Maryland suffrage news. (Baltimore, Md.) 1912-1920, 1913-03-22

By accepting endorsements both unlimited bills we
merely work toward splitting the prosurage which precisely
what afford do All of the candidates suffrage
of their personal platforms endorse the kind
rage bill the result will be that the friends suffrage antagone
each other
This perhaps plainly the when party
Platforms The Progressive party which among its members
Mr. George Dobbn Pennman George and Mr. n Wins
low Williams is already pledged support equal suffrage this
State the unlimited Progresses
be their principles introduction
of limited manhood suffrage bill the Legislature
and consequently they logically individuals members of the
party support limited suffrage bill violation
of their platform would wreck the party
With regard the Republican and Democratic parties
somewhat obscure The Republicans already pledged
versa suffrage They dare put limited suffrage plank women
Their constituents would be Moreover prospects
bright for the insertion of suffrage plank
publican platform.
Now if the Republicans put unlimited plank permit
the Democrats put limited plank shall be outset
for with split get necessary majority
The Democrats however less pledged suffrage
and here the of the If hope
must persuade the Democrats that suffrage has nothing
DO with limited unlimited suffrage question apart by itself
and must force the Democratic party supporting
opposing the qualification alone without relation educon prop
color In other words emphasize we are
trying to do but thing campaign namely establish
the fact by law that the single circumstance of having
insufficient in itself dsqualy population from
the franchise If permit question of limited suffrage enter in
the whole discussion will be diverted from suffrage qualified
suffrage and has already been thoroughly demonstrated Brightness
wrongne of continuing hold qualification the fran
cfise will be lost sight Of
extraordinary how many kinds Of qualified suffrage
be suggested the question municipal
frag with without qualifications believes high prop
qualification another opposes One believes
qualification another thinks useless The people general
object municipal bills for they would bring them
there the limited Statewide bill for both and which
of the limited manhood suffrage would unquesonav
meet defeat the referendum passed the
The voters of the State have already themselves
quenty the polls with regard limiting rights they are
oversensive and where qualifications respecting
their male oHsprngs right to the suffrage concerned
1t is only when the limited Statewide suffrage
BILL however, that find what mie variations
the question of qualified suffrage the grandmother
option suffrage BILL qualifications of differing Degrees
tonal qualifications combinations that
lively make dzzthe thing ends different opinion
individual graceful for every candidate disruption split
and chaos
Baltimore City has been experimental with friction in
the suffrage has undoubtedly helped defeat
bill by confusing the minds of the candidates showing them
plainly that the sufrags divided least temporarily against
themselves.
Rev Anna Howard Shaw, President American
Woman Suffrage Association condemns municipal utterly She
states with perfect candor that the limited sufrags are
harmful to the there than ansuraes Now
that New Jersey and New York have passing Statewide
equal suffrage bills bit
Maryland consider limited suffrage The general move
ment has gone far for
Reviewing the Maryland most improbable that
the question of limited suffrage bill
again In view of the fact that the Maryland Suffrage
Association and the Mems League gone on record as SUD
porting Statewide unlimited bill appears least probable that
bill Incorporating their demands will be To introduce
limited unlimited bill simultaneously be uwise and
discuss the introduction of bills subsequent the State
wide bill is to court defeat in either malignant puere