The Washington times., 1901-07-10
FOR ANTITRUST RULINGS.
President Goodies Resolution in
the Virginia Convention.
Delegation of Negroes waits
Upon the Suffrage Committee and
Asks That the Race Be Not Dis
franchised 4 Petition Presented.

Upon the Suffrage Committee ana
Asks That the Race Be Not Dis
franchised A Petition Presented.
RICHMOND Va, July 9.-As soon as
| the Constitutional Convention was called
to order today President Goode introduced
| a resolution TO regulate trusts and cor
porations in Virginia. The resolution
| reads
| WHEREAS within a very recent period
the extraordinary growth of the trusts
! has been such as to awaken the. appre-
| tensions and excite .he fears Of many
| thoughtful and patriotic citizens;
And whereas experience has shcNh
| that by destroying competition ana con-
trolling the price of all material they are
| rapidly gathering within their grasp all
| the industrial resources OF the country
| therefore, be it
| porations be and are hereby instructed tc
| enquire and report as to the power of the
convention under the limitations of the
| Federal Constitution, to regulate the
| trusts so as to provide that any corpora
| tiOn holding charter under the laws OF
| this State shall forfeit the same for the
violation of any law of the State; that
any foreign corporation violating any OF It's
| laws shall be denied the right to transact
| business in this State, and that no trust
shall be permitted to operate in this state
unless its principal business is transacted
| in the State from which ii has obtained
| its charter.
That said committee are also instruct
| ed TO enquire and report as to the eXpe-
| diency of incorporating into the amended
constitution a provision making II man.
| datory upon the General Assembly TO
enact a law forbidding the combination
| of two or more persons, firms corpora
| tons, or associations for the purpose of
| creating restrictions in trade, of limit
ing or reducing the production Of COM
modities or increasing or reducing the
| price thereof; of preventing competition
| in the manufacture, transportation, sale,
or purchase of merchandise. produce, or
commodities, of fixing the price to the
| public of any article of merchandise, pro-
/ duce, or commerce intended for sale, use,
| or consumption in this State, and of max
| ing any contract or agreement not TO sell
| any article OF trade below common
| standard figure or to keep the price of
| such article at fixed figure"
| A delegation Of coiored men appeared
1 before the Suffrage Committee of the con-
vention today and made strong speeches
pleading fsy justice in the treatment of
! the suffrage and educational questions.
! They also represented a petition in which
they said:
We, the colore citizens of the State
! of Virginia, in mass meeting assembled,
! being fully alive to the question that
threatens our welfare and as a race.
] questions which will soon come before
| the Constitutional Convention assembled
/ at Richmond the 18th inst. and believing
! that our best white friends are opposed
/ TO any measures that will tend to unman
US and drive us back into the shades of
! ignorance, idleness. and irrespOnsibilty:
/ that to trim ones course to catch the
| breeze of the popular breath is folly and
that while these questions appear to have
J a small beginning. no prophet can tell
! what the end will be; therefore
| Resolved, That in the midst of the
| gathering clouds that threaten us we
( would be recreant 10 our duty and un-
| true to ourselves and to our posterity to
remain silent.
That every unprejudiced and fair
| minded man win concede the fact that by
/ virtue of superior advantages and in
( telligence the white man must rule and
| govern this country. and all that we ask
! is justice before the law and an equal
chance in the race Of life.
we are poweriess to demand and do
/ not demand anything, but We are very
| powerful TO ask and beg that the right
1 of franchise be not taken from US, nor
/ the doors Of public schools closed against
US
/ the Ex-Governor OF Virginia, Hon. Charles
/ T. OFerrall. the Hon. United States Sen
ator John w. Daniel, Hon. William ]:
Z Bryan, late candidate for President OF
the United States. on these questions.
That we feel great pride in the pros
perity and peace of our State. the good
/ feeling that now exists between the races,
and very grateful for the liberal support
given our schools by our white friends.
THAT we favor higher taxes for school
PURPOSES longer terms better teachers.
pray that the result may rebound 10 Nlr-
| ginia's honor and glory. and that she
may still be able TO lay just claim to be-
| ing the foremost State in the Union.
Senator Daniel said that it was the pur-
! pose of the committee to give ample op-
portunity TO the negro citizens Of the
/ State to be heard. He then informed the
committee that there were several repre-
sentatives of the colored people who de-
sired to appear and present the views on
/ the suffrage question for their race
/ The first speaker was +. c. Henders IN,
/ Of Halifax. He said that IT was not the
/ purpose of the negro OF Virginia to seek
/ equality with the white man, but that
! they wanted such a suffrage clause en-
| bodied in the constitution ss will show 10
discrimination between the races.
"All we ask he said. lis that we be
! given some Incentive to work toward a
/ higher citizenship. knowing that y'ien we
attain this we Will be given an op-
portunity to exercise the right Of suffrage
as any other citizen of the Common
/ wealth
He declared that the resolution intro
! dUced by Delegate George d. Wise VIII
meet with the approval OF the -colored
people Of the State
! He was followed by w. II. era Wiley and
/ H G. Garter. also OF Halifax County,
| and j.. Webster Davis and the Rev. d. 3.
Lewis, OF Richmond.
All Of the speakers declared that all the
| negro desires is 70 be given the right Of
| suffrage. provided he attains 10 a stipulat-
] Cd qualification.
we ask nothing" said the Rev. D. q.
1 Lewis. but what you in your judgment
deem advisable for the best interest OF
the Virginia negro"
J He spoke feelingiy OF the devotion Of
( the negro to the white master OF years
ago. and said that the supremacy of the
Angio-SaXon race can never be overcome
/ by allowing the negro TO vote, provided he
Z is qualified.
| ! desire all kinds of safeguards for the
ballot" said the speaker. but ask that
I they be made to fall on all alike"