Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-03
4 NOVEL TEST PROPOSED.

A Georgia statesman made appre hensiye by the number of negroe. who are qualifying or are likely soon to qualify as voters in thai state b. meeting its educational and property requirements, has invented and proposes to incorporate in the state constitution, a test Of charac ter, as he calls it. which will, he hopes and believes. have the effae, of forever disfranchising the whole black race. The amendment he os fers to bring about this result pro vides that when registry is refused to a would-be voter on the ground that he is not of good character, the decision shall be reversed only when and if he secures the state ment in person of two or more white women Of good standing be- fore the registrar that they are will ing to trust the applicant for regis try.
 The subject. of course, is one in several ways so serious that it can not be treated with levity, but the suggested plan is so obviously ab- surd and impracticable. even as a means of attaining its end-an end. by the way, the dezirability of which is at least suIl open to debate that the temptation to comment of unseemly lightness is strong. The temptation shall be resisted, how ever, and none at all would be re- quired were it not for the fact that the Georgia dispatches, in addition to announcing the introduction Of the strange amendment, prophecy its passage and ultimate adoption.
 The originator of the novel test, when reminded that there were white men who might find it hard to get the two or more white women C. good standing 10 voucl fo- their trustworthiness petulantly replied: Then let the scoundrels De disfran- chised," and so met that objection fairly well He might not have been equally fortunate> had somebody ven tured to inquire how what may bo called the qualifications of the qual- ifiers to be determined if brought into question by a citizen, Liack or white, who had been declared un- trustworthy. Possibly his answer would have been. Shoot him On the spot," and really that would be about the only way to avoid em- barrassments and ineonvenienees too dreadful for all concerned even to be imagined with any definiteness.
 There will be general agreement probably, that only men Of good character should be allowed to vote. but to demand a goodness much be- yond that of the man considered by his nelghbors good enough to be out Of jail would seem to 5s. if not ex- cessive, at least SO hard to enforce, in Georgia or anywhere else. that nobody win ever really try to do ir.
 The beating up of Editor Clements oi the Daily Globe in front of ths courthouse in Globe is only another evidence of the free action of the thugs in that town There is en- nreiy too much sentiment in faycF Of the red flag" remaining !n Clobs. The man responsible for the az ssalt on Editor Clements should be given the limit of punishment and rin be # .Aere be any law and or der remaining in Globe.
 The oil fever has finally reached cochise county. A company has bos0 organized and lands secured wLicH are said 10 be very promising and tee work of sinking a well will he started just as soon as the machin cry can be brought to the ground vaica is southwest from Bsnsoa