The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

tainly become if we are foolish enough
to accept such an amendment"
''Why am | opposed to the Straus
amendment" said Rev. P A. He'll
man, Of st. Pauls Lutheran Church,
when asked for his reasons for opposing
the measure. Because, " he continued.
lit is unconstitutional, un-American
and unreasonable. Every citizen of the
United States is entitled to vote. no
matter what his ancestry, color or pre-
vious condition. That is the unalienable
right of every American citizen. He
must, of course, be registered and pay
his taxes, then he is entitled to the suf-
, frage.
''As long as this country has an I'M
restricted ballot, right and justice de-
mand that every citizen have the priv
ilege of voting.
81 am in favor of limited suffrage
on general principles, one not aimed at
any class but the unworthy. Every
man or woman who pays tax ought to
have the right to say who shall expend
that money and how. Taxation with
| out representation was the cause of the
greatest war this nation ever had.
Until the nation has a universal re-
stricted ballot it is unfair for any state
to forbid any qualified voter the right
of suffrage. We glory in our freedom;
that any man may do what he peases
in this land as long as he pleases to do
right. To vote is one of the sweetest
privileges of an American, and no man
or party has right to bar any man en-
titled 10 a vote by the national Consti-
tuition from this privilege"
Rev. DIR. Adolph Guttmacher, rabbi
of the Madison Avenue Hebrew, Temple,
made a vigorous announcement of the
| proposed constitutional amendment,
which he believes will be overwhelm-
ing Y defeated. That the voice of the
people is the voice of Cod" said DR..
Guttmacher, will be clearly proven by
the overwhelming defeat of the disfran-
chisng amendment. 1t is a hopeful
sign for popular government that men
of all classes and conditions, native as
well as toreign-bOrn, are bitterly OPP
posed to the measure, which bears upon
its surface the stamp of narrow party
politics. Maryland, one of the first
colonies to declare for equal rights, dare
not be faithless to her glorious past by
discriminating against any class, as
would be the case ii the amendment
passed. -
Frank q. BOYD. secretary of the Inter
state Builders and Traders Association
of Maryland and the District OF Column
bla, denounces the proposed Straus
amendment as measure that will de-
prive at least % per cent. OF the white
voters of their right of franchise.
Speaking of it several days ago ne said:
Il ne Straus amendment IS an iniquitous
measure and ought by all means to be
deiealcd. In fact, hope that it will be
beaten by at least 80, 600 majority, so it
VIII be dead for all time. In their zeal
to Try and deprive the negro OF his right
to vote the Democratic managers have
drawn up a law that will affect about
% per cent. of the white voters as well.
The memory or educational test, as it is
called, can scarcely be complied with
by the average voter, as has been shown
on different occasions by intelligent and
learned men. The measure gives en-
tlrely too much authority to the election
officials and should be killed. "
Mr.. William A. Buckingham, presl-
dent Of the buckingham Brothers Cigar
Company, 405 West Baltimore street,
expressed himself as being unalterably
against the proposed Straus suffrage
amendment. Mr.. Buckingham said: Il
take every opportunity of expressing
myself as being heartily opposed to the
proposed suffrage amendment. | am
working for its defeat with every spare
moment of my time; not at public meet
ings with brass band, but quietly
among my friends and acquaintance. |
have gone so far as to ask my travelling
men, who are on the road, to arrange
their routes SO that they may be in Bal
timore on election day to vote against
the proposed amendment as a personal
favor to me-
THE amendment is an iniquitous
measure, and although | have never
been active in politics | will do anything
in my power to aid those fighting
against the measure. | do not believe
that it is directed against the black man
alone, but think it is a subterfuge be-
hind which politicians are hiding and by
which they intend to disfranchise many
good citizens who are entitled to their
right of suffrage. am unalterably op-
posed to the measure, not only on some
Of its clauses, but in its entirety. |
think its principle is wholly wrong and
my efforts will be against it. ="
Mr.. Tanchum Sibermen. of Sherman
& Todes, wholesale dealers in dry goods
and notions, Hanover and German
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