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Show OF GREGORY CHARGE No Danger of Southern Negroes Ne-groes Voting in North Without Legal Right. By Intel na '.ional News Service. WASHINGTON. Nov. :,-Rerrsont-aiive w. W. Woods of Iowa, chairman "f the national Republican conm esiona! cummittpc, replied today to tiie charge "f t!"'C department of justice that negroes have been tntns-orttd in larse numbers Irom the south to the north for the purpose pur-pose of swelling the Republican vote. He said: It is evident that if thrc is any significance in the fact that a la-ge number of colored voters have gone I'r-'.m the southern to the northern suites, It is due to th fear of southern south-ern Democrats thai tiie districts fr.cn which these voters have gone would So Republican if the negroes voted They know that if they j-o north and remain there Ions; enough they will lose their votes in the south entirelv, The judges of election in the northern north-ern slates wheie these negroes are ' alleged tu have gone aie composed of both Democrats and Republicans and these judg-es know who is entitled to vote and will not permit one vote which is not legal. |