House Unpassed Legislation 1894, H 626 rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry R. Legate

Petition subject: Election laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25950536 Date of creation: 1894-04-04 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Frederick W. Dallinger, Cambridge Selected signatures:Henry R. LegateH.A. GibbsF.W. ClarkThomas C. BrophyMartha Moore AveryDavid Taylor Actions taken on dates: 1894-04-06 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 6, 1894 and placed on file Total signatures: 6 Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: People's Party, Prohibition Party, and Socialist Labor Party, official representatives of the Prohibition, People's and Socialist Labor Party, for the state committee of the people's party, chairman, for the state committee of the prohibition party, chairman legislative committee, sec'y, for the socialist labor party, legislative committee for 1894, [females], ["the state committee of the People's Party"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: equal rights in nomination of candidates for public office and the placing of the names of candidates for public office upon the official ballots, Australian system, minority parties, two classes, political parties, caucuses, Republicans, Democrats, numbers, signatures, equality, ["The State claims to be in favor of granting to every qualified voter a fair and equal chance at the ballot box; we complain, and very properly, we think, if the negro at the South is not allowed such a chance; but by the restrictions of the Caucus Act, you make it difficult, if not impossible, for many white men in Massachusetts to vote in accordance with their convictions."] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1894, H 626 rejected Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.