Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Will K. Martin, of Washington, D. C., arrived here this morning to vote. Mr., Martin cast the first vote that he ever polled _in Rensselaer four years ago, and this will be his second vote. He has resided in Washington ever Bince he became of age, with the j exception of a little over six iqonths when he lived fn Rensselaer. As all probably know the District of Columbia, including the city of Washington, is run by a board of commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress, and there are no elective offices -there, and to avail oneself of the right of suffrage It is necessary so establish a residence in some -state and go to that state to vote. There is only one state in the union that prohibits the return of its,citizens to vpte, after they; have taken up their residence In the District of Columbia. That state is Maryland, and the state law that prohibits it is probably in coqfUqt with the constitution, but has never been tested. The law was passed at the dictation of Renaor Gorman, of Maryland, for many years foe leader on the democratic side of thf senate, and a political boss of the most corrupt kind in Baltimore and the state of Maryland. Whgn he had the law passed .there were considerably .more republicans democrats that held tbeir residences in Maryland mid government jobs in Washington, and as Gorman wanted to be elected to the IJnited Stales senate, he chopped off the suffrage of all of them together, and the law has never been repealed for the reason that the democrats have always been in control of the affairs of the state. This is the same Gorman who took such active hand in the passage of the WilsonGorman tariff measure that paralysed the business of the country during the last Cleveland administration. Mr. Martin is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. , John W. Powell, and while here will be at the borne of his brother-in-law, C. G. Spitler. It is probable that Mrs. Powell, who has been here for the past two months, will return to Washingon with him.

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