The age-herald., 1901-09-14

lions they have shed their blood to estab- fish.
 There is, in my judgment no poorer test of American manhood than the num- ber of dollars he may have accumulated. There are many other and serious ob)ec- tions to the new constitution which l may point out later on If opportunity Is presented"
 twill you canvass the State against ratihcationr'
 Is Not a Candidate.
 .'I am not candidate for any office. If I am requested by the people to express my views on the subject shall not hesi- tate. I shall content myself with ex- pressing my views to my friends and neighbors unless called upon by the oeo- pie to take the stup in their behalf. am attending to my own private affairs and am happy and contented, and I have laid aside official harness.
 Clubs. W. L. PC.
 What Is your. legal opinion of the grandfather clause, as it is commonly calfed?'f -,
 '1 have no question of It's unconstitu- tionality. This section will meet its death blow at the hands of the federal Supreme Court as soon as 1t reaches that tribunal, in my judgment This Is the opinion of many of the ablest lawyers of the State, as well as the greatest lights in the profession in other States. If am correct in this opinion and this section or clause should be stricken down this would not in my opinion affect any other clause of the article on suffrage, for it would fall and others would stand
 This being the case, and the grand father" clause out of the article, what would be the difference of the rights of the races under this article?
 None that I can see, and after 1903 1t would be a property and educational test for voting, pure and simple, applicable alike to both white and black, and under this last thousands of white men will be deprived of the right to vote, and tens of thousands of negroes would be let in. The ultimate result of this would be to either place numbers of sections of the black belt and black precincts in white coun- ties under negro rule. or fraud would have to be practiced to prevent such a State of
 
 cry county where the negro population would be able to qualify after 1903 would largely out number all the white men in these precincts.
 "Will these white men submit to negro domination? or will they resort to for mer methods, to insure white suprem- acy?
 The constitutional convention was called, as I understand it, to remove any cause for this very condition they did not create by organic low itself.
 ''The grandfather clause Is the only advantage the white man gets If we are to have fair elections and fair registra- ton. and of course we will have that, for. as I said, the convention was called for that very reason.
 If this would prove abortive, then he must take his place side by side with the black man at the pools and then de- pend with him on his property and edu- cation to pull him through, and if he has neither then the poor and uneducated white man must make room for his more fortunate black neighbor and let him make laws for his government and con trol. I can't believe but that the unedu- cated white man is at least equal to the educated negro, but they tell me that this is due to my pre1udices and early train ing. Possibly so, but in any event I shall continue to hold to my views.
 That all white men are born free and equal E. E. KERSH