The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-08
TILLMAN HAS
HIS OWN WAY.
SUFFRAGE SCHEME ADOPTED.
a copy or 1t as 1t Finally Passes the
the Constitutional Convention.
The e"Understanding"C Clause
Prevails Up to 1905.

sion, was devoted TO the rehashing Of
the history of the Reconstruction pc
riod. The charges that Senator Till
man made in his speech in regard to
the steals and frauds of the Recon
struction period, attacking negro del
egates on the floor, were taken up by
the negroes, and Miller, Smalls and
Whipper made vigorous and determin-
cd speeches defending themselves and
their race. All the speeches were
purely of historical character
At the night session the convention
adopted the essential section Of the
suffrage plan, putting on the parlia-
mentary clincher, thereby accomplish
ing the sole object of the convention.
The section was adopted ID the fol-
lowing shape:
Section 4 The qualifications for suf-
trage shall be as follows: (a) Resi-
dence in the State for two years, in
the county one year, in the election
district in which the elector offers to
vote, four months, and the payment
six months before any election of any
poll tax then due and payable: Pro
vided, however, that ministers in
charge of an organized church and
teachers of public schools shall be en-
titled to vote after six months resi-
dence in the State if otherwise quail
fed.
(b) Registration, which shall pro-
vide for the enrolment of every
elector once In ten years and also an
enrolment during each and every year
of every elector not previously regist-
cred under the provisions of this
article.
lc) Up to january Ist, 1898. all
male persons of voting age applying
for registration who can read any sec
tion in this constitution, or understand
aud explain it when read to them by
the registration officer, shall! be en-
titled to register and become electors.
A separate record of all persons reg
istered before January LIST, 1898, sworn
to by the registration officer, shall be
filed, one copy with the clerk Of court
and one in the Office of the Secretary
Of State, on or before February lst,
1898, aud such persons shall remain
during life qualified electors, unless
disqualified by the other provisions of
this article. The certificate Of the
clerk of court or Secretary OF State
shall be sufficient evidence to establish
the right of said citizens to any future
registration and the franchise under
the limitations herein imposed
At the morning session, the convcn-
tion had what may be termed 'histor-
ical day" 1t resolved itself into an
historical society and historical re.
cords had the dust shaken from them
and were carefully cxamiu ru The
side show that wa, in progress on the
south side of the hall during the his
iorical society meeting may be appro-
propriately entitled The Black
Crook. And il was all, 50 to speak,
IN attempt to prove that " black was
white, though there we're some
whites who We're cndcavoring to prove
that black was black. and few in
stances very, very black The blacks
devoted their efforts to proving the
first proposition-the whiteness of the
blacks.
To oe more explicit, the history of
the Reconstruction period was under
discussion all day, and some interest
ing pages were added to the record of
that memorable period, which was
stepped in fraud and robbery 1t was
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