Disenfranchisement of the Negro in the South

Archive Report

When the Senate Judiciary Committee reported a resolution during the closing days of the last Congress for a recess investigation of the barter and sale of federal offices in the South, a substitute resolution was offered in a minority report by Senator Ernst, Rep., Kentucky, proposing that a simultaneous inquiry be made into charges that “in some of the States where such practices are reported there is a denial to many citizens of their right to vote or to have their votes counted.”

“This last resolution was offered as a substitute,” Senator Ernst said, “not because I approved of the proposed investigation but because I believe that if an investigation must be made of the actions of officers of political party organizations with respect to ...

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