I do not favor the general possession of property qualification but insist upon the qualification of ability to understand the tenets of American citizenship. Tlen. too. I would have the law say to native born and foreign born alike that the privilege of suffrage for either man or woman should always be limited to those who are loyal to the United States of America and who have its interests at h)eart. In the struggle for this ideal American electorate one ever true and loyal to this Government and capable of understanding. and reasoning that which is best in principle and in poli..y. we must realize that we face long and continuous processes of education. training. and experience in the determination of the best seleetives. It is because I believe that an orderly process at present obtains under the Constitution for the procuring of the best electorate within the States that I contend this resolution proposing an additional article of amendment to the Constitution should not be adopted.
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