The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-23
WERE NOT AFRAID TO TALK.
PUBLIC DENIAL OF 4 CHARGE
MADE IN MINNEAPOLIS.


From Debate Because of Fear-De-
bate on Freedman's Report Be
Cause 1t Contained Reference
to Southern Lynchings-NO Money
for Washington.
Minneapolis. Mimi, May 22-Before the
Presbyterian general assembly to-day Rev.
w. H. Franklin, colored minister OF
Rogerville, Tenn, read an excerpt from a
local paper which said that no colored
member of the assembly had yet spoken
in the debates on account of the fear in
spired by the recent outrages in The South,
not knowing but that they might be held
to painful account when they return.
Franklin stated that the article was
without foundation and that in justice to
the colored members of the assembly and
the people of presbyteries which had re-
turned colored commissioners, there should
be a public denial.
Franklin explained that in the Presby-
teries of Holston and French Broad, from
which he comes there are twenty-four
white and five co.ored ministers and 5000
white and 1,O00 colored commandments. YET
this overwhelming white majority had sent
him as one of the two ministers who rep
resent them.
II pIailAhn tleu onsrSd resolutions re-
Au'ihs the puplIsheu statement ana eN-
planning that the cOlored ministers were
NOT restrained from debate because of
fear
Synodical committees were announced
and the report of the committee on Freed
men was read.
This Caused n Debate.
fter the renort which was bigblv CON
gratuiatory to the Freedmen's board, even
though it bad ended the year, $4,000 in
debt, instead of free from debt as The 9th
er boards are the roll was called on the
apportionment of funds TO be raised to
cancel the debt. Some of the presbyteries
We're assessed nearly s. 600
| The Freedmen's report would have been
| adopted without delay had it not been for
one section of il which refers to .he re-
cent lynch,ngs in the South. The case OF
the negro is spoken of as one that APP
peas 10 US with smperlous lnslstence pc
- 'fie iiiiLellc p e5uolce ana poi
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oUi ieilo" S-uAeiis anu rc4io" III i9e' ,
u lue 3ouln III noliol ol 'ilese Ia
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80 " 81 $50 d ISo' 'ilo'
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warned Against washington.
aaf,, = F,,fT Ia
| Va, warned Presbyterians against giving
money to Booker Washington. He said
! Prof Washington was doing grand work.
| But who would carry it on, he asked, after
| Washington mad gone? In many regions
| it had bee1i found that Prof Washington's
young men had taken from Presbyterians
! all thelr money LOT the freedmen
- 49, 80 ad,,aota D. W..
$50, 80 80 ~ roe,,aI ,,,it,,,,
-, 800
Democracy asserted Itself in the Pres
| byterian general assembly this afternoon,
With a shout the assembly voted down
| two carefully considered and prepared
pans to reduce the membership, one
| by third ana the other by more than
haf.
The committee on reduced representa-
ton appointed year ago was scarcely
given courteous treatment so pronounced
was the feeling against getting farther
away from the people Two members OF
| the committee presented the two proposed
plans-one making the basis OF represeh-
tauon o'VVo COMMITMENTS ana the other
making the basis tnltty-slX ministers IN
the presbyteries' instead OF tWenty-1our,
as az present
Col +. L. Hltehcock OF the committee
argued Tor the representation by synods
ACCORDING TO membership ana declared
that ehere was no DOUBT mat oiz' the pres
Guy t ,neilOei 94iip " 1ne assenlply was lar
ruptions that Col Hitchcock was on ~.
| unnopular side and when no sal dou,r
| expressions of The denocratic snirit CAM,
| out strongly and profuselv
onnoSad 70 Raar,o, r.
Iney can TINS mon, said DIR. Page of
lopeka' II IL Is mop Goa grant that
there may De more such. God pity the
ffespyterian ChuIch with the bulk of the
wealth OF the United States in its Golfers,