The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

Il Ing In no WAY on the 1ItOcnUn n1nbn0ncuL.
The registration Of 1895 shows the following
! number Of registered voters In louisiana:
Whites.
Literate ..."..."..".".."."..1SS,6o5
ullterete. 1854 ,.o,.
...lel,s7S
Negroes.
Literate B5,SO1
ulterate.. .............s..s... tt,sos $500.
Total
Total .sso'soo
An educational qualification would dlsfran-
chise %, $40 white and e4,4sS negroes or 1872
$50, or nearly half the total number Of voters.
Wfis Wi Win iS sender e the Sei State @s SAFE against IN sg negro
supremacy and do away with AZ excuse for
fThna' m a. s1ssti would 4 Se ' svs snoiS larger. t for Il sh is
proposed to make the educational requirement.
the ability bill Eyss e the voter TS f. Sr Mii 0S Si. sis sSgiie1 y
name on the registration books.
ognized as 9 complete solution Of the problem
but for the Creoles and Acadians. The latter.
% fns asso eonstlts. q t hsf Saie of the 5f popafa sha In IN
southwest Louisiana. They are most estimable
people, industrious. frugal. and honest; They
them are iGliterate. This 10 due moro to fortune
than their own fault. They speak a very rag.
has no literature. and much, therefore, cannot
be taught in the Schools. In order to learn to
ff ereiirn nh iangaasc .h Hn eisS' or F Mene nf'E Th iSsr has
been such a burden that the majority Of the
people remain initerate; and the fathers VIII
ious to have their sons learn, especially as 1t
means their speaking another Language: But.
very best of citizens. They are nearly all prop
erty owners, mainly farmers and stock raisers.
The Their tS elections ions, are rot The most honest nest, in LoaisisnS
1t would DO q great misfortune and injustice to
shut out these voters; and therefore an addi-
which allows persons paying taxes on $500 OF
property t. vote, even 4 they. are unable TO read
With.propcrty is a valuable citizen, even il he
is without educational advantages;
triarchaI style. He settled about a century and
q quarter ago in the prairies Of central and
county, having sold only little OF his land. He
is rich in acres and has more land then he can
Trenc6.canadian and boasts Of a large ian family ihe
Each son, us he reaches 1S.or..20, marries, builds
a house:on his fathsr's5place and settles down
there; but the land still remains in the name of
and he generally lives 70 a ripe old age. The
property holders, n considerable proportion of
them have the property standing In the names
S Ss sas on p rSInats: they h,; Wit Mi not an get i t unsil they y
are middle.aged men Of SO or even 60. To cor
rect this defect the Suffrage pro.
nearly all the Acadian population.
has added a fourth, about which there is some
dispute, as it is doubtful;whether it is consti-
m nuaslna anta aHa 81 IS T HSisi IS p aaeis !; aaHhss
all those voters who were voters on Jan. l,
1sss; This was before the passage of the
will, therefore. give no negroes the suffrage.
while it renders II certain that no Confederate
as an extraordinary. measure, and was rejected
at the South.Carolina Constitutional Conven-
It's fton favor lSf sh Is! the fSsss senti ana shS S Snsy th assu no Com IN
federate veteran. must be disfranchised.
The suffrage clsuses:las agreed upon by the
/. To those who can read and write. as evi.
denced by q written application.for registration.
9 To all property holders paying taxes OH
3. TO the sons of freeholders.
A. To those who were voters Jan. /. 1858:
people in louisiana. they, are supported BY
and represent the demand for an honest snf,,
frage as distinguished from, the tricks and
Carolina. The strongest argumen In favor Of
an educational or property, qualification was
PWEs sshinstd to t Pee eHnysnt af tb by T Pr1f : Beok sATa !;
Colored Industrial Institute; and a delegation
of leading Louisiana negroes went before the
convention making the same demand, as they
believe that an educational, OF property, quail
~fcation will exert q stimulus on their race and
induce them to learn to read and write or to &C.
quire property in order to vote.
1t is believed that the convention will adopt
ias s5s ppOpcsi Masn 'f Il i PSas oes 10 e iH @i{i siRe 81 sat The
faction in the State and have the effect, 1t Is be-
lieved, of assuring honest elections and also
bringing about the improvement OF the public
school system, as the convention recognizes
that IL It makes education a condition prece-
dent to the suffrage 1t must give all its youth
ah opportunity to secure q proper schooling.
The women suffragists made a set at the con.
vention and brought down advocates from all
parts OF the country, but they failed complete
~. The convention listened e the delegates
unanimously, that the time for woman's suf-
frage had not yet come1n Louisiana.
1t is contended by the. Republicans that an
political control of the State. Whether 1t does
or not 1t will have a remarkable political effect,
changing lines and bringing about a division in
the ranks Of the whites. The white voters OF
Louisiana have been held together with the
greatest difficulty for the past twenty years by
fear OF negro supremacy. When that fear Is
removed by observation-disclosures Of most of .the
negroes, the only bond OF union will be removed
and the whites will split up into parties or fac
tons. 1t will be almost impossible tn say.where
the State will stand politically this fall or In tho
next State or Presidential election