The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-04
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ten, dated and signed by him In the
presence of the registration officer or
his deputy, without assistance or sus-
gesuon from any person or any i'enio-
randum except the form OF apPiicdlion
hereinafter set forth, provided, ho"esei'
that If the applicant be unable 10 wiz
his application in the English iansuase'
he shall have the right TO write 'i'e
same in his mother tongue from the o4c-
taion of an interpreter, and II the appl-
cant is physically unable to write MS
application, the same shall be written
for him by the officer or deputy upon ms
oath OF such disability. No person less
than sixty years Of age shall be permit
ted to vote who shall not, in adoltlon 10
the above qualifications have PAID on or
before December 315t OF each year LOT
the two years preceding the year IN
which he offers to vote full tax OF one
dollar per annum.''
Under the form of the statutes above
quoted it seems difficult to imagine that
the Democrats or Republicans either. no
matter which party was in charge OF the
election machinery, could have allowed
an illegal registration OF TWO hundred
and fifty voters, unless perhaps IL was
done under the clause which permits the
voter il physically unable to write ms
application TO make affidavit OF such as
ability and thereupon to have the appll-
cation written for him by the officer IN
charge.
The question, however, as to the meth
Cd and means by which the Democrats
were enabled to place two hundred and
fifty illegal voters on the books Is not OF
much concern to us in Virginia as the
tact that it is alleged to have happened
SO shortly after the passage OF the
amendment to the Constitution OF LOUIS
lana, which had for its object the eliml-
nation of the illiterate negro vote.
The very party which passed the constl-
tutioraI ancndrcnt n question has oeen
charged with using the negroes whom they
distranchis to keep the power II their
own hands. The Republicans may Wen
ask, is the negro only dangerous voter
when he votes the republican ticket! L
the present state Of affairs IN LOUISIANA
be accurately reported. 1t seems as II
what had been SO often foretold has come
to pass, namely, that if there be any pos
sbl, chance for fraud or chcanery the
party in power will inevitably use the
negro vote to keep Itself in power, and
with such a loop-hole as the understand
ing clause Of Mississippi, by which an
arbitrary power is given to the registrar
to decide whether the applicant for reg
istration is sufficiently intelligent to be
allowed to r g:ster, has opened the door
5v which fraud has entered again into
the elections.
The only hope is for there to be placed
upon the vote which it is desired to eli
inmate some absolutely fixed and in
violable rule, which rule should be chosen
with the utmost caution and care. and
should be abided by with fidelity on the
part no less OF those who control the
election machinery than those who do
not. No one can foretell the depth TO
which a State or people will sink when
science It may require heroic treatment
to overcome such state of affairs as
has been thrust upon us by the negro
question in the South, but the intoieraole
situation Will not be relieved by the mere
expedition Of passing q Constitutional
Amendment. It will require honesty,
truth and fidelity in the enforcement of
the law, and to that end the law should
be simple, direct and plain.