Show THIR THEIR CAMPAIGN CRY THE democrats have not so much to say about freo free trade not withstand ing in their free trade platform as they h have ave about state sovereignty they are making the great fight on some ima imaginary 11 inary force bill that thai maybe nay be passed if Republicans are again successful at the polls they talk of armed interference with the voters of a menacing power that is growing up at washington and of bow necessary it is to maintain the rights of the several states their national platform reads as follows the need of a return to thoe prin caples of fice popular Rovern government ment based on lome hone ho ne rule and aad individual liberty liber never more urgent than now when ben the tendency to centralize all power of the federal capital has haa le be core come a menace to tb the reserved rights of the states that strikes at the very af pf our Rovern government ment under the C constitution on ution as formed sy y our fathers the tha policy of federal control of elere elections is fraught with the gravest dan danger scarcely lehs momentous than would result from a revolution revo ravo lutian lutien practically establishing monarchy on the rains of the republic now that is all buncombe the only grave danger there would be in federal control of the election of con congressmen gressmen ress men would lie in the tha fact that bat the solid south would be broken and of course that would be ft a grave danger to the tha future success of tte the democratic party there is mero mere of an unwritten force law in the south today than congress will ever enact aad and democrats are enforcing it we have hate democrats in otah today who boast of having n made de republican negroes in the south vote the democratic ticket at thu tho point of a volTer ro towns which are overwhelmingly republican publican Ee are ruled by democrats simply because the republicans chance to be negroni no goei the franchise chiso that they are su supposed ap pp ased and which is them by bytho bythe tho constitution is a hollow mockery under tb the present state of affairs congress must remedy these theme ovi avils i s and who can bay that it liis its not the authority read bead what the constitution gayb the times places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives presenta tives shall bo be prescribed in each state by thel legislature thereof but the lite congress may at aw ani time by av make or ir alter such regulations except as to the alcea of 0 choosing endors ben tors the light of citizens of the united states to vote shall riot not be denied or abridged by the united states or by bv rny same on account of race color co I 1 or or previous conditions of servitude the Coni Cott iresa gresi shall ahall haye have power to enforce this thia article by appropriate le ley hla tion |