The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
70 RESTRICT FRANCHISE
WORK OF ALABAMA's CoNSTITU-
TIONAL CONVENTION IN SESSION
AT MONTGOMERY
COLORED MEN ALL THROUGH
When the New COnstitution Is in Eff
feet, the Alabama Negro May
Get to Heaven, but He
Can't Vote.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June "a stuff
rage and elections a ttcle for the pro-
posed new constitution was submitted to
the constitutional convention today. 1t
provides that:
To vote at any election a citizen shall
have resided in the state at least two
years, the county one year and precinct
or ward three months preceding the cleo
ton and he shall have been duly regis
tered and have paid all poll taxes due.
Following are the male citizens who are
citizens of the United States, twenty-one
years or upward, qualified to register
prior to June l, 1903:
All who have honorabIy served In the
land or naval forces of the United States
in the war of 1872 or IN the war with
Mexico, or in any war with the Indians
or in the Civil war between the sta ,es,
or who honorably served in the land or
naval forces of the Confederate states
Lawful descendants of persons above
mentioned
All others of good character and who
understand the duties of citizenship and
the obligations of the elective franchise.
After the first day of January, 1913, the
following persons and no others shall be
qualified to register as electors:
Those VINO can. unless prevented by
physical disability, read and write any
article of the constitution of the United
States in the English language and who,
being physically able to work, have been
regularly engaged in some lawful occu-
| patton or business trade or calling, for
twelve months next preceding the time
| they offer to register
The owner in good faith In his own
! ght, or the husband OF a woman who
Is the owner of forty acres of land in
! the state, upon which they reside or the
| husband of any woman who is owner n
her own right OF real estate in Alabama
of the value of $500 or more, or the hus-
| band of d woman who is owner In her
| own right of personal property assessed
at $500 or more; provided, that all taxes
| due by him for the year next preceding
| shall have been paid
PROVISIONS ARE RADICAL,
| Following are the persons disqualified
| both from registering and voting:
All Idiots and insane persons those
! who shall be disqualified from voting at
the time of the ratification of this CON
stltutlon: and those who shall have been
| convicted of treason, murder, arson en-
| EezZlement. malfeasance In office lar
| ceny, obtaining property or money I'm
der false p-etenses, perjury, suborna-
| tent to rob, forgery, bribery, assault and
battery on the wife, bigamy, living In
| adultery, receiving stolen property, sod
cmy, incest. rape. miscegenation. crime
| punishable
| by Imprisonment in the penitentiary. or
| OF any infamous crime or crimes in
volving moral turpitude; also persons
who shall have been convicted as va
! shall sell or offer to sell his vote or the
| vote of another, or who shall buy or offer
/ to buy the vote of another in anv cleo
/ ton bv the people, or in any primary
| election, or to procure the nomination or
| election of any person to any office or
/ who shall suborn any witness or regis
trar to secure the registration of anv
/ person as an elector.
! poll tax of $50 and county reeistra-
! ton boards are provided for
The m hority report of the suffrage
committee differs from the majority re-
port only on the section referring to the
grandfather clause" The following 70
summary of the minority recommends
| tons:
| They say the grandfather clause ;.