The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-07-15
The Suffrage Amendment.

To the Democracy of Maryland:
The practical effect of the Amendment will
be to purge the registration books of about
thirty. FIVE or forty thousand ignorant negro
voters who can neither read. nor understand
when read. any section of the Constitution.
With the names of these grossly Iihterate
voters eliminated, a. they unquestonably
ought 10 be. we will be relieved al once from
the iniolerahle burden Of this mass OF Ignor-
ance aud prejudice aud the supremacy OF our
white population IN the political government
of the State will be easy and complete
We will be spared the constantly recurring
and exhausting struggles to protect our State
aud local administration from the scknowl-
edged calamity Of venal ignorant negro SUIT.
frsge and We shall nj the same time elevate
aud purify our elective franchise.
The achievement Of q result 50 beneficial
ought 10 appeal with resistless persuasive force
to All Who really desire the blessings of good
government. aud il IL difficult TO understand
how any MARYLAND Democrat can bring him
self io oppose Il.
But. strange and Illuminating as 1t Is, We uu-
fortunately End that there are some rebeilious
Democrats. for the most part "a RAlumore
CITY. who are antsEoaizlng th's measure oi
reform aud Who are doing their worst 20 tempt
other Democrats 10 JOIN With them IN their
unworiAs movement 10 defeat, q they can,
the deliberately and auihouiaiively declared
policy Of their party vital 10 IT'S continued As
tendency.
We are called on 10 deal With a ieplorAble
deSertinn, the Hvuwed object and intent 81
which are TO frustraie The homes, efforts Of our
thoroughly aroused Democracy 20 rescue our
sufFrage by constitutional means from deadly
blight.
The motive for this extraordinary iaCiiaBSl
conduct stands confessed. Il IS The motive
which aciuAies aud controls al rule or rum
movements. Il Is the motive Of The taiieH
angel. pat forth in hls impaSssoaed uiierAnce.
IS Milton gives IL
This. ii not Victory, Is get ReveaEe.
It's participants know aud declare that ~slh
uut tins iEnoran, aud debasrd uegro vote 90
fall hack upou and use. their occupafipn A.
political dis0rgaGizerS within ouF Democratic
household sad in our Democratic councils -
sons-thzt their threais Of boiling from fairy
chosen conventions, unleSs they BE- granted
conirol. ~ii no longer have power 10 disturb,
and their independent" tickets, born OF an
worthy deals wiIh the Republicans. ~iA ne
longer creaie uneasIRrss, occaSon alarm oS
arouse any other feeling ,haa contempt
Stripped Of the solid support of The negro
vote. thsy uiil no longer be able to ''hoid up
policy or ih~art Democratic measures.
Hence j, !. that Ne find them in the instead
ing role IL protesting Democrats. combining
nov ~ith she Republicans to destroy the fra
ton AID contamination Of oar Democratic
hopes.
bearing in mind th.s motive. shieh 1t -
tlaIIsry 90 call iguobl-. &c can ihe better DIS
russ the excuses which ihcsr Democrats elSe
ioT iheis disloyAlty-
We do no, preface this discussInn By The
sazgessios, Of threaf that Democrats who
oppose the Amendment, ue~d not hereafter
apply Tor or expect any tAvurs wheH honor,
Offices aud rmolumenis shall eousr 10 D DIS
tribaied
Monopoly Of this refreshing method o, pr
.uasioa 49, rh-erfuliy leave To the Repahli
cans. They have BERN Baihorsiatisrly aud
pahliciy notified fun headquarters thai The
sole title 10 party reward Sill b. opposition 10
the Amendment
We have 40 disposition on oaT part 10 tmi.
tate 80 conspicuous AZ illustration Of the grace
and beauty 81 Independence and Reform
We are coateni 10 leave Is, whether - a
threat. AZ iadaeement OF an argument, 20 The
Republicans
We shall be mach mistaken, however, il,
notwithstanding Us high soarre, AR Of oar
Republican ielloW-cittEens Sho have become
wearied and disggsied With ignorant negro
suffrage ia MARYLAND, and who have deter.
mined 10 cast their 10, wiih the Democracy
on this question uf paramount local eonceTn,
will be deferred from voting Siih Is tor The
Amendment By this semi-otteiAl threatened
ostracism from the tempting reservoir OF Power
and patronage, and Ne confidently expect that
the loss to as Of the few Democratic voters
who will desert US sal be more than made np
By the gain Of Republican voters for whon The
crack Of the party whip, even when ~I~ided
hy Cabinet officer. has no terrors.
oar reliance is upon the manhood and tn
telIigeuce Of the people. TocsIS.