Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
RAP THE AMENDMENT
Maryland Leaders Denounce
Proposed Election Law.
CRITICISED BY BONAPARTE
Feature Of Collector Stones Dinner
to State Editors.
DISTINGUISHING PROPOSITION
Shown to Be Unconstitutional and
Its Defeat Urged by Many
Speakers.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

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lican newspaper in the state. No quar-
ter Is asked and none will be given
From now until the day of election in
November the editors propose to stand
behind their guns and continue firing.
They are supplied with all the ammuni-
ton required, and, inspired by the right
eousness of their cause. they feel con-
ident of victory
| This declaration was made Yesterday
at the dinner rendered the Republican
Editorial Association of Maryland at the
.n1on League by Collector William T.
stone. each of the guests in turn pledg-
defeat of the amendment Every sec
tlon of the state was represented. there
beng comparatively few absentees.
BESIDES the newspaper men there were
present upon invitation of the collector.
attorney General BOnaparte and former
| State Senator Putzel, who in carefully
| prepared addresses. explained the provi-
slons or the proposed amendment. its
faultiness and its effect in the event of
adoption There were also present other
party leaders. among them Chairman
Parran and eX-Representative Schirm
| who viewed the question from a party
| standpoint
Guests and Editors.
The dinner was served in the parlor
| OF the clubhouse, which had been beau
TRULY decorated by Mr.. II. J. Ziegler,
the steward of the league. There were
| about dozen tables. each accommodate
ing five persons. Collector Stone, flank
ed on either side by President Curley
and the Attorney General. occupied the
table at the head. while facing him
were Chairman Parran, State Senator
Putzel and Thomas G. Moves of The
Washington Star. Others present who
were invited to meet the editors were: :
Mr.. John kronmiller, Mr.. Robert Gar
rett. Capt. John Philip Hill, Mr.. Charles
Albert A. Blakeley, William S. Booze
MeSsrs. William d. Platt chairman re-
publican city committee; James E. God
win. secretary-treasurer republican city
deira. Stephen r. Mason. Harry W.
King. Charles A. Thalheimer and Philip
w. Truehart.
The following are the members of the
Editorial Association who accepted invi-
tations to attend:
James P. Curley. president Republican
Editorial Associations: John B. Hanna, the
Belair Times. Belair: J. w. Tucker the
the Era. Cambridge; V. s. Bradley the
Dorchester Standard. Cambridge: .. Bates
Russell, the Enterprise. Chesiertown:
Warren B. Long. the Tribune. Crisfield:
W. w. Brown. the News. Cumberland: II.
r. Ramsdell. the Union. Denton: Wilson
NJ. Tylor the Easton Gazette, Easton: F.
f. Williams, the Cecil Wing. E,lkton w
". Burton. the Progress. Ellicott City:
| Sterling Gait. the Chronicle. Emmtts-
| burg; J. r. Charles the fredericksburg
Courier, fredericksburg: Fabian Posey. the
Weekly Examiner, Frederick: George A.
Davis the Herald. Hagerstown: John b.
Mccormick. the Maryland Reporter. Hy-
attsville: Adrian Posey the Independent,
La Plata: f. b. AbelI. the Enterprise,
| LeOnardtown: j. J. Robinson, the Star.
| Homecoming: G. G. Rhodrick. the Register.
Middletown: Benjamin NJ. Sincell the Re
publican. Oakland; c. O. Melvin. Ledger
| Dowell, the Gazette. Prince Frederick:
| Elmer H. Walton. the Courier Salisbury:
Harry c. Longnecker. the Union. Towson /:
| w. l.. w. Seabrooke. the Sentinel. West
minister; G. w. Clum. the Press. kensing-
ton: Dennis Claude. the Anne Arundel Ex-
aminer, Annapolis; G.. w. McCardell. the
Leader. Williamsport: Press Company, the
| Press. Port Deposit; Frank L. Geary, the
| American Cumberland; a. p. Barnes, the
| Advocate. Snow Hill.
1t required nearly two hours to discuss
| the menu. which was an elaborate one
and beautifully served. The speaking fol-
| lowed Immediately afterward. Collector
Stone, although host on this occasion, as
at the previous dinner, when the organi-
cation forces were lined up, made no
speech. He contented himself with heart
| lily welcoming his guests and the nam
nounced Mr.. James P. Curley, the presi-
dent of the Editorial Association, as toast
| master.
Mr.. Bonaparte's Address.
The principal speaker was United
States Attorney General Charles ]. Bona
parte, who roundly condemned the pro-
posed measure as calculated to turn the
state over indefinitely to the control of
the democratic ring prefacing his re-
marks as follows:
! md !, y,1a
! ure the unequivocal condemnation of the
| DISTINGUISHING amendment by Cardinal
Gibbons: like Mr.. Taft, he condemns it
mainly because it dlsobeys the COnstitu-
ton of the United States and despoils
of their rights our negro citizens
should be sorry. indeed, if any one had
the least doubt of my own sentiments on
! these aspects of the amendments its
| adoption will be a triumph of sectional
ism over loyalty, of prejudice and crook
| ed dealing over charity and good faith.
i'll short. of iniquity over righteousness.
| Mr.. Bonaparte took occasion to refer
indirectly to the Rayner-straus incident
| of the democratic dinner by saying he
hoped he had not stolen any ones thun-
der. and that no one would be offended
that he had spoken first.
He said there was no effort to deny that
it's adoption would make Maryland a
one-party state, and he ridculed the dem
ocratic talk of fair primaries and
legal primaries. With no civil service
law and 81 corrupt practices act enforced
by the ring he said, reformerS stood
no chance in primaries, either fair or
| fair. legal or illegal. He touched upon
| ex-Gov. Warfield'S experience in the SELL
atorial primaries last year, saying the
1ex-governor had been buncoed. He de-
clared that the men who had devised
the amendment had intended land still
hope to rob constitutional voters of their
legal rights, not only because they admit
| this as to black men, but because the
test rendered all applicants for registra-
| ton, outside of certain privileged classes
is in very truth mockery, a delusion
| and snare.
The Educational Qualification.
Mr.. Bonaparte then took up the educa-
tional qualification. quoting 1T from the
amendment and denouncing it without
| stint In conclusion he said:
you will note that the names of all
| these officers must be given in full The
present chief judge Of court of ap-
| peals signs himself. or did when l last
had a letter from him. "A. Hunter Boyd
| How many of you know that A stands
for Andrew? | didn't until / was pre-
! pairing this speech. The mayor of Balti-
more is universally spoken of as j. Barry
| Mahool.' How many OF you know wheth-
! er j. stands for john, James, or
Jacob or jeremiah? l don't at this mo-
ment.
You will further note that they must
all be given correctly. II the applicant
today should spell Roosevelt with one
| o. or Austin with an e. instead of an
| l.. he would he DISTINGUISHED l happen
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