The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-21
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|3iA Oklaho Tna ~ not to have any -aijfm
crow Cars, X the new conytitHSia1
| IS honestly enforced. The PROPOSE,
ton to insert provision for, separatA
coaches for Negroes was supported
bytthe democrats, who had a. trensr-
dous ma iordty, but they were forced
to. take back water when It became
!noised around that President Rooae-
Welt would reject the constitution In
toto II the jim crow clause was In
( corpOrated, aud statehood would be
menRced, If not lost. BY the advice
| of Senator's Tillnan. and Pettus, the
| democrats agreed to eliminate tho
Objectionable !. prOyision--until the
territory becomes IA state. An efforC
Will then be made to get the dirty
clause In by amendment The Okla
thoma leaders are a; foxy set, but the
man In the White House is equal to
them in cunning and determination.
Editor CT, C.. element, of the Star
o. Zion, discusses the Bish0pric sit
uation In a manner that is frank,
open and candid, and in vein that
Is suave and pleasing. He litter the
lid In the most. approved fashion,
| the thug the church and country
have been trying to get him to do
for months. He Is opposed to the
election Of six Bishops at the next
general conferences. but is willing to
] compromise on four, That much is
| given out with a detiniteness that is
positive and Convincing. Dr.. Glenn
ent's IS a. Conservative, but he han
dies his argument Well, His reason
| Ing is clean-cut7 and it is up to the
advocates of a "eGreater Zion to
take him In hand and meet his show
of hands. 1T Is by these outspoken
discussions that we. arrive at tho
truth and educate the popular mind
, to the real needs Of the church. Your
correspondent is not urging the cleo
tion of six, four&or, any number of
| Bishops, however9Sattractive the idea
1 Of expansion may, be to uS person.
ally. II Editor element will take
ano ther" glance fat4our artie4ey he VIII
find all the references to the number
| OF Bishops Zion ought to elect, and
the, paragraph referring to the ac-
ton of the Birmingham conference,
in quotation marks. 1t was our min
tsterfal Informant who made the ar
gument. = We simply reported his
words, without comment. We may
have heard but one side until DR..
SlelueuC came co the rescue. We are
wiser, and shall be delighted to be
made Still wiser by hearing from the
expa nsionists again: The discussion
Is now wide open. The plot thickens
The debate grows upon us. Let the
men OF Zion take up this question
and thresh, It out for all that it is
worth. There is an abundance OF
meat in 1T to keep the Star in intel
lectual food for a SEASON. II 1t Is the
mission Of the church organ to throw
light on the subjects that come clos
| est home, to It's thousands of readers
and brethren, .... 49,.
Mrs. Sarah I. Fleetwood, graduate
Freedmen's hospital, has been ap,
pointed by District Commissioners II.
F B. Macfarland one Of; five gradu-
ate nurses to- constitute, nurses
examining board provision for which
was, made by an act of the recent
congress, providing for the registra-
lt.on of. the nurses within the Dis
tfriGt. En:s2 'TledtSon1 4 .1af1nf 1rgs
June 80, 1907, she having been Sc.
lected FOR the short term. She VIVA
then be re-appointed FOR. a full term
OF. FIVE years. ii ~. : 1,
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