The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-01

,n;ttee OF the Whole Mr.. IL a. ".
Moore Immediately renewed the 1'iotic ~
cayinr il was q useless th'hS 70 w. ~
ne,-nit an Indefinite discussion III . .'lN.
n,;ttca of the Whole Of a mattcrs eii'
hed been practically decided.
AR. Tu.nbull moved that the COMMITS
Of the IyhoIe be discharged IRON ~ e"e'
constellation of the suffrage article.
MIR. Brown offered as q SUBS
resolution that the consei,.io. $3.50 ~
Itself into Committee Oh ,ie WV
take up the suffrage qucsuorl. o+o
rrhe substitute was rejected ny VIZ
80 On IN II. and tho motion to discha'se
ITO f-ornn,ittee OF the Whole was ie!eo.
ed-Yeas, %; noes, so.
r,bere was a deadlock here. INC CORY !. Gu
4;on had refused to resolve 1tseii III I'm.
,nittee of the Whole and had also relu so
~ discharge the Committee o. '''o
Whole. 49, Convention
Mr.. Blair moved tllat .he eo't
adjourn until to-day. Lost ~. H.
11r class offered a resolution l1as .iiS
-,.,,a,t;o, proceed 10 consider the sui
~ NJ reso,nt;on was adopted by a vote OF
80 to %. 80. .hcn
read by Clerk Button.
DANIEL EXPLAINS.
senator Daniel, chairman OF the SSohi,
,,,itt 90 mn Franchise and suffrage stated
thai the plan submitted was q :7uos. .,.
for the report made by the committee
and had been agreed upon In q con! e'e ~.
HnrIDemocratic members. he said TINS
oonforenco was not a party caucus, ana
that it was ., matter OF RECORD ,ishe ~
member of that conference was oo e
Inv its action. but was Distinctly 'ell iie
to vote in the convention as ms 'i'u'> 'u''i
oninion or conscience dictated.
IT, declined to discuss the general SUD
loot Of suffrage saying members OF the
convention were thoroughly saturated
.,,i+h i and il needed no further discus
sion. a.,
,,,an,vn,cnt Of a poll tax before TotinS
for. not exceeding three years to the Tune
of voting, ali soldiers being exempted
f,on, The requisite of prepayment Oh pom
tax.
Section .. he said. provided Tor a gen
eral registration OF all voters III WHICH
no nerson should be registered unless he
had been a soldier or son Of a soldier or
~, n.id taxes amounting to as much as
e. in n1onertv owned or assessed against
hin, the wear preceding the year III when
no offers 10 vote or he be able 10 Ieau
a,,1- section Of the Constitution Which may
he submitted to him by officers OF = ISL.
tion and give a reasonable eHpla1la lioi " "
tho same. or il he could not read, could
understand and give a. reasonable eN-
n1anation thereof when read to MN. lie
exnlained that all persons registered
would abeplaced on a permanent ron any
would ever after be entitled to vote. pro
yided he did not become thsluahlieu ny
crime or Other, cause.
UNDERSTANDING CLAUSE.
ne said the understanding clause was
historic. having been adopted. and used
i, other States. and its administrator
would he bad in the open light or DAY
and not in a corner, ana mat ~ "'s
h.sed upon a fundamental principle OIL
an intelligent electorate
Senator Daniel, i'll few 1urti'er &c
,,,,,,l,s. explained that the understanu Iaao
c1.nsc would cease to operate after l've
qua in its place would be a test Oh read
Inc and writing and a prepayment OF
no11 lax for all new applicants for regis
tration.
Abiding to the fact that no suffrage law
had ever been devised which entirely
eliminated the possibility OF fraud. he
said the suffrage provision offered had
as few opportunities for fraudulent prac-
tees as in his opinion it was possible
for human ingenuity to construct.
At this point, the hour OF TWO arriN-
Inc Senator Daniel yielded for q, motion
10 iourn. and the convention. by a. vote
az 70 to 20 adjourned until to-day at
10 o'clock.
Rev. c. D. Nallcn and son, Of Marion
are in tho city for a few days.