The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-11-06
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION
NEGRO WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEANS LITTLE IN THE SOUTH


NEGRO WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEANS LITTLE IN THE SOUTH
The news of registration Florida
Carolina South Carolina and Virginia dscloses the information
the priv
drawn from the comparatively few who presented
themselves for registration
The National annual
which made acquan
rights privileges under he enactment
Southern Cooed however were more influenced by the
lifetime capaby administered by their respective communities
varous limitations that their personal in
ees would be bs served by remaining away from the esa
indicate that Southern methods of dscoura
has with of dark complexion
United States
qualify participation election provided for the of the
States already established woman stuff
by local enactment and in ese states no visible disturbance %
ltical machinery noticeable
committed to woman
the being handled with phosophc calm and whether
opinion there acceptance of the
new order without grumbing.
In the dozen prevails
The granting equal suffrage rights by Federal enactment has served
social equally have possessed the
people the prob
ability tediously politics based
Southern political practices bear little relation to ma
issues based what they Germ white supremacy
citizenship bestowed the Ne
Fifteenth amendments of gratitude
and the influence of pebasges made them
almost all Republicans
The resumption citizenship time
was effected wherepo all native whites became Democrats
bur consolidate their force against Negro
The advantages of education political experiences
the Legislatures of the different States and
the passed These laws
by questionable wherever whenever Ne
oes developed ability These practices
prevailed eliminate the male Negro voters
South eney satisfied with method thai made the
primary election The enanchisng Of Negro
again the methods used 10 such
Negro males
TWO years by particular interest
political he stunts that
Negro physician worth 100000 grad
medical school, and with unemshed record
residence he city, tried to register He me- every legal
citizens ouch for his character
acceptable and white dared to sign for
him under fearo business osracsm
hadreser told that Cooed people attempted
register they would be arrested upon any
charge tina though of at the time
The president Negro insurance company in Atlanta was told
expect repsals members of his
ganizan displayed desire to participate in politics
wealthy told the writer that he owed his
from political activities His statement now
identical with the description Of the
school principal North Carolina and an old tram
porter in Louisiana a Meridian (Miss) citizen
roughly divided follows So per cent agrl
- domestic servants per CEN
professional and business people
The crop system followed plantation owner
increase securne
handling disposal of the products Thus majority Oh Ne
groes credit dependents
Another element referred who 'eacf
school practice medicine and
of job and 10
situated only surrened poca
notions those otherwise inclined
typical delay the issuance of tax receipts 70 Negroes
question their regularity long enough to pre gauon
applicants for registration and
manipulated closing time arrives just as the last wh person mas reg
listored
!, Ordinances preventing assembly Negroes
l,lc same ublc effective.
methods of elemental character ar
Open violence such KuKux vsf with its heat
crop banshments midnight have ofe
the Colored brother is convinced OF the certainty OF sue
g rorituton and lets politics alone
rodery practice forbid
white testimony court have dscouragm
r tendency who might want to vote
Facing possibly loss of jobs
the of ecions no. kel
numbers of Colored visit the polls
4 New York Herald