Kansas City daily journal., 1895-10-05
2ther The education of the negro would

other. The education Of the negro would
mean negro supremacy.
| 1t is agreed that taxpayers shall not be
| permitted 10 say whether the money
| they pay for school purposes is To be
/ used for white or black schools, but that
the apportionment Of moneys in each dis
trict shall be left 10 the school trustees.
/ The school term Tor whites, which is
now four months, is 10 be extended TO
six months. The school term for blacks
/ Is to he shortened. There is to be no
| compulsory education law. The effect of
this will be that the bulk Of school
moneys Will be applied TO the education
Of whites and the education OF blacks
viii be reduced to a minimum. The
friends of this idea argue that fiye-siNths
Of the school funds are contributed by
the whites,
Only a few days ago 1 saw a great
audience of white people at Atlanta ap-
plaud Professor Washington when he
uttered that great appeal for the rights
Of his race. And now / am here in CO.
lumbla, in the presence of this impress
sive and discouraging problem. South
Carolina Is making more progress in the
manufacture of cotton than any other
southern state. She has over million
spiudlcs at work. Her towns and cities
hustle with the new spirit of Industrial
development. Her vast tobacco region
n new feature OF her wealth, is giving a
fresh impulse TO her energies. But she
has the question of white supremacy TO
deal with and it weighs upon her
| heavily
1t will not do for the people Of states
uncursed with This cOufounding question
10 look with too harsh an eye upon the
white people Of South Carolina, 1t II
matter that can only be settled here.
After all the South Carolinlans are hu-
man beings with al the weaknesses Of
human nature They cannot, and Will
not. overcome their bathing My honest
10 ia ~ rf1a sal
making this constitution intent upon dis
franchising the black vote feel far more
kindly towards the negroes ana have
more practical regard for their welfare
than the scutimcntalists of New England
and the West. one white man in the
convention Samuel T.. White, erected the
first monument ana, / think, the only
monument in the South TO the memory
of the fidelity OF the black race to their
white masters during the late war But
there Is an overwhelming conviction
here that the negro in any stage of ig-
norance or education is unfit 10 govern
the white race.
Two nights ago | sat in a brilliantly
lighted hall where the constitutional
convention is holding its session, ana
heard a speech i'm favor of Il proposition
10 deprive negroes of the right to hold
office. While the proposal itself was de-
feated there was not one dissenting
voice to the sentiments OF the speaker.
The only objection raised was that the
convention was powerless to enact such
law in face of the constitution of the
United States. Here is the proposed law:
"NO person shall be eligible TO or take
or retain a seat in he house of repre-
sentatives unless he is a white man who
has attained the age Of u years, has
been a citizen ana resident Of this state
three years next preceding the day of
election and has been for the last six
months OF this time, and shah continue
to be, a resident of the county which he
is to represent"
The man who offered this resolution is
Robert Aldrich, a prominent lawyer who
served four years i'm the Confederate
army and the son of a former judge OF
the circuit court. Mr.. Aldrich Is large,
robust oad-shouldered man, who aban-
doned the aristocratic party ana allied
himself to the Tillmanites four years
ago He represents Barnwell county, in
which the negro majority is very heavy,
During his speech the convention lis
tened with earnest, rapt attention.
Senator Tillman fiercely attacked Mr.,
Aldrich, but his main contention was
that the constitution of the United
States forbade such a law, that the Fed
eral army would be used to prevent its
enforcement, and that such resolution
would unnecessarily provoke and embit-
ter the moral sentiment of the North.
The one danger to the white SUI
premaey idea Is that IL South Carolina