The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
Illiterate Negroes Will Not Be Allowed
To Vote.
PRESENT LAW WORKS WELL
If 1t Should Be Declared Uncpasti-
tu;;onai, Then other Plans.
MISSISSIPPI LAW WOULD Be TRIED
Political Gossip of tie state-What
the Republicans and Populists
Are Doing.


Correspondence THE negro qhesuoh
nassed out of politics at the August cleo
ton. as the mass of the whl'e Pe'l'e
know fully that threc-fourthS "i 'He
ll,.l,e y,il never vote again. Ii the mass
of the white people had INC WY -
course mo- negro would vote. IL IS GER
to,o that If senator Pritchard carries our
his plan of having the United States SUI
,reun. court declare the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of The negro uudcr the grandfather
clause" provision unconstitutional inns
STATE viii ut once adopt the Misslslph
plau When the last legislature ended
its 1899 segeion il did not ADJOURN p"'
took "A recess in order to watch the he6f"
question. and the legislature which - 10
meet next month may not adjourn ma
March. bat merely take recess ana zee
what the republicans do with the grand
father clause" at Washington.
The negroes are very quiet Their
nreacberS. who viii talk TO outsiders, say
Tho mass Of the blacks do not mind dis
reimbursement. DO ms care cent Tor IT,
i'm fact Bat other negroes SAL they
are only waiting "a see whether they
shall leave the state. Not enough OF
them viii emigItte To keep down the nat
ural increase Of the race. In lNo' ABOUT
10000 lett So the labor agents SAID.
doubt it as many as 5000 have lelt 'he
state this year that is, 70 remain away.
The republicans are claiming that they
have, a firm hold % two cos. ,essional dis
tricss inc eighth ami ninth. Next time
thev will lose the eighth. for over 1000
negro votes viii then be lost 10 them.
INC franchise amendment having effect
on July I. 1860.
Last spring Democratic State Chairman
Simmons assured me that AFTER the cree
tion Do August. which he knew would
settle tbc negro question, there would be
no more elections ran ma November, as
tll.rs would Doe uo necessity for them OF
course The election WAS held ln august
10 avoid federal interference.
THE republicans and popuiists are plan
nina. to have some election contests. John
T.. Fowler. a populist who is really a re-
publican. viii contest Thomas s. seat ln
th,. third Fowler IS "a u5mhy-pamby
sort of "a p0pulist who served a term. lie
cut no figure ia the late campaiga. The
populizts named him. the republicans in
dorsed him. Then in the hlth district
j. r. joyce. republican,, is planning to
contest ~ ~. kitchens seat lie VIII
l,,sa his claims upon what he alleges
more gross frauds iu Granville county,
.n,ctinE 1000 votes. Then there is talk
alo.t "a contest iu the second district 10y
Ja-,nh 3d.. Martin. republican, of Claude
Kitchens s.at THE latter heat hiu
nearly tl.s % one. bus ertiu VIII e''Im
suppression ot the negro vote. Mtf,n
did mot really even make canvass. ~
republicans and populists were slinIl
ordered to vote fer him and did SO. All
these contestant depend solely upon
big republican maiorities cibowiug the
democrats uut and thus making places Tor
Ike: Just - CrawI.r Was Dust IN the
ninth district 10 make q place for hich-
moud Pearson.
There is bat little talk about the pro-
posed reduction of representation an con-
gross During the present year many
democrats Ias been heard TO say that he
lid nor care a cent il there was q reduc-
tiuu. PROV idcd the negro disirauchisemeht
held good and tine democrats retained en-
tirc control of state affairs; that an such
q case three representatives would ah-
swcr as well as "a uo@eh.
The puul.istS are lar more bitter than
the republicans toward the democrats. IN
their papers the} continue 10 denounce
The democrat There are suits against
q numh.. et S.s~lpspn county popuhsts
Tor Islander. but as sampson IS I'd nest
of pop4IIsU. The -lais are being held IA
Dublin county.
Democratic State Chairman II. NJ. Sim
mons. who ovcrworked himself this year
I'm the most ardlcus campaign this state
ever SAW. is nov At Seven Springs 20
rest and recupcratc. Not only did hc
give ten months az his entire time, eiv-
ing up his law practice for that space,
Inn d, also gave $1,000 of his own means
Il. The camrai-u fund when he found the
latter VA, deficient. Tie has now 10 face
the attcmut of Senators HritchaId and
Butler 60 keep him from taking ms seat
ia the senate. Senator irltchard has
a mass OF what he claims is evidence of
the suppression of the negro vote, as
shown by 4 d books kept hy republicans.
Senator Butler wants the republican
members of the legislature to vote for
him for sen = 50 hc Will have the
greater chance OF cont,stins Simmons 5
sNaL
This state is called on 90 face the prob
lem of how 20 get more taxes. There are
several suEgcstions-onc, that all prop
cry be increased 33 Is per cent ia Valu-
alton. as the examination in the tax AS
ses4ment ease, now li progress, appears
to show mat general property rs now
aS-essea at only tWo-thirds OF It's real
value The railways VIII be included, or
ii they fight the plan. "A tax on receipts
could be levied. Then there is talk OF a
tax ON inhcrltances aud lesacies.
The Baptist state convention is in ses-
sion here. ii is great body, with $50
dclceate-. n covers the whole state, and
its membership is lS5 900, increase OF
1000 this year. This is the SEVENTEEN an
uual convention. This year %tauUO has
been raised FOR mission work; an Increase
of $1,000 over last year Rev. DR. r. III.
Marsh is presiding over the convention.
The agricultural department has now
bv TAR tile finest museum south OF Wash
mgton. Few states have one so fine. The
department has made large addition To
the museum building. ln this will be a
Hall of History" lO0Xi0 feet in height.
The newly formed State Literary and His
toricaI Society will take special interest
in the work of collection. The latter
viii be Chronological