The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22

can oreafiization against the @ az option
the Amendment III, 1900 is still fresh q.
and green the plat form AZ en- y Is
taken ana openly charged rs q covert az y.
Idetr1pt& IA entrAp the voters Into destroy
Ing the very principle OF the amen dt1lent
witch makes II proof against all efforts
5to Have II declared violattve OF thu AZ
teent amendment and thus res tore the
mass 81 3fesro voters To TIE elect Il.
THUS the Rerubi lean pnrty itsAtSe "a & ri
'naking II inipossb fgr the RIsno cr tl9
tocallup the spec " q comma.
3tiofi.,h have revived * question that had
become dead and b,iried ~ common con
sent " the voters and leaders Of both
parties II, the state.5 This view \ OF Il the
matter !} 4 81 popularity EXPRESSED W by " the
leading morning daily n the state, the ~
News and Observer OF aleigt, is9sSwh i x q
declares. .'The frafnersf OF the amend
n1ent ifeits there was a so,ind ba sls for the
extension 81 the grandfather 'cinusef to
1905, ana III II was ex tend ed nin definitel
III cotl Id not little ftestss we'd
tolputStha chance ;pf free educationtWt thin
the reach il 81 every child 9inss the state
They have done so,1f and very few folks
coming 81 age III 1903 Will be- sfrancfise
because they cannot read and write 'ss8i5 81
Secretary Taft and the fthotight1f.u men
the suffrage amendments OF the. South
without! approving them because they
slook Is, line NJ al, educational quail.
Sficntlon will be universal. T his tricky
attempt, ION the part IT. North Carolina
Republican officehode rs to set res 81 70 4
stionBo full negro -fsu ffraRe by sSpr.ee'-s
tended desire to extend the operht i6ns
ofA the clause .s go pla,l, 2. y
will not fool single voter in e North
Carolina These pie-eaters thou ght they
had sugnl-coa Dated the pill, but the bitter
medicine can be detected beneath the
coating. NJ gSB d sgss s.3s
! ID "A Al B ornerang 55
$ Correct or not, this North Carolina vie
OF the matter will rob the Republicans4of
any home capital, while the North 1E 7
tense fsjustice to the negro upon whose
votes lone for more than q genera ton
any senblance OF q party IL
the South, and upon whose vot es IN " 9 !
Northern States 8ey1ary; K ep ublica = cana
date a forth presidency since the Wal,
save two 3 have owed the matorities giving
them the electoral colfyse major e,r1 ~
tSS The Republican State Convention dc
another equally "foolhnrdy demand,
which was that the Constitution ( be go
changed A that the requirement. tina POL
ltaxessshould be paid by the first Of May
preceding an election OF that ear V, pc
changed. so as to read the fret ~ Sc :
TEN beT. This change. II MADE y g! y
necessltat the payment Sof pol taxes =, the
very first day they become due, whereas
tho present law gives voters more than
six months In which to pay, them m before
becoming disqualified to vote.gSSIile elee
ton II coming u In November, the Il mo wins
up Of the poll-tax reauirened,t to septen,;
Der first, woulrd necessarily bankrupt AL
cand dates for office, as under the presen
law candle ates have not been no1nlnA teu
81 May first In an part Of the Sta l te
The truth 81 the whole ma = tier ISL the
state Republican conventleo lon, recently f' y.
Held here has but one object IN view:
..1nh = t,on In the organiza ton hotld
,,ane control i Of dispensing the ederal
offlces, managing the earrlra Ign z flnd "
and having the machinery two 35sy ears =,
hence Tor the control OF delegntes 40 th'
National conventlon." Al3otter thoughts IS
We rel w1alowed up this ana . the
Ing 81 platform was LETT tos Y, pracf!, !,
and inexperien idealista or wor e ia'iu
- M ssSl AND JoYNER. IN