The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

LOT series OF speeches. "Ihey nave
called to their aid the best men in the
fore, for the most part, have given
their time and talents to the democracy
on the stump, and there will be move
iGent against the German forces that
Will be OF such a character as to re-
nerve if they are to hold their ground.
M Neat Scheme
Secretary Bonaparte has contrived
a neat scheme for insuring the solid
support OF the regular republican lead
ers IN Baltimore and turnout the state.
lie mas served notice upon them that
lone Of them shall ever again, SO long
office unless they enlist heartily in the
| anti German movement this year. The
terms Of the federal otticeholders Of
Maryland will expire about next juno,
and the disappointment Of these msn
will be determined solely upon the
york they do between now and cleo
understanding with the president that
makes this scheme effective, there be-
ing no republican senators from tie
state to cont1 Of federal patronage.
Governor Warfeld has allied him
self with the anti-Gorman forces, and
is making himself exceedingly help
dent Of one Of the greatest bonding
companies in the world, the Fidelity
& Trust company Of Baltimore, and IS
very rich man. He and German were
friends for many years, and when he
was nominated for governor he was
supposed to be German satellite.
Contrary. to expectations, however, he
became independent upon assuming Of
fee, and his administration thus far
has been conducted on high plane,
quite BETTING his public and personal
character. Without pretending to be
q reformer, or posing as second Folk,
he has gone. quietly to work to admin
lister the office which he holds in the
interests of the people OF the state.
the Poe amendment. ~ III o advocates in
stead an edncationa1I test for voters,
With W. !; e passfs1 aspa property
winter that be FdaA veto the Poe
s so, uaasp Ne9a 6 a 1H Rd
amendment, after ha1ing gone thru
both houses by ething Like q three
fourths majority in each, was taken
to the court Of appeals, and thru, a
Emandamus it was made effective with
out the governors having had an op-
portunity to pass upon it and write a
veto message exposing its weak points.
f. Germans Waning Power.
Senator German has felt of late years
that his hold upon the organization in
Maryland was weakening, and out Of
this feeling has been developed the
present issue Of negro domination, which
is strongly tinged with know-nothing-
ism and being made to masquerade
under the name Of democracy. It was
point Of view, that some such issue
as this should be made, if he hoped
to maintain his hold on the state. Hence
the appeal to the prejudices Of the
people, with a false issue and his hope
: that thru such an appeal he would be
, tuition that would insure him in his
, present position for the rest of his life.
It is said to be the purpose of the
} German machine, if the Poe amendment
is adopted, to disfranchise not only the
negroes of the state, but thousands of
republicans Of foreign parentage in
Baltimore, thus making Maryland which
during the past decade has more than
once gone republican and has the rest
of the time been more or less doubtful
politically, as reliably democratic as
any Of the states of the solid south.
Secretary Bonaparte, for the repub
licans, and Senator Raynor, for the
respectable democrats, are asking if the
state will submit to such an outrage
as this. AS I have already pointed out
+ Baltimore will roll up a very large ma
| jority against the amendment and the
) result hinges upon the stand taken by
, the republican farmers. In many Of
the country districts the negro popula
! ton is very large and the republican
farmers are strongly in favor of taking
, away from it the right Of suffrage. The
: German managers are emphasizing thu
!, negro question among the farmers, say
. ing nothing about the possibility tina
the amendment will offer for the dis
franchisement Of foreign whites, and 81
!, it happens that these farmers, up t.
! the present moment, hardly know hov
= they will vote. 1t will be the purpos
: Of Secretary Bonaparte and Senate
. Raynor to state the other side of tn
: case to them without delay.
= In closing, / may say that the repub
= icans Of Maryland do not, as class
!. object to the disfranchisement Of tn
: negroes, who in that state, as elsewher
q over the south, have so conducted them
!. selves as to have forfeited their right
: versal opinion. The real sting in tn
Poe amendment, as has been stated, j
the power the German machine wi
have under it to wipe out not only tn
j negroes, but tens Of thousands Of whit
= Erepublican voters who are Of forelg
= parentage. It is claimed here that n
= such outrageous proposition has eve
4 beer, submitted to The people of an
= state as this one submitted by German
E dlctation to the people of Maryland
). State Senator Poe, who introduced tn
d amendment in the legislature, was fol
!, merly the attorney general Of the STATE
4 and is a lawyer Of very bright mine
d He is the father of the Poe boys. VIII
+ for sevel years have been prominen
4 as football players in Princeton.
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