The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-06
STEWART OF new
JERSEY SET RIGHT
EEEEEk
Said His State Denied Suf-
frage to No One.
KLUTTZ PRODUCES PROOF
What North Carolina is Doing For
Education.
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KLUTTz PRODUCES PROOF
REVENUES FOR 1899 WE'RE So, oe4 ,4So.52
OF This Sum Si,555,0O0 Was Given For the
Cause Of Education, the Money Being
Divided PRO Rata Between the
Whites and Manr0eR
Whites and Negroes.
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Washington, Jan. Representative
Kluttz added to his reputation as a
ready debater yesterday during i've
minute speech on the Olmstead resolution.
His constituents have every reason to
congratulate themselves on having such
a Representative. He had studied the
question of e-apportionment. being
member of the Census Committee, and
therefore what he said carried with it
weight. He said:
"Mr. Speaker, coming from the good
old State of North Carolina one OF The
original Thirteen, loyal as ] believe my
self to be, and as / know her people to
be to the flag that hangs behind the
Speakers desk, desiring only the great
ness and glory of the whole country, aud
the prosperity of all its people, Tor one
| regret, with the gentlemen who have
preceded me on this side OF this House,
that such a firebrand should have teen
thrown into legislation at this time. /
regret that these opening days CT the
new century, and the era of good feeling
between all sections, should tie marred
Dy IHlS dlttIupI W IS-OPSu SS-tsOllTsl hll-
terness, for purely partisan effect. [
want to add to what has been So we'll
said by the gentleman from New Jersey,
which is enforced by his recitilg the
Constitutional requirements in Penrsyl-
vania that there is not single State
in this Union, North or South East or
West, Democratic or Republican. which
limits the Constitutional requirements
language of the Fourteenth Amendment
of the Constitution of the United States.
re live up to that amendment, that no
male inhabitant shall be deprived of
suffrage except for participation in the
Rebellion or other crimes, the male in
habitant, l take it, is he who has &C
quired domicile in that State, and the
moment that he acquires domicile, and is
a male, he is male inhabitant of that
State and entitled to suffrage; and yet
every State in the Union, without excep-
tion, has requirements as to residence
not only in the State, but in the city
III the county, in the precinct and ward
and the voting place. and every one Of
these requirements, as every gentleman
on that side must admit, are in direct
conflict with and contravention of, the
ton OF the United States
II find that the States of Maine, Mas
sachusotts, Connecticut, South Carolina
Mississippi, Louisiana, Colorado and
Wyoming all have an educational qualifi-
cation in addition to the requirement for
residence. / find that Rhode Island
Pennsylvania. Delaware, Georgia, Florida
Mississippi, Tennessee, and Nevada have
inn nj oF
tax; and find the astonishing fact that
some of those States, Delaware, Maine,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire
and New Jersey have qualifications which
exclude paupers, men upon whom God has
laid mis- hand. and who are unable to
pay tax, and are compelled to go to
homes for the poor, that those men in
all those States are excluded from the
suffrage. | find that in Rhode Island
there is property qualification. l find
in Delaware no man can vote unless he
has paid registration fee of one dollar"
Mr.. Stewart, of New Jersey: "Will the
gentleman yield to me for a moment. |
deny for New Jersey that she denies any
one the right of suffrage or denies that
right to any American citizen"
Mr.. Kluttz: New Jersey has a quail
fication as have stated
Mr. McDermont. 81 desire to correct
my colleague from New Jersey. New
Jersey does deny the right of any pauper
to vote" applause on the Democratic
side.)
Mr. Stewart. of New Jersey: Il deny
the proposition, and ask the gentleman
to produce the proof
Mr.. Kluttz: II decline to yield to the
gentleman to make a speech in my time.
but l shall insert in my remarks the
provision of the Constitution of New
Jersey, kindly handed me by the gentle
man from that State, Mr.. MeDermott. 1t
is as follows: Article 2, section i: And
no pauper, idiot or insane person shall en-
joy the right of an elector. The gem
tleman, Mr. Stewart, is ! trust, answer
ed Now, sir. | come from the State
of North Carolina, where we are trying
in good faith, in the fear of God, and
with the desire to do justice to al our
people, and to work out justice to all
races. ] find that North Carolina i'll the
last election where we have nine Congress
sIonal districts, that there ives an aver
age vote of 32.555 votes in each district,
showing that there was no suppression of
the vote | find from the reports of the
Auditor of that State recently made that
THE TOTAL REVENUES OF NORTH