The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-21

Nine Reasons Why You Should
Vote For The Suffrage Amendment.

1. Because it will right to some extent
the deadly wrong inflicted upon our race
by the curse of negro suffrage put upon Us
unlawfully by force under the instigatior
of partisan malignity and oppression, and
it will right this wrong by constitutional
and fair means.
3 Because it will purge our registra.
ton books of at least thirty thousand ne
groes, who are totally disqualified to vote
by reason of their dense ignorance, and
will thus insure the control of our State
government by our white people.
3. Because it will disfranchise enough
ignorant and venal negroes in Worcester,
Wicomico, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot,
Caroline. Queen Anne's, Kent, Cecil,
Hartford, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard,
Frederick, Washington, Montgomery,
Prince Georges, Charles, st. Mary's,
Calvert and Anne Arundel counties to en-
able the white men of all those counties to
control their own local affairs and to enjoy
the blessings Of an honest and efficient
Home Rule, aud the tranquility and good
order which such Home Rule will assured
ly bring about.
/. Because it will put an end to the
pernicious influence of the comparatively
small number of uuprincipled and corrupt
white men. who, by dangerous combina-
tions with the negroes, make the political
and social situation too grievous to be any
longer borne
B. Because our intelligent uaturalized
citizens and their male adult descendants
should be glad of the opportunity now af-
forded to aid us in our effort to rid the
State-for them as well as for us-of the
incubus aud blight of ignorant and debased
negro suffrage in the interest and for the
protection of cur race
6. Because the elimination of the mass
Of ignorant negroes from the suffrage is as
vital to our naturalized citizens and their
families as il is to our native born citizens,
and hence our white people, without re-
gard to nationality, should unite in seeur-
ing to our State the benefits Of intelligent
white manhood suffrage.
i. Because the elimination Of our ig-
norant negro population from the demoral.
iring influences of constant participation in
cur political contests will promote their real
and substantial welfare. and enable them
all the better to do their duty aud earn
their living in the sphere in which Provi-
dence has placed them.
;. Because under our existing law reg.
alasing registration, 10 man, white OIL
black, who will be justly entitled to be reg
istered as a qualified voter, can be wrong
fully denied registration, and because
therefore, injustice is impossible to any
truly qualified voter.
9. Because the Observation-Disclosures
in our Amendment is word for word tn,
same as that put it operation in Virgins
in 1904. and was so drawn As not to con
lict with the Constitution of the Unite,
States
THE RESULT IN VIRGINIA HAS
BEEN THAT THE WHITE MEN
BOTH NATIVE AND NATURAL
IZED. REGISTERED BECAUSE Oh
THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
THOUSANDS OF NEGROES HAVE
BEEN EXCLUDED BECAUSE Oh
| THEIR DENSE IGNORANCE.
SUCH WILL Be THE RESULT II
MARYLAND.
1T Is THE WHITE MAN !
AMENDMENT
VOTE FOR 1T,
MURRAY EANDINER,
Chairman Of me Democratic State On
fral E;lnsnsifee.