Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-06-25
,sssANprAltshR LAW ANNtaA.t.s.
tOo1uGued trosa i-ags 4. Gel 80


vots uhscA Uouid not exist AZ anctA-
~ ana dl1ereai penod uasess tne.
iftet1th Allt1cnsci ~As al view
Ihe t-a.ei gls,ice had pss4aosa
tAis statement Uy desesop.aeag Q.
t1s 4rsumeas ,hAt Sne restrlctloa
ingosea o. the klfistnth A-aezd-
meat On tne power 81 tLe states over
sutlEAsc wAs coinSiderS via tas'
n-nits cf iae FoWs- itself. IL also
SET toTta tae principle tnRt. unile
IA the tree sense the kIfseeatA Ana
ezamsas gives 10 ~Eisas 81 SUI.
ifr4se. al ~xs loag Ago recoEaizel
thai IN cptrat.oz its gronloauoa
migEs meAsar0niy have thSt elIs<s.
t1as Is s0 SAY. tnaa as tue .on.nAaa
% TIE smeacme1t wAs sen-ake.ut-
ing Aac rt2cEed. Withcug Iegis.atlvs
Sesioz. t1e cO1dlsiozs o. clscr4aaaA-
uon AgzsusI Wlsca Il ~As aimee. tas
result lligAt arsse tHNt. as uae oSnsr-
EuSzce O. Jae striking down OI q Gis-
er1DinSting elause. a riEcs o. s1l-
irSge would bc e1loycd oy re4soa
81 lae generic Character Of TIE pro
visioa. wAloa woala remain 2rter tas
ciscrimin4uon w4s strickeu cut
TAls wGs said oy way Of answer 10
the srgUmeat O. 4I.aTaeys fos tae
esecsiOa oifeiAls taAs tAe Fifteenth
Anel1meas wAS Eaeanlngiess oe-
c2use IneEe vas 10 s0eA tang under
tne AnencAn form OF government
as -rsghl 10 vote.
kesorted, 10 FOr Fifteen Years
Fer nGre than tifteea years the
-'gTalGf8ther clause" has been in
serted n constitutions Of Southern
States he nosi popular fOrEa AAs
oeea to exempt from eaUeatOnal Aad
srOPerSy tess for voting those Who
cad vote ABOUT 1855 OF 1857 OF
1855. thus leaving the tests to apply
70 JAOss Who did not vote al tnose
dates
Tae okl1hO-1a grandfather clause
7roviGes Thai 70 Persoa SAzli oe
rsgistersd as an electOT in this state.
or se allowed 10 vote in amp elecuOa
hereiz. ualesS lie is able 20 read and
write any section OF tae Constitution
oi the Si4te oi Oklzhosna, but 10 per
so2 Who w2s. oa January I, 1855.
0r Al any u-.s QTiOr thereto. ea;iiles
10 vole under any form Of govern
1ls1t, OF WHO Vas al that time rsslc-
iag IN some foreign nation. and 10
a-uezl desoeloeEt O. Suca person.
sAzLl be deaied The nght 10 rsgiste.
znc Toie eeSAuse q his in4asllty %
50 read an rrlle sections Of sacA
IolsutuuO1
STOOD TEST in STATE Court
TAe grandfather clause OF TIE
oklGaoD2 C01suiutioa vas adopted
as an smeadleal al = special elee-
tioa held AugusS ,. lsle. A major
i5y oi -s.2-l Vas obtained ou1 Of
total vote oi 3sl.ss5. Several pros
ecuuOls were had under TIE Law,
and bolh The Slate and Federal
oourEs 6sci1ed cases
Tie State supreme Court. II an
opinion by Judge Williams. aoE Gov
ernOr. Oct .s. 1919. sustained The
law.
Governor said on Mon6ay that Ne
did not care 10 make any comment
On the decisioa IN the United States
Supreme Court uain he has read the
decision IN full
Tie section as il has been e-forc-
ed provides q rs26inE-snd- Eriti.s 4
test for all persons Offering 10 vote
whose ancestors did LOT have the
rsgst Of suffrage prior 10 1855 An
s1eepton protested Mliisrz;e Indians 4
and thrsE the whole weight Of The
test uROa the negroes Tie decision 4
hsndsd down By the Federal So
9re-s Cour1 Vas 10l unsXPeeted- Is
lizztss as 10 TIE aaulber o. voters
zfteciee ven from l8.89s 10 -, ,aee. 4