The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-01
THISI THE ONE QUESTION PRESENTED
BY THE AMENDMENT.
F. A. R, Former Washington Correspondent
of the SUM- Writes on the Efforts to
Obscure the Vital Feature of the Tleasure
and to rIisrepresent its Effects.
WASHINGTON, August %, 1905.

express purpose confnng
the suffrage the white population and such of the negroes as
sufficient intelligence and Judgment properly exercise the
elective franchise There intention to deprive any white
his and should the amendment be adopted there will
effort that direction Every white the State Mary
should thoroughly understand this The real and the only
issue is the elimination of the ignorant negro Thosewhether
acknowledged Republicans falsely styled DemOcras-who
oppose the should be gdy held down this issue
AS is they scarcely have word about the the
whole burden of their lament that white to be denied
polls This prompts query whether they have
thrown the spong They be perfectly satisfied that their
only hope beog compcae the point upon which the
pie are asked to decide.
Even in Republican a disn-
genuous method of campaigning than that prced in Mary
land 1t the method of desperation If they persuade
large body of white of Maryland that their political
privileges are in danger undoubtedly the Republicans
cam the amendment will most probably be defeated On the
other hand if they be held down the actual point the
amendment will be carried by majority In of
the which negroes
whites been affected except in the most nfnesma degree Why
should it affect them the State of Mayland The very class of
white voters that the Republicans trying influence by their
false cries the identical who naturally ought be the
strongest favor of the amendment They have stake than
any other class.
The experience of every where suffrage
the whites has shown to be beneficial has brought pol
itics; essened materially danger conflicts
has promoted morality the has made fewer Grim
nas and it has made them better aborng would have
unquesOnaby the effect the State Maryland The
about what the Democratic Ring" Maryland will do if the
longer not worthy of consideration The
ocratic Rng will have the power it had the inc
nation to do 1.-THE of the dreadful things predicted by Repub
licans and the assistant Republicans.
What be corrupt degrading subversve
good than dense chained
perpeuay the party Judging by gone
BEFORE there anything the Republican Rng Maryland
stop if had the powers 1t all very we'll say there
danger of negro domination in the Maryland Of
there danger of being Governor
Mayor Baltimore negroes having majority in the
Legislature the City Council of Baltmore
there twice The Republican Rng" would
that But if the ndment defeated danger
of Republican Ring" dominaton Naturally Democratic
would be discouraged and dshearened Republican
ng would then rally for great effort the entire negro
voters They would not been in the
habit of voting for and with the aid frendshe so
called independents would quite possible them
to get hold hard to unasten.
REPUBLICAN IT'S DANGERS
There multtudes of Marylandes lively reco
lection of how the affairs City were
when the Republican party firmly power Do
they wish repetition of the conditions then prevang Talk
about the manipulation of the election machinery No Democrat
who lived anywhere who does live anywhere ever was or
could be match for Republican election manpuators when
they have the chance Of the white people Maryland
if they DESIRE down the they elect to do
they cannot complain when forced
is only the possibility the pemanence Republican
uet the personally with whom they will have to deal
He will be aggressive usoen overbearng than
and the sister will be slow play her part The
street and other incidents which have fever heat the
indignation of the community will dwinde nsgfcance by
what will surely follow In the past there have been
terrific race riots in New York and Philadelphia by negro
nsoence and AT times the police been poweess
to control the situation The New and Phade
pha small fraction of the population compared to the
negroes of Baltimore is follow this the
gestion OF what may occur will be in everyones mind
A TERRIBLE WRONG
Maryland and Baltimore if they WILL in the good
work. which starting at the Gulf of Mexico steadily fol-
lowed to the Potomac work which, said before
has the sympathy of the intelligence Judgment of the
country at large without regard Public opinion has All
rogated the Fifteenth Amendment public opinion for all
practical efects just as powerful and effective as formal
legislative enacmen Negro suffrage wrong and
universally acknowledged 1t is wrong which be wped
out and will be sooner later every community where it's
extent is sufficient show its unhappy and bghg influence
Never before in the history of the world has there ben
an attempt to confer equal political privileges upon inferior
We have tried what tried BEFORE and has been dis
mall disastrous failure W.
Will Maryland set herself up against natural lava The
PRIDE and prejudice of circle the globe penetrate its in
most Iastnesses In our country it
North than it in the South All great cities of the East and
West exhibit it the slightest pretense against the black man
The British Pacific Islands will yellow man anv
more than will Pacific Coast States Maryland NAV haS
on to negro suffrage but the against will extend