The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-08

revision may bring victory to their opnonnr+
next year To protect the over-grown monopol;as
of the country while this protection involves tho
destruction of our farmers export trade is noI
icy no political party can afford to endorse
Peace or War in the Far East ?
Whether it will be peace war in the Far East
doth not yet appear All the peace commissioners
are now here, and representatives of both sides
are engaged in some rather undiplomatic talking
How much of what thew say is sincere and how
much for effect, nobody knows. If the Japanese
are sincere in what they say they must have for
indemnify and the Russians are sincere in what
they saw they will not give, then the will 90
ON. But both sides are probably blufing in some
measure.
One thing at least seems certain: Whatever
terms Japan-and Russia agree on, the Powers will
not interfere. Outside interference, unless it be
to prevent bullyism the part of a superior
power always means that the strife is merely post
poned, not ended. IF Russia had not meddled with
| the peace terms of China and Japan ten years
| ago. coveting Port Arthur and Manchura for
| herself she would not be the worst-whipped
| nation since the invention of gunpowder
Campaigns in Maryland and Virginia.
They are having the liveliest kind of
| paien in Maryland just now, negro dlsfranchise-
| ment being the ISSUE MARYLAND is the only coast
State between Texas and Pennsylvania, except
Georgia (and Florida ., which still adheres 10
manhood suffrage. In every other State where SUI
frage restriction has been submitted to the peo-
n1e it has carried. Maryland, however, has
| larger Northern element than any of these other
States. and the terms of it's Amendment are rath
er more stringent than those in force elsewhere
| In order to register one must be male citizen
and
, "(1) A person able to read any section Of the
| Constitution of the State submitted to him by
the officers of registration, and to give reason
able explanation of the same 1t unable to read
such section able to understand and give explana
: ton thereof when read to him by the reglStrauOD
q officer; or
"(2) A person who on the first day of January
1869. or prior thereto, was entitled to vote under
the laws of this State or of any other State OF Tile
United States wherein he then resided; or
- - "(3) Any male lineal descendant of such last
e mentioned person who may be twenty-one years
y | of age or over in the wear 1906"
n The fight on this Amendment, it ml"ht be Sap'
n is not so much on the negro disfranchlsemeD'
feature as on the feature recurring voters to eA
nlain0 the Constitution to the registration Officers
ye The election is to occur this fall, and oeh''0I
ct German is making the foht of his lite
at In Virginia the Senatorial contest IS neatDnN
90 the finish Saturday of next week Is PRIMARY ''-
6, and Governor Montague and Senator -Na''"l r
On working day and night. So far as we can no. =.
IL the chances seems to favor Martln-lalGn" -,
a cause he has the best ORGANIZED forces. l''. os
IN one county heard from to-day the senIllH'D' l
he said to be very heavily IN Montague 7a
be Martin is expected to win because MS ols"l
ct +;or will hr;no ont his full strength While 9 La" r.