Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Outcome Of the Fight in Pres
byterian General Assembly
Still In Speculation
COMMITTEES RETURNS REPORT
Chairman Of Temperanee comp'ttee
Send. Back Overture on Question,
Refusing to Act on the matter-No
Consolidation Of Church Boards for
the Present.

Columbus, o., May 2O.-The temper
ance question continues to be the chief
topic Of discussion today among the
thousand commissioners Of the Pres
byterian general assembly. and the
outcome OF the fight II still matter OF
speculation
A sensation was created as the COM
nissioners were gathering for the ses-
missioners were gathering for the
nouncement that DR.. Henry p, 5Dosker
chairman of the standing committee on
temperance, will to.ay return the over
ture on temperance referred to. his
committee Saturday BY the committee
on bills and oyertures. The overture
in question condemns the organization
Of the church federation on temperance
and recommends that the church give
) hearty support to the anti-saloon
league. Dosker announces that 1t is
/ the business Of the overture committee
to handle the temperance overture. and
he therefore turned the overture back
TO this committee.
The action Of Dosker is being criti-
cizeG by many commissioners. The
feeling on the temperance question
seems to be becoming rather bitter
among some Of the commissioners. The
4 whole question Is scheduled to come up
next Friday
The general assembly was called to
order at for the commencement Of a
busy weeks work Of considering re-
ports of special standing committees
and boards-work which it is now
thought may take Al week. On the
program for today the rnost important
report was that Of the committee on
administrative agencies, to whom were
referred at the last assembly overtures
Of ia synods and preshyteries asking
that consideration be given to the adj
Visibility of consolidation of church
boards. On this topic the committee
simply reports progress and asks to
be continued, but advises, against com
mencing by consolidating any two or
more boards. thinking il action is taken,
( it should be taken in regard to all
boards at once.
T The bbard Of missions for freedmen
madejits report today.
That a mistake was made in 1865 in
giving the negro unrestricted citizen-
4 ship, was the inttmation made in an
address today by friend Of the ne
gro, DR.. Wilson Of Pittsburg, in con-
snection with the presentation Of the
report of the board of commissions for
freeman, sentiment which was re-
ceived with applause from the assem-
bly,. 81 have had men on this board
Sof freedmen say to mo that they
thought 1t would have been wise to.
have fixed educa tional qualification
'sor property qualification, and let the
colored men thus grow up in the en-
joyment of full rights Of citizenship" he
said giving full credit to the man who
wrote an amendment to the constitu-
ton, and held that II would be no dis
credit to the colored man. He said the
question was seriously asked whether
the colored man had capabilities to
reach that plane contemplated by our
forefathers for citizenship, and that af-
ter a varied experience with colored
men In different parts of the country
he was fully convinced that they did
have those capabilities. There are
more possibilities among the negroes
Z than among the degraded alien popula-
ton, he said.