The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-22
CASE Of THE FUTILE TIMES VERSUS THE CONSTITUTION

In lengthy opinion recently the Tuttle Times
declared the following the constitution unconstitutional
sions No officer the regular of
the United States entitled election this ate
officers Of militia
The Times endeav prove contrary the fol
lowing Of the federal constitution:
XIV Amendment 1A persons naturaized the
United States and subject jurisdiction citizens Of the
Ured States and the they No shall make
any which shall abrdge the privileges mmunies Of cit
shall deprive citizen Of life
liberty property process
jurisdiction the equal protection Of the lews"
XIV Amendment right citizens Of the United
denied abridged by the United States by
any previous condition Of ervtude
When the Times out the sweeping decision above referred TO- the
Express dissenting opinion this week the Times pub
additional columns supplementary its first deverance Now
important subject The Express 10th to see state
be the opinion holds
good therefore appeal the the court Of
the United States
It's to be place that Times fails make the
distinction between citizen and voter Section Of the fourteenth
wholly decisions
that suffrage The whole question Of
suffrage with exception Of the restrictions imposed BY the thirteenth
amendment as to race color or previous condition serytude
limitation nOwise related the subject under
The question wheh
er the soldier se as Is above quoted violation
institution; put broadly the right prescribe
qualifications for suffrage? The question might be argued length
ut 4 i not few references to supreme court decisions ought
satisfy the Tutle Times and everybody else
the Of the Cruikshank 92 U 542 held that
he right Of suffrage not attribute Of national citizenship
the exercise Of that right of color
condition Of sevue The right to vote in the states comes
from the states
supreme minor Happerset s8 w. s. 627) the
asy1 Ta citizen in the constitution Of the United States
membership Of nation and nothing *The
the privileges Of citizen Of the
amendment did not add to the
privileges Of constitution Of the
the right Of suffrage anyone
supreme the u Reese (92 u 56S
the fifteenth amendment does not confer the right Of suffrage
upon anyone the the United States from
giving preference this particular citizen Of the United States
previous condition Of tud
purpose the fourteenth mendment clearly brought out
the Sander West Virginia 600 s. SO8) where it held
nended recently emancipated all civil rights
superior before pointed suffrage is
civil but political right conferred by the states
power the right belongs
color mtation it be
restriction 1t that it chooses and all the
Oklahoma acting wholly with
soldiers the regular
army navy The decision BY the esteemed Times
therefore reversed
The Express dies this display Of legal lore but the
lawyer calls authorities and he had
other statehood will
the Times rendered cele bated judicial opinion last fall in
though Virginia had unconstitutional
lawyer, the Times easily leads the procession
Express little Times will abide
the court but it that it beware lest fall int
Of
So have discovered the Times the contention
soldier gener
ally based ether grounds which equally shaky