The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-23

fifteenth amendment had but one Object
in view, and that was to cmbody v In the
constitution of the United States a qua r.
antee that there Should be no discrimina-
ton on the part Of any State against an
class of people on account OF race, color
or previous condition Of servitude. call
upon my sDemocraticf friends 10 show me a
single individual who, while in a condt-3
1ion of servitude, was enutled to vote. AL.
.ysill admit that no one had that right
while In nodtcihcuhmabo Q. .ncmfwyppj
while in such condition. Therefore. the
PROF os ID anerldns Mt to the North Carolina
constitution is US much in conflict with
this clause OF the fifteenth amendment
as It would be with other portions Of the
amendment If it had declared that no
one of African descent would be entitled
to vote.
s..It is calculated to create apprehension.
and alarm on the part of the illiterate.
and poor white people of North Carolina
as well as the colored race. It seeks
to forever prevent the common people
IF North Carolina from participating
In the management and. control OF her
affairs. While ostensibly to procure
the surface a purpose to disfranchise5
thousands of our citizens, both white
and coloeed. and thereby enable a GER
tain class to hold offices and enjoy their
emoluments.
ut has been proclaimed by Chairman
Simmons and other leaders of the Demo-
cratic party that the proposed amend-S
ment will not, If adopted, disfranchise a
single white voter in the State Of North
Carolina Nhat. is to become of that
unfortunate class of our white people
who are unable to pay their poll tax?
NEGRO DOMINATION.
'.The Democrats of North Carolina
attempt to justify their action by as
serting that they fear negro domination
According to the census of 1890 the whites:
outnumbered the negroes more than two
TO one, and no intelligent citizen can be
induced to believe that two white North
Carolinians are in danger of being domi-
mated By one negro 1t is an absurd
contention
law of North Carolina passed by the last
Democratic Legislature. was more unjust
in its discrimination than the Guebels
election law i'll Kentucky.
81 regard the proposed amendment"
he said "as an attempt to legaliZe the
fraudulent methods and practices of the
Democratic party that have obtained
in the conduct and control of elections
In the past 's
He was several times interrupted by
Messrs. Money and Till,nan. Mr. Till
man said there was only a little coterie
of Republicans III South Carolina. They
kept up the show Of a party organiza-
ton and lived on the money they got for
their votes in Republican campaigns.
BREACH OF NATIONAL FAITH
Mr.. Turner then took the floor. He
described the administrations course Of
action ..already partly accomplished as
involving q shocking, pertidious breach
of national faith which could not be
anetamorpliosed into an act Of policy
defcnsible On the ground of justice, NOR
ality and national duty.
Mr.. Turner expressed the opinion that
had our army been delayed for a few
weeks the Fili11lnos themselves would
have captured the city. He declared that
the Filipinos believed they were fighting
for their own independence. yet the Pres
ideI1t's message set up the claim that
independence was am after-thought
founded on the sinister ambition of GER
tain Filipino leaders. The assertion Mr..
Turner said, was unfounded and he
quoted extensively from official documents
in maInt elrance of his declaration.
'Our acton has not parallel i'll the his
tory of all the world from the beginning
of time down to the present moment"
said Mr.. Turner, II venture ITO say that
there is not one American voter in {; huns
dred who with full understanding of the
facts would rot. have repudiated the
pre,enEions of the Administration as
periidious and dishonorahle.
'.If the United States had any rights at
all in the Philippines they We're purely
by purchase and could not in his opinion
be fixed by law, by the treaty of Paris,
because the Filipinos were not a party
TO that treaty.
AN HEROIC FIGHT.
There is a primitive people in South
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