THE ALL! A
FROM
OTM STATES.
The People's Party Poshing to the Front
Everywhere G. 0. P." Eloquence
Has Lost Its Charm in
Virginia.
Peculiar Situation in Mississippi News
From Pennsylvania, Florida,
Colorado, and Other
States.
are
coming
In Mississippi.
A constitutional convention met a
year nr so ago and adopted a new con
stitution for the state. It was a demo
cratic affair, and seems to have had in
view the disfranchisement)! the negro
voters, who are in a majority in the
state.
How well the work was accomplish
ed may be seen from thb fact that out
of 147,000 colored voters, or who would
bo voters in Nebraska, only 8,615
registered as voters in the
election. In fact only about one in
eighteen of the negroes will vote.
Speaking of the manner in which
this result is accomplished, the Phila-
adelphia Press says:
"Tho first change was to limit the
vote to those who could read and write.
This however was not sufficient. It
left some 37,000 negro votes, and as
thfse voters are increasing in number,
ai the number of educated negroes is
steadily increasing, the chances were
that tho colored vote would soon be
come a danger. To still further cut
down the number of colored voters, a
clause was inserted requiring voters to
pay a heavy poll tax for the support of
tho schools. This tax must be paid
long in advance of the election or the
voter loses his electoral franchise.
The democrats argued, and with reason
that tho negroes would be careless in
the matter of paying this tax or pre
serving the tax receipls. Again, the
provision disfranchising illiterate per
sons disfranchised 10,000 whites, many
of them oM confederate soldiers. In
order to find a loop-hole for them, the
so-called "understanding clause" was
inserted in tho Constitution. By this
au illiterate voter is granted the fran
chise if he can understand and expla'n
any clause of the state Constitution
read to him. This can, of course, be
easily "worked" in the interest of the
white voter. The register reads a sim
ple paragraph to the illiterate white
applicant, who easi!y explains it, but
the negro applicant gets a harder nut
1o crack, about equity and chancery
courts, and is rejected."
How could such a constitution ever
securo adoption by popular vote? It
didn't. The democratic machine pro
ceeded to foist it on the state without
ever submitting it to the people.
But now a curious result, entirely
unforeseen by the democratic machine
men, has developed. A people's party
has been organized. As in other parts
of Ihe south, tho intelligent, patriotic
whit) voters are Hocking to tho stand
ard of the new party. In other warts
of the south, notably in Mills' district
and in Alabama, democratic machine
has fallen back on tho negro vote for
salvation. But in Mississippi this will
be impossible. Verily they havo "dig
ged a pit and fallen 1 herein." The
people's party stands a good chance of
success in Mississippi.
IN THE "OLD DOMINION."
The Virginia Sun speaks thus of the
campaign in old Virginia:
The rapidity wi'h which the peoples
party is spreading all over tho country
passes belief. It has become epidemic,
and breaks out wh-re least expected.
ItbafUes all the effoits of the old
party doctors to check it, and they are
beginning to despair. As a democratic
chairman said the other day, "There
were 106 democrat ie voters in my pre
cinct, and now thore are only four bo
sfdes myseir; the 101 have joioed the
people's party, and I can't do a thing
with them. They are crazy." Well,
we want the whole country to become
crazv in the saino way, and th
shall know that thev aro com
their right mind.
The democratic party is de
on its sraakera to whin us bac
thev have an armv of them, led
congressmen at $5,000 each a yea
a 1 the free passes tney wans,
an amiable state chairman who
how to frv and how to bo fried
lack of fat with them. But, str
sav. speaking seems to havo
effect. After the most impi
orations the doodIc troop listlc
of tho house and quietly remar
themselves. "The same out tai
fact of the matter is th!
tho old parties talk, tho deep
sink in tho polit'cal filth th
doings havo created. We ha
ing to fear from their eloquenq
them fume and coax, "in vat
snare set in the fight of any M
IS MINNESOTA.
Robert Shilling has been up
on Donnelly's campaign in M
In nine days he made twenty
He was listened to by immena
at nearly all his meetings.
FLORIDA.
is in line with a full people's
good men with a fair chance
The Omaha platform wa? enc
a strong slate platform adopt!
m COLORADO.
The following is from
Editor Chamboilain of the
Headlight:
Judge Waito of Aspen hi
mated for governor on
party ticket of Colorado:
Nance, formerly of this
didato for s!ato treasur
Coleman as chairman of
mittee, there will be a si
a pull altogether. Jui
the editor of this papei
dent-greenbackcrs in
we know him to bo one
old liners in that staM
is one of the best
state of Colorado:
and money for th
year when it cc
the oppositic
elected; a
ani Illinj
man it
busir
aj
"sp!
effect
spreai
owing to
and
the new
predi
pari
IN S
uoi. Norton oi
has been mal
through South
high terms of
the peop'e. and
for the people ;
tfoncy in Aci
burninj
.s.
By
monetizing
tho currency
capita. By
paid to bond?
money, accoi
By making 15,
"1 n r .
ana 4. uuu m
curb-stone arist
To 2, 500. 000
suicides. To 20(
1.168,000 orphans.
values. S15.000.(
A 1 . ' .
aii uimosi ruined agi
luiaro Citizen.
