The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
SUNDAY. MAY NJ. 9. 1905 1903
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wv CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION ion !.

n Yesterday We quoted from the tNeW
u X r,, tribune and the New York Sun
Z some advanced, not to say startling
views concerning the repeal OF the the VI Is
steer,th Amendment. Il These papers SIM
/ Mo expressed tho sentiment Of hundreds
Of Northern people, sentiment INT. when zen
6 hns been spreading like Wild flrc during ll'
u the past year or two. a sen ttment W y -
has grown largely out OF the Con florence
y Tor Southern Education. For example,
4 when Dr. Albert Shaw, editor Of Of th ilee'
Il r eyiew Of Reviews, went back to New
York the other day ho told reporter OF OF
II the New York Times that the Conference
B "A Richmond had convinced the Northern
idelegatton that they could not afford %
: nBopt a superior attitude toward the
Z South in solving tie educational problem,
and especially the negro problem. III ~ NAG ;l!
a convinced them that the two races must
work. out their salvation together and and
That the North could only extend a help 1''!
Ing hand and take an humble and suoor-
l@di1,ate interest. ''This years Conference
II haS concluded, "has con flrmed my belief
& that the constitutional amendments re-
I Gently enacted IN the various southern
states respecting negro observation-disclosures n
/ we're timely and necessary II really
gives him for heretofore he he has
never ha d IA Vote. Before this time lime the
south has taken the stand that negro suf-
I rage was forced upon her. She has
given the negro a chance to place himself
upon roofing with any citizen Of Mass
&nchusetts ."'is
8 Mr. ShawSis a keen observer and no mas
learned great deal about the situation Lon
B down here since he has been attending
these Conferences. Before the Southern
4 States began to take legal action in this
y matter the negro vote was q mere farce.
After having seen the evils and terrors
II Of negro !. rule. 1t was simply out Of tho
question for the whites to tolerate 1t, and
III they determined to suppress the negro
vote at all costs. Various devices were
4 employed, but finally 1t was discovered
\ that they were demoralizing the whites
e and Going US moro harm than tho blacks.
Then it was that the leading men in the
white race determined to come out boldly
& ana ClECulllNcII luc IilkCC4ik1t
8, and disfranchise the bulk OF the negroes.
!. il. was lone in the interest Of pure politics
h and honest, otIons, and not so pnrtcu-
ID larly in heiinterest Of white mans rule,
because the white man was ruling under
I the old regime and did not fear the negro
vote, l85 III.
Mr.. Shaw is quite right in saying that
q the negro vote counts for more under the
new order of things than under the old,
for now when the negro Is put on the
registration list he is permitted 10
vote lis he pleases and his vote IS counted
FL as 1t is cast. Moreover, there Is an incen-
N tive for the negroes to qualify themselves
n for the suffrage. and whenever they can
L meet the requirements of the Constitution
they are permitted to register and vote.
It would be far better. however, II the
Fifteenth Amendment were repealed. and
It is pity that the Northern people have
not the courage to do 1t.