The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-27
GREAT S. S.
CONVENTION.
Race Question Bobs up as
Usual.
Much Interest In Secretary
Knox's Efforts As Peace
Maker.

Washington, d. c., May 21.-The
capital of the United States is this
week the scene of the greatest Sun
day school Convention, so it Is said,
ever assembled 1t is estimated that
there are present ten thousand dele
gates representing all the countries
OF the world These, with interested
visitors, make a throng upon the
streets of pedestrians and sight-seers
In automobile vans and other vehicles
that are suggestive Of the crowds
that flock here once in four years to
witness the inauguration of a presi-
dent and the military pageantry of
the occasion. President Taft Address
ed the Convention Thursday, as also
did John Wanamaker and other dis
tinguished men.
Unfortunately the race question
has come up with dts usual bitterness
and a race clash is the result. 1t was
the expectation of the colored min
listers and church-goers Of the city to
have a prominent part in che Conven-
ton. Negro Sunday-school children
OF washington, 1T was expected, would
be allowed to participates in the great
parade which was held on the evening
, of the goth, but negro ministers OF
the Gospel who had made preparation
for the Sunday-school children OF
their churches to take part in the line
Of march were notified by the chair
man in charge that there would be
no reservation made In the line OF
|, march for colored Sunday school
pupils. The barring OF the colored
children from the parade of course
raised a storm of protest from the
pastors of the many colored churches,
for it must be remembered that Wash
ineton has the largest cclored popu-
htion Of any city in the world.
Milton Walden, who is pastor OF
the largest colored church In the city,
although he has such a slight admix-
tIne of colored blood that no one
from appearance would class him with
the negroes, has published an open
latber to the Convention He says,
"The object of the sixth worlds
Sundny-school Convention is to carry
forward the work of God in the spirit
of Christ among all nations. We know
how completely the lord eliminated
ruce ard national prejudice from his
social practice. 1t is unfortunate that
any one who bears his name should
at this time, when the evangelical
tion of the world in this generation
is the wabchword of millions, resort
10 such offensive forms of race prSJu-
dice as the local commitSee of Wash
inxJpn has done In completely, so FAR
as it Is concerned, eliminating the
colored people from any part IN the
dutih worlds Sun6ay-echcol conven-
tion. It Is difficult TO see how any
one can puay or hope for the evange-
uza.ion of the world when one refuses
TO Fellowship his neighbor next door
because of race and color"
~ President Taft's address to the Con-
yention was received with great APP
plause and he was visibly impressed
with the enthusiasm OF the audience
Mrs. Taft was on the stand with
him and she was not permitted 20 re-
main In seclusionL The President es-
corted her to the pulpit, then In his
characteristic way he sadd: This is
the real President Of the Uniteh
Stases-" He. began, 1T is a gre@c
honor to welcome to Washington, the
City Beautiful, worlds Convention
at a time when the city is most
beautiful. From all parts of the world
we welcome here the representatives
Ct one of the two or three great In.
strumentahties for making the wcrld
better, more moral, more religious"
John Wanamaker addressed the audi
ence IN behalf of the Sunday-schools
OF North America. He said: The ma
lions of the world believe in Ameri-
ca and England. They hear and heed
them and they are hearing Theodore
Roosevelt. When President Taft has
completed his present term of office
and the next one. he will be the
worlds missionary for righteous laws.
/ can justly call him the attorney