Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
BISHOP HAS DOUBTS
Negro Speakers View of Con-
fditions in This Country.
THE NATION UNGRATEFUL
Meeting of Clerical Body at Metro
politan A. n. E. Church.
THEORY OF BISHOP WALTERS
Race Spends. Too Much Time in
,Parading Its Weakness.
p.
Other Addresses.
THE NATION UNGRATEFUL
THEORY OF BISHOP WALTERS

Bishop j. S. Caldwell OF the \. NJ. f.
Zion Church and Bishop c. I. Shaffer OF
the A. NJ f. Church conducted the open
ing of the sixth days session of the con-
vention OF negro bishops at the Metropoli-
| tan A Nj. E. Church today. Bishop j. W.
| Wood presided
| This is an ungrateful nation" declared
Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, "for we
| have been loyal to it ever since We landed
here in 1919. We have been in every con-
| f1ict in which it has been and have given
| our blood freely for it, and now it will
not give us protection which he have
rightly earned. God will yet avenge our
wrongs with fire and birthstone I predict
the dissolution of this nation.
1--WE sing this is our country but at
times 1 am in doubt. Life and property
are unsafe. and today many Of the insur-
| ance companies refuse to insure the negro
of the south and it is not because we die
| faster than others. but there is liable to
| be a wholesale lynching at any time. II
| this is civilized nation it should prove it
to the world by making life and property
| safe. America is the most prejudiced ma
| ton under the canopy Of heaven. and the
| theory common to this country, Every
man is king and every woman a queen.
| Is downright blasphemy. While we criti-
| else this mai ton, yet we stand ready today
| for the protection of old Glory.
"Will America ever rise up to the dig
nifty Of it's standing and do the right thing
by all under it's flag? I hope that it will,
and l want to live to see this DONE"
| Advances Another View.
Bishop Alexander Walters Of Jersey
City. n. j., advanced the. theory that
| the negro had spent too much time parad-
ing his weakness and begging because he
was once a slave. Slavery is a thing Of
the past" he said. land now is the time
for you to do for Yourself We have
| made one step in the right direction by
appointing permanent committee on ra-
| cial affairs and now we must get our
Baptist brethren together with the others
to appoint members of this committee and
1 think 1t will be power for good. We
now have before us several cases which
| we will take before the interstate COM
merce commission, and we are determined
to find out If there is any justice for
| the negro in America
Prof. I. Garland Penn Of the Epworth
League. Methodist Episcopal chruch.
! was introduced and delivered short adj
dress in which he said it is almost i'm
possible to get the young educated ne
| groes together on spiritual things. LET
us as a people call our young men and
women to God. This must be done and
. l hope will be done. 1t is an easy thing
to get them into card parties. dancing
| clubs, literary societies, but hard work to
get them to take up the things which are
for the spiritual welfare of the people"
Not Responsible for Color.
Bishop Isaac Lane Of the Colored NJ. E.
Church, one Of the oldest preachers in
the United States delivered an address to
the bishops. He held that the time had
arrived when man should not be looked
upon on account of the color Of his skin.
| but manhood should be duly recognised.
| II am a man, and I had nothing to do
| with the making of my color and should
| not be held responsible for 1t. II live an
| honest moral life; If am a Christian.
| then why should / he mistreated? Can
| these questions be answered? Time alone
| can tell
I'VE have spent too much time trying
! to convince the world that We are ba-
| bies." suggested Bishop Evans Tyree.
land If we are babies then We should not
| expect to be treated like men. We are
| fortyfour years away from slavery. and
If that be true. and it is true, then we
should be called baby race. The days
we spent as slaves were our childhood
days. Then we had no responsibility as
men and women. but were as children
and the white men our parents. but now.
! after the emancipation proclamation, wa
were turned out as full-grown men and
women to set up housekeeping for our
selves. Next through the enactment Of
the several amendments to the federal
Constitution We were given the ballot
with which to protect ourselves. and the
day we allow 1t to get out of our hands
it is that day We drift back TO childhood
| IL am not fighter. I do not believe in
waving the bloody shirt or the red rag
but do believe in manhood and woman
hood. Do not mistake impudence for
| manhood
Reports of Committees.
| During the morning session several
committees reported Bishop Moses b.
Salter delivered an address. The manner
Of getting to Howard University brought
forth many short speeches Some wanted
to hire carriages while others commended
that the District automobile service,
| which furnished six rides for quarter,
was sufficient.
"Two-thirty is the hour set to meet at
the school, and each man will go as to
him seems best" said Bishop c. H. Phil
| lips.
Prof. John r. Hawkins of Kittrell, II.
c., commissioner Of education OF the A.
NJ. f. Church, was introduced this morn
| ing and made brief address.
The bishops OF the African Methodist
Church will hold meeting tomorrow In
the financial department., 1871 14th street
| northwest. when Bishop H. NJ. Turner
will preside. The episcopal address to the
general conference. which Is being pre-
pared by Bishop W. b. Derrick, will be
Submitted to the board