The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
ITO KPARD0Ns
FOR INSPECTORS
Of ELECTIONS
!pREsiDisNT no PASS ON
CLEMENss FOR QUINN
AND BEAL

II washington, June % An appeal
expected 10 be made to tho presidci
TO pardon Frank Quinn and ] J, Bea
II the election vflicers of kingpshs
county. Oklahoma, whose sentence
lot one scar Imprisonment and pas
ment Of 500 fine Was sustained
Iae opinion Of the supreme court MIL
Afyine the grandfather clause pro
vision of the Oklahoma constitution
adopted in 1910. As viewed here. !
| viii be shown thai both were actin,
l. In official capacities, under the al
Erection Of state officials, and tina
lthey had reason to believe The Law
was valid enactment OF the state 81
vote Of the people. Il Will be pointed
out that the state Law imposed 4 pen.
atty Tor disregaraiHg it, Although
both Eseal and Quinn are Democrats
lit is believed here their apnli-
lcation for ciemeney win receive sup
| lport of 0klahoaa Republicans The
holding of the supreme eourt is coa-
elusive and attorneys lcok for no
movement to reopen the case
LOT Little Political Significance.
The politisai Significance Of the
Oklahoma and Annapolis decisions IL
moi as sweeping as at first thought.
Raplsblican leaders declare that ii VIII
mean measure OF success in Okla
homa in the next election unless there
is a reversal Of sentiment. which Is
not expected Nest of the other
southern states either have tho lit
|crars test applied TO both whites ana
blacks, or the poll tax requirement,
both of which have been sustained.
Yesterdays decision was the first
time the supreme court ever passed
squarely upon the suffrage restrie-
ton. In Oklahoma, three cases were,
tried involving tlse civil. the criminal
and the conspiracy phases Of tael
statute. with the view Of securing Il
ruling on the constItntionality Of the
restriction as imposed In that state
The criminal case was decided vSs-
ierdad, as vas the conspiracy pa Ne
arising 10 case from Blaine counts.
In The Blaine county case Justice La
mar dissented in favor Of the statej
af Oklahoma.
Since the Oklahoma provision. pat
tcfned after the provision or NORTH
Carolina but long since discarded By
that state, was held to violate thei
Fifteenth Amendment OF the Federal
Constitution. ana the literaey test In
Foting as applied TO all classes oil
male citizens. was sustained, Id thci
opinion OF OkEahomans in Washing |
on the only course open Is to makel
lie application in Oklahoma equal or
esort 10 the poll tax qualification
is understood that the latter meth
d has been rejected BY one oklaho-
"a legislature
Belief obtains here that the conyie-
ion Of Beal and Quinn viii have a
to rctard enforcement onI
he part o. eles ton officials Of a sui
rage provision which seeks to climi-
ale voters Of a given race.
drittediy Moofed Question.
Houston B. Teehee Of Tahlequah.
kia. register of the treasury, was
ne q tie canpaigners in 1910 for
ioption Of the grandfather clause
Z believe the party in Oklahoma
IN make better headway in appeal
z to the mDite people for a white
ans government he said. "Thel
'uts say that cur method Of re- :
rieting the negro Vas not legal. and
was iDcpted question even out
ere, whether it would stand up. The p
sort 10 the literaey test Tor whites
dians aud negroes, or the poll tax
would hardly reach the
IL
Dr. r G. 8eeler Of Gaynon, Okla
amber Of the Republican state cen =
4 committee is here. and expressed y
: belief that Oklahoma wouid now -
ing to The Republican column. =
rhe Oklahoma ease was psncing +.
lore the supreme court for two aa s
ars The state or Oklaho1a APP -
,priated money to defend the suit
ii the presentation before the 3.
,reme oourt former Senator Bailex IS
Texas was employed III
E Of
M.ov paonI. 4. The Toun .l5l