The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-09-27

men who were not citizens into the
state, and before the Republicans be-
gan to practice the plan of importing
thousands Of non-residents from Ken
lucky for election day. Because the
necessity was not so pronounced, moth
ing was done.
But times have changed
Out in the farming sections where
the most substantial part of our peo
pie reside, it is hard to understand
why the registration law was passed.
Here are some reasons:
In campaign after campaign an in
teresting thing to be observed has
been the great negro excursions from
Louisville that have poured thousands
from Kentucky into the city six weeks
and month before the election. :
poll taken sixty days before cleo
ton was always light in certain Re-
publican localities Of the city of In
dianapolis compared with the poll
taken thirty days before. This in
crease represented the imported, IL
legal voter who had been brought in
to kill the vote of a thoroughly quail
fled Democrat out in the country. At
times this vote has been large enough
to turn the tide. The registration law
puts an end to this crime against the
legal voter.
In every campaign for years the
counties along the Ohio river have
seen hundreds of imported negroes
from across the river brought over to
take temporary jobs on farms and in
cities. These men voted, killed the
vote of citizen of Indiana, then
returned to Kentucky This law pre-
vents this crime against civic decency.
In Terre Haute a short time ago a
large number of Italians working
on a railroad, living in box cars, hav-
ing no place of residence and no right
to vote-men who were here today
and there tomorrow-were taken into
Terre Haute At four O'Clock on the af-
ternoon of election day, their natural
ization papers were taken out, and
they voted over the protest of citi-
zens whose votes were killed by. the
disgraceful proceedings. This law
will end this sort OF thing.
In the northern part OF the state
where the steel trust has established
plants, the most shameful travesty
marked recent election. The votes
OF farmers I'm Boone county. Clay
county. In every agricultural county
OF the state counted for nothing, for
they were killed by the illegal votes
OF people who were not citizens.
. No man has suffered moro In In
diana from this sort Of thing than
William Jennings Bryan. In all his
campaigns tho great trusts and corpo-
rations were against him. and In all
his campaigns those combines brought
into Indiana thousands OF illegal
voters To Offset the votes OF tho farm.
ora and merchants. and worltlngmCn
who voted for the Commonor
This condition has been growing
worse year after year. Something had
TO be- done FOR THE PROTECTION
OF CITIZENS WHO HAD A Legal.
RIGHT TO VOTE. Tho constitution
OF the state declared that such n
law should be- passed. and II was on.
acted
The point IL sometimes made by
substantial citizens of cities and ooun.
try that the law was not needed In
l tAt tNAHlifh UHu lnut III
should not have been extended 10
these counties, II IL true II was not
needed there. but In state election
1t was impossible, under the law, 10
pass law applying only to certain
communities, II had To be general
10 stand the test Of the courts
And II was thought that all good
citizens would be willing to stand the
slight Inconvenience OF registration In
May or September or October To make
sure that their votes were not lost
on election day by being killed by
some Illcral and imported voter.
Every voter In Indiana who objects
to the Inconvenience of the law should
bear this in mind:
The steel trust Is against the law.
Tho ward heelors OF the cities are
Al