The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-01
"A moMsrRous AssuRolTv."

The correspondent Of the Char
lotte Observer, writing to that paper
from Fayetteville, under date of
March 18th, says:
The Observer correctly guages pub
lie sentiment in throwing out a word
of warning against taking for grant,
cd 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 the
party. There is certainly nc cloud
on the title Of the Cape Fear Dem
ocracy to orthodoxy, but 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 abrogated,
and in lieu thereof shall be substitute
ed the following Article Of Said Con
stitution:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications of an Elector.
+ [Sectiou IL Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalized, q
years of age and possessing the qtai-
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 his guilt
in open court upon indictment, of
any crime, the punishment of
which now is, or may thereafter be,
Imprisonment in the State prison,
shall be permitted to vote unless
the said person shall be first re-
stored to citizenship in TIE manner
prescribed by law.
[Sec. 81 Every person Offering tt
vote shall be at the time q 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.l 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, he shall 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 lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assessed prop
erty.
| [Sec. 81 No male person, who was
on January l, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote unde,
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 pc
sess the educational qualifications
prescribed in section 4 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 a permanent record of al
persons who register under this sec
ton on or before November l, 1905
and all such persons shall be entitle.
to register and vote at all election
:. by the people in this State, unles
disqualified under section 2 Of thi
Article: Provided such perso As shal
have paid their poll tax as requires
by law.
[Sec. 81 Ali elections by the peopl
= shall be by ballot, and all election
y by the General Assembly shall b
l. viva voce.
g Sec. ~ Every voter in North Ca
k DINA, except as in this Art. disqual
" fed, shall be eligible to Office, bu
'e before entering upon the duties {
v the Office he, shall take and subscrit
the following oath: 81, ...........d
solemnly swear or affirm, that l WI
- support and maintain the constit,
n ton and laws of the U. S. and tt
constitution and laws Of North Car
lima, not Inconsistent Herewith, al
that / will faithfully discharge Il
duties of my Office as .........
help me God.''
s. [Sec. 8. The following classes
or persons shall be disqualified for {
On fee: First, all persons who sh,
O. O. deny the being of Almigh
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