Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
Rev, 0. J. W. Scott Strongly Gem
surcs Stand Previously Taken.
STRONG TALK OF MINISTER'S



let Ia my belt should md It's lodge
mcnt In white mans brain. n NOR
atty can be- shot into black man. Il
can be- shot into a white man too. Tho
remedy for mob law IL uatilng gun.
And az fof the ministers u the south
who parade the streets with guns as
guards. I would ship them 10 tho c1ar
of Russia, o. guard the horrors " tho
siberian frontier"
These fcmafks. by Rev. G. y. Uoaylc.
wero about the hottest OF a trther
warm discussion yesterday morning az
tho ministerial alliance. The theme TOT
discussion was the paper hy Nev. a. 4.
W. scott ~ shorter's chanel. which 70.
Vowed az length the rrcent burning Of
a ncgro IN ocorEia. Tho PAPER evoked
an extended discussion. 81 which the
tirhi was nearly al one way. nralnat
w" white man and for the ncgfu, lnso-
ier ~ thht mon law should never sup-
plant the action Of the courts. REV. n.
a, Jordan, ~ calvary baptist church. a
southern man. set the ball rolling by
questioning the statements OF nev.
Henry Tcsnow. made Ia hla nornon the
evening hcfory. that neFrooa werr shot
uoWn IN the South because they wer.
blhck. Nr, Jordan denied this stnte.
mont Mr.. Tcsnow fvturtsd that nun.
ishinent for crimes OF neFrooa In tho
south was affected by race preludic.
ana that no southern man would deny
PREJUDICE EXISTS ELSEWHERE.
Rev James Mcfarland aid ,h. ,r,.
ludlce existed eifoWherr an wrii. Ito
went on 10 relate an Incident OF hoya
W NE neiThburhood. hia own son amons.
thcm. He found the little raacais
marching up and down before the home
- some cnlorcd people. aud calling
out. Hip hip shoot that nlrrcr h he
nont kecp step" he made his son 20
IN ana apologize Ia the family. A
lfichd rnid 10 hint n would not have
inundated my run By forcing him TO
90 such a thinE." lie replied that Christ
died for all. and that Il could not he
eha.ori That the black man would DO
Christian ~ gentleman unicaa tho
white man were one nrnt. Not long
after the little son ~ the same negro
family was playing about the church
one sunday night. and made an un-
sccmly racket. The mother when shs
,euha u out punished the boy. and sent
him To npoi0rizc 90 the minister.
Rev. MNE. dc clnybrook, an East
indian Malay. who prcHidea over
colofcd church In the city, made 4
tomewhai nery speech. In which he re-
itcfatod that negroes were shot down
W ihn south bccanne they were black.
ihe train between Jacksonville and
fcrnnndlna. We went TO an attorney.
nnd the next day the agent 81 tho c1m-
nany was running after him with ST.
20 a. n compromise. They told him
that the law excluding negroes from
the train dld not apply 10 Fast Indian
nerroidA. lie now held "A permit 10
ride on the road. even In the ladies'
ana Ecniicmnn'a coach" In Richmond.
Va hsEf"cr were pounded over tho
head with a gun for occupying places
20 which they We're thought TO have no
right IL public. and II they uttered on.
word dorogatory 10 the white man. he
shot them down and walked on FREQ.
ANA Yet" SAID he. III yuu 20 south
you will find 20 many white negroes
that you can't tell who Il negro and
who Il not, unlor. some citizen OF the
country tells you"
GODS MARK on BLACK MAN.
Mr.. Jordan took the door 10 claim
nrain that no neEru was ever shot
down because he WAS negro God
has Put his mark on the white man
and the black" said he. You can't
make white man out " the black.
no matter what you do 20 him. And
the white man n going TO rule wher-
ever he In. even II Il IL IN Africa. Me-
HroeH are not shot down In the South
because they are black. but because
,hcy are trying 10 make white mon of
Iiov. AIR Loo rejected this as tho
most outrageous doctrine he ever
heard from the lips OF minister OF tho
gospel. m that's the doctrine OF tho
gospel ~ christ. then don't want TO
preach the gospel ~ Christ any more"
he said la ftentorian tones
REV. o. ~. I,ockman " st Paurs
~. H. church tsouthl. said he was
born In tho South ami rearrd In tho
North, ana thought he could uympa-
thlae with both slides. lie reminded
Ills hearers that a year aga u negro
was lynched Tor exactly the same Grim.
~ ohio. and no great stir was made
about II. lie believed that n negro
would be lynrhcd Tor the same crime
nnywhere. either North. South OF West.
lie didn't wish Ia uphold the lynchlnF,
but he did wish 10 see Justice done the
Southern people, lie had spont two
~ his mature years In Nashville. and
he never saw anybody shot down be-
cause h. was black. or any proiudic.
exhibited IN any way. White and black
rode IN the street ears together. lie
hnh many a time seen an elegantly
dfeHacd white woman sitting In tho
street car beside "a large, bulky. III
dressed ana uncleanly black man, and
nothing seemed a. be thought OF Il, lie
thought tho facts In the case should
be known.
hh'NH - - ithNNNNs ~ IlNfnnufn tOu-
Fregationai church, making a humor-
aus reference 10 some rlings al Hos
ton. sald he was born IN noston. aud
had been dipped, accidentally, IN tho
ffug pond on Bos'on common. There
fore be stood hlgh. and was Competent
10 speak with authority The lines
Christ drew. he said, were never color
lines, they Were moral lines. Christ
recognized only one kind 81 biackness.
the bluckncfs OF H,n. That blackncss
was the same, whether covered by n
black skin or a white. How do YOU
suppose tho balance would stand" said
he, ~ We could read tho whole recorl
~ tho violation of women IN the
fouth7 I believe Il would be against
The white man. Thcrn is no color limo
In Ignorance or SIN"
The following resolution was
adopted;
ne II resolved. That Il Il the sense
OF this body that no crime Justiiiea mob
violence. and We advise the citizens II
the country 10 adhere strictly to the en-
forccment ~ the law"-Denver News.
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