The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-07
NEGRO BAPTISTS
ANGRY AT NEGLECT OF
WHITE BRETHREN.
Rev. DR.. Mitchell, Of Plainheld, Speaks
Approvingly Of Star Editorial and
Rebukes Mayor Haussling.

when the Rev. DR.. II. H. Mitchell. OF
Plainheld. in addressing the Afro-American
Baptist State convention now In session
in this city in the Mount Zion Baptist
Church, in Thomas street, yesterday took
occasion to c~riticise the white clergymen
for the failure of a single one of them to
come to the convention to extend a well
come to the negro clergymen the eolored
brethre applauded Justify.
DR.. Mitchell's address was made In reply
to the welcome extended to the delegates
Of the convention, on behalf of Mayor
Jacob Haussling. through his secretary,
w. C. Vance. Secretary Vance told the
delegates that the Mayor was a friend to
the colored people Ind that some of them
were his oldest and best friends.
In response to this DR.. Mitchell read to
the convention several clippings from THE
STAR. dealing with certain phases of ne
gro life in this city, particularly its edt-
torial comment on the appearance last
Monday of twenty-aix negro men and
women.
Or. Mitchell approved the EDITORIAL and
said that every negro of the State should
read 1t.
Il wanted the Mayor hers" said Dr.
Mitchell 80 tina 1 could tell him not to
Judge the 6o.000 negroes of the State by the
criminal classes that appear in the courts
/ 1ne trouble Is that tile Whilt hldh Vhh'
>sees the race through the spectacles OF
the courts and prisons. They will not come
among us to see what we are doing, blu
berate and c~riticise us. This is even
so among the white clergymen.
Il want 10 tell the Mayor he continued,
| ''that there are II, 900 negro Baptists 1T
this State. with 100 churches. who ars
working to bring others into the path OF
virtue and morality. We are coming. and
not only coming, bit we are here and here
TO stay. This Is oU country, and we are
not going TO migrate tc Africa, and wt
re not going to be extern1inated. as there
is not gunpowder enough in the world IL
do so.
'"The race" he said, further. has never
produced a traitor or the assassin OF a
President. But the negro comes from q
race that has made 1t possible for a mar
10 be President and but for the negroes
Roosevelt would long since have been I'M
der six feet of earth, as his white troops
deserted him at San Juan Hill and the
black boys saved him."
DR.. w. Bishop johnson, of Washington
D. c.. installed the new officers that were
elected ard said that there were 2,2lO,0W
negro Baptists in the country.
The following new bodies were given the
band OF fellowship through their dele
| gates: The Union Baptist Church of New
rrk. OF which the Rev. Mr.. Tucker Is pas
tor; the Union Baptist Church Of Orange
of which the Rev. w. F. Lawrence Is pas
tor; the Calvary Baptist Church Of East
Orange, OF which the Rev. DR.. Travis IL
pastor; the Canaan Baptist Church Of Pal
erson. Of which the Rev. DIR. Anderson Ii
pastor.
The following were chosen as the frater
nal delegates of the convention to othel
organiza lions: President G.. E. Morris. Il
the National Baptist Convention and tn,
Virginia State Convention; Wce-Presiden
A. G. Young, TO the New England Baptis
Convention; the Rev. W. T. Watkins. t
the New York State Baptist Convention
the Rev. R. l.. Harris, to the Pennsyl
vania Baptist State Convention, and tn
Rev. w. P. Ross to the keystone Baptis
Association.