Show MAYOR GILLS GILL'S CONTENTION Former Mayor Gill of Seattle holds that thai the I right to vote is s strictly a political right hence the clause in the con constitution which declares that a conviction con coil for felony debars a man from executing Ii an any civil rights bas has no application to the political Did Mr 1 right of voting Gill ever e stop to cot con Kider ider that voting is not noi au an original right but bitt merely mere mere- nereS nere'S I 1 ly S a privilege and that each state or the United States may mar prescribe exactly who ma may enjoy enjo that privilege and and that the statutes of or the state state state-of of Washington sho should be he the guide as to has the right to vote 7 If the they SU say all citizens shall have the privilege ge then tiLen the question in the lie case pending w will willbo ll bo he what constitutes a citizen and if a man who has forfeited his civil f rights is a citizen under the law 1 The right to vote vole is the very highest privilege e eor of or citizenship Ve Ve fear that 2 Ji Mr r. r Gill will bt turned r down |