The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
/" A INDUSTRIOUS AssuRo,vy. -

"~'' Good Democrats Opposed to tn.
"Crand--on Of HI. Grand IA ,her" Con.
-ntutiouai Amendment. Ci.a.-.
The correspondent of the Cha &.
''t'. ob "rver, writing 10 that pape,
from Fayetteville, under date Of
March An, says:
The Observer correctly gusges pab.
lie sentiment Ia throwing out a word
OF warning against taking for grant
ed the carrying st the ballot box of
the suffrage constitutional amend
ment. 1t will require hard work from
the rank and file and leaders of 10.
party. There Is certainly nd cloud
IN the title Of the Cape Fear Dem
'cracy TO orthodoxy, dut the writer
S sur prsed at the numbe of LEAD.
ing Democrats whom he meets or.
posed 10 the amendment. The clause
abou, the grand son of his grand
father" Is especially decried as a
monstrous absurdity.
The suffrage amendment referred
to above, which was adopted by TIT
laat Legislature, is as follows:
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Section L. That Article vi of the
Constitution of North Carolina be,
and the same is hereby repealed, and
in lieu thereof shall be substituted
the following Article of Said Consti
tutior:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications of an Elector.
Section l. Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalzs6, p
years Of age and possessing the qLai.
ifications set out in this Article shall
be entitled to vote at any election BY
the people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sec. .. He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months and
in the precinct, ward or other cleo
ton district, in which he offers to
vote four months next preceding the
elections: Provided, That removal
from one precinct, ward or other
election district to another in the
same county, shall not operate to de-
prive any person of the right to vote
in precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until after such removal. No person
who has been convicted, or who has
confessed his guilt in open court
upon indictment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is, or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted tc
vote unless the said person shall 1t
first restored to citizenship in TIE
manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Every person Offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry in
to effect tue provisions of this Ar
ticle.
Sec. 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section of the
Constitution in the English language;
and, before he shall be entitled to
vote, have paid, on or before the first
day of March of the year in which he
proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for the previous year.
Poll taxes shall be 3 lien only on IS
sesss properly, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assessed prop
erty.
Sec. 5. Nc male person, who was
on January l, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws of any State in the United
States wherein he then resided, and
no lineal descendant of any such per-
son; shall be denied the right to reg
|, lister and vote at any election in this
State by reason of his failure to po-
sess the educational qualifications
prescribed in section of this Article
Provided, He shall have registered
} in accordance with the terms of thi!
section prior to Dec. l. 1908.
The General Assembly shall pro
vide for permanent record of al
persons who register under this sec
ton ON or before November l, 1908
and all such persons shall be entitled
to register and vote at all election
l by the people in this State, unles
disqualified under section 2 Of thi
I Article: Provided such perso Is shall
: have paid their poll tax as required
by law.
e Sec, +. All elections by the peopl
: shall be by ballot, and all election
nv the General Assembly shall b
viva voce.
: Sec. 7. Every voter in North Cal
: DINA, except as in this Art. disqual
: fed. shall be eligible to Office, bu
4 before entering upon the duties c
e the Office he shall take and subscrib
y the following oath: 81, ......, d
i. solemnly swear or affirm, that WI
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