The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-14


would overcome any argument to them
as to who it would or would not hit. lIa
infinitely preferred an understanding
clause. as much as he disliked such an
expedient.
PROPERTY QUALIFICATION.
DR.. McIlwaine spoke in earnest advo-
cacy of a property qualification and con-
tended that the best people of the State
of all sections, stations and professions
agreed with him. He exhibited a stack
of letters a foot high. which he had re-
ceived from prominent men and college,
professors all over the State highly COM
plimenting him on the stand he had taken
for a property qualification and cordially
supporting hts suffrage plan and his
speeches in the conference heretofore in
support of it. He read several of these
letters anu the names of the professors
who wrote them, but especially notified
the reporters not to mention them.
Judge Kendall. replying to Dr.. Nell
waine, said that he did not believe there
we're more than two members OF the
convention who were in favor OF {.
straight property qualification. and they
were DR.. McIlwaine and Mr.. AIoncure.
All other advocates of any property tax.
had attached to it the military exemption
clause which would eyemept most of the
white people from its operation. He con-
tended that these grandfather clauses
were unconstitutional. He neat replied
to Mr.. Meredith's legal argument as to
the unconstitutionality of the Under
standing principle. He made very able
legal argument to show that both the
permanent and temporary understanding
clauses were legal.
IIe submitted an amendment giving the
legislature the power to enact suffrage
laws suitable to conditions in those
counties applying for them. for the
election OF local officers. He said. since
the permanent understanding CLAUSE had
been laid aside, there was nothing Iefc
for the protection of the homes and tina
destiny of the black counties.
Judge Kendall made one of the ablest
speeches yet heard and was loudly APP
plauded when he concluded.
The Meredith amendment was then
defeated by q vote of 10 to 40
The Turnbuli substitute for the Glass
plan was voted on and rejected by a vote
OF 26 to II.
THE VOTE
Some members voting for and soma
against stated that they did not consider
in so voting they were committed to the
Glass plan The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Barbour, Braxton. Clarence J.
Campbell, Carter, Esgleston, Epes, Fair
fax, B. T. Gordon, r. L. Gordon, Gregory,
Hamilton. Hancock. Hardy. G.. W. Jones.
McIlwaine, Meredith. Moncure. Petit.
Pollard. PortIock. Rives, Robertson, Turn
bull, Vincent Watson. Willis-26.
Nays-George *. Anderson, W. A. An
derson, Barham. Thomas Fl. Barnes,
Bolen. Bouldin, Brooke Cameron. Cobb.
Daniel, Dunaway. Fletcher. Flood, Gar
nett. Glass, James W. Gordon. Gwyn,
Harrison. Hatton, Hooker, Hunton, ClaS-
gett B. Jones, Kendall, Lawson, Lindsay.
ro1t % Sfo1,a
Orr. Parks, Quarles, Richmond. Stebbins,
Stuart. Thorn. Naddiil, Wescott. Wise.
Woodhouse. Wysor. the President-f1.
OTHn1s SECTIONS OFFERED.
Mr.. Glass Immediately offered those
sections OF his plan. which provided a
suffrage law as q permanency, after the
temporary understanding clause had
ceased to operate in 1865. The chief re-
curements of this Part of his plan ara
the poll tax payment prerequisite SIX
month";; prior to elections; application for
registration in handwriting of voter: pre-
paratiou of ballot without assist
ance; $50 property qualification in locaIi-
ties petitioninS Legislature for such: two
years residence in State. Mr.. Glass also
indicated amendments he desired to in
corporate in his plan, which were taken
from the majority report.
He negaa az. argument. in reply te
criticisms made OF the PROVISIONS Oh iila
ra My Messrs. Thorn, Meredith and
Kendall.
He apo-..s:5e ed for making another
speech by saying that he was afraid
members had forgotten the speeches ha
had formerly made on the same sub
iect. 1t had been so long ago. He Ell.
,erel again into a detailed explanation
IF his pian. and met every objection
which had been made to it. declaring
that It would prove both efficient and
constitutional He had just completed
a comparison of the conditions In Viz
sinia with those III other Southern States
where similar suffrage provisions mao
caused the race trouble in politics, when
the hour OF two arrived. and the con-
ference took recess until o'clock.
No AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 4 O'Clock. upon reassemblins. Senn-
tor Daniel stated that Mr. Glass was
feeling very unwelI. and. owing TO ms
feeble health it would be unsafe ZOE his1i
to proceed with his speech
The conference adjourned nnel ~
q. clock to-day. Mr.. Glass was present
and said he would attempt to go on
and had not asked for postponemene-
n was evident to ali, however. that ne
u,,s taking a great risk to do so. and
,hsre Was not a single vote given against
adjournment
Yjcs-pegent Res.gns.
s..shockoe sos had another great meet
,rrsyvednest,ay introducing large num-
ha- nj candidates and transactins much