The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-03-22
AN EXTRA SESSION ASKED.
| The Negroes Make. an Appeal 10 the
Governor For Another Registra-

The Negroes Make. an Appeal 20 the
Governor For Another Registra-
ton.
A committee from the Colored Min
isterial Union, headed by Ex-Congress-
man George w. Murray, waited upon
Governor Evans last week in regard
to the registration matter, and made
the request of him to call the State
Legislature in extra session, for the
purpose OF allowing further time for
the registration of colored voters,
averring that the ten days allowed by
the act have been entirely insufficient
and inadequate to permit OF the re-
gistration OF those qualified voters who
applied. The committee waited on
the Governor at the executive cham
ber and presented to him the follow
ing paper, making statements in ac-
cord Herewith
AS Representatives of the Ministe-
rial Union aud'the Republican party
organized to aid the masses in quail
flying themselves to discharge the
highest function of citizenship in order
that they might take part in choosing
delegates to the Constitutional con
vention. in which the status of thcil
citizenship is to be fixed or DESTROYED,
having received advices from all parts
Of the State relative to the manner,
conduct, and extent OF registration
during the ten days set apart for re-
gistration which are exhausted
today, we assure you that not more
than 10000 electors were register
ed within the entire State anu
that many more than 100000, after
unparalleled exposure, suffering and
sacrifices, remain unregistered and dis
francisco and that the four remaining
days under the law, namely the first
Mondays in April, May, June and July
are wholly inadequate, therefore in
behalf of these thousands of wronged
and injured persons, VIC call upon your
eXcellency to pray that the Legislature
be convened in extraordinary session
to provide means whereby these more
than hundred thousand citizens may
qualify themselves to exercise their
constitutional right in the selection OF
de egatcs.
We respectfully submit that stat
utes creating such conditions as re.
quirc electors to travel from ten to
ifty and sevcnty-fvc miles to the
various county seats and to expose
themselves in sunshine, rain and colo
for weeks in cndeavoring to qualify
themselves, and to have been sent
tways at the end Of which without
even an opportunity to register, to say
nothing of their unconstitutionality
are too cruel and barbarous for the
civilization OF the age.
We further submit that the time
Set apart for registration is wholly in
sufficient. Under recent decision OF
the Attorney Gcnel al in relating tt
Placing the penalty On dclinquents in
the collection OF taxes, persons who
were in the tax Office during the period
for paying the same and failed OF an
opportunity, are exempted from the
penalties, and we claim that registra-
zion us conducted in our State is anala.
gous to paying taxes, and that clcc
tors " no did all they could to qualify
themselves within the prescribed pc
riOd and manner Il G not entitled to the
penalty Of dislrancnisc enc NJ.
Wv. ID. CHAPPELLE,
OR. +. HART,
GEO. w. MURRAY"
Governor Evans Informed the COM
nittcc that he would take the matter
into consideration, and asked that the
paper be turned over to his private
secretary. He told the committeeman
that he thought they were unduly ex-
cited over the matter. The matter
was resulting in no more injury to
them than to the white people who
mad not registered. He, however.
promised the committee to let them