The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-04-26
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that everything be turned over at once to
the proper representatives of the Home
Mission Board of the National Baptist
Convention, and that the cost be taxed to
the other parties and be held by the clerk
out of the one hundred dollars deposited
as bond, and dismissed the court.
We went down from the courtroom
with much lighter heart than we went up
with. We shook hands with our attorney,
Mr.. Darlington. We then went and form
ed the acquaintance of Mr.. Terant, who is
a very able Columbian jurist, and who said
to us that he had been misled by his clients,
that he was sorry that he had no case.
1t might be well here to say to our sur
prise, the reports of the National Baptist
Convention were introduced, copies of pub
locations were introduced to show that the
secretary of the Home Mission Board was
not in accord with the wishes of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention, and an attempt
was made to take advantage of things that
had passed in the Convention and in public
print to convince the Court that the Board
had not acted altogether in accord with the
wishes of the Convention, and many other
things not necessary to mention, except to
say that this ought to be a warning to our
Baptist brethren to be careful what they
write and of the resolutions they allow to
be passed by their bodies, knowing that
record is made of these, even in foreign
lands.
When we had had our supper we were
ready for the Monday night meeting. By
seven thirty o'clock, Notwithstanding the
fiesta was in full blaze in the city, the men,
bers were vying with each other for seats.
Here we talked to the church very earnest
ly and gave them to understand that the Ma
tional Baptist Home Mission Board was in
Panama to stay. We told them why we
had been so careful not to express an opin-
ion, or to give any occasion for olfenSe to
the court, but that now the courts had
backed us up in our work, we expected to
continue our work in that straight forward,
Christian manner in which we had begun it.
We assured the members that they need not
entertain any fear on our part as to the
radical change of the work without first
consulting them, that if any changes were
made they would be made to the best ad-
vantage of all concerned.
After shaking hands with the members
and leaving an appointment for Wednes-
day night, asking as many OF them as could
make it convenient to meet us at the First
Baptist Church, of Empire, we again re-
turned to the pastors home and were soon
in dreamland
Tuesday morning, February 21st. The
fiesta people had awakened us several times
during the night, but we arose at our usual
time, had our Panama coffee and were out
again to see the city. At nine o'clock we
had our breakfast, and at ten o'clock were
looking for the man with his little pony.
At ten thirty o'clock we went back to the
post-offce and this time we did not have
to be told to go to the NEGRO window" to
get our mail, for we had learned that the
United States government had no hesita-
ton in drawing the color line; so we went
to the NEGRO window" and called for our
mail without making any complaint. After
this, we went straight to Gov. Thatcher's
office We found the Governor very busy
Again, we sent in our card and letters Of
Introduction.
Governor Thatcher, we are informed
was very busy in conference but before
we had time to think of an excuse the por
ter returned to the sitting-room and in
formed us that the Governor had sent fol
us forthwith. Being summoned into the
presence Of his excellency, we hardly knew
how to make an excuse, but as soon as w
were in the office, we saw no excuse wa!
needed. The Governor, dressed in hi
white military style, arose from his seat
extended his hand congratulated us on be
ing on the Zone and informed us that tn
letter of introduction from Governor Hoop
err was sufficient ceremony. We found hin
full of Kentucky life and he was soon max
ing full inquiries concerning his friends II
. kentucky. When we mentioned seVera
, names of acquaintance of ours and mem
bers of our Board, he readily remembers
each one.
We told the Governor of our trying or
deals in the courts and asked him of reli
gious conditions. He assured us he ha
: watched the workings of our Board wit
: considerable interest, but that it would no
, be proper on his part to make any crit
' cisms pro or con. We then took up wit
/ him the question as to why the government
was paying the ministers of certain boards
t or denominations, in fact, the minister
: among all denominations, that is, whit
@ ministers, and why it was that our Boarc
e being the only Board that had Negro wor
e among Negroes, and our preacher or repre-
4 son ative heino tho On1v representative of