The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-06
a INDUSTRIOUS Assueo,ry "

'"od Democrats Opposed IN In.
"""-'"n "f His Gsand-fa,her" Con.
'htutionai Amendment Clause.
Inc correspondent of the Char.
i"tte Observer, writing TO that Dane,
from Fayetteville, under date Of
March 4th, says:
me observer correctly gusges pub
lie sentiment in throwing ont q vora
OF warning against taking for grant
ed the carrying ct the ballot box of
the suffrage constitutional amend
ment. 1t will require hard work from
the rank and file and leaders Of the
party. There is certainly nc cloud
on the title Of the Cape Fear Dem
ocracy to orthodoxy, dut the writer
is surprised at the number of lead
ing Democrats whom he meets or,
posed to the amendment. The clause
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 be,
and the same is hereby repealed, and
In lieu thereof shall be substituted
the following Article of Said Consti
tuition:
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 naturalized, q
years of age and possessing the quail
lfications 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. 2. 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 q 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 co lrt
upon indictment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is, or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted &c
vote unless the said person shall be
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 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 tt
vote, have paid, on or before the frs
, day of March of the year in which h
= proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
t 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
Q same except against assessed prop.
: erty.
y Sec. 5. No male person, who wa
9 on January l, 1867, or at any tim
o prior thereto, entitled to vote unde
e the laws Of any State in the Unite'
& States wherein he then resided, AM
f no lineal descendant of any such per
Il son; shall be denied the right to reg
8 lister and vote at any election in thi
State by reason of his failure to pc
sess the educational qualification
X prescribed in section of this Article
10 Provided. He shall have registere
: in accordance with the terms of thi
% section prior to Dec. l, 1908.
The General Assembly shall pr'
IS vide for permanent record of a
" persons who register under this se'
% ton on or before November l, 100
and all such persons shall be entitle
~ to register and vote at all election
DO by the people in this State, unle'
- disqualified under section 2 of tn
~ Article: Provided such persons sha
have paid their poll tax as require
81 by law.
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II Sec. 6. All elections by the poop
40 shall be by ballot, and all election
of by the General Assembly shall