Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-25
STATESMAN LEADS SINGING
Former Congressman Hoffecker Star
Soloist at Sunday School Meet.
RACE QUESTION sMooTHED OVER
Booker T. Washington Made n Life
Member of UniOn-Cooler Heads
Prevent Serious Differences
Among DeleRates.

WASHINGTON, May A-When former
Congressman Walter o. Hoffecker of Della
ware, and the son OF former congressman
from same state, rose last night far back
In the great crowd that filled Convention
hall, where tonlghts session of the Worlds
Sunday School convention was held, and
all by himself sang Travelling Home, Led
by Jesus l am TRAVELLING Home" the
audience applauded so long and so Justify
that Mr.. Hoffecker was compelled to go
to the front, mount the platform and sing
it again.
1t was during a song service, led by
Charles NJ. Alexander, the singing evange-
list, who sung the gospel story to immense
audiences in all parts of the world. that
MIR. Hoffecker, when a volunteer was
called for, stood up off in q far corner of
the big hall and swept the audience off its
feet with enthusiasm.
Officers Chosen.
Officers OF the association for the ensu-
ing three years were elected tonight, as
follows: President, DR.. George w. \Bailey,
Phliadelphlab vice presidents, Sir John
Kirk, England; Justice j. j. McLaren,
Canada; Bishop ]. c. Hartzell, Africa; w.
N. Hartshon, Boston, and r. w. Flitchley.
India; honorary vice presidents, the Ven
cradle Archdeacon of London, Rev. DR.. ].
Monroe Gibson; Right Hon. Lord Kinnard
and w. II. Groser of Great Britain; John
! w. Foster, former secretary of state; John
| Wanamaker, Rev. DR.. II. II. Bell and w
A. Wilson of the United States; Rev. r.
/. Rexford of Canada, Rev. j. c. Lehman
| Germany; Prince Bernadotte, North
| Europe; Bishop William Burt, Europe;
| Baron Uxkull, Russia; Dr. Ibuka, Japan
Rev. DR.. S. A. Moffett, Korea; Rev. Johr
Mackenzie, New Zealand, and H. Lipson
| Hancock, Australia; joint secretaries
| Marion Lawrence, for the United States
and Rev. Carey Bonner for England; stat
istical secretaries, George Shipway fol
| England, and Hugh Cork for the United
! States, and Joint General Treasurers F. A
Wells. Chicago, for the United States, anC
Sir George White for England. E. X
Warren of Three Cakes, Mich, a former
president of the association, was mad,
chairman of the executive committee
| large Mexican flag, sent to the con.
vention by the Sunday School association
Of Mexico, was unfolded tonight and drapet
over the front of the speakers stand by tn,
side of the stars and stripes.
Bishop Hartzell of Africa spoke on 9TH,
Moslem Peril in Africa" declaring tina
Christian churches had come to realize
that in the conversion of the Mohamme
dams world, the church faces the suprem,
crisis of it's history.
At the afternoon session there was a "rol
call of nations" delegates from all part
of the world speaking briefly of the work il
their countries.
The race question was bobbed up fire
Quently in the convention, but the coole
heads succeeded in keeping 1t off the floo
of the convention. A great many of tn
delegates who came from outside the Dis
trict of Columbia criticized the local com
mittee for it's action.
? Race Question.
; The fact Is, however. the negroes wer
) not directly barred from the floor of tn
; convention. The District of Columbia Sun
day School association. in picking it's dele
cation filled it with white men and women
claiming that the negro Sunday schools Il
. the district were not members of the as
ISOLATION.
!, This action appeared to keep the locs
l negroes off the floor, as delegates though
they were not refused admission to the ses
: sions, but the feeling was intensified whe
{ the negro would-be delegates went as spec
d tators and saw, seated with credentiall
i negroes from the West Indies, East Afric
}. and in some rare instances, from othe
states in the union. The negro Sunda
, school at Chester, Pa, for instance, had
Q delegate seated.
: Tomorrow will be the last day of the cor
J. vention proper, although 1t will be followe
> by two days of meetings for workers.
!, place of meeting for the worlds col
!, vention will probably be chosen tomorrow
70 although 1t has been decided that the M
O tional Sunday School association commi
= tee comprised of the Sunday schools of II
I, United States and Great Britain will me-
e in San Francisco in 1911.
All the wrinkles which were formC