The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-11
JUSTICE in THE COURTS
ONE OF THE THINGS BISHOP GRANT
ASKS FOR CoLoRED RACE.
He Also Asks for a Chance to Work
36S Days i'm the Year-Welcomed
by the Mayor.

''All we ask is a chance to work 365 days
in the year. and when we go to the courts
justice" said Bishop Grant last night. re-
plying in part to the address of Mayor
Bookwalter, welcoming the members of the
historical and literary congress of the
Fourth Episcopal district of the A. NJ. E.
Church, at Bethel Church.
The session began yesterday morning and
will continue through tomorrow. After the
invocation by the Rev DIR. johnson. of
Philadelphia. Bishop Grant introduced
Mayor Bookwalter. who said that ii had
long been custom for the mayor of the
city of Indianapolis to extend a formal
welcome to the city's guests, and that per-
sonally he always glad to welcome any
man or woman. regardless of race. who Is
making an effort TO better himself. "Espe-
cially am 1 glad and honored," said he
Ito welcome the representatives of your
people who are solving the problem of race
that is yet to De worked out. F" Continuing
he said he deeply regretted the affair of last
Sunday at Riverside Park, and was shocked
to learn that certain oolored people had
been denied their rights under the laws
Of the city OF indianapolis. You may be
assured" he said, that / will do all in my
power to make this a free city to every
man. regardless of his complexion" He
paid a most eloquent tribute to Booker T.
Washington, mentioning his name with
that of Abraham Lincoln.
Rev. d. E. Butler, of Minneapolis. who
launched the boom of the Rev. James NJ.
Townsend, of this city, for bishop OF this
district, responded to the address of well
come He took an optimistic view of the
future of the colorcd race. He was fol-
lowed by Bishop Tyree, of Nashville:
At the afternoon session the following
committee was announced to prepare re-
port on the history. status and future pos
sibilities of the negro in the United States:
DR.. H. I. Johnson, Philadelphia, chairman;
Columbus; ]. M. Henderson. Philadelphia;
7. Reeves. Minneapolis: j. NJ. Townsend.
Indianapolis: a. G. Scott, Fort Worth.
Joseph E. Lee, Jacksonville, Fla; j. r.
Collins, Grand Rapids, Mich; s. I. Tice.
Cambridge, Mass
per. "The Excellence of Womanhood Not
in Female Suffrage" by w. A. Taylor,
Muncie, and one on african Methodism in
Canada" by T. H. Henderson. Ontario
conference.
Among the prominent visitors to the con-
gress are: Mrs. Frances A. Joseph. of New
Orleans president of the Willard Women s
Christian Temperance Union or LOUISIANA;
and president and founder of the Colored
Industrial Home and School, located at New
Orleans; II. r. johnson. editor of the Chris
Church; Bishop B. t. Tanner, the founder
of the A. M. E. Church Review; Bishop II.
NJ. Turner and Bishop Benjamin Arnett-
Fourteen States are represented in the
congress, and there are about $50 delegates.
among whom men well known in relig-
ious life Among these are the Revs. J. w.
Malone, Keokuk, Ia; Charles Hunter. Ev-
ansville, Ind; n. j. McCracken, Chicago;
G. C. Booth, Chicago; H. H. Thompson.
| Chicago; P. c. Cooper. Cairo. H.; j. w
Ousiey, Pontiac. ILL.,; D. E. Butler. Mime
| apolis; G. A. Thompson. ST. Paul; r. F.
Herley, Trenton, N. j.; d. w. Gilleslee
Jacksonville, Fla; A. Hackley, Hamilton
| Ont; G. w. Brown, Detroit; A j. Burton
Springfield, ILL.,; Sandy simmons. Ann Ar
Dor, Mich: A. G. Scott Fort Worth. Tex.
J. NJ. Henderson. Philadelphia; r. r.
Downs, Columbus, o.; d. A. Graham, New
| Orleans, La; S. T. Tice. Cambridge, Mass.
F. H. Henderson, Toronto. Can, besides the
bishops and a number Of the general officers
! of the church.
Tomorrow evening the thirtieth anniver-
| sary of Bishop Grant will be celebrated
| and an elaborate programme has been ar
| ranged. to close with a reception and BAN
quet. Members of the Bethel Church and
| Allen Chapel have presented Bishop Grant
| with a handsome brass bedstead in honor
| of the anniversary.