"It Means a New Constitution."

"It Means a New Constitution."

This article comments on the Democratic victories in the recent election: "In our judgment, the result means a new Constitution for Alabama...The present one is out of date, imperfect and unfitted to present conditions...The perplexing, menacing problem of negro suffrage must be settled, as oth...

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"It Means a New Constitution."
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African Americans--Politics and government--Alabama; Alabama. Constitution (1901); Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Democratic Party (Ala.); Voting--Alabama
description This article comments on the Democratic victories in the recent election: "In our judgment, the result means a new Constitution for Alabama...The present one is out of date, imperfect and unfitted to present conditions...The perplexing, menacing problem of negro suffrage must be settled, as other States are settling it, by Constitutional methods, and to do that we must have the convention. If we read [t]he signs aright, the Democrats last Monday decided the question by electing a Legislature which will act in accordance with the expressed will of the people, and by electing a Governor who will carry out his part of the contract."
spelling Q0000014561Q14561"It Means a New Constitution."This article comments on the Democratic victories in the recent election: "In our judgment, the result means a new Constitution for Alabama...The present one is out of date, imperfect and unfitted to present conditions...The perplexing, menacing problem of negro suffrage must be settled, as other States are settling it, by Constitutional methods, and to do that we must have the convention. If we read [t]he signs aright, the Democrats last Monday decided the question by electing a Legislature which will act in accordance with the expressed will of the people, and by electing a Governor who will carry out his part of the contract."1900 August 101900-08-101900-1909African Americans--Politics and government--Alabama; Alabama. Constitution (1901); Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Democratic Party (Ala.); Voting--AlabamaTextNewspapersThe Montgomery Advertiser51.5047v34482Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.240 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2785
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