The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1908-10-17
DEMOCRATIC PARTY'SPRO
, 4GRAMME,
NATIONAL DISFRANCHISING LAW TO BE PASSED, IF
BRYAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS IS ELECTED.


Southern Already Tentatively Agreed Substitute
For the 18th Amendment
Bold and Startling Programme Mapped Out by Democrats TO Dis
franchise All Negro Voters.
Drunk over their success in DISTINGUISHING the Negro vote of
South hilarious by the crowds that Of curiosity
William Bryan speak, and buoyed up
with the hope that Bryan will elected along with Democratic
Congress- Southern Democrats already have begun plan for the
introduction passage section the Fifteenth Amend
that will dsanche practically every Negro in the North
Just DISTINGUISHED nhe South The form of the
proposed tentatively agreed to, and Bryan
and Democratic Congress elected will be introduced
Immediately the converting of the Sxrs Congress- in next
March.
When questioned as to the probability Of their being able to
pass such wholesale DISTINGUISHING law and the probability of
securing cooperation theNorthen Democrats in Congress
Bryan elected president influential Democrats point the
Mr. has already record endorsing the
dsransement Negro in the South in his statement of
last April during his speech Cooper Union Institute in New
York. that the limit of suffrage to be justified by selfProte
ton and the white man of South has adopted suffrage quail
i6cation for that reason" -:
They point the fact that the resolution offered and also
adopted by Virginia Democratic State Convention
carng for m crow had the sanction Of Mr. Bryan And
as Democratic Congressman from Northern States
will support the measure they point to the fact that the amend
en to the House Bill by Congressman Hefn of Alaba-
ma last February providing Jim crow the city
of Washington District OF Columbia supported by
cry Congressman not failing
adoption. '.si -@~.~.. B
The amendment tentatively agreed upon but which,
uced NAV be made more drastc patterned after both the North
Carolina Negrodsfranchsng and the proposed danchs
ing law for Maryland and is follows:
every person presenting himself for registration shall be able
to read and write and interpret section of the Constitution of
tie United States English language and shall be axayer
on to of less than $500 worth Of real personal
property But male person who january 1867
or anv time prior thereto entitled under the laws of
State in United States wherein he resided and no nea de-
enan any such person shall be denied the right to register or
70 vote at any election in United States for the election of
president or for anv federal official by of his failure pos
ess the educational property qualifications herein prescribed
It will be seen by that practically Negro voter
in the Northern States from the Mason and Dixon Line to Name
would be DISTINGUISHED This proposed new section to the FIT
t Amendment not only carries wheavored unfair and
ito grandfather clause which would give every white man
the right to vote whether he could read or not and even he did
not own so the clothes on his back but IS so drawn as
to make it possible and probable to deny every Negro the right
vote even he were Pluto and as rich as Crsns With
nreiudced and Negro hating white in charge of registration
and the elections it would matter just as is done in the
South today Negro applicants to register and to vote
~ read and reneat from memory, and interpret every article
amendment of the Constitution to say that same was
done ncorrectv according their (he election officers under
stndno Of the Constitution. ~ 80 EH1gEgs II
When appealed to whether such law would
stand the test of the courts influential Democrats North well
&C South reply that DISTINGUISHING law passed by Of the
CL Cee has vet been repealed annuled
tionaI = rY#TElETIn FrET La
1k mean thew signify chat the control of this government
~ into orr hands to eliminate the Negro political factor
in every State this Union The Democratic ar and its cand
for president on record endorsing the suffrage laws made
r. protect the Southern States against Negro votes
"Ru was asked "supposing considerable number OF Ne
~ vote for vour candidates sufficient any more
+a Democratic will have the effect OF minimizing these
sweeping provisions of your proposed DISTINGUISHING lawF
% answer IS plain positive and final mo We do not ask
want Negro votes and would rather down to defeat with
every Negro vote recorded against party than have victory
that was aided by so much as single Negro vote