The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-14

| qualified from holding office along with
| convicts and those who do not believe
| in the existence of Almighty God His
substitute was as follows:
Section 1. That chapter 21S of the
! Public Laws of 1899 be amended as fol-
| lows: That all between section 1 and 2
of said act be, and the same is hereby
| repealed, and the following substitute
| therefore,
THAT section of the Constitution of
| North Carolina shall be amended so as
| to read as follows: The following
classes of persons shall be disqualified
| for office.
| First. All persons who shall deny the
Almighty God.
Second All negroes and all persons
of negro descent to the third generation.
Third. All persons who shall have
| been convicted of treason, perjury. or of
any other infamous crime, since becom-
| ing citizens of the United States or of
corruption or malpractice in office, I'M
less such person shall have been legally
restored to the right of citizenship"
| Mr.. Crisp said 81 offer this substitute
in good faith. Everybody laughed) /
| cast my vote against the enfranchlse-
ment of the colored man when it was
| proposed just after the war. | am still
/ opposed to it and am stronger OF that
opinion that the State did wrong in
giving the negro the ballot. | was all
| the moro convinced when I heard Isaac
Smith speak in the House today"
| Mr. Cooke asked: HAS the Republic
can caucus passed that bill?'
| Answer: Il have attended no RepuD-
| lican caucus
| The Lieutenant Governor said, soto
| voce THE Republicans have been 700
badly scattered to hold a caucus.
! Fuller. Of Warren, the only coiored Sen
| ator. said he came here because he had
an interest in the State. He thought
1.-THE last session gave the negro the devil
but the negro is now between the devil
and the deep blue sea. | am processing
Christian and therefore | can escape
from the devil but l have not learned to
swim. will vote against the substitute
offered by the Senator from Graham.
The substitute was voted down by
viva voce vote.
On the third reading of the Constitu-
tional Amendment, Senator Franks. IN
explaining his vote, said that as he was
an illiterate man nd-sunable to instruct
the Supreme court, he would vote no.
The vote on the Constitutional amend
ment, as amended, was on both readings
the same, Al ayes and noes, as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Black. Brown, Bryan,
Butler, Cheek, Cooke, Collie, Cooley
Cowper, Daniels, Davis, Fields, Glenn,
iiairston, Harris, Hicks, Hill, Jackson,
James, Jerome, Jones of Johnston, JUS
tice, Lambert, Lindsay, Lowe, Mason,
Miller, Mcintyre, Osborne, Robinson, Sat
terrified, Skinner, Smith, Speight Stan
back. Thomas Travis, Ward, Whitaker
Williams, Wlson.-4l.
Noes Messrs. Campbell, Crisp, Franks,
| Fuller Goodwin.
A message was received from the
House stating that it had passed bill
| to incorporate the Clarence Baker Me-
| mortal Hospital and Dispensary at Bit
more, an institution to be established
ana endowed by wealthy people. Mr..
Cooke supported the bill and said it was
| to incorporate a hospital for the poor.
1t puts the management in the hands OF
The vestry of All Souls Church and
! physicians to be selected.
Mr.. Hicks feared the exemption from
taxation. (The property owned by the
| association is exempted from taxation,
! provided i does not exceed Sl00,ooo).
/ Passed second and third readings.
| message was received from the
! House that it had passed resolution TO
/ furnish certain Supreme court reports TO
| the State University Law Library. Pass
| ed it's second and third readings
| a message was received that the House
had passed bill to print 10000 copies
| of the Election Law, and 100000 copies
| of the Constitutional Amendment. On
motion of Senator Daniels, the bill pass
cd its second and third reading.
| Senate then adjourned till 10 p. m.