Illiteracy is to be punished. The negroes of the South. unfortunate in this respect. are virtually forbidden to come to Wyoming in search of homes. With this discouragement to immigration. this practical exclusion of the men who constitute a large portion of the human labor. the predictions of the gentleman from Wyoming of a rapid increase in the population resulting from statehood are not likely to be realized. An educational qualification such as this. if to become effective some years hence. might not be so objectionable. Let this House send this constitution back to the people of that Territory witb such instructions as may awaken them to a sense of the unwisdom and undesirable features of its provisions upon suffrage and eligibility to office. and let the whole of the people have an opportunity to consider and vote upon them..
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