Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Spectacles to Aid Voters. [ARTICLE]

Spectacles to Aid Voters.

The Maryland Republican state campaign committee has purchased 14,400 pairs of spectacles, which are being distributed throughout the state for the use of illiterate voters on election day. This has been done upon the recommendation of those in charge of schools for illiterate voters, which have been instituted by the party in all sections. These schools have for their sole purpose the instruction of illiterate Republican voters, mostly negroes, in picking up the word “republican” whenever it occurs on the official ballot and in placing their mark properly beside it.