The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey,
Phi. D. d. D. defeated for Bishop at
Philadelphia Pa.
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the very highest vote he received on
the first ballot was 96, then on the
second OF last ballot he dropped down
to about 80 votes where he was secure
" tied OF chained to the post and he
was never able to break away from
it. Revs. W. D. Beckett of South
Carolina and I. N. Ross of the Balti-
more Conference are the two newly
elected Bishops.
Bishop Benjamin F. Lee, of Wilber-
force, Ohio, who has been regular
subscriber to The Broad AK for the
past four or five years who is one OF
the most highly educated and honor
able Bishops in the A. M. E. connec-
ton, Bishop Il. B. Parks and Bishop
Shaffer, were all bitterly opposed to
the elevation of the Rev. Hon. Archi-
bald James Carey, Phi. D. D. D. to the
bench of Bishops and they openly
fought him to dead stand still, right
out in the conference largely on ac-
count of his past brazen faced unholy
reputation they contended that he
could never outlive the talk which has
been on the lips of millions of people
in this country in connection with his
famous wet holy ghost trip to Mil
waukee, Wis; that on that occasion
he lost his hat while wandering around
its streets; that his conduct with big
revolver in his hip pocket so they say
was in every way unbecoming to even
a Jack leg minister of the Gospel;
that he brought burning shame and
everlasting disgrace on all the decent
and honorable preachers in the A. M.
E. connection. Those three Bishops
strongly intimated that in some way
or other his name had been pleasantly
linked or associated with the names
of three or four married ladies and
with one young single lady who were
either members of Quinn Chapel or
Bethel Church at the time that he
held forth at those two churches; that
possibly can; that he very much dis
likes to have black or real dark Col
ored people to enter his beautiful and
costly furnished home at 342S Vernon
Ave; that when he is in the presence
of the Whites and when there is no
Colored people in sight that he greatly
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royal White blood flows through his
blue veins than common or Colored
blood and that without much trouble
he can easily pass for big red-faced
Irish-American and that in many other
ways he is unwdfthy to become one
of the Bishops in the great A. NJ. E.
Church.
When it become evident that the
Rev. Hon. Archibald James Carey, Phi
D. D. D. had gone down to defeat
Bishops Lee, Parks and Shaffer began
to loudly sing that good old song
"Praise God from whom all blessing
flow, praise Him all creatures here be,
low.''
1t has been stated on good authority
that at none of the many sessions of
the Conference was he permitted to
raise his eloquent voice; that the feel
ing was so bitter against him that the
great majority of his brethren did moi
want to come in close contact with
him and that was the last straw which
broke the camel's back, and it was a
severe blow and a crushing defeat to
his higher spiritual ambitions that is
if he really knows anything about the
spiritual side of life for being money
mad he has no time to waste for his
so-called Lord and Master.
The long fight which has been waged
on him in these columns not because
wo entertained personal i'll feeling
against him but simply on account OF
his rash conduct as one of the fore
most preachers in this part of the coun
try, cut a very wide swath among the
various delegates long before they be
gan to vote for the election of Bishops
for they, the delegates, had firmly made
up their minds that the Rev. Hon
Archibald James Carey, Phi. D. D. D
does not nor never will represent the
best men and women belonging to the
A. NJ. E. Church; that he reflects NJ
honor upon it in anyway.
Therefore, no one knows better thar
he does that he does not nor never
will represent the best and the mos
progressive Colored men and womeI
residing in the great city of Chicago
and without the least delay, Mayor
William Hale Thompson should remov,
him from his present dead easy polit
ical job in the city hall and let hin
confne his efforts to his duties as tn,
bible FOUNDER at the Institutions
Church and in calling on his Lord t.
forgive of his many past sins.
In conclusion the head officials anG
delegates attending the late Confer