Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-18
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change or alter any part of the rule of
our government so as to do away with
episcOpaCy, nor destroy the plan of our
itinerant general superintendenCy, but
may elect a bishop or bishops for work
: among particular races and languages, or
for any of our foreign missions, limiting
their episcopal jurisdiction to the same
| respectively
RACE PREJUDICE"
The first man to oppose the ratification
! was the Rev. pr. Frank T. Parllin, who
said
81 am "A friend of the colored man and
recognize that all men are equal, but
nevertheless | recognize also that there
exists a race prejudice that cannot be
overcome. Although a Colored man with
sufficient number of votes could become
IA bishop over our general conference.
we know that we would not allow such a
thing to happen, and If it did happen you
know and know that our organization
would be disrupted.
~ am in favor of union of the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church South but | favor draw
ing color line / do not favor Jim
CROW bishop When race prejudice is
obliterated and there is "alOred man
big enough to undertake the work | would
be in favor of voting for him as Il bishop
"a
has not yet arrived,
I'VE are playing into the hands of
church politicians when we say to the
negro delegates at the General Conference
You vote for our white candidate aud we,
i'm turn. will vote for your colored dele
gate II is hypocrisy, and you know it.
Such AN attitude does not hasten federation
but delays it,
AGAINST "HYPHENATES"
concluded his remarks when a dozen of
the ministers jumped to their feet, claim
ing the floor, Bishop Berry, who was
presiding, recognized the Rev. DR.. G. NJ
Boswell who was elected yesterday as
head of the delegation to the General
! Conference at Saratoga Springs in May,
He said he was not in favor of "hyphen-
ated" bishops and believed that the mo-
tion should be voted down.
The next man recognized was the Rev
Or. G.. II. Bi kley, who said he was in
favor of the amendment I'VE are satis-
fled with white supervision, and we as
| sumo that the colored people are also sat
sfed with il. But just as we have racial
ambition and pride, so has the negro race,
and / am in favor Of waiting until a man
of sufficient calibre TO lead his race is
found and then giving them leader Of
their own kind"
PLEA FOR CHANGE.
The Rev Cornelius Hudson then claimed
the floor and announced that he was
strongly in favor OF adopting the amend
ment.
why not give the country which is
rapidly becoming Christian, a man OF it's
own race?" he asked III we do not,
what occurred in Japan will transpire in
all our foreign fields. A bishop Of their
own race will reclaim the heart Of these
races quicker and more effectively than
one of us could ever hope to do"
The Rev. d. L. Mccartney also eX-
pressed himself as in favor Of the princi-
pie that every race should have its own
bishop.
The Rev. DR.. Boswell tried to claim the
! floor again, but was voted down on a
point Of order. The Rev. DR. Alpha G..
kynett said that il would be a dangerous
thing 70 have a negro bishop appointed 10
care for the negro race. He said that
the conservative element among that peo-
pie is not yet ready to trust negro with
such responsibility. The discussion was
continued with yigor for more than three
quarters OF an hour
STRONG STAND AGAINST LIQUOR
Endorsement Of the stand taken by the
State city and newspapers against liquor
was made in the annual report of the
Rev. r. p. Johnson, OF the Permanent
Conference Temperance Society In part,
he said
We commend Governor Brumbaugh for
his stand on the local option question
and hail with delight the action OF Mayor
Smith and Director OF Public Safety VIII
son In issuing orders which eliminate
drinking intoxicating liquors in the police
and other departments OF the city gov
ernment We also heartily commend the
PUBLIC LEDGER and EVENING LEDGER
and other papers within the bounds OF
our conferences that haYs excluded All
from their columns"
The reading Of the report was followed
b an address BY ex-senator Frank q
Cann0n, e Vtah, whe uttered : Vigorous