Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-31
,IEFRAGE PROBLEM.
allIs.ROyal Thereon in the South
Carolina Convention.
rH TILLNAN SPEAKS.
wakes n Remarkable Address.
~ Has Not Yet FINISHED Talk
a. on the subject, ny Any


, battle royal all day on the all
,.,.-..rt suffrage problem. The question
...-..,. usslon has been the Patton sub
....,. which would make all Confederate
Ir.ion soldiers and their descendants
caf--
u.le has been no end of talk about
.-st The article reported by the com
.-f.. With its understanding" clause.
rsi..u attacked with great force on all
49,. al denounced as mere subter-
.., strong speeches have been made
N.ers. McGowan. Bryan, Farrow.
Suror sheppard. and others.
Rtu ihc hour for recess arrived Mr..
r-.., ot Charleston. was attacking the
-.f .tonality Of the Patton substitute.
t- erf was made 10 force a vote on
IA. destitute. but II failed.
NIGHT SESSION.
AZ .. night session there was quite a
r..I time Mr.. Patton's scheme was
s..I D. 81 vote Of III TO %.
~. .1mmiiiee made several amend
meal. f0 ifs article. as reported. and left
a.. rtHepal clause reading thus:
..I 'p 90 January l. 1895. all male
rr.- uf voting age who can read
clause in this Constitution. or under
stand and explain ii when read 10 them
B.. r.e registration officers. shall be en-
t..t '' register and become electors.
-0. of all persons registered before
January ]. l~s. sworn to by the regIstra-
tn .0'l'r, shall be filed. one copy with
r, N.fk 0t the Court. and one in the
."-. az the Secretary OF State OH or
Ir February ], 1895 and such per-
SITS shall remain during life qualihed
,.H.r. unless disqualified By the other
provisions n this article The certificate
,f tH. clerk az the Court or Secretary OF
STATE shall he sufficient evidence 10 es-
rhH-n thc right of said citizens 10 any
frr. registration and the franchise.
rr.'r ihc limitations herein imposed
N Any person who shall apply for
.c.'r8uIn sftcr January J. 1895, IL
.'l'rni~e qualified shall be registered:
Provided that he can both read and write
.ft sectOn Of this Constitution, or can
Shows nat he owns. and has paid all taxes
.oc'ah.e during the previous year on
rrrN'y In this State assessed at $500
% more
CONGRESSMAN WILSON.
Dangressman Wilson offered substi-
tfe for Subdivision &C. which was TO /
riac the general understanding" pro- /
Visions perpetual. and the only qualif- |
cation. He spoke 10 this at great length. /
He wanted 20 make the report of the /
.mmittec douby secure against the /
f.rfeenth amendment. There were rep
r,,sutatiVes there who should not Toe /
here II 1t had not been for these two I
ameudments. the fourteenth and fifteenth. |
there would be no need for the conVen- I
ion. They might all ransack all the ages I
- vandalism and nowhere could they J
frl a parallel 10 the crime committed I
It the Union when the war was ended I
The negroes had only just emerged at /
rat time from a state Of savagery. II
as "A crime 10 put them I'm charge OF
he Southland
From 1881 to the present time there had
laen no fraud whatever. He wished to
..nv that South Carolina had ever been
.rtrolled by fraud. But they were now
at a ioad-crossing. The committee came
and presented a reasonable plan. a good
rsu whether IL was TO he adopted or
rnt u am dcprivng them Of nothing.
W, a-c not responsible for the fourteenth
,r fifcenth amendment. We are here
Oh, frame a constitution that is the best
lnr the great mass of the people The
great mass Of them are unfit for can cdu-
.r0nii qualification"
Do WAS going 70 do his duty. guided
is DDS conscience. They did not have 10
0. controlled by what the North might
lt The idea Of this clause was all !
U-tf bn IT goes too far. Three years
FROM now what will be the condition of |
tre negro race? They are being educated
aii.Iy. Why restrict the qualification
On eilcation. when a broader distinction
s possible 10 be made? Refinement and
CIVILIZATION could soon change the matter
ia wanted to keep the distinction there,
1-t only up TO 1898. but on for every yedr
SENATOR TILLMAN
senator Tilman then rose. and the
n"Jei hall VAS instantly so quiet that
ne could hear a pin drop. Tiilran made
g r'markabie speech. He said:
10 has been my purpose from the be-
ginning OF the convention to this day |
o have something 10 say on this article ,
e' a whole, but that time has not yet
arrived ! am sick. and nothing but !
-p0weI has kept me on this floor since Z
Yesterday morning. ! shall conhne my I
s'i 20 a very brief argument in answer I
DO he gentleman from Spartanburg- more
O.. statement than argument.
ife trouble here sir. seems to be. IN /
.Hr mind az some men. that the poor !
"aie man must be protected at any and 1
every cost with scornful emphasis). II I
If'fr i- one man on this floor who has :
fvi io i0 more 20 elevate the poor white
.a o. th.s state; TO help them: to give
t0m chance 10 educate themselves and
D.r sols. that they might have equal ,
protection Of the law and the govern
me't than myself | don't know him.
10 is cheap and demagogic argument.
Nt.h some gentlemen delight in. | have {
fu charged with demagogism because n
Nat. ftamploned the rights of that -
e 'f citizens The gentleman from y
'af'iuf-rs presents 10 Us "a scheme
'aA simply perpeiuates the existing 4
". Nf afe held up 10 the scorn OF n
's Baton by reason Of our present s.
STATION and eight-bOx laws. and when :
' convention was called for the pur- :
W i..eying ms of the necessity OF II
'i.aI.fs hat system. ! had hoped that I;
"'iI not b. brought face TO face {,
"'i 'hs champions Of that system. TO be !
''.. '-.t'i and II possible made worse. .
MISSISSIPPI PLAN d
A' i'-esldent. this convention dare not v
i amendment presented by the L
...'aaa from Spartanburg The com h
.e .lsideTed the Mississippi plan. II
t based upon this idea and we =,
.F agreed that to make II per-
i was to jeopardize the entire
which We are constructing here,
az 'He same time 10 continue the -
Ia, " % now exist Some one has said. =,
~ you bring IL In temporarily? ~
rf because we desire TO have 10
ae 'rat viii take care of the poor %
han and Of such negroes as are w
.ti nr reason of good citizenship "
hit1 character and intelligence. who ID
N able 20 understand a clause OF ",
tuition when read 10 them, ana - =.
l'e" tle color line. -
"' sal arguments presented at the %
. renee were. / thought. disposed of ~
uiad 81 every man on this moor. Nc ~.
cannot make this understanding y,
permanent The idea was present nc nc