The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-09

many Good Dsmoer.ts Opposed to the
"Grsnd-son Of He Grsod-fs. her, Con.
ssitutionsI Amendment Clause.
The correspondent of the Char.
'otfe Observer, writing to that pape,
from Fayetteville, under date Of
March 4th, ssys:
The Observer correctly guages pub.
Tic sentiment in throwing out q word
OF warning against taking for grant.
I'd the carrying at the ballot box OF
the suffrage constitutional amend
ment. 1t will require hard work from
the rank and file and leaders of tn.
party. There is certainly ne cloud
on the title of the Cape Fear Dem
ocracy to orthodoxy, dut the write,
Is surprised at the number of LEAD
ing Democrats whom he meets or
posed to the amendment. The claus.
about the grand son of his grand
father" Is especially decried as a
monstrous absurdity.
The suffrage amendment referred
to above, which was adopted by the
last Legislature, is as follows:
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Section l. That Article vi Of the
Constitution of North Carolina he
and the same is hereby abrogated
and in lieu thereof shall be substitute
ed the following Article of Said Con
stjtution:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications of an Elector.
[Section IL Every male person born
In the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalize6, q
years Of age and possessing the qLal.
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. 81 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
election: 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 four months after such removal.
No person who has been convicted,
or who has confessed bis guilt
inopen court upon indictment, of
any crime, the punishm ent of
which now is, or may thereafter be,
imprisonment in the State prison,
shall be permitted &c vote unless
the said person shall be first re-
stored to citizenship in tie manner
prescribed by law.
[Sec. 81 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 enac,
general registration laws to carry in
to effect the 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 t.
vote, he shall have paid, on o.
before the first day of March O
the year in which he propose
to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for the previous year
Poll taxes shall be lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of tn
same except against assessed prop
erty.
| [Sec. 81 No male person, who wa
on January l, 1867, or at any tim
prior thereto, entitled to vote unde
the laws of any State in the Unite
States wherein he then resided, an
no lineal descendant of any such pc,
son; shall be denied the right to reg
lister and vote at any election in thi
State by reason of his failure to pc
sess the educational qualification
prescribed in section 4 of this Article
Provided. He shall have registere
in accordance with the terms of thi
section prior to Dec. 1. 1908.
The General Assembly shall pr
vide for q permanent record of a
. persons who register under this se'
ton on or before November l, 1905
and all such persons shall be entitle
3 to register and vote at all election
by the people in this State, unles
disqualified under section 2 OF thl
+ Article: Provided such perso Is sha
have paid their poll tax as require
by law.
/. [Sec. 81 All elections by the poop
shall be by ballot, and all election
. BY the General Assembly shall /
|. viva voce.