The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-02-08


can Methodist Episcopal Church to
| be held in 1920, was the declaration
made by number Of the leading
members OF the A. NJ. e. Connection
This week. They leave Tuesday for
Louisville to attend the Bishops .
! Council, where all the general officers |
OF the connection, together with the /
prominent ana influential laymen Will |
| gather and where the Federated |
! Council OF Methodist Churches Will !
hold a meeting for a whole week. 1t
is at this meeting that Nashville pro-
poses through the representatives to
capture the General Conference for
1920 1t is understood that every
thing possible is being done to con-
vince the leaders in the Connection
that Nashville is the logical place. In
keeping with that idea the follow
ing was taken from the Southern
Christian Recorder:
'"The editor of the Southern Re-
corder and Prof. Ira T. Bryant have
both said all that is necessary to be
said by way of argument in favor OF
the next General Conference coming
to Nashville. This comes simply TO
say that they have the backing OF
the Nashville Ministerial Alliance; in
other words, the situation was care
fully gone over and thoroughly dis
cussed among the leaders before Mr..
Bryants article appeared, The min
listers of this city will present for
NAL invitation to the General Confer
ence Commission which meets in
Louisville in February. We wish to
hereby notify the other aspirants that
a Nashville's hat is in the ring"
: If any additional argument is nee
l. essary it will be forthcoming at the
l. proper time and place. But one or
e two observations will probably be in
t place, in order to give the members
= of the commission something to
t think about in the meantime.
ID Was there ever a time wneh
If we needed to economic more than
a. now? Nashville is probably the most
If centrally located city in the connec'
tion. We will save to the church
a treasury not less than Five Thousand
n. Dollars for travelling expenses alone.
,s The various delegations will also save
N thousands of dollars in the same way
,s Hence, Nashville is the logical city
10 from an economical standpoint
(2) The General Conference has
=, not met in the South-the real South
;s since 1872, forty-siX years ago. Is
:, it not time that we were bringing
u our great General Conference neai
-, enough to the great heart of the
- church, where majority of our mem
ne bers reside so that a few. OF the
iiS plain people as well as the higher
~ ups may have the opportunity OF set.
lu ing a General Conference once in q
III life time? We grant that many oi
our own southern delegations have
M usually preferred going North, and
Ut therefore made it appear that the
'n South was Disseminated against ae
OF a section But there have been tive
principal reasons for carrying the
n General Conference to some northern
ng city in the past first, because it fur
nisheC some southern delegate a big
trip which he COvetel very much;
- second, because he looked forward tC
receiving a certain amount OF freedom
and enjoying a certain degree o.
social distinction which is not accord
ed in any southern city. But bis
trips" have become quite common
now and they do not have the same
l. amount of attraction as they formal
w did. And so far as the Northern
freedom" is concerned, there is prac
tically no difference in the treatmen
of Negroes whether they are in thu
North or in the South these days
And furthermore, since the great in
ne Aux of Negroes into the North il
et many cases the prejudice is create
OF than in any place in the South,
ny (3) The problem of accommoda
ie- ton is almost settled now, We hav
IN the largest colored Y. NJ c. A. built
lly ing in the whole country, a buildin
'et which is situated in the very he2r
We of the city, which can accommodate
les more than two hundred delegates
:, The building is less than block {
ne the city transfer station, the startin
u't point for every car in the city. "
T. sides this, we have Fisk Universit
as with its dormitory accommodations {
res hundreds, and the hundreds of home
Ell usually occupied by the hundreds
we medical students who will by thu
ION time Of the year have departed troI
ole the city. Fisk University is situate
at in the center of the most eXclusiy
rec colored settlement in the city
Nashville; while the homes general
occupied by the Meharry medical st
dents are located in the populi
South Nashville section, of whic
ion Walden University and Meharl
rol Medical College are the centers.
ed. (4) The question Of accommod
Of tion for holding the sessions of Il
lat General Conference is one of Il
,os- easiest settled after all. But we W
non discuss that matter later. Suffice
lch to say that the Sunday School Uni'
d. building, which will no doubt be
ger the disposal of the General Conft
die ence Commission, will furnish near
in all the room necessary for special I
has fees, committees, bishops headqn'
let ters and general departments.
all The bringing of the General CT
Dur- ference to the South will put new Il
, of into the church. It will furnish
met large number of our members a
t. especially the delegates an opport,
be itv to see what the connection h
ton here in the way of publishing pla
Of which we think is the most complt
ssa- and most imposing of any inst
be ton of its kind among Negroes
world over.
is Bv all means bring the. Gene
}. 6, Conference of 1920 to Nashville.
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