The Washington bee., 1908-05-30

troduced by the Hon. 7. c. Dancy
who said that the great purpose in
the life of the great Negro leader
and educator was to prove that the
Negro race could make men," DR..
Washington was greeted with con
tinuous applause. In part, he said
There are certain essential and i'm
portant points upon which as a race
we ought to and must unite One
of these points IS the idea that we
are to remain in this country and
to be permanently classed as Ameri-
can citizens. We can also unite up
on the proposition that it is only bv
constructive efforts, such as your
great Church has shown, that we
shall build ourselves up as a race.
We can unite again upon the idea
that we have great opportunity in
this country to enter into business.
to become commercial factors; and in
these respects the Negro minister
must in large degree be the leader
and the guide. In respect to material
and business betterment, the Negro
minister, unlike the white minister,
must teach the people, because many
Of the material and commercial con-
siderations that now confront the
Negro have been settled centuries
ago by the white man himself; hence
it is important that the Negro min
lister perform a broader and more
varied service than is true of the
white minister. In our Southern
country, especially, does the Negro
have an opportunity to sell his labor
in whatever market he chooses, and
he has a rare opportunity to succeed
in commercial and business enter
prises.' In emhpaSizing the import
anCe of education for the Negro, DR..
Washington said he had been privi-
legged to raise by his own efforts
three hundred and ffty thousand
dollars for this work during the past
year. Friday afternoon there was
heated contest for the three vacant
bishoprics, and upon the second bal
lot the following candidates were
chosen: DR.. NJ. R. Franklin receiv-
ing 276 votes, DR.. @. L. Blackwell
265 votes, and DR.. A. J. Warner 22o
votes. A two-thirds vote being nee
| eSSary to a choice - which was 2I4
votes After the election a commit
tee completed the raising of a fund
Of twenty-five hundred dollars, which
will be used as first payment upon
the Narack Chapel, corner of Nine
teenth and Lombard streets, which
was opened for the first time on Sun
day. Rev. E. G. Simms, a delegate
from Florida, died suddenly from
heart disease; a sum of one hundred
dollars was raised by Conference for
his funeral, and a Florida delegate
was sent to accompany the remains
home Saturday morning fraternal
greetings were presented from the
Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev.
T. J. Mofin and responded to by
Rev. G. c. Clement. Reports were
also received from the educational
Institutes of the Church, DR.. w. H.
Goler speaking for Livingston Col
lege; Prof. T. c. Brown for Green
vile, Tenn, High Schol, and Rev.
NJ. /. Lee for Lancaster, S. C., High
School. DR.. A. E. Raggs, of At
lanta, Ga, made an interesting re-
port of the Bible Society. Suday,
Bishop Alexander Walter preached
the morning sermon at Wesley Ch.,
his subject being the Civic Pro-
gress that Has Been Made by the
Negro" In the afternoon all of the
ten bishops helped to dedicate the
newly purchased edifce at Nineteenth
and Lombard streets, which will here
after be known as Varack Chapel
The purchase price was thirteen
thousand FIVE hundred dollars. Bish-
Op Alexander Walters, of theFourth
Episcopal District, presided over to-
days session, which was devoted to
reports from various committees and
the presentation of resolutions for
the consideration of other commit
tees.
Philadelphia, May 2I, 1908.
The committee of the GeneralCon-
ference submitted its report to that
body now in session this morning.
The report divides the Church ter
ritory into ten episcopal districts, and