The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S PRO
lGRAMME
NATIONAL DISFRANCHISING LAW TO BE PASSED, IF
BRYAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS IS ELECTED.


For the 5th Amendment.
Bold and Startling Programme Mapped Out by Democrats to Dis
franchise All Negro Voters
Drunk over their success in disfrancsn the Negro vote of
the South and made hilarious the crowds that out OF curiosity
have turned William Bryan speak, and buoyed up
with the hope that Bryan will be elected along with Democratic
Congress- Southern Democrats already have begun plan for the
introduction and passage section to the Fifteenth Amend
that dsranchise practically every Negro the North
just he has been dsranced nthe South The form OF the
proposed section has been tentatively agreed and Bryan
and Democratic Congress elected VIII be introduced almost
Immediately the convenng of the Sxfrst Congress- in
March. -I ~ 4't.I.sSH i :
questioned as to the probability beng able to
such wholesale DISTINGUISHING law and the probability OF
securing the cooperation of Northern Democrats Congress
and Bryan elected president Influential Democrats point the
fact that Mr. Bryan has already record endorsing the
dsfranchsement of Negro IN the South in his statement of
last pr during speech cooper Union Institute in New
York that the limit OF suffrage to be justified by seprotec
ton, the South has adopted suffrage quail
ihcation for that reason"
They also point to the fact that the offered also
adopted Virginia Democratic State Convention
claring for m crow cars had the Mr. Bryan And
Democratic Congressmen from Northern States
will support measure they point to the fact that the amend
the House Bill offered by Congressman Hein of Aaba
last February providing for Jim crow street in the city
OF Washington District Columbia supported by
cry Northern Democratic Congressman not failing vote for
its adoption .t-i-l
The amendment tentatively agreed upon but which, before intro
uced may drasc patterned after both the North
Carolina law and the proposed disfranchs
ing law for Maryland, and is follows
every person presenting himself for registration shall be able
and interpret section OF the Constitution OF
States in the English language and shall be taxyer
less than $500 worth OF real or personal
property or both But no male person who anuary 1867
any prior thereto entitled to vote under the laws OF
State in the United States wherein he resided and neal de-
endan of any such shall be denied the right to register
TO vote at anv election United States for the election of
president or for anv federal official by of his failure
ess the educational or property qualifications herein prescribed
It will be seen by that practically every Negro voter
IN the Northern States from Mason and Dixon Line Maine
would be dsanchised This proposed new section to the F
teent Amendment carries the WteaVored Unfair and
nutous grandfather clause which would give every white man
b ;+ 70 vote whether he could read not and if he did
not own so clothes on his back but 1t SO drawn as
to make possible and probable to deny every Negro the right to
vote even if he were as wise Pluto and as rich as Csus With
preiudced Negro hating white men IN charge OF registration
and the elections would be easy matter just as done in the
South today Negro applicants to register and to vote
could read and repeat and interpret article
amendment and section of the Constitution to say that
done ;rcorrecv according to their he election ocers under
standing of the Constitution. a#~ II I. l.0
When appealed to for to whether such law would
stand the test of the courts influential Democrats North well
as South that dsranchg law passed by any OF the
Southern States has yet repealed annued unconstu
tional. : - III 'NE *"s u
Ve mean they signify hat the control OF this government
masses into our hands to eliminate the Negro political factor
n every State Of this Union Democratic arty and its candi
date for president record endorsing the suffrage laws made
o protect the Southern States against Negro votes"
But" was asked "supposng considerable number OF Ne
o vote for your candidates sufficient turn any
States Democratic will that have the effect OF minimizing these
sweeping provisions OF your proposed dsranchising aw?
The answer plain positive and fra mo We do not ask
or want Negro votes would rather go down to defeat with
every Negro vote recorded against party than have victory
that was aided by much as single Negro vote