The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-21
IN OPPOSITION no POE AMENDMHNr.
Foreign-Born Citizens OF Baltimore Make
StroDg Appeal TO Their Brothers.


Numerous representative citizens of both the
Republican and Democratic parties. and repre-
senting nine different races, have organized the
Maryland League Of Foreign-born Citizens"
The purposes of the league are To fight the
Poe amendment; to provide and distribute
campaign literature explaining the purport of
the Poe amendment. with special reference to
the dangers in which this amendment would
put the most sacred rights of foreign born citi-
zens aud their sons to give full instruction to
the voters as to properly vote in order to defeat
the amendment, and to organize and hold
meetings in different sections of Baltimore city
and the State.
AS part of the campaign literature the fol.
lowing appeal to the foreign-born citizen has
been adopted
The Poe amendment will take away the
right to vote from foreign-born citizens and
their sons.
At the election to be held on November 9TH
next an amendment to the Constitution of the
State will be voted upon by all the voters, and
if it is adopted it may be the last vote that
naturalized citizens and their sons will be al
lowed to cast in this State. II will take away
the right to vote from all naturaliZed citizens
and their sons, unless they can explain Sec
ton of the Constitution, read to them in Eng
lish to the satisfaction of q majority OF the
registers. The only persons that will be allow
ed to vote, if the amendment is adopted, are
the classes mentioned in the amendment as
follows:
First-A person able to read any section of
the Constitution of this State submitted to him
by the officers of registration and to give a
reasonable explanation of the same; or if un-
able to read such section is able to understand
on6 OF q ov r,io ,off On
read TO him by the registration officers or,
Second-A person who on the first day of
January, 1869, or prior thereto was entitled to
vote under the laws of this State or any other
state Of the United States wherein he then
resided or,
Third-Any male lineal descendant Of such
last mentioned person who may be twenty-one
(21) years of age or over in the year 1906. No
person not thus qualified by coming under
some one of the above descriptions shall be en-
titled TO be registered as qualified voter, nor
be entitled to vote.
If you were entitled to vote on the first day
Of January, 1869, the amendment applies to
you and your sons. II you did not have the
right to vote on the first day of January, 1869,
you must understand and give q reasonable ex-
PLANTATION OF any section of the Constitution
that is read to you in English by the registra-
ton officers. The registration officers are not
allowed to translate the section of the Consttu-
ton, but must read it to You in English, and
you must give reasonable explanation ofitin
English.
SOME THINGS To EXPLAIN.
Can you explain any of these sections of the
Constitution?
1. No conviction shall work corruption of
blood or forfeiture of estate.
| 2. That no law to attaint particular persons
of treason or felony ought to be made in any
case or any time hereafter.
s. That sanguinary laws ought to be avoided
as far as it is consistent with the safety of the
State.
4. That no man ought to be taken or impris-
oned or dsseized of his freehold, liberties or
| privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any
manner destroyed or deprived of bis life, liber-
~ or property, but by the judgment of his peers
or by the law of the land.
5. No ex post fact law ought to be made, or
retrospective oath or restriction be imposed or
| required.
6. The General Assembly shall pass no law
suspendipg the writ Of habeas corpus.
All Of these above sections are the precise
words OF the Constitution. and the registers,
when they examine you. can ask you to ex-
plain them; and If you fail to do so to their
satisfaction the Poe amendmsnt gives them
| the right 20 refuse to register you.
Are you willing to surrender your liberty by
| giving up your right to vote?
On election day don't forget to vote against
the amendment, and preserve your right to
vote aud that of your sons.