The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-05-22
A. M. E. CONFERENCE.
Special to Nashville Globe.

A. M. E. CONFERENCE.
Special to Nashville Globe.
Norfolk, Va, May 1S.-On Friday
evening" May Is, a scene was witnessed
in the General Conference of the A. M.
d. Church in session that will ever be
remembered by all who witnessed it.
The incident in question was the cleo
ton of a secretary or general mana
ger of the Sunday School Union, the
publishing house conducted OIL the
Public Square in the city of Nash
vile, by the African Methodist Episco-
pal Church. DR.. w. d. Chappelle has
been at the head of this department
for the last eight years, and strenu-
GUS fight has been waged against his
administration for several years, and
especially so by Mr.. Ira T. Bryant,
whose home is in Nashville, but who
has been in the employ of the Gov
eminent for several years. Mr.. Bry-
ant made attacks in such an intelli-
gent way that the delegates came to
the Conference with their minds made
up and were only waiting for the time
to come to cast their ballots When
the hour arrived and the presiding
officer announced that the election of
secretary would take place, over two
hundred determined men were on
their feet in less than two minutes
yelling at the top of their voices
Bryant" "Chappelle!" Bryant"
"Chappelle!" 1t was a case of you
father, not your son; this is no child's
play" When the ballots were counted
they showed Bryant to be elected. The
defeated candidate stood for few min
utes with his eyes fixed on the friends
of Bryant as they carried him on their
shoulders into the street and then
turned and walked calmly away. II
was Tumored that he would contest
but on Monday, May 49, this was sci
to naught by DR.. Chappelle in no mis-
taken tones
When the general conference opened
this morning with Bishop L. J. Cop
pin presiding, Revs. A. A. Gilbert, Of
Missouri, and j. T. Jenifer, of Ken
lucky, conducted an impressive sons
and prayer service.
The Rev. DR.. w. d. Chappelle oh
tanned the floor on question of priv
lege and stated that rumors were cur
rent that he intended to fight his sue
cessor and contest his seat.
at is a gross misrepresentation, h
said, "as l will return to South Caro-
lima and take up work, If this churcl
can afford to turn down a ministe
with family for a layman withOu
then | have nothing to say. | will
come back four years hence, line VI
with the laymen and be made bishop
South Carolina will accept of what
ever you send it. We have no choic
of bishops Whoever you send we will
take, down to the modern Catalina"
This brought to the floor the Rev
DR.. r. G. Ransom, who said that in an
cient times every man was required t
study Cicero's orations, in the grea
school of Europe, and in that it is as
certained that the most detestabl
character in history was Cataline, an,
it is an insult to compare one of ou
bishops with him.
81 mean what | said" retorted Dl
Chappelle, "and l have no apologies t.
make | will stand any kind of pur
ishment before I will retract what
have said We will do our duty by tn
church I will 90 to Nashville wit
my successor and introduce him to tn
banks and other places"
The feature of the session was tn
election of secretary for the ALE
League Christian Endeavor The cor
test was between three young men
Revs. e. J. Gregg, of Florida; NJ W
Thornton, of Pennsylvania, and ]. {
Caldwell, of Missouri Rev. J. G. CALI
we'll was elected on the second ballo
DR.. Thornton having withdrawn.
The Rev DR.. I, l.. Thomas, of Bait
more, Md, will present fraternal gree
l ings from the Methodist Episcopi
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