1 10 42 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Elias Sturim Summary Mitchell condemns the Richmond Times Dispatch for inconsistencies, and says that it has "dropped to the advocacy of a national wrong." Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18991118&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound THE RICHMOND, Va., TIMES is nothing, if it is not inconsistent. From platitudes upon the final triumph of great principles, it has dropped to the advocacy of a national wrong. It would disfranchise the citizen of color. It would legalize anarchy and commission crime. If not this, then what does its utterance mean? Under the caption “BOOKER WASHINGTON’S Mistake” it says in the issue of the 14th inst: “A bill is pending before the Georgia Legislatures, called the Hardwick bill, which aims at disfranchising a large majority of the Negro voters of the State under some sort of pretexts concerning education and “lineal descent” whatever that can mean for a Negro. There was a large meeting of what are called “representative Negroes” held in Atlanta last week, and a memorial was signed by them to the Georgia Legislature praying that body not to pass the bill. Booker Washington, the Negro who is at the head of the Negro industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama, took part in the meeting and made himself very active in it. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Disenfranchisement In Georgia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899-11-18 Title A name given to the resource Disenfranchisement In Georgia Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary Federal Election Laws are being repealed,. which brings the possibility of greater voter fraud in elections. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940217&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The Federal Election Laws which have been upon the statue books for more than a quarter of a century have been repealed, and the ballot-box stuffers, political thieves,and ward manipulators have nothing to fear so far as the federal authorities are concerned. The South rejoices, believing that one of the principles for which it contended during the War of Rebellion has been accepted as sound by the nation. However, there is an uneasiness apparent. The failure of the Republican leaders to filibuster has puzzles the moss-back element of the Democratic Party who believed that “a fight to the death” would be made. This feeling is shared by thousands of Republicans who thought that the Senators of their party would avail themselves of the privilege of debate and talk the Tucker Bill to death. But the leaders of our party in the Senate were wiser than they knew. The measure upon the statute books was not worth the effort. It has become useless and unless it was reinforced by other important amendments could not serve the purposes for which it was intended, -namely to secure to every man a free ballot and a fair count. But what will be the effect of this repeal Since the Democratic Party had become so violent in its antagonism to these laws, would not their repeal prove disastrous to the Republican Party? Not at all. As usual, it was pandering to a sentiment predominant in the South. It was “throwing the tub to the whale.” Let us see. It is a conceded fact that the Federal Election Laws were inoperative so far as the South was concerned and almost useless so far as the North and West were concerned inasmuch as in the former section fraud was boldly resorted to and murder put into operation whenever the occasion required in order to roll up the usual majority for the democratic ticket. In the latter sections, all of the states have election-laws under the operation of which whenever there is a positive upheaval ordinary fraud will not prevent the positive expression of the people at the polls. It was to remedy the evil in the South that the Lodge Federal Election Bill was passed by a Republican House of Representatives, then presided over by Speaker Reed. The attempt failed owing to the treachery of certain Republican Senators. As the matter stands now, there is no law relating to federal elections. With the success of the Republican Party in ‘96 will come an excuse for the placing upon the statute books laws which will make citizens equally free, certainly so far as national elections are concerned. Had the Democratic leaders left the measure which their party has repealed upon the books and made it less inoperative than before by amendments thereto, they would have been in better trim for the fight just ahead than they will be now. The republican Party has emphasized the principle that the Party in power is responsible for the legislation of the country and should not be blocked in its attempt to carry out its policy. The responsibility will accordingly be placed where it belongs. Take it all in all by the passage of the Tucker Bill and the failure to pass another measure to take the place of the one repealed the leaders have added another to the longlist of the Democratic blunders even though it will take them four years to see it. The Republican Party has a definite policy. Its position so far as fair elections are concerned is well known and it will be sure to carry out its pledges when the nation sees fit to again entrust it with power. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context The Repeal of the Federal Election Laws Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-02-17 Title A name given to the resource The Repeal of the Federal Election Laws Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Liam Eynan Summary In Smithers precinct, excuses are used to stop eligible black men from voting. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18961031&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound It is the same thing that has been carried on secretly ever since machine rule has been the dominant power in Virginia, only this is on a larger scale. The result of the registration in this noted precinct has been the disfranchisement of many bona fide voters. The registration was a farce. The voters who were registered were challenged and crossed questioned for more than quarter of an hour. Thus Syrcle endeavored to kill time, but whenever it was known that any white men present was affiliated with the Free Silverites, the registrars refused to challenge them, and pronounced them "All Right." It was not until 6:20 that the polls were thrown open, 15 minutes late. A large crowd meanwhile surged around the place; and immediately after the doors were thrown open the men massed themselves solidly in front of the little carpenter shop of W. C. John & Sons, on Mechanicsville Turnpike. The Boundary of Smither's precinct has the Chickahominy swamp for its northern boundary line; the west side of 26th street from Carrington to the swamp forms the eastern boundary line; the city of Richmond to the C & O. railroad forms the southern boundary line while the C & O road forms the western. In this precinct there has been more robbery on the part of the Democratic machine than perhaps in any other. The larger portion of the inhabitants are colored but J.R. Syrcle (white) whose political faith in Free Silver is unbounded, is the registrar. It is he who has been so frequently away from home every night in the week to keep from registering the colored voters. Many attempts has been made by the colored people to get registered at his home but they invariably reply, "He is not in." Some went so far as to go to his home at every hour of the night from 7 p. m. to 3 a. m. but all in vain. Last Saturday was the regular registration day. Syrcle with two co-adjutors, W. H. Moseley and James Cannon duly ensconced themselves in the little shop. It was evident from the start that it was their supreme object to kill as much time in registering voters a possible and right manfully did he succeed for when the polls closed at sun down there were nearly sixty bona tide voters who had not been registered. Messrs. Barton H. Wise and Randolph Williams were present in the interest of the Gold Democrats while Messrs. Hugh Antrim and Morgan Treat endeavored to use their influence on the behalf of the Republicans. The tactics employed by Syrcle were so flagrant and contemptible that many turned away disgusted. Several colored men were compelled to answer a long string of trivial questions; sometimes their category would become exhausted and then he would turn away and chat with friends leaving the voter to his own reflection. Here are a fair sample of the main questions to be answered: "Who your mother?" "Where'd she live in your boyhood?” "How many times have you been married?" "How many times have you moved?" "How do you spell your name?" Sometimes case of a very old man, "Can you prove you are 21," etc. 11 o'clock Mr. James Goranns who had been standing in line since daybreak wanted to get a transfer to Manquin, King William County, succeeded in getting another gentleman to take his place in line until he could get his transfer as soon as possible that he could get back home in time to register. Syrcle saw the occurrence and drove him back to the rear. It was nearly 5 o'clock before he succeeded in getting it and then it was too late to do him any good. Mr. Henry Mayne who resides 1896 Short P street induced a man to change places as he was in a hurry to catch the train. The change was made, but Syrcle refused to wait on him, and wasted enough time in forcing a self made rule to register two men. Mr. Ben Daniels applied for registration with a proper transfer made out in proper form. He was put through a long list of useless question. He claimed that he lived at corner of Fairfield and 17th street. Syrcle told him that he lived in the city, Daniels insisted that he lived in county and that the corporation which mark the dividing line between the city and county was just in front of his house. His expostulations were all in vain and he was denied the privilege of registering. There were many who stayed away from work for the express purpose of registering, only to be disfranchised. One gentleman who lives on the road, who had been at the polls ne all day, when he went to draw money for his work received only 55 cents instead of $1.66. Syrcle did every thing in his power to kill time. Nearly all black applicants were ordered to spell their names matter whether it was Jones or Brown and if they couldn't this was the signal for many valuable minutes to be lost. Syrcle claimed as his excuse for not registering the 60 voters, that applicant asked so many unnecessary questions that it consumed so much of the time when in reality he and his colleagues did the talking. His five men were registered an hour much partiality was shown, colored people are indignant and threats of appealing to the law are heard on every hand. The case of Benjamin Daniels is before the legal authorities and interesting developments are likely to be produced. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Oct.docx Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896-10-31 Title A name given to the resource Smithers Precinct Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The Planet poses questions regarding the fairness of elections in the Richmond area. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940210&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The Richmond, Va., Daily Times, a liberal Democratic journal has been faithfully endeavoring to lead the party with which it is identified back to the true principles of Democracy. It attacked that cancerous growth-dishonest elections and no surgeon has ever essayed to locate and advise as to the removal of the same with more precision and fidelity than has this champion of truth and justice. When the allegations was made that political rings controlled the state and that whereas when the Republican party was active Negroes were cheated, but since its retirement from the field outspoken and independent white men were cheated as well, the Chairman of the State Democratic Committee professed ignorance and the Richmond, Va., Dispatch was stone-blind. It was openly stated that the charges must be substantiated by facts. Well in the Daily Times on the 4th inst., these facts are produced. With what success the reader may judge from the editorial utterances of this journal. “The exposure we make this morning of what took place at Smithers’ store precinct, in Henrico county, as the election on November 7,1893, should make every citizen of Virginia pause and ask himself earnestly and seriously if he has any voice in his government at all as matters now stand. Three hundred and fifty voted were all that were cast at this precinct and yet the election officers recorded six hundred and eleven and that by the most open and barefaced methods of stuffing the ballot box. So bold had successful fraud made them that they neglected the most ordinary precautions of covering up their tracks. The copying of “blocks of five” from the registration book is perhaps the most open and barefaced fraud that was ever attempted before under similar circumstances. By this method, a precinct which had never before given more than one hundred and seventy seven democratic votes in an honest election was made to give four hundred and ninety-eight Democratic votes. It could just as easily have been made to give one thousand if they had been needed.” And again “This thing could not have happened without the connivance of all the election officers at that precinct. It is, therefore, to be considered as of and belonging to our election system. A system which makes those who have exclusive control of the elections a board of partisans, all of one party, to hold their meetings in secret, keep no records and be accountable to no one, must of course work it way by degrees to elections like that held at Smith's. The Times has uncovered what was done at this precinct by its own unaided efforts. It was of course at a great disadvantage from having to pick up its information here and there and wherever it could find an item. It had no power to compel the attendance of witnesses to give evidence. If it had this power it had not the slightest doubt that it could show that a state of affairs similar to that at Smithers exists in almost every, if not every, Negro county.” What will the people of Virginia say to this? How do they like the situation? But the Daily Times propounds a few questions and answers them. Here they are: “The Dispatch has repeatedly taunted the Times with the question ‘Why do you not go with your allegations of fraud before the grand juries?’ We have now proved fraud. What does the Dis;atch think will b done? We can tell it. Nothing. It is very doubtful whether the grand Jury indicts any one. But if it does here will be no conviction. Men cannot be expected to be better than their laws. The Anderson-McCormick law was understood by the people to be intended to be a shelter for cheating in elections. It had demoralized a great part of the moral sense of the people and they look on at the frauds that are perpetrated in elections with a shrug of the shoulder and inward thanks that their election troubles are ended. But are they ended? Is it any relief to escape Negro rule to fall under the absolute and autocratic rule of a ring of election thieves and ballot-box stuffers? What is the use of any citizen voting again? His vote is not counted unless it suits the election officers to count it. What part then has the citizen in his government. None, absolutely none. He had just as well stay at home as go to the polls. The result is the same in either case.” Ah, the white men of Virginia, in order to protect themselves against fraud and thievery must protect us. Here is the practical demonstration of a principle which is as old as time and as unvarying as the Almighty. May the christian people rally and the masses see that it is absolutely essential to the life of free government that honesty be again enthroned... Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Are Our Elections Honest? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-02-10 Title A name given to the resource Are Our Elections Honest? Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary The Watson Bill passes in the Virginia Legislature, which aims to manipulate the ballot from illiterate men, who are mostly black. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940317&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The so-called Australian Ballot law recently passed by the Virginia legislature and known as the Walton Bill is one of the most outrageous measures ever enacted by any state for the disenfranchisement of the colored man,- the amendments to the Constitution of Mississippi not excepted. The measure will go into effect July 1, 1894, and the election of congressmen next fall will take place under its provisions. But let us consider this hybrid measure, which is but an adjunct to the scandalous Anderson-McCormick Electoral Boards law. Any person can be a candidate for any office, state or national, and have his name entered on the official ticket or ballot by notifying the Secretary of the Commonwealth, not more than thirty nor less than twenty days before the election. In the case of a person, being a candidate for any other office not specified, notice must be given the clerk of the county or hustings court. The official ballot will contain the names of all the candidates and there is no designation of any if them by Party, they being all printed together. This makes it especially difficult for an illiterate voter tell who not to scratch out. It provides for a compartment or booth in which the voter must go to mark his ballot, being allowed two and one half minutes in which si to do. A name must be scratched three fourth of the length of the line. Should a person fail to scratch all but the name of one person for a particular office, the ballot is void or useless so far as that office is concerned. No one is allowed to bring away an official ballot; neither can a voter see it until it is given him by the judge of election. This is done in order to keep any Republican from becoming familiar with the ballot and thus be able to vote it promptly. Any person who remains in the booth longer than two minutes and a half will be required to return the ballot to the judge of election and not be allowed to vote unless the judges decide to give him another trial and no one else desires to vote. The Electoral Board of each county and city shall appoint for each voting precinct therein one special constable, who shall be allowed one dollar per day,-the judges and clerks receive five dollars per day. He shall have the power to arrest any person upon the verbal order or warrant of the judges of election. This special constable may assist any voter who is physically or educationally unable to prepare his ballot. He can point out to a person who is unable to read or write the names of the persons he may desire to strike out. The use of the word “may” renders it optional with the special constable as to whether he will assist an illiterate voter or not. He may take a longer time to show him what names to strike out than the law allows and this rob him of his vote. Persons cannot assemble within one hundred feet of any voting places. It will thus be seen that the special constable, where there is a large illiterate vote decides the election, and where there is not the bourbon democratic electoral board, with corrupt judges get in its work. The voter is to be subjected to the old time system of challenging,-gray headed men being asked if they are 21 years of age, and then forced to run the gauntlet of a ballot which is puzzling even to the educated. The law will enable the machine to count our white men with the same facility as colored ones. Under the Anderson-McCormick law all of the members of the electoral boards are democrats and all three of the judges of election may be democrats. The democratic special constable is an anomaly. He could have his illiterate white ward or county-heelers spotted, and when they called him into booth hand them a marked official ballot previously obtained and take the unnamed one from the voter, make it and be ready for the next “innocent.” This the method of these bourbon democrats who have for more than twenty years yelled about federal interference in the elections in their section. Let northern men mark this infamous measure. :et them note this other outrageous law to which this is added. The electoral boards, which have charge of the elections is comprised of all democrats. The judges of elections may all be democrats. The special constable who virtually decides the election in illiterate sections will be a democrat. For extreme partisans, this measure out-Herods Herod, and adds to Virginia’s woes another batch of corrupt election officials. What will the end be? Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context The Australian Ballot Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-03-17 Title A name given to the resource The Australian Ballot Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Carlos Serrano Summary A new law threatens to prevent illiterate voters from accurately voting by themselves, having their ballots manipulated. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18940310&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound That thousands of bourbon Democrats have never accepted the amendments to the Constitution of the United States in good faith is plainly apparent in every act of theirs, but never more so than is evidenced in the editorial utterances of the Richmond, Va. Dispatch. In its issue of the 4th inst. It discusses the new bill before the Virginia legislature, and says: “The Walton election bill is designed to reinforce the Anderson-McCormick law and give to the electoral boards additional power to ensure the secrecy of the ballot” The above appears fair of its face and it supplements it by the following: “The chief thing at which the Australian system aims is that each voter shall have the privilege of preparing his ballot unmolested and unwatched. To accomplish this purpose at each polling place there is a booth provided and into this booth voters enter one by one. As they enter an official ballot (ticket) is handed them. Then and there the voter erases from the printed ballot the names of all persons for whom he does not wish to vote.” So far, so good, but read what follows: “Under the Walton bill, where a voter cannot read and write, he is entitled to call into the booth the special constable, who must render him assistance by reading the ballot to him and observe secrecy as to how the voter has voted.” The special constable is a Democrat. He can as easily instruct an illiterate voter wrong as he can instruct him right. Where there is a large illiterate vote he virtually decided the election. Armed whited at the polls are to be followed by the stealthy work of the Democratic special constable. The RIchmond, VGa. Daily Times sets forth the evils of the measure. He is what it says: “We beg to suggest, however, that the present bill would be improved, if instead of requiring the voter to scratch out all the names not vote for - which in some cases might be a great number - the voter should be permitted to put a cross mark, or, as is the case in maryland, where the pad and stamp are furnished, stamp a cross mark opposite the name voted for. This has been found to work well, and saves the time and trouble of scratching out all the other names. An official ballot, too, should be posted up outside, accessible to the bystanders, for their inspection and information. The emblem or device for designating each party, and the right to vote for all the candidates in block by putting your cross mark in a place prepared therefore - at the top - is a further labor saving method” And again: “The requirement that the voter shall do his own making, and that the name to be erased shall have at least three-fourths of its length marked out, is likely to take up more time than is allowed even an intelligent voter, but with the illiterate will be worse. The mark opposite the name voted for should be substituted for the proposed method.” Of course it will and thousands will be forced to retire without having exercised the right of suffrage. By the obstructing tactics in Jackson Ward, Richmond voters, who could read and write were delayed and it took twenty minutes for them to cast their ballots. The Daily Times says: “There should be two ballot clerks or constables - of different political parties - and as they are only allowed one dollar a day for their services, the additional expense of another clerk or constable would be more than compensated for by the additional assurance of fairness.” The insignificance of the fee assurances the securing of the worst Democratic “scrub” in the neighborhood. It concludes: “Unquestionably the effect of this Australian system is to discourage illiterate voters, and that has been shown by experience elsewhere.” The Richmond, Va. Dispatch gives forth this buncombe: “In Tidewater and Southside Virginia particularly it has required great courage on the part of a colored voter to vote a Democratic ticket. He is expected to take his ticket out of the hands of a local boss, and is so watched that to slip that ticket into his pocket and take out a Democratic ticket instead is wellnigh impossible.” This is great reason why a colored man should want to octe the Democratic ticket when members of that Party are even engaged in efforts to disfranchise him. The following from the Dispatch would indicate that they are demanding a measure by which they can cheat without effort: “‘The Negro belt’ of the State of Virginia is entitled to our sympathy and help. If the people of that section [unintelligent] this bill they should have it. It is a fearful exaction upon their time and patience that they should have to rise up year after year and make a mighty effort to keep off Negro domination.” We do not believe that any measure can be devised which will more effectively rob us than the one now on the statute books. The new law is designed to make thievery easier. We shall see what we shall see. . Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Making Cheating Easier Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894-03-10 Title A name given to the resource Making Cheating Easier Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Rose Williams Summary Henrico is accused of being “the worst [county] so far as political recognition of the [black] brother is concerned”; the county spreads the notion that black people are “so corrupt and so addicted to selling their votes” and should therefore be “robbed” of their “political right". Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19031128.1.4&e=-------en-20-RP-1--txt-txIN-Richmond+planet------ Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound More Trouble in Henrico. Of all the counties in the State, Henrico is one of the worst so far as political recognition of the colored brother is concerned. It has steadily robbed him of every political right and denied him considerations that the most no-count white citizen would be accorded. It has been charged in the daily papers here that the Negroes were so corrupt and so addicted to selling their votes that it was absolutely necessary that they be excluded from the rights and privileges at the ballot box in order that the white folks might have pure elections. We believed and knew that this was the politician’s expedient to ride into power. The intention was to promise something which was out of the realm of possibility, for when it comes to stealing, cheating, or any other kind of devilment, the white men, or at least some of them are experts; while the unprincipled Negroes are but clumsy pupils. Well, the unconstitutional “Constitutional” convention disfranchised the colored citizen and it was proclaimed that the era of good feeling had arrived and that honest elections were here to stay... Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context November Summaries Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-11-28 Title A name given to the resource More Trouble in Henrico. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Rose Williams Summary John Mitchell voices his disagreements to the “unconstitutional ‘Constitutional’ Convention”. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19031107.1.4&e=-------en-20-RP-1--txt-txIN-Richmond+planet------ Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Prof. Mitchell and the Negro. It seems strange that the Negro should as yet be the subject for discussion in this state despite the fact that he has been practically disfranchised, and as the political orators glowingly describe it, all danger of his supremacy has been eliminated by the unconstitutional “Constitutional” Convention. While we deprecate the discussion of him as tending to emphasize conditions from which we would hope to escape, still, the remarkable utterances of Prof. S.C. Mitchell before the Baptist Ministers Conference, Monday morning, November 2, 1903 upon the subject, “Proposed Solutions of the Negro Problem,” proves conclusively that all southern white men have not “bowed the knee” to the Baal of race prejudice. This learned scholar has the courage of his convictions, and spoke with a fervor and boldness, born of knowledge, and nourished by the spirit of true religion. After stating the three periods into which Hegel divides the history of the world he remarked:… Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context November Summaries Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1903-11-07 Title A name given to the resource Prof. Mitchell and the Negro Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Liam Eynan Summary This article speaks of the white reaction to the scandal of the disfranchisement faced by black voters in the 1896 presidential election. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18961121.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound We confess that we are mystified, not to say surprised at the attitude of some of our white friends who profess an observance of great principles and a respect for the religion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. They too are now endeavoring to find some method of retreat from the logical sequence of their position, by proposing, not a constitutional convention, but legislation which would have the same effect by being passed upon by two succeeding legislatures. This is a bare-faced proposition submitted on the face of the fact that over four thousand citizens were denied the right of franchise by one form of trickery or the other. The citizen of color is by no means a menace to free institutions. His clannishness is built upon existing conditions and would disappear upon the passing away of those environments which threaten vital rights and privileges. White men are fearful lest they be charged with defending or placed in the attitude of punishing white men who have committed crimes upon the Afro-American. This "chicken-heartedness" was manifest, not only on election-day, but in the trial of J. R. Syrcle, the oath-breaking registrar of Smither's Precinct, Henrico County Va. It seems that supine submission, a desire for peace produces contempt even among those of our white friend who counsel such a course. We insist that the encroachment up on the rights and privileges of colored men will result in the curtailing of the same in men of a lighter hue. Condoning outrage, nullifying the plain provisions of the constitution will hand down not only to this generation but to succeeding ones bloody results of our folly. We shall contend for our rights, regardless of which party is in power and oppose any man or men who would in the slightest degree sacrifice those principles which are to us most dear. Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Nov.docx Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896-11-21 Title A name given to the resource The Afro-American and the Vote Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Liam Eynan Summary A commentary on voter fraud and disenfranchisement during the 1896 presidential election. Item Type Letter to the Editor Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP18961107.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Voting Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound It is only a question of a very short time when the people of Jackson Ward will refuse to submit to the outrageous robbery which is visited upon them at every election. No one who gazed upon those long lines of citizens of color waiting in vain to exercise the rights guaranteed under the constitution of Virginia and the constitution of the United States can fail to admire their fidelity to principle and their devotion to the cause which they love so well. Democratic challengers resorted to all sorts of expedients, and tested the patience of the voters solely. We make no secret when we say that we shall not hesitate or scruple to advise the colored men to stand for their rights and take the consequences. If the time has come that we must be placed in jail for demanding our rights and insisting upon the exercise of constitutional privileges, the sooner we get there the better. One thing we believe, and that is that the filling of the prisons with colored men of respectability and character would be an object lesson to our better class of white citizens and in clarion tones plead successfully our cause in a manner that no other course could do. The robber will always continue to rob as long as he can do so with impunity, and with a certainty of financial reward. Some of the Democratic judges in Jackson Ward are perjurers and should be in the Virginia penitentiary, instead of being longer permitted to maltreat and oppress an inoffensive and God fearing people. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Nov.docx Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896-11-07 Title A name given to the resource That Bare-Faced Robbery