The Springdale news., 1918-01-18
DEMOCRACY BETRAYED BY THE
 SOUTH.

Section of Article XIV of the Constitution of the United States provides that:
 Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons ii each State excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-Presdent of the United States Representatives in Congress- the Executive and Judicial officers of State the members of the Legislature thereof Is denied any of the mlae inhabitants of such State. being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, in any way abridged except for parci- patton in rebellion other crime the basis of rep resentaton shall be induced the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number If male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State
 This provision of the Constitution together with the Fifteenth Amendment, declaring that the right of citizens of the United States vote shall be denied abridged of race, color previous dition of servtude has been nulfed the Hayes Administration withdrew the Federal troops from the Southern States.
 For forty years the right of negro citizens to vote in the South has been consistently denied and the penalties provided by the Constitution have never been enforced. No Southern State has ever suffered re- duetiaa it's representation through it's refusal per init negroes to yote although the provision of the Constitution is mandatory upon Congress.
 This representation which the South has held for more than generation 1t to the Northern Democrats who have protected the Southern States from punishment which Democrats in general have deemed gross infringement upon the sovereign right of cry State regulate it's life and it's own affairs But the Southern States preparing aequiesee in such nfrngement and nulify the principle of b. cal self government which t6e Democratic party has tenaciousy adhered since the tme of Jefferson Their Senators and Representatives in Congress have already voted for such ratification in the resolution submit t9 l6 3f zfat hib3iaa amendment ta the Constitution of the United States and peaet allz al of the Southern Legislatures are expected to rat5fy it.
 Without lhe votes If the Southern Seaat and Rep resentatFes his resolution could not hs1e been sub mitted Without the votes of the Southern Legislatures the amendment cannot be adopted. Nationwide pro hibitfon, If it comes, viii be imposed by States which have turned their backs squarey upon their ancient principles of government the Russian Bosheyki have turned their backs upon the obligations of deuoc- racy
 When that day arrives the South can expect no more help from the Northern Democrats in resisting the enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments The cry, "No Force Bill No Negro Dominaton!' will fall upon deaf ears If the South IS determined to have centralized Government that regulates the personal habits of the American people II must accept centralized Government that regulates negro franchise and all that pertains thereto
 Before many years have passed the inevitable swing of the political pendulum will bring about Republican Congress- Congress that is Republican both in the House and the Senate When the Congress conyenes if IS certain that another attempt will be made to reduce the representation of the South Southern domination of the present Congress has been agreeable to any body in the North, Democrat CT Republican Men hk, Caud kitehin have been treating the rest of the coun try like conquered province. imposing outrageou. burdens of taxation and giving little as possible 1T return The price of wheat for the Northern farmer fixed by due process of law, but the Southern farme IS allowed to e for his cotton ali that the traff
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