San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-07
ALL THE SESSIONS WERE
STORMY AND THE CLOUDS
ARE YET LOW.
After Some Heated Discussions And
A Lot Of Parliamentary Wrang-
ling The Majority Gained A
Signal Victory On The
Mission Question.

The Saturday afternoon of the Bap-
fist brethren began gathering
at 2 o'clock, full dele
CATION being present at the open
ing. Thirty minutes were devoted to
devotional exercises followed by the
regular order of business.
The first item of business was the
conclusion of the election of officers.
The following We're elected by large
maiorities, afterward by acclimation:
President-R. C. Buckner, or Orphans
home.
Vice president-J. NJ. Robertson, of
Dallas.
e-president-Judge w. B. benson,
of Galveston.
-president-W. R. Maxwell, of
Temple.
Recording Secretary-A. E. Baton, of
Brentwood
Recording secretary-A. E. Baten, of
Whitewright.
a. Il. DdlClls VI DiOWh"OOus lllONGu
the appointment of standing commit
tees. L. ]. Trustt asked to add a COM
mittee on B. Y. P. U. work which was
granted and the committee appointed.
A. S. Bunting presented resolutions
for the forming of church building
department, which was referred to
special committee.
Following this came the most NOM
entous subject yet before the conven-
ton. 1t was the report of the state
board of directors on the annual mis-
sionary work done through them. 1t
was a hummer. Geo. w. Truett read it
to a house held in strained attention
and was only interrupted by hearty
amens from every portion of the hall.
Never has a finer report been made to
any of the Texas Baptist conventions.
although the persecution by some has
been stronger than ever known. The
organized forces are working as they
never worked before while the disor-
ganized forces, because of their diff
Guilty in understanding the magnitude
of the methods being employed, never
worked less than they have in the past
convention year.
]. j. Fielder, of Navasota, presented
a minority report bearing the names
of himself, r. c. Burleson and S. ].
Anderson. The latter, however, is not
a member of the board and his claim
as a proxy was denied by the major
element.
The minority offered a report includ-
ing all the demands made by S. A.
Hayden, and his faction, but from the
in attendance its supporters will find
themselves in a hard row.
Because of the lateness of the hour
both reports were referred to the night
session for further consideration.
BY motion the remainder of the after
noon was given to the hearing of a re-
port on Buckner's Orphan home by its
president.
He read an interesting and thrilling
report including the resume of the in
stitutions wonderful history. There
is one of the largest orphanages on
earth and its support is derived from
the Baptist brotherhood of Texas. Dur
ing his defamation of the destruction
done by the flames last February very
few eyes among thousands upturned
to him were not wetted with tears.
Better to say none. Nothing is more
touching than the story of suffering
children.
Geo. w. Truett, of Dallas, called for
a collection to be paid by Christmas.
He opened with an offering of 500 for
his people at Dallas. Numerous others
followed with an offer of 500, $50 and
$25. The amount subscribed
will reach near the $1,000 mark.
Announcement and adjournment.