The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-11
SENTIMENT IS RAPIDLY CsYs.
TALKING ON ROMAN FOR
EDITORSH1P -~.
OF A. M. E. Review
Wickcrsha,m Stands Pat I'm Defense
Of, Lewis-TrNe ReformeTs Hold
Memorial = Services-Lewis Re-
spOnsiblc for Hooks Rejection.

CdplIdl VI luo Adl1oh, WACiO' oId|Oo-
men are made and unmade over night, |
sentiment Is rapidly crystalizing with
reference to the editorship Of the A.
M. q. Church Review, one Of the most
important places to be filled by the
A. M. E. General Conference, which
is to open in quadrennial session tho
first week in May at Kansas City, Mo.
The man selected to succeed the learn
ed Prof. H. IT. Healing, the present
incumbent, Is Dr.. G. V. Roman, rec
ognized the country over as a scholar
Of brilliant parts, an orator of con-
vincing quality, constructive Chris
tian statesman, q -logician- andla de-
bator, writer Of force and polish,
and an invincible defender of the
doctrines of the Methodist church.
At this time, when the race is grow
ing in intellectual power and when
savants are busily balancing science
and religion in the scales Of investl
cation, the editorship of the general
church organ, that has to do with the
fundamental principles Of the denom
nation, becomes scarcely Of less mo-
ment than the office Of Bishop itself.
of Methodism be occupied by skill
ed warrior, capable of testing the met
al Of the best thinkers OF the age, and
able to sustain his faith against all
opposers.
Such man is DR.. G.. V. Roman, IF
Nashville, Tenn, specialist Of fame
in the arena Of medicine, attaining
high rank as a scholarly practitioner
Of the healing art. He belongs to the
class Of so-callcd "self-made men,"
who by their own might have come to
be hailed as "thc salt Of the earth.
He was born in Pennsylvania Of "un-
foreground railroad" stock, and was
reared in Canada, where he had the
advantage Of liberal education, both
by schools and travel. He taught
school in Tennessee and Kentucky,
and graduated in-~medicine, in 1890
DR.. Roman, always Of easy address,
and pleasing personality, possesses the
happy faculty Of winning friends and
holding them. He has been hOnored
by many state and local medical So
cietieS. He is an eX-president Of the
National Medical Association, and is
that Association, which has been pro-
nounced the best piece of periodic lit
crature gotten out by colored people
Like st. Luke, the physician, he has
been the friend and companion OF
minister's. He is a consistent church
member of more than twenty-five
years standing, and has long been an
ardent worker in the Sunday School.
AT the Tecent Ecumenical Conference
at Toronto, Canada, he was one Of the
most conspicuous of the American
delegates, and his address at one of
the big meetings attracted interna-
tional attention, being highly praised
by all Of the Canadian dailies, and by
correspondents Of leading papers of
the United States and England
Prof Healing having been elected
president Of the Western University,
will not be candidate for reelection
as editor of the Review. 1t is I'M
derstood that Prof. Kealing's host of
friends in the General Conference
VIII rally to DIT. Romans standard,
and that he has already pledges that
guarantee his election on the first
ballot, If he is not chosen by accla-
nation doing away with the formal
ity Of a roll-call In his announce
ment, Dr.. Roman modestly refrains
from all that savors Of an aggressive
canvass for the place and leaves the
verdict wholly to the judgment Of the
delegates, who have been selected to
pass upon the qualifications of those
Offering their services. DR.. Roman
concludes his well-tempered address
as follows:
Realizing as / do the responsible
tiles Of the position, and believing as
I do that the office should seek the
man, 1t Is only a deep sense Of racial
and religious duty that leads me to
yield to many requests and announce
myself as willing to become Prof.
Kealings successor as editor Of The
Review, should the coming General
Conference of the A. NJ. E. church call
mo to that responsibility.
In the prime of vigorous man
hood, OF ample experience at the edi-
torial desk, skilled in the statement
Of policies and a master controver-
sialist, possessed of extraordinary
business acumen and knowledge of
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