Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-27
RACE IS DEFENDED
BY NEGRO MINISTER
RESENTS POINT ILLUSTRATED
BY HEN R00ST
Humorous Incident Happens at Meet
ing of Ministerial Union, Follow
ina Which Officers for Year
Were Elected

1.-THE negro and the hen roost are too
much associated with each other on the
part of the white people" said Rev
Mr.. Holman, "a negro Presbyterian
minister at the meeting of the Los
Angeles Ministerial union, yesterday,
at the assembly hall of the Bible in
stitute, 26O South Main street.
This expression was brought out as
the result of illustration of point
made by one of the misisters which
had practical and yet humorous ref
erence to a negro and hen roost.
Rev. Mr.. Holman made remarks
strongly defending his race.
At the meeting, in place of the usual
reading of a paper, the new accessions
to the union were introduced, each
being called upon to make remarks
They were ReVs. F. j. Munday, w. A.
Hunter, Matt Hughes, c. E. Locke,
Mckee and Holman.
The officers of the union were elected
as follows: Rev. Arthur S. Phelps,
president; Rev. c. E. Locke, vice-presi-
dent; Rev. w. A. Hunter, second vice
president; Rev. ]. L. Parks, third vice.
president; Rev. d. L. Jenkins, secretary
and treasurer.
These officers, with Rev. r. A. Had
den and Rev. E. A. Healy, compose
the executive committee of the union.
Members of the credentials commit
tee were appointed as follows. Revs.
@. E. Foster Il. p. Ryland, A. c. Smith
en- j. A. Gould and A. s. Thompson.
Members of the committee on tenn
perance are: Revs. A. w. Atkinson, j.
r. Mcknight, II. K. Walker, w. Davies,
j. M. Ross and II. j. Weaver.
Committee on religious services in
the Ransom Industrial home were
selected as follows: Revs. c. r. Pattee,
s. L. Gillespie, d. L. jenkins and e. j.
Meese.
The following committee was APP
pointed to arrange for great meeting
Thanksgiving day at the Torrey taber-
nacle: Revs.. A. c. Smither, Hugh X.
Walker and William Horace Day.
The ministers adjourned the feder-
alton council meeting at the Feder-
alton club. Rev. e. p. Ryland pre-.
sided at the luncheon.
DIR. Robert G. Root, representative of
the Pacific coast of the American
Peace society, made a statement of the
work accomplished by the teaching of
peace sentiment in the public schools.
He received hearty Endorsement of the
federation to speak in the different
churches regarding the peace work.
d. E. Luther, general secretary of the
Y. M. G. A., and Miss Edith Conde of
the Y. w. c. A., spoke lative to the
week of prayer of each association, the
former beginning November 1 and the
latter one week later. DR.. Jacoby, chief
helper of DIR. Torrey, will lead the SER
vices at the Y. M. C.. A.
Mrs Catherine Pierce Wheat of the
w. G. Il. u. federation and Mrs. Chal-
mers Smith of the mothers congress
presented the subject of the constitu-
tional amendments Nos. and "a and
urged the Endorsement by the churches
of Los Angeles of the position taken
regarding these amendments by The
Herald. This Endorsement was unani-
mously given and the ministers of Los
Angeles were urged to call the atten-
tion of their congregations to these vi
tai questions at issue in the proposed
amendments.
The federation completed arrange
nents for the Torrey meetings to be-
gin November and close December s.