Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-21
REPUBLICANS
WARN AGAINST
LITERACY TEST
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cans by organized effort should elect
all candidates on the state ticket
National Committeeman j. j. Nc
Graw attended the meeting today
and took an interested part in the
discussions OF questions that came be-
fore the members. Other members
present were Ed Ingram, Kingfisher:
j. II. Anderson, Weatherford; w H.
England, Ponca City; II. L. Robert
son, Iawton: Eugene Lorton, Tulsa;
w +. Chism, Francis: r. A Smith,
MCAlester; John S Shearer, Guth-
lie; ii. c. McKeever, Enid, Frank A.
Parkinson LaNton.
Fuu Text Given.
The full text of the statement given
out follows:
ITO the Citizens of oklahoma:
Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
crty, and in no other state in the
union is the force of this axiom more
aTpIopos thah in the state of Okla
homa, for here every device known to
political knaVery and chicanery has
been :esorted to by the corrupt and
vicious democratic machine to defeat
the will of the people and deprive the
elecorate Of this state of its powers
ara privileges. but never before in
the history of election frauds ballot
stuffing and corruption has there
FN' any Nllllls " tfluiS Nlt lllNIdNN
test law, known as state question No
80, initiative petition No. 55. which
the present governor, Robert l. viii
liams, crammed through the legisla-
tore and is now seeking to have
Ntaliz-d Ivy deception and fraud at
primaries on August /. Notwith-
standing the claim of its authors and
sponsors that tho oklahoma consti-
tuition was the best ever written, this
10 n, l..
Cs.tons to amend the constitution.
IF the proposed literacy test law
is ratified by voters of the state, It
will place in the hands of any ao-
ministratiOn. be ii Democratic Re
publican Socialist or whatnot. au-
tocracy powers to dictate and control
the elections in this state not equalled
in any monarchy on earth. While
the attempt is made to justify their
drastic and corrupt measure on the
grounds that it will prevent negro
domination in this state Ga speciuus
and unwarranted possibility if ii
were enforced according 20 the con-
tention OF it's sponsors less rhan 1900
negroes would he affected, while over
twenty thousand Indians and litter
ate. but nonetheless worthy. white
voters who pay taxes on an aggre-
gate of over S60,000,00O worth OF
property would be forever deprived of
the right to cast ballot IN an cleo
tion in this state.
but the most deSpicable AMI un-
American feature Of the whole matter
is the plan to secure its adoption ny
fraud and deception. on all other
questions to be submitted at the AU%.
ust primary the voter is given an op.
portunity to vote yes or no, hut on
the literacy test law this privilege
Is denied.
Must he With Pencil.
THE words for the amendment
viii apepar upon the ballot and unless
these words are scratched out with
a leadpencir the voter automatically
will vote for the amendment.
This corrupt proceeding 10 secure
the passage of any law ought to be
sufficient to defeat it, however meri-
torious, and If the voters If the state,
regardless Of political affiNation. are
alive to their own interests and in
terests of the state as a whole, the
literacy test amendment will be de-
feated by an overwhelming majority,
Remember, If YOU do not scratch
out the words for the amendment
YOU will vote for the law. Be sure
and scratch these words out and pre-
serve the god name and credit of the
state at home and abroad
Another serious objection to the
literacy test law is that every voter
Of the state will be required to regis
ter again in September ontailing an
enormous and unnecessary additional
expense to the state, as well as a
great Inconvenience TO the individual
voter is the ampndmet carries