10, 1910.
[39] In his enthusiasm for these undemocratic measures, Dr.Abbott has retrogressed more than the Southern States, which do not require both a property and educational qualification, but only one of the two.
Moreover, by the "grandfather" and "understanding" clauses they seek to exempt as many as possible of the whites, _i.e._ a majority of the population in most of these States, from any substantial qualification whatever.

Nor does it seem likely that even in the future they will apply freely; against the poor and illiterate of the white race, the measures Dr.Abbott advocates.

Just such restricted suffrage laws were repealed in many Southern States from 1820 to 1850, and it is not likely that the present reaction will go back that far.
[40] The _Outlook_, May 24, 1911.
[41] Governor Woodrow Wilson, Speech in Portland, Oregon, May 18, 1911.
[42] Speech in Senate, May 24, 1911.
[43] Miss Jessie Wallace Hughan in her "American Socialism of the Present Day" (page 184) has quoted me as saying (in the _New York Call_ of December 12, 1909) that the amendability of the Constitution by majority vote is a demand so revolutionary that it is exclusively Socialist property.

Within the limitations of a very brief journalistic article I believe this statement was justified.

It holds for the United States to-day.