The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-07


whish TO disiranehise the negro with
out resort to the usual horrible meth
DDS OF shooting them down like dogs
and driving them into the swamps
when they attempted to go near the
polls to vote, The new registration
OF Mississippi upon which the State
will vote at the coming election, says
a New Orleans despatch to the New
York Sun, shows that the negro has
been substantially eliminated from
politics and the Democrats are at last
happy. The negro vote has been cut
down by the new constitution from
lbs, 600 TO S,0l5 and now it cannot
lolect more than few constables in
the State where white men are too lazy
10 serve and negro can do the work
better.
The colored registration continues
to decline at every election. At the
congressional election two years ago
theie was colored majority in one
county, Bolivar. That is now gone and
Bolivar has become white Ike the
Others. The negroes cannot elect q
single member OF the Legislature OF a
single officer of any kind except here
and there constable when aided by q
white vote. The negro vote for Con.
gress will be less than 10000 in eaef
district except In the shoe string dis
tr O., com posed Of the negro couhtie,
along the Mississippi, where the regis
: tration amounts to 800 and the vote
may 10 LOO.
In Lowndes county one negro ir
each 80 OF the male negroes over q
i, years is registered; In Yazoo, which OF
old gave Republican vote far up in
j the thousands, there ars only nine
,cololed voters registered, or one to
/ each $50 possible voters, while in Nox-
suoee, which heats the record, there are
4 colored voters registered, or one to
!. each l,340 negro men. There are more
5 negroes in Noxubee than those foul
entitled to vote, but they have lost in
! terest IN elections of late, aud L large
: number OF them have refused to avail
$ ,themselves of the privilege OF the
;, ballot offered them and have failed t
= register. ...- a.. .
The reduction in the negro registra
] ton and vota OF Mississippi, has beer
brought about by the adoption OF tn
new constitution, which greatly altors
the electoral franchise In that State
BY limiting the franchise to those VIII,
'eIcan read and write, 10000 negroes oil
'ilfour-iiiths of the colored vote was dis
lfrGnchiscd, and the provision which re
iquires tie prepayment OF the pollta
has had aaother deterrent effect.
The iliteracy provision cuts OIL 10,
In 900 white voters also, and as that wa
r. thought TO he "A hardship, the famou
understanding clause was ms erte,
by which any illiterate voter can oil
n tain his ballot by proving TINT he III
II. Understands the constitution. A sectio
IL uf the constitution is read to him l.
n the registrar and Ii he can prupeul
We explain 1t, he is entitled to a vot
Is, This provision, however, will on
;L stand until 1885, which gave Il
ii. ignorant voters six years in which
Of learn To reldAnd write. and ii they {
Ii not learn In that tins they are to
he permanently dlslrdnchised.
MI OF the 19O 10J illitsrate white al
,s. coored voters, only 2, l22 have avail,
in themselves of the ''understandit
70. clause" or rather that number on
Ilg have paa5eda successful exalninatio
he of their knowledge OF their constitl
he lions. OF these 1857 are white at
IL 1855 colored, showing that the thing
al perfectly tuir and that no discrlmin
IN ton is allowed Oh account OF colt
Besides these Colored voters who q
ls- the franchise under the "understar
us, ing clause" only $50 were register
ON as able to read and write and hlvir
he paid their taxes, making total OF
ait 6l5 colored against IS. l27 white voter
ry or a grand total Of 10, 742.
are 1t will tie noticed that the new co
en-, stltutlOn has materially cut down T.
an. white vote also, perhaps one.third. b
hat not IT, the same extent as that of I
the negroes. At the ordinary rate OF v
cd. ing in Mississippi that State will pre-
ads.ably cast between 5000 and S..
oy votes for President and Congress Il
ay fall and the Democratic ticket will
me doubt have from 10000 to $1,000 n
I'm iority. Mississippi is solid for Gle
sed land, of course it Is How Democri
ide will shout when the glorious he
i've comes that Mississippi has gone
and Cleveland. Each congressional d
eg- trict In Mississippi may cast abe
cau ! 800 Votes compared to districts
Use the Northern states that will c
'essifron 5000 to 1903 votes. What
the miserable farce Wien viii there
oh honest election methods IN the SOU
.