The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-24

specting white citizen of Virginia can
register, and he ardently urged upon
every white man the duty of registering.
URGED TO REGISTER.
Some illiterate white men and some
who were. not iiliterate, but cowed, VIE
hesitat1ng to appear before the boards
for fear of not being able to answer the
questions propounded. This is all a mis-
take; the registrars are your own people.
They are not scholars or constitutional
lawyers and they do not expect persons
who offer themselves for registration to
be scholars and lawyers. but every good
honest, white man is entitled and Will
be registered. Let every man register.
Let no honest man stay away from any
fear that he will be rejected. He will not
be rejected.
Senator Martin maintained the power
of taxation was the most important ofan.
Senator Martin is an impressive
speaker. His address had the flavor of
senatorial dignity.
MIR. FLOOD SPEAKS.
Mr.. Flood was welcomed by an enthUs-
iastic salutation. With q short exordium
he pitched, gloves Oft, into the political
situation. He said that he reluctantly
accepted an election to the Constitutional
Convention in order to RID the people of
Virginia of the curse OF the negro suf-
frage. He favored the registration of
every honest white man, whether he
could read or not, the elimnation Of
every negro man to the extent that 1t
could be done without infringing on the
Federal Constitution, BY this, said he,
I am willing to stand or fall +,
The Democrats at Norfolk voted for
Constitutional Convention to get rid of
the negro vote, not upon economic prin-
ciples. He was relieving his county and
the other counties of the black district
of the nightmare of negro suffrage by
constitutional methods rather than by
fraud and force. The antagonism Of
races. said Mr.. Flood. is coextensive with
the history OF the human race In our
country this antagonism is between the
Anglo-Saxon and the African. I want
the negro. exclaimed Mr.. Flood, to have
all his rights, but 1 never have believed
that one of his rights was to rule the
white man.
SON OF A SOLDIER.
Mr. Flood said that he had registered
as a son Of a soldier. He had the prop
crty to enable him to register as a tax
payer, but he wished to put himself on
that roll Of fame, a Confederate soldier
or son OF a Confederate soldier. In the way
abbey of the South this roll would be an
envialbe possession.
Mr. Flood concluded his speech
with an excoriation of the endeav-
of to give the negro an Industrial educa-
ton which would bring these darkies in
the mechanics and manual arts in conpe-
tition with the aspiring youth of the
South.
YOsT TO RUN.
Toct will nv oNpnuent oi1
Mr.. Flood, but I now warn you that
his politics and policies are antago-
nistic to your best interests. The ar
gument of the Republicans, said Mr..
Flood. is that the tariff brings money;
yes, but this money goes into the hands
of the few, while the many have no par
ticipation.
Mr. Flood emphatically objected to the
operation of the trusts as fixing the
prices upon all articles of merchandise
and, in particular, upon the crops of the
farmers. The wealth of the country is
increasing, but is going into the hands
of the few, and results in the improver-
ishment OF the many.
Senator Martin made dignified speech,
it highly gratified his audience Mr..
Floods speech was much more fiery. He
stripped himself to the waist He did
not palaver. He announced himself as
the author of the bill for constitutional
convention for the purpose OF the elmina-
ton of the negro vote ana purifying the
lot box.
Mr.. Flood made a splendid impression
In these speeches at Palmyra and Cum
berland Courthouse, he is whetting his
knife for his encounter with Yost. Let
these political athletes come to an en-