The sun., 1900-08-05

veterans: but when II was discovered that
| Louisiana had furnished more negro veterans
TO the Union Army than any other state. apd
| that the veteran amendment would give INC
suffrage TO thousands OF negro ilitcrates. II was
| abandoned.
Another argument Of far more, practical
y,nfion Acadans Of southwe;t Louisiana,
people. refugees in Louisiana from Acadia CON On.
sus sn,sr the bulk OF sne B9pasSh ana pa g OF
tive tive people as in Evaneslines day, farmers and
;sSsa ,GSs ;hs, ,hsy Mr. Sss Am.sn c
zens than the French creoles-they have g'ven ,n
three Governors to Louisians-in spite q tne
fact that sjotity Of them ary TaGf ~ iSsr .faa prim
tive IDEAS and prejudice against chahse,y,xty chas, NY
should a son know more than his father they
ssSo,sS sSh to atos ss ats the pbp schools
are largely closed to them. Ihese pe9ps
numbered $1,000 voters and eonstitN,ea,
majority Of the voters n Acadia, 81. warm. n,
fourche, Terrebonne and ~. Landry and alarSe
proportion OF the population In y. Mary eai,
casien and other parishes s. 81 How tnss 70 osopIs r
voters was the hard nut the convention tried
to crack
Various plans were suggested to s,,r re-
to vote on their wives propertv-'sauawv voters
they were called--or whose children owned pror-
erty. Every extension Of the suffrage sua-
gested still left many thousand whites dlsiran-
chised.
ADOPTION or THE PRESENT MEAsuRr.
After long wrangling the convention sud
denly and In a condition very nearly approach
ihs panc. auop,eu .Is Thn ohiar,i"n
able clause. section S, which provided for the
hereditary vote. had been denounoeG oy
neariH every Democra,lc paper ppn,nes ~, VIZ tb,ourh
out out Louisiana. as fraud and an insult to tho
Mln., p~up'I =" Wv" 80 t-ni,nd Cta,es Sepa-
,orn ery py na ma Cararv Who announced
,bat ,bsv had consu,,ed nerocratie Senator,
Tmrnia - i"done Iirds.D ~ Kentucky Vest
o, sssl Missourl, berrv OF Tars. ITEa,as. pett,,s
., %, Maha,ns ct snr,, OF OF son'h Carolina and
NJ uiS houss, rosH JpISe ,t tbo oIsana sufSrage
o,,i",a nn,,it nn, s,nnS .h'dici,i inGuj,v
The ,Nstem % enaiIv sdonted extends the
who nav taxes on ssoo Of proparty. section
tb.' 'ob,sc,onahls r"at,,ra ~ he ar,ole and
Who's. observation-disclosures is unouestionabie, ex-
nan;s ,ron, tha oannatin9ai n,,slIScatIon ANY
maIe nerson who on Ian 1897 or at anv
date prior thereto was entitled TO vote under
the Constitution or statutes OF any stats ~
the United States wherein ne resineu' anu ni m
sons and srahdsons OF sucn pe,sons any TSiI a.,
persons ,n nata1ea prior 10 Jan 'ssS yo,ors can
Is the herenltarN cause py Wincn No'eIs 'n
Sialin me lrancnlse because "i .ne,r ues;en'
from those VINO were voters at any uns' .ss
As slulrass was gwen 70 the nesrpes va aooo
uhev are sil,il oh, NV ,s clhu.,. w,e'e ,s 80
nearly all me whites are adnIteo 10 s,iIraxe,
What was tne pracllcu etper.enc' M unuel 'no '
experllneht ne permanent ron Ii,s VIZ opel'u un
MAY 10 Tor such WINES e. werc wiLllrS l1 CONS
forward confess ,her llnteracy ana yN SUI
irage because ol thelr Iathers or Rrailui a,heisS
Practcaily no one applied under these cohhi-
tons. NO White man was Wl!lhg 70 nave h,s
name, Inscribed on n permanent roll wnlch
would veil MS deScendants OF tlls iehoran,r
Az the last lnomehtS wheh, me COZ,
lapse OF me permaheh, ron ana oi seou"n %
was lmmlnenG a numoer o. eaaine Dsino, no,
Gratis IN New orleans IN oruer 70 ptenveehl ,ne
failure and 10 encourage me white nii.eIa W