Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-24
Night Schools Open.


names with mixed capitals, such as John
Smith.
Night Schools Open.
The educated negroes are beginning to
hold night schools for their backward
brethren, instructing them In the in
tricacies of the ballot They even have
election booths put up and go through
the form of balloting. to familarize the
voters with the actual thing. The negroes
are anxious to learn. in contrast with
the illiterate whites, who are too proud TO
confess their ignorance and Will not sub
nit to instruction.
long against the negro mastering the bal
lot 1t will be strange, indeed. If the
democrats, in absolute control OF the
machinery, cannot put a catch into the
form of the ballot that Will render all
the teaching useless. You understand, OF
course, that this is the last call for adopt
ing a constitutional amendment OF this
kind. Never again. probably, VIII the
democrats be in such good shape as they
are now. with SO many fortuitous condi-
lions attendant, and they are determined
ito take no chances.
Two Forms Of Appeal.
Appeals to the democrats in favor of
the amendment are of two kinds. To
one class chloroform is administered, to
the other an excitant. The conservative.
thoughtful democrat who halts before All
evasion of the magma charter Of his
country chIoroforms his conscience with
the argument that this is not violation
of the Constitution of the United States,
because il DISTINGUISHES whites as well as
blacks, subjects white foreigners to be
naturalized in the future to the same edu-
| cational tests as negroes, and therefore
| is not a discrimination on account OF
color or race. Technically, says this dem
ocrat 1t is not violation, and II II Is
used for the purpose Of evasion by wicked
politicians-well, it's a good thing, any
how.
The other class of democrat is appealed
! to on straiShtOut race pre1udlce. he Is
! told that the state is threatened with
negro supremacy. In Dorchester county
/ the negro vote is l in 3. In the state, as
! a whole, the negro registered vote is 10
per cent of the whole vote, II Is claimed
To further stimulate this class or demo-
Gratis a bunch of speakers is TO be brought
! into the state from the far south. Gov.
! Vardaman of Mississippi Representative
/ Heflin of Alabama (he WHO shot negro
/ in an Avenue car in Washington, Gov.
! Aycock Of North Carolina and Senator
Stone of Missouri will tell of negro domi-
nation in the south and how the whites
! rid the franchise of it. They are expect
J ed to set the countryside afianle with
! their oratory and leave no doubt in the
( minds of the plain people as TO the men
! ace of negro domination and their oppor-
tunity to forever get clear of H.
Chance for Republican County
Ticket.
i The republican county ticket, as stated
F.! at the outset. has a chance of winning.
1t would be tedious to go into the details
! of the democratic fractional fight between
State Senator Applegarth's friends and
! the organization. but / was told enough
/ in Cambridge to realize that 1t Is very
bitter and will undoubtedly cost the dem
ocratic ticket many votes.
/ The republican county chairman, Mr..
Phillips L. Goldsborough, is fully alive to
the situation and is working with indie
! fatieable zeal to make the most OF all the
opportunities. He has a splendid organi
! and sagacious leader, and If the county
! ticket is carried will deserve great credit
| from his party n. o. NJ.