The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-03

it and twice for Cleveland, and I think
we can carry IL any time for a tariff for
revenue"
Have you heard any mention OF Presi-
Dental candidates for 1912 IN Indiana?"
Mum as to Presidency.
u guess every man in the United
States who holds Office has been named"
replied the governor. 1T seems TO be
the favorite sport OF his friends to get
line or two in some newspaper mention
ing him as a candidate for the Presi-
dency But II seems too early to me 10
talk candidates The American people
have way of changing their her IS so
often.
J There are some matters OF great In
terest in Indiana that will como before
the next session of the legislature. We
have a constitution that permits for
eigner who has lived in the United States
one year. and who has declared his in
tention OF becoming an American citizen.
10 vote not only in the state but in the
general elections The United States Steel
Corporation has opened up Gary and for
eIgners are fiOcking in there by platoons.
brigades, and divisions. They are the
prey Of politics and politicians, and =
think the result viii be a registration
law in Indiana, and perhaps a primary
elections law / think these must come
TO pass unless we go further and propose
an amendment 10 the constitution 10 be
taken up at the next legislature.
Il do not know the number OF these
! foreigners who have come into the state,
but I do know that more than 1900 of
them voted against me two years ago in
the fail who had landed at Castle Garden
only the March and April before. We
took testimony >and came on here and
got the names These persons are the
prey of designing politicians. This year.
as I understand, manyeef them wanted 70
vote the Democratic ticket, so you see II
| Is not a question Of politics but OF safe
guarding the ballot.
TN order TO be adopted. a constitu-
tional amendment in Indiana must pass
two legislatures and then be ratified by
the people and 1t is a slow process. It
has seemed TO me that a siX-months
registration law ought 10 enable both po-
| litical parties to look up these men.
think it is pretty bad 10 allow man
/ who has been in America only year
| to vote when the chances are that he
does not speak English, and it is still
worse TO let men who have not been in
the state year be brought in by the
| politicians from Chicago and the ad-
iacent territory and deposit their ballots
in the box The American people are
elastic and our sense of humor lets us
stand lots Of things. but when II comes 70
stuffing ballot boxes too much. We draw
the line.
EmbIems Not Needed.
81 am going TO recommend 20 the legis-
lature that the emblems be stricken or
the Australian ballot we use. We have
been using a rooster for the Democratic
emblem and the eagle for the Repub-
| liean. This year about the only English
many OF the foreigners understood was
'Stampa de roOs,' while at the last cleo
/ ton IT was 'Stampa de bird I do not
know whether my recommendation can
be adopted. but l believe the man who
goes into a polling place ought TO be
sufficiently conversant with the ticket
/ he is going to vote to mark Il. If he has
not that much interest in politics or that
much intelligence, If he loses a vote he
hasn't lost much.
Then in Indiana a man has the right
I to say that he does not know how 10
mark his ticket. and a clerk is allowed
TO accompany him into the booth. It Is
an easy thing for the clerk to vote the
man as he pleases, give the high sign TO
somebody on the outside and get his pay
for so doing. This We shall endeavor to
have changed so that no man except
one physically disabled may be accom-
panied into the election booth.