The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-06
MR.. POLLARD WAS
NOT CENSURED.
Baptist Young People Vote on
Question rs TO "a.
HIS REPLY READ TO MEETING
He Denied the Jurisdiction Of District
Union TO Try Him, and Did Not Give
His Reasons for Voting Against
Barbour-Quarles Resolution.

Especial Dispatch to The -Times)
NORFOLK, VA, May Sat the Dis
trict Baptist Young Peoples Union meet
ing at Port Norfolk yesterday. the union,
by q vote of 26 against "a. declined to
censure Hon. J. Garland Pollard for vot-
ing against Barbour-Quarles temperance
resolution. hot fight was made, and it
IS stated that this was instigated by the
First Baptist Church, Norfolk, and of
tie twenty-four who voted to censure
twenty were members of that church.
Mr.. Pollard, in a sharp fraternal let
ter, denied the Jurisdiction of the District
Union to try him, and said he is amen
able only to Grove-Avenue Church, Rich
nlond, of which he is a member.
MR. POLLARDS REPLY.
The following is a copy Of the letter
read at the meeting:
Richmond. Va. April 20. 1902.
District Baptist Young Peoples Union of
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkeley,
Dear Brethren,-I am in receipt of a
letter from your committee enclosing res
clLtlons of censure, which, understand,
you propose to pass at your next meet
Ing, unless L can successfully defend my
self against the attack therein made.
In reply, I beg to say that my vote
against the Barbour-Quarles resolution
vas cast after long study and careful
elaboration, and in the interest Of what
I believe to be the permanent good Of
the cause of temperance. I would there
fore. be glad to tell you why voted as
l did. but 1 cannot get my own consent
TO encourage you in this strange de-
parture from your proper function For
my acts as a public servant, honestly
committed. am responsible to no reli-
E:ous body on earth. and will not toll
crate any Interference from them. You
oNy Sl&
measure either because 1 did not think
it was legally adapted to correct the
evi! at which it aimed. or because of
some corrupt motive. If my objections
to the resolution were of a legal nature,
it is manifest that your organization is
not the proper body before which to dis
cuss them. If, on the other hand, my
motives were corrupt. am not amenable
tc You. but to the Grove-Avenue Baptist
Church. of which [ am a member. Ac-
qIaintance with an elementary Baptist
PRINCIPLE would have taught you this
{ am at a loss to know how you could
pIs sibly have dreamed that I was in any
way responsible to your organization. of
y hich I am not and never have been a
member.
NO GOOD TO BE, GAINED.
Furthermore. a discussion Of the ques-
ton at this time could be of no posi-
VIC SooO ~ lliS SdASe VI ISIIipSl alice III
asr uch as the BarbourQuares resolu-
ton has been finally passed upon by the
convention. Should I, therefore. do as
you request and make my defense be-
Gore you, the only question you could
consider would be whether I was right
or wrong in voting as I did. suggest
that you could spend your time to bet
ter advantage than in discussing such
personal issues.
At the proper time and place I am per-
fectly willing to give the reasons for
any vote cast by me in the convention,
hut I most respectfully, but none the less
emphatically. decline to defend myself
before your organization, especially since
Your invitation is coupled with threat
of ce1sure.
Fraternally.
(Signed) ]. GARLAND POLLARD.