The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-06-27

no reason why there should be such
a wide separation in administration.
This week at Baltiomre a. conference
is being held, In which, the Bishops
or the A. M. E., A. NJ T.. Zion and
q. M. f.. denominations are par tick
pating. The object Of the conferences
Is. to determine If it Is feasible to 4
enter into federation of some sort,
looking to the Improvement ih the
condition Of each connection I'm the
sections where competition stff1es
the work Of each, and where the
multiplication Of churches Of signf- !,
lar faith keeps them all weak and
ineffective. If petty PERSONAL ann
hitions can be laid aside for a In0-
ment, there Is no reason why the
Baltimore conference cannot lay thf, !.
foundation Of movement which
will ultimately result in the orgafffH
union of all the colored methodist
bodies in the land. .Sshl
If Negroes would read papers that
are fair enough to give out the neWa
Of a favorable nature to the race.S IN. M
stead Of the yellow" Journals EhaE
are disposed to emphasize the rdsEss
,anal 4asp pect+ of stlaas sgaaeS
be fewer Degsimiaes 8pdoME IS
Cartoondst HAYWOOD has sstss
cally shown us In one OF his tSTtIngg'
productions. The following pen -pi So.
ture OF conditions prevailing In Cam.
bridge, Mass, painted by the New
York Sun, is worthy OF copying. In
its entirety, and it should be- given
thoughtful consideration by our ped:
pie everywhere. In 1t there iS stintI-
lation and encouragement Mt for those
who have become weary In the cause. 4
The Sun notices that there are In
Cambridge: " =
"A black alderman, sitting on a
board with ten white colleagues and
elected by voters 95 per cent! of
whom are white. In s,
"TWo Negro representatives dn the
legislature chosen by constituencies
In which the colored vote ds relatively
small. ,.. '.&
Seven members of the Common
Council Of African descent. -. G,g
"A Negro chief Of the fire depart !
ment, in which he is the only man
Of color, .., :.
"A black policeman, patrolHngt
streets occupied mostly by white resi-
dents, for nineteen years in success
sion. - 4.
"A Negro at the head of the city: !.
department OF bacteriology. t4sat
a Negro member OF the public IL
brary trustees, with all white asso-
ciates. -, .' IN .z31
"A black commander of a white
post Of the Grand Army. ri.4 ~
"A woman Of nearly pure African
blood acting as principal of.a gram
mar school In a fashionable district,
With six white teachers and several i
hundred white pupils under her
charge" ~. ... s"G
Telegraph this to Ben Tillman, Jim
Vardaman, John Temple Graves and Z
Tom Dixon and that delectable gang
Of scoundrels will be sure to have
fit. q - =
Rev N. J. McCracken, one OF the
strong men Of the "A. M. e. Church.
now serving as presiding elder of
the Cairo DISTRICT Of the Ilhnois Cop-44
ference, was in Norfolk recently, =
looking over the prospects for q sue !
cessful General Conference merit Z
year and visiting the Jamestown Ex-
position. In company with DIR. C.,
w. Mossell, the enterprising pastor I
OF st. Johns A. M. e. Church, he
made complete btinerary OF the
exposition grounds, and both were
we'll received everywhere. CordiaI 4
greetings were given thm in the Ii1i-
nois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
other state buildings, and, of course, b
the exhibit buildings were pubic
property where no question Of accep-
liability could ever be raised. They $.
also took tea at the Japanese VII
lage and lunched on the War Path, &
dining finally at the Virginia Restat-
rant on the Negro reservation. DIR.