Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-03

GENERAL GEORGE J. HUNDLEY.
the member from Elizabeth City. Major
Lee, and the member from King William,
sir Diggs. l cannot aspire to the iofty
position these gentlemen take. can
not aspire to that lofty craftsmanship
which lends a man to go through tne
world with head lifted In the air, the
eyes fixed upon the skies. dreaming OF
Utopia, and never seeing the existihs
conditions surrounding him. Thes' men are
too good for this wicked world: .he only
thing left for them is translation to the
skies. One of these gentlemen-my old
friend. Major Lee--we have already trans
lated into q good. comfortable judgeship.
Let him retire now and dream on-dream
of the good negroes, who TO use MS
language, are seeking shelter under the
wing OF the white man. and are going
to vote just as he wants them, ana
leave us poor, earth-worms OF the black
belt to wrestie with the awful problem
before us As for the gentleman from
King William, a great light 1t seems has
broken upon his vision recently. Last
session he voted for the Walton bill;
and now. 10 and behold. he has found II
10 be unfair. and wants II emasculated.
He and Major Lee. and my friend from
Richmond, Mr.. Cabell, unite with the
opposition In demanding what they term
IAlf-tltcIlOn
friend Cabel that the bill proposed by
the opposition will give him all he wants
in that line 1t proposes to give him as
many precincts as he wants In jackson
Ward. Does that suit his purposes?
THE OPPOSITION BILL
.sThe pretence OF the opposition is pure
and adulterated hypocrisy. Their bill,
gotten UP by the so-called Petersburg
considerations convention, has so many
evidences Of o dishonest purpose that II
would take me TIN the close OF this SEES
sion to enumerate them. The Cole bill,
introduced at this session and voted Tor
by the opposition, provides way first
10 falslfy the registratlon-lists and open
the way for a monstrous colonization OF
fraudulent voters. 1t provides that any
one may register upon the simple pre-
senfation of regfstered-letter receipt
from q postmas ter anywhere. III they de-
sired, for instance. to COLOMBO 100 igno-
rant negroes from Amelia in Franklin
county. all they would have to do would
be to present as many registered-letter
receipts from any of the Amelia post
Offices and they could register without
further question, even though the parties
addressed were fictitious.
ssThen II provides for unlimited ballot
box stufing. I'm that II requires an off,
cial ballot to be posted on the morning
his own ballot in the box. Any printing
ONCE could print thousands Of copies of
the ticket before night, and the voters
could put as many In the box as they
liked
CRAIG BILLS VARIED EMBLEMs.
The Craig bill is a mosaic. 1t contains
oarts OF the Petersburg honest-elections
bin. parts of the Cole bill. parts OF the
eenate bill, and I suppose of every other
bill that was ever printed. II provides for
emblems--eagles. buzzards. 'coons. or
spossums, as the case may be-and then
gives the ignorant negro voter a wet
nurse to show him exactly how he can
do " moat harm, on the principle that
you must not only let man burn your
house down, but you must give him a
box Of matches and show him exactly
Where to Hight the fire.
ssThe member from Lynchburg. Mr.
Harrison. has prepared an amendment
that Is mild decoction Of all these bills
steved together and boiled down. l call
your attention to the fact. though. that
through them-they absolutely destroy
the secrecy OF the ballot
cDo that and you ruin us. Absolute and
0erfect secrecy 10 our only hope. You al.
lev an ignorant voter to select a Judge
o. election 10 fix his ticket and FIVE men
IH0&0e~~tnree Judges ana TWO clerks
krow exactly how he Is going to vote
ana All the eiecticn-heelers outside know
IS t3kewiae.
1T has been charged that the constable
Feature was intended for the purpose OF
cheating. ! now appeal to my friend
from Elizabeth City. who was In the last
g Legislature, 10 say II that feature wss
not inserted In the law to avoid the con.
s stitntionai objection OF an educational
=. qualification. d1sre Major Lee nodded
. aseent) The Democrats did not want It.
They 90 not want II now.
WHERE ARE THE NEGRoEsg
s.s2lf. Speaker, We have ell heard much
I. 81 late Of tue cathode or X ray. b. which
~ nay zee right through man. shall
z Xo0 turn Some OF those rays upon the
egtticn. ana exsmInc their hearts We