The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-18

ioritics lay which was intended and
adopted 81 suppress die greater part
of the Republican vote 10 those coun
ties MOI ling. which the ballot under
;liis law did. would haze been com
paincd of or colId Ia fe defeated the
Re lubicans. 10 hose counties. had the
opportunities and i-c',i.ies for voting
been afforded 10 voters III .,r rat Law.
the same FOR al parties This. how
ever. has rever been the e1se. There
Is no designation on the ballot. 81 the
party utilization 81 the candidates.
Every aid is given 10 Democrats. so
that they NAV vote. without mistake.
whether the voter he educated or iii.
teratc Finding that. even this shack
ing OF nine counties. did not accom-
plish their devilish purpose Of sup
pressing the opposition vote. at the last
session of the Legislature. they added
two more counties. which were troubl.
ing them. with their large Republican
vote. to the list oi Wilson Law coun-
ties. hoping in this way. to suppress a
sufficient number oi Republican votes
to put the proposed amendment
through
We cannot refrain from pausing here
10 pull off the mask. from the face Of
the Democracy. They would have il
believed. outside the State. that the
movement for the adoption OF the
amendment is one prescribing an edu
ca,ional suffrage qualification. This is
not true in any sense or degree. II is
directed against the negro. only and Il
makes IL as impossible for him 10 vote
because he is black. as Il the 18th and
18th amendment To the Constitution
did no, exist. They would have open.
cd wide the door for every anarchist.
bomb-throwcr and pauper in Europe
to come into Maryland and vote. only
that IN trying Ia cvadc the clear pro
visions of these amendments Ia the y.
5. Constitution. they believed il ncccS.
sary 10 sacrifice tn" new foreign voter.
in order To exclude the negro aud they
therefore sacrificed him In the first
four clauses ;hcv lct in lar"c pronor-
ton al illitcratc voters. known To be
illitcratc. and there is NJ rari n the
amcrdmcn. which shows any desire 10
set 10 an educ tio"al test. except that
which is intended To- apply to the ne
gro and the new coming foreigner,
only So that the claim that il is
movement against ignorance is mere
humbmg ard has no shadow Of founda-
ton II IS a plain steal, conceived in
,iu and born in iniluity and nothing
else.
In Massachusetts, an educational
amendment 10 the Constitution wac
adopted. some year, ago. hy the lcgis-
laturc aud put before the people. \
inst and reasonable test. only. was
there required a, an educational quail.
fi"otipn. and II was submitted To the
vote ~ all the people. including the iii
tcratc, themselves Moreover its or
Grafton wa, suspended ipr 10 wears. NJ
ter it. Gdoutinf. 80 A. 10 give those
who could not read and write aud com
ply with the test. an opportunity to
qualify themselves Mark the differ
cncc. The procedure IN Mas,achu.
sctt, j. lust. fair aud honest. In Mary
land. the art-amcndmcrt vote j. sup
pressed by thousands. IN the various
cnunii", The effect II the amend
mrn' +, anticiua'ch and the pcoulc who
are intended - be d',irauChscd. bv its
lduutjpn. are actually prohibited from
voting against II. N'hat W. complain
ui - the conduct ~ the Democratic
managers Is this They have devised
NJ election law which j. not uniform
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