The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-25
Republican TiCkt
STATE TICKET

va. axe testuN,,NN, ..'"s "a.
plicant shall also be registered For
registration the first four clauses re-
late To the applicants BIRTH. the
sixth relates To his PROPERTY re-
curing him or his wife to have and TO
pay taxes on $500 The fifth, is falsely
called an educational test II requires
that man. in the presence oi the re-
gisterS. without aid ar memorandum
Of any sort and without any sugges-
tons from the registers, shall sit down
with only n blank sheet oil paper, be-
fore him and, in his own handwriting,
write correctly" twenty d ifferent
items. including matters relating To
himself. his life. the National and State
Government and its officers, which
items and the answers shall all he
wiit.tl down. by h"ii. in proper sue
Cc.siun and IN chronological order,
correctly spelled &c Under some Of
the single items. the sub-items may
he twenty or more. This constitutes
test which voters neither white nor
black can comply with. not even the
Legislature. which enacted il. could
pass the test This was tried on one
81 the chief prosecutors before the
passage 81 the law and he failed. SPELL
ing Roosevelt with one "a instead
ui two He. who can comply as To
BIRTH (Which the two prescribed
classes carnun with any one az the
first four clauses. and his descendants,
REG \RBIFSS OF HIS IGNOR-
NNCE OR VICE MAY REGISTER.
lie. who has $500. rs stated before,
may register. but he. who has not the
required BIRTH ar PROPERTY
qualification. must e. ne IN. il at ALL
under the filth clause Under II no
negro ard No foreign born citizen not
possessing the $500. who might come
in. after the adoption ni the amend
mcnl. although naturallcd under the
law, of the United States. could ever
become a voter in Maryland No
doubt the uar,y would have been will
ing to- throw vide open the door Ia
suffrage. tu every anarchist or bomb
thruwcr in Europe. IN advance 81 his
coming il hr would only vote it, ticket.
hut IL could not de- this. it was supposed
without letting in The negro n the
amendment is adopted the right III
voting will hereafter dcpcud entirely
or one. BIRTH or his property. The
old principle. that "a mans . man
10 Be BROuGiir Up Ii is ipst /
the sort Of thing which stamps a man
as uilht I" represent the pcople's in
,eft'iN a. annapolis II shows how
h,'' regard he mas for the princinrc
Va '--4anll- l4ntrol legislation. In
othtr words, that ], Just the sort III
thing agaln,; which the pcopIc must
hight. aud igh, hard. unless they ,rr
gong l." lac hlrd tu death hv ,nuIlcss
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yould have 1850, a., 'Nl'n>c nc \
adopt,d Inn ACTUALLY and inr,vcr de-
MO. !, y, ,b,,, I, !. an unreasonable
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loves Ns between man and man ,hc
schrm, i , yrns. yiul.,inn 81 The col
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rcu,tirrs thai I'M, ri,,b, ~ ,ufTr,g,. he
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