The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-09

tennessee, HeHLucky, " Virginia. Oeoi-
gia, North Carolina, Alabama and
louisiana which have SO representa-
tives in congress, cast but 1,224,223
votes, with a population of 14,972,316.
while the nine northern states. Ne
braska. Kansas. Minnesota. Wiscon- +
sin. Iowa. Michigan. Indiana. Colorado, I
and Ohio, with SO congressman. cast /
3,360.2S6 votes, with q population OF
15,715.21:. Now, father doesn't it !
seem that there must be some people I
in the south who are being governed
without the consent of the gov
erned?"
"Well it seems to me that there may I
be something in what you say re-
marked Farmer Brown.
The North Carolina Amendment
"But that is not ALL continued his
son. 1.-The action of the Democrats i'll
North Carolina in forcing the adoption
Of the constitutional amendment in
that state only short time ago,
which practically DISTINGUISHES the
colored vote of that state, is another
instance of the policy of the Democrats,
despite their platform utterances
''In the report of the proceedings of
the Democratic state convention in
North Carolina, held April IL, 1900,
| find the following statement in a
speech made by State Chairman Sim
| mons:
"'Not all the soldiers Mckinley can
spare from fighting negroes in the
Philippines can defeat the purpose of
the white people to rule in North Caro-
lima. The object of that amendment
can be stated in ten wOrds-to disfran-
chise ignorant negroes and not dis
| franchise an uneducated white man
and by the Eternal God, every white
man shall vote
Now, this amendment which was
described by Chairman Simmons in
the choice language that l have quoted,
was as follows:
Every person presenting him
self for registration shall be able
to read and write any section
of the constitution in the Eng
fish language. Before he shall be
entitled to vote he shall have paid on
or before the LIST day Of May, of tho
year in which he proposes to vote, his
poll tax for the previous year, but no
male person, who was, on Jan. /, 1867.
or at any time prior thereto, entitled
to vote under the laws of any state of
the United States wherein he then re-
sided, and no lineal descendant of any
such person shall be denied the right
to register and vote at any election
in this state by reason of his failure
to possess the educational qualifica-
lions herein described
'That amendment was adopted at
the election held in North Carolina
Aug 2. Concerning the effect of this
amendment. Senator Marion Butler
the Populist senator from North Caro-
lima, says: Unconstitutional regula
lions have taken the place of the guar
anteed right of suffrage and represen
tation; and those in little brief au
thority are the masters who select the
rulers and servants of the people. Al
first it was cheating the negroes, but
: now it is deriving of the right to All
honest ballot and fair count those who
are born free
> Pitchforls Tillman Tells How 1t Was Done.
CAS- another instance of the viola
! ton of the consent of the governed "
q continued John, 81 want to quote to
you some remarks made by Senator
b Tillman of South Carolina in speech
$ in congress during the last session
y You will remember that Senator Till
@ man read the report of the platform
! committee at the Kansas City conven-
e ton, and wept crocodile tears oyel
= the consent of the governed in the
@ islands of the sea that are now in in,
n surrection On Friday, March %
p 1900 in the United States senate, Sen
f ator I'illman gave utterance, in re
ferring to the suppression of the col
ored vote in South Carolina, to the fol
: lowing statement. After referring t.
. the fact that the negroes had MA
:. jority of the votes in South Carolina
= he said: How did we recover on!
: liberty? BY fraud and violence. W.
:, tried to overcome the 10000 majorit,
:. by honest methods, which was a math
y ematical impossibility. How did W,
- bring it about? Every white maj
= sunk his personal feelings and ambi
- tons. The white people of the state
Illustrating our glorious motto, read.
: with their lives and fortunes cam
= together as one, BY fraud and vic
= lence, if you please, we threw it off
- In 1873 we had to resort to more frau,
=, and violence, and SO again in 1886
- Then the registration law and eight
box system was evolved from the 81
- perior intelligence of the white mar
) to check and control this surginl
:; :. muddy stream of ignorance and to te
-. it to back, and since then we have cal
=, ried our elections without resort t
any illegal methods, simply becaus
the whites were united
a. Admits They Shot Negroes and are Nc
ri Ashamed of It.
h, '"This was what Mr.. Tillman sal
he when making his set speech. On Eel
ar i, - -,