The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
BONAPARTE AND
RAYN0R IN LEAD
New and Powerful Forces Ar
rayed Against German
in the Contest.

rayed Against German
in the Contest.
BY W. w. Jermane.
Washington, Oct. 2l.--The most hope
full fact thus far brought out in the
Maryland campaign is the determined
opposition of United States Senator Is
ment to the state constitution. Ray
nor was elected to the senate almost
two years ago, succeeding Senator Wei
lington, in the face of bitter opposi-
ton on the part Of the German forces.
At the same time, he is a democrat,
and in the present campaign he must
be reckoned with. Intellectually. and
and courage, there is only. one other
man now; before the Maryland public
who stands on as high footing as he
occupies, and that is Secretary Charles
J. Bonaparte of the navy department
in President Roosevelt's cabinet.
| Senator Raynor is Hebrew, and his
I opposition to the Poe amendment, it
phalanx Of Hebrew voters in Baltimore,
which, proportionately to it's population,
is the strongest Hebrew city in the
country, with the. possible exception Of
New York. Baltimore, already certain
to go against the amendment by con-
it by a majority of greater size. The
result at the polls will depend almost
entirely on the attitude taken by the
\ republican farmers Of the country dis
tricts. If they vote their ticket next
month, the amendment will be defeat
ed, and with it Senator German will
, step down and out. for Gormanism is
| frio 1 ~, fhu OF 70 IN
. larger sense than lever before, the
political future of this arch manipula-
, tor will hinge upon the way the vot-
? ers align themselves. :e
The. Poe amendment, which is the
issue in the campaign, with Gormanism
last year. It is frankly aimed at the
, exclusion Of the negro from the right
to vote, on the claim that there is dan
! ger Of negro domination in Maryland
and that the white people must there
, fore get together to prevent it. The
democrats, in their state convention
this year, declared that the amendment
against white voters, but it is very
clear that it offers the same opportunity
' to disfranchise whites as blacks. Sen
: ator Raynor, in his argument against
t the amendment, filing page Of the
: Baltimore Sun this week, asserts thai
3 the amendment will disfranchise ove1
10000 white voters in Baltimore alone
1 in the discretion Of the registers, thai
: under it's operation naturalized foreign
r ers and their descendants, unless they
1 are democrats. will be forever proscrib
!, ed; that the amendment is intended t.
;. perpetuate the waning fortunes Of tn,
3 German dynasty; and that in additio,
;. forever in the hands Of political au
/ tocracy, it glitters with artifice and de
! ception, and, moreover, has never beer
!. fairly submitted to the democratic
party. a. -c:
No aDnger of Negro Domination.
The threat Of negro domination, upo1
which Ehe. Gorman regime pins it
8 arguments in this campaign, is mer
: pretext, and will not stand the ties
9 Of analysis. In 1900, the white popula
!. Of the whole, and the negro population
: was 1886 per cent. By 1880 the pc
n centages were, 65.12 for the whites AM
J. 34.88 for the negroes; by 1860 they wer
! 1900 for the whites, and 24.91 for tn
8 negroes; by 1890 they were 1929 an
l. Poll, and by 1900 they were 80.17 an,
1878. Steadily, since the beginning o
people of Maryland have been gainin
j. upon the negro people. These figures
o from the census figures, disprove tn
!, negro domination argument conclu
!, : sively.
!. The decent people of the state
: t to hage willingly accepted the fs &C
(. the Poe amendment, is the chief issu
: : in the campaign.. Secretary Bonapart
. is leading, the republicans. and Ser
: ator Raynor will .henceforth be tn
:. leader Of the anti Norman democrats
y It is an interesting and importan
70 fight, for Gormanism in Maryland ha
J became almost as great a stencil in til
/ public nostrils as Addicksism in Dels
ware, and the entire country, for tina
reason will want to know how the can
paign is progressing.
a Invasion Of Southern Governors.
= The German leaders have discovere
q q that they cannot prevail upon th
- reputable members Of the Marylan
!, defense Of the Poe amendment, an
German administration, and SO the
q have arranged to invite a number {
- southern governors to tour the stat
= Already invitations have been accepte
= BY Governors ..Aycock Of Allabam
= Yaraaman Of Mississippi, Blanchard
% Glenn of North Carolina. This matte
M is working. both ways in Marylan
The campaign this year is Of a purel
local character, no national issues b
ing involved, and already there is
/, good deal Of a protest against this j
20 vasion by southern governors. III
people are claiming that they do M
3 need to be instructed as to how the
e ought to vote on a purely local que
8 tion, and it is just possible that Il
er invitations will ultimately be wit
is drawn.
IN Meanwhile. Secretary Bonapart
Or who is personally directing the repu'
Ne 1ican campaign, and Senator Rayno
i. among the democrats, have arrange