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man for services to-. the Committee on
Finance and Taxation. BY request
of Mr.: w allScr. the report was
passed by for future consideration.
the Democratic conference was called.
Judge 6. *: Anderson offered an
amendment to the Glass amendment. re-
curing all voters in primaries to be
legally qualified voters, and spoke IN
support OF it. He read letters from the
president of the Mississippi Constitu-
tional Convention and from General
Stephen D. Lee who wa also a mem.
Der, stating that the great error that
conventio:. made was i'm not fixing in
the suffrage law a provision combining
voters in primaries to be qualified cleo
tors
DISRESPECT TO COMMITTEE.
Mr. Lindsay Gordon asked if it was
not treating the Democratic State Com
mittcc with disrespect to adopt such a
party rule in the Constitution without
any conference or advice with them.
The resolution was advocated by MessrS.
Z. Walton Moore Turnbull and Mere
ditl1.
Mr.. Meredith warned members that if
the amendment was not adopted the
cities of Norfolk and Richmond would
send delegates to nominate State candl-
dates, said delegates having been elected
IN primaries DIV voters VINO COulSt 14ot EVote
at II regular election.
Senator Daniel earnestly opposed the
amendment. He declared that it amount
ed to putting a restriction upon the COM
mon law right of petition which was In
herent' with every Anglo-Saxon. The es-
tabishment of legalized primaries was a
matter of party expediency or legislative
prcrogative entirely
& JUDGE sANDERSON'S SUBSTITUTE.
a substitute for the amendment was
p1 opposed by Judge Anderson, which reads
as follows:
..No person shall vote at any legalized
primary election for the nomination OF
any candidate unless he is at the time 4
registered voter and qualified to vote at
the next succeeding election"
The substitute was defeated on roll-call
by a vote of 81 to 81
Section s, providing that emo person shall
be qualified to vote or participate in any
primary election, party convention or
mass-mceting, etc, who shall not possess
tho qualifications presented in this ar
by SO large a majority no roll-call was
ordered.
Mai Anderson offered the following
as an indcnpdent section and made all
earnest speech in regard to purified cleo
tons:
The General Ass emily shall enact such
laws as are necessary and proper for the
purpose of securing the regularity ana
purity of general fand primary elections
and preventing and furnishing any cor
1upt practices in connection herewith
and shall have power, in addition to other
penalties and punishments now or here
after prescribed by law for such offenscs,
to provide that persons convicted Of them
shall lose the right to vote and hold Of
fee.
The resolution was adopted on roll call
by a vote of 46 to 20. Mr.. BraNtons mo-
ton to reconsider was Overwhelmingly
rejected.
Senator Daniel offered substitute for
section II, providing that a man whose
name was on the registration book should
be allowed to vote on the presentation OF
his poll-tax receipt, showing that no had
paid his taxssiN months prior to election
/ also made it a felony for any officer
to falsely date or sign IL poll-tax receipt.
MT. Waddll offered an amendment,
which was accepted by Senator Daniel,
requiring the treasurer to keep diary
of daily payments of poll taxes, open to
the inspection of all. The amendment
was defeated. Section II was then adopt
ed without amendment
This completed the suffrag e plan. but
the ball was opened again by a motion OF
Mr. Wescott to reconsider the vote by
which the Anderson amendment was de-
feated, relating to primaries. BY a vote OF
IS to 20 the vote was reconsidercd. Being
again voted on it was adopted by a vote
Of 40 to %.
On motion Of Mr.. Glass the suffrage
plan was adopted as a whole on viva
voce vote. A roll call vote was demanded
THE PLAN ADOPTED.
The roll call showed ayes noes IT
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen. w. IA. Anderson
Ayers. Barham, Thomas II. Barnes, Bole:l,
Bouldin, BraXton, P. w. Campbell, Carter
Cobb Daniel. Epes. Fairfax, G;rnctt, Gill
more, Glass. B. It. Gordon. James w. Cor
don, Gregory, Gwyn, Hardy, Hatton, c.. B
Jones. Hooker, Kendall Lindsay, Lowell
Meredith. Miller, R. Walton Moore, OLA
erty, Parks, Petit, Portlock, Quarles, Rich
mond, stebbins. Stuart. larry, Thornton,
Turnbull Wescott, Wise, Withers, Wysor,
the Presdent-47.
Nayes-A1essrs. Barbour. Brooke, Cam
eron, c. ]. Campbell. Crismond, Flood
II. L. Gordon. Green, Hamilton, Hancock
5McIlwaine, 5NIoncure, Rives, Thorn, Vim
cent Waddill. Watson-11.
This swas at I O clock, and the announce
mcnt OF the vote was followed by re-
sounding applause.
"A -CO11lllllllec. composed OIL otlldl OE lhlh
icl and MI. Glass was appointed to pre-
pare the plan as amended and have it
printed and report to the convention en-
Monday next.
The clerk was authorized to notify the
Republican and all other members that
the matter would be taken up in the con-
yention Monday.
The suffrage conference at 1 :05 o'clock
adjourned sine die. and the long agony
was over.
Fall 7ert of the Plan
Adopted BY Con ference.
The Times prints below the full text
Of the plan as twill be printed and
reported to the convention on MONDAY by
Messrs "a Daniel a ndft( IlaSS