voting population and that Mississippi should not be pun
ished for attaining this desired end.
Hardesly contended that to enforce the 14th amendment
anywhere was inexpedient and especially so in Mississippi,
that Massaschutts has like laws and has not been forced to
accept a reduced representation and that for this reason
Mississippi should not, that people in Mississippi are justi
fied in using violence to prevent negro domination, and that
the enforcment of 14th amendment would make the South
a “Solid South” for all time.
Presby maintained that a more intelligent voting popu
lation was necessary and that Mississippi had attained this,
that the 14th amendment is inoperative and void, that Chi
nese are excluded from the right of suffrage, that Congress
has substituted the 15th for the 14th amendment, that the
number who vote in a state has nothing to do with the num
ber of representatives that State has, and that other causes
have produced a reduction of the vote cast in Mississippi
since the adoption of the educational test.
In rebuttal the order for State’s speakers was Risser,
Foley, Taylor. For Dickinson Amerman, Hardesly, Presby.
A peculiar feature was that the 2nd and 3rd speakers
for Dickinson commenced rebuttal during their speeches.
Dickinson excelled in oratorical fipisli and force of deliv
ery. State excelled in logical argumentation and literary
qualities of prepared work.
Dr. Reed instructed the judges, Messrs. Gobin, Eckles,
and Kennedy, to decide in manner of delivery; and they an
nounced that they did this and decided in favor of Dickin-
The debate with F. and M. took place May 14, at Lan
caster in the college chapel. State’s men were Taylor, W.
H. Landis, and D. B. Tuholski. They spoke in the erder
State's Intercollegiate Debate.
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