give to them their just dues
in their educational and personal
rights. and / believe will continue
to do so; but l again assert that it
was never intended by nature or
natures God that in this country
they should be placed upon a social
and political equality with the white
man.
Regrets Governors Stand.
I'm this connection | want to say
that if our able, efficient and worthy
Governor is opposing the amend
ment | am heartily sorry. He, as
well as every other prominent Dem
ocrat in Maryland, was thoroughly
committed to the principles of this
amendment two years ago, and upon
that issue he was elected.
when the bill proposing the
amendment to the Constitution was
before the Legislature of 1904 and /
learned that there was some friction
between the Legislature and the
Governor, / wrote TO every Demo
cratic Senator and member of the
House with whom thought l had
any influence, and urged them to
cooperate with the Governor in the
passage of bill that would be salts
factory to him. / have the highest
regard for Governor Warfield. As
evidence OF my good faith, l person
ally contributed more of my time
and money to his election than did
to my own when l was your candi-
date for the same office. l want to
indorse his administration, and do
indorse it as being in every respect
clean, able and business-like, ex-
cept in so far as he is reported to be
opposed to this constitutional amend
ment. If he does oppose it, then l,
for one, must say that l am, indeed,
sorry, and it will be absolutely i'm
possible, in my judgment, for him
to explain his reasons to thousands
of his best Democratic friends.
"No Fear For A White Voters"
1T has been contended by some
persons in opposition to the proposed
amendment that it gives too much
power TO the registration officers
and that its effect will be to dis
franchise many white persons who
should have the right to vote, be-
cause of their failure to explain the
Constitution TO the satisfaction of
the registers. l have no fear of
this. Every white man who is en-
titled to vote will be registered, be-
cause public sentiment will demand
it. We may as well be candid about
this matter and say what we mean,
and that is, as | understand il, we
propose in SO far as we can within
the limits of the Constitution to dis
franchise the negro and preserve
tl.s right al tho- ~ Ais> >--.ss----s~-vvsv-
wish il could be otherwise and
that we conld literally and in terms
disfranchise the negro.
Fears Negro Invasion.
I'm the next few years you people
of Baltimore purposes to spend mil
lions OF dollars on the sewers and
improvement of your streets. De-
feat this amendment, and there will
be thousands of colored people,
whose right to vote has by consti-
tutional enactment been taken away
from them in Virginia and North
Carolina, coming into Maryland and
seeking employment.
This large influx Of negroes will
operate seriously against the white
laboring class. The contractors
will buy the cheapest labor they can
get, and white people cannot compete
with such labor as viii be brought
here from other States on account
OF the negro protection. Baltimore
city, in both her social and CONNER
cial relations, will be greatly in
iured by such an influx of negroes.
II appeal to every white man in
Maryland, Democrat and Republi
can, to lay aside party feeling and
personal prejudice and vote for this
amendment.