The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-05-13
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
Augusta, Ca, May 11.-By a vote of
1872 to 113 the General Conference of
the Colored M. E. Church decided
that it would elect no Bishops at this
meeting.
The contest was spirited and alto
ge Their one of the hardest fought par
liamentary battles ever waged in a
the most brilliant speech for the mi
nority report, which stood for no
Bishops, and the eloquent plea of T.
]. Moppins came very near saving the
day for the majority report which
called for the election of two Bish-
ops. Bishop Lane presided, but in
the heat of the contest vacated the
chair to Bishop Williams, the &C
knowledged par0iamentarian of the
church.
Coming up on the report of the Gre
dental committee, by which all dele
gates commissioned by the twenty
! seven annual conferences of the Col
ored Methodist Episcopal Church are
| given seats, a protest was made
| against the seating of DR.. G. H. Phil
lips, Jr., from the Tennessee confer
| ence here. 1t was found that DR..
/ Phillips election was regular as a del
egate to the General Conference
from his annual conference but that
he was unanimously chosen the rep
resentative to the annual Conference
from his District Conference at
which he was not present. The law
was proven to be silent on the ques-
ton, but opposition to his being
seated on account of the fact that it
would have set a precedent in such
matters, it was thought best to hold
hold up the seating of DR.. Phillips UNI
til this mooted question could be de-
cided by the conference itself.
Greetings have been received from
numerous organizations and institu-
lions throughout the country during
was a telegram from the Trustees of
Lane College, Jackson Tenn.
Much interest is centered in the
coming visit to the general confer
ence of DR.. Walter B. Lambuth, the
messenger of the General Conference
of the Methodist Church South, in
session at Asheville, N. c., this mes
sage also having been received by
the General Conference signed by
Bishop Chandler of the M. E. Church
South.
The following cablegram was au-
thorized to be sent by the General
Conference:
"To Her Majesty, Queen Alexan-
dra, Buckingham Palace, London, Eng
land We, in common with the civ
ilized world, join in sympathy with
you in the death Of your illustrous
COMFORT. Signed;
"The General Conference of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
in America, in session at Augusta,
Ga, U. S. A., May 9TH, 1910"
The Rev. r. ]. Moppins, of Nash
Vile, filled the pulpit of the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church mere of which
DR.. c. T. Walker, the noted divine
known the country over as black
Spurgeon," is the pastor
A large audience neard DR.. Mop
pin, who delivered a forceful and elo-
quent discourse from the text, Speak
thou to Israel that they go forward"
Exodus 14:15.
One of the most distinguished Wis
itors at the conference on Monday
was DR.. r. H. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn,
Secretary of the National Baptist
Publishing Board of the National
Baptist Convention. DR.. Boyd was
called on aud delivered a strong ad-
dress to the delegates which was well
received.
81 take off my hat said the speak
er, to the preachers here who come
from the backwods, upon whom is
depending the salvation of the little
congregations, down behind the hill in
| those little cabins"