Evening star., 1907-11-17
Still Charges of Fraud in the
Recent Election.
INTERVIEW WITH WACHTER
Seeming to Keep the State in
Democratic Hands.
ANCIENT HISTORY DUG UP
Story of the Poe Amen @ment and
What Is Being Done Now in
the Same Line.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

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BALL A-'l'l'i-' H'''-' '>'' i'''' ''
The time mas arrived toI col Joiih VA
ter Smith. tn new mnrEauc boss OF
Maryland. to show his mastery Of the or
sauizaIon- All th' r.-ulafS agree lhat
dlsirancHiSlHS ai""Ldin ht Is '"' ''S
consideration 10 % ''h1" 'P ~ '''0
party. hui All a. III. +" "E.'''''9 90 i'o.
asr-r as to til" qua a'I. ''ioas winch sl''''
b' g'"h"altd !" t-.4s ".i., hun" ."'' "','I''.
according 10 program j. I' "' i"SH'N ~
tA- legislator. for Submission 10 t-..
voters Of MARYLAND Iu.y ali aE."e that
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power must '' pas " Al" my "
iuai th. Hat-fe..z"d 'ltl9AS ought 10 y.
protected ia tu-Ir rights. They all agree
than the grar,,t.ttu,.r-s clause shall 10.
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t-+l ar some" ''al u!--""H Oh l''' ~
riuu uf q prop lty OF aH ,duCatonal qua
lucafIou- : uujn. l.alEe heads tt,S.
democrats Who are demanding the eG3-
ratIuual qualification, ana they h7ist 'l.a'
ability to read and VIII S.t,li TAX pi't,-
usucr over ownership of property East
cTu shore ard southern Mary iaitd Itt'utiS
claim that il the edurati"Eal Test De IL
cIuu~d all Of tn younger colured genera
ton can vote. WAlIt many White men
Will he excluded SO acute mas pecoL3
the feeling between certain wings OF tLe
democracy that unless Boss Smlth is AL
1o crack the whip effectively ut Annapo-
lis there may not be an amendment pass
ed at all,
Poe Amendment Fight
,:, .,.
'oAuiIions touaH az i'o' "'ii'N- ''
which existed at the time when the cam
paigu for the Poe amendment was on,
and when thu. democratic managers piled
error upon error blunder upon blund2r.
The elimination of the colored vote was
the prominent issue o. the democratic
campaign in 1903, when w Nar!eId was Il
CaituIH"ly anu NoL pS q ii ~, ~ " oy- w.,
LaG tIrse-tifths naiorjry, The theu
leaders of the ,.emocr1ty made a great
mistake in stating that the great victory
was due to the paramount issue. That
victory was due to the great popularity
of Candidate Wartield, because of his
vv,lI-L,lnVu judcuendent prodlivitieS an3
ro fH.. lack of those resources by the
re,.fIfr1i.,rs So necessary for the conduct
OF a successful campaign in Maryland,
ana these ..rgso1rccs'' are becoming more
and more necessary every year. When
therefore. the democrats were ready to
put into legislative shape the disfran-
chisarncnt of the negro Senator GormaA
,b.r state leader did not call into con-
for.nce COY Warfield and other promi-
nenf democrats who had agitated the
sIffrage question long before Senator
German had taken il up. 1t was typi-
cal 'old guard" crowd that attended the
famous conference held in Washington
AT which former Attorney General John
p. Poe presented the amendment which
later, became known by his name At
rorney General BRYAN as the chief law
officer of the state th1urht that 1t ought
10 he his privilege to draft the amend
uent
Was Turned Down
mitted his proposition 10 Senator Cor
man and the "old guard" and was
-,ror,r,+I,. t,,r,a5 doun The amendrnent
Pio"iP'F
prepared by MI roe was Hhaily ap-
proved and went before both houses or
the IesisIat,Ire where 1t was forced
through by pressure of the party bosses
these bosses knowing full we'll that Gov
II was passed ana wnen l. Pot m before ata,;,f. tHg
Of over So 900 votes
The qualifications for suffrage imposed
by the Bryan Worthing'oh athehuhiellI
m!.iSti s " a. r,,n,io 80 ~ tn1io,-s
F4rst-A person who. on or before the
Arst day of January, 1865, was entitled
,o ,,ote under the laws of this state OF
ar1- other state of the United States
wherein he then resided at a state cleo
tion beId therein. or
Secondary male lineal descendant OF
,nh Ia C Gf-rnE I
,rbird-AnX foreien-born citizen of tb4
IrnitaS states who has heen naturalized
tat,aa, 49, srs, dav of January 1ses
ond tha 6ata of ABORTION of tIis section
np thjs artIcIa. or
EoIr,TAry rnaIa linesI daccs,6an+ of
s,,cH last-mentioned nerson. or
EgftbNAnv nerson Win is the hona-4la
nossessor of assassag,Ie nronarty to mo
smo,,nt of x4on unon u,hi,h ,,ronerty h
80 hasr iasa1Jt and bona-ijdadI,t asSass
30 unoI +hs ~ hool,S oF INV. co,'nt( nf
tbts state for t1yo Years Irecadfng tho
ttme of which he annIias for ragie+ra-
ttor ord Who has Maid taves rbaraDn tn,-
g. saiG ,uro 1aars I,r.c.,Iirg tha T;,r,a ~,
Syrtcb be anniies eor raerfstrstfo,,
Thare are manv damocrats in tho rar;,-
TO-DAY who still adhere 10 tbis a,p,nd
nanf and ~ the new Snith racbina no.
.istc In ridtno ronphshod ~ s,If,roo.
asht ~ 1ooi ~, reT,aat its.1f 80, -,
Cry of Fraud.
r,a claims ,,,a,4a b,, tho -a,,,hr,oa,, ,,,
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err 'hd' NaitieI was couh'ed out on NO
venber last won't down. The latest re-