The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-24
EDUCATIONAL AND RACE MASS
MEETING.


Church. Monday night, and listened to
an excellent program which had been
prepared for the occasion. 1t was an
educational and race mass meeting
one of the first of its kind held in
Nashville. A deal of interest was ere
ated in the meeting, principally on ac-
count of the coming campaign and
because some of the speakers that
were assigned to subjects were eX-
pected to give vent to their feelings
along political lines. The meeting
had been chiefly chaperoned by the
active workers in the African Method
ist Episcopal Church, as the principal
speakers were Of that connection.
This, however, did not mean that it
was not race meeting and that the
interest was not to be created When
it is taken into consideration that the
admission fee of ten cents was
charged, and yet this large audience
was present, 1t can be readily seen
that the meeting was not lacking in
point of attendance.
It was $3.50 before the meeting was
called to order by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Evans Tyree, M. D., D. D., LII. D., OF
the Tenth Episcopal District, who was
acting as master OF ceremonies. Ex-
cellent music was one of the features
of the program, most Of which was
furnished by the ST. Paul choir. A
noticeable feature of the meeting was
the attendance of men prominent in
all walks of life from various parts Of
the state of Tennessee Instead of be-
ing a meeting of local influence, it at
! tracted from Memphis on the West,
; and Chattanooga on the East; in fact,
there was hardly time enough allotted
to each speaker for doing justice to the
subject in the briefest business talk.
Bishop Lee, the first speaker, who
' was on program for remarks, in a
! very mild and straightforward way
. told of the many accomplishments OF
9 the race and in his own way injected
= into the remarks some accomplish
. Iments of the African Methodist Church
The meeting did not turn from its
first purpose, which was indicated II
h the call as an educational and mass
\ meeting. The commendable stride:
n made by the race in such institutions
q as Paul Quinn College at Waco; Short
= err College at Little Rock, Turner Nor
y NAL and Industrial School at Shelby
:. Vile, Howe Institute at Memphis
! Roger Williams, Walden and Fisk Uni
~ versities at Nashville; Knoxville Col
. lege at Knoxville, and, in fact, all tn
% schools in the race supported in Who'll
G. or in part directly by the race, wer
Il mentioned very favorably.
q A interesting speaker of the even
w ing was DR.. e. w. S. Hammond, Deal
.. ~ of the Theological Department of Wa
70 den University, who is always inter
esting and commands an excellen
-, flow of language.
W DIR. w. D. Chappelle, Of the A. NJ /
Z Sunday School Union, spoke, but dt
B. not use his manuscript, preferring
a. a. speak upon live topic. Rev. I. "
W Haigler added more fire to his "Su
~ vival of the Fittest" than any of tn
I'll previous speakers Naturally havin
90 the command of an excellent voice. /
" used it to good advantage. DR.. &c
hs w Henderson and Rev. S. e, Grig&
ve were both absent, but Rev. j. q. Jon
~; son. of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, made
gu for the absentees by very heated a
~ w dress, in which he proceeded to q
III nounce "lily-whitism" in the cleare
Je and most unmistakable terms. Pro
us Johnson was not at all in sympatl
Iel with the attempt to eliminate fro
Us Us the republican party by the prese
lue move The next speaker, whose sU
NY iect was "What Will the Negro Do
rlH 1902" was Rev. DR.. Porter, pastor
so Avery Chapel, Memphis He declar
4Le that he did not know what the \
ne gro would do in 1908, but made sol
~, tT' predictions that seemed to be in II
W. with the way straws are pointing,
onS that is an indication of the way
v" wind blows.
There was a strong Foraker ser
on ment throughout the meeting, n
ard withstanding politics was not allow
ted to take charge. Yet at the ment1
the of the Ohio Senator's name the hol
day would applaud continuously,
and Another star of the evening
In Mrs. Voolfolk, one of the sweet
in singers of the city, who was appla
ed Justify, being forced to return
had an encore. The management OF
lille mass meeting declared that 1t wa!
itch financial success in every respec
un-
.ele- Prof. A. J. Armstrong, of Colum'
tab spent several days in the city
,ney week