Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-09-16
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Detroit, Mich, who died as a re-
suit of head injuries received
when he fell or was pushed from
the rostrum during the melee
Wednesday morning. He was q
staunch Jackson supporter and
was among the platform guests
already seated on the rostrum
when it was assaulted by the
Taylor hackers. Rev. Wright
died in the Menorah Medical
Center here Tuesday morning
where he underwent surgery for
the head injury.
As the Taylor forces moved
to seize the rostrum the ensu-
ing melee in which Rev. Wright
was fatally injured ended only
after the arrival of police riot
squads, with some 80 policemen
armed with shotguns and tear
gas being called to the auditor
ium at the height of the melee.
After order had been restored
Chief of Police Clarence M.
Kelly and Mayor H. Roe Bartle
appeared before the convention
in appeals to the delegates to
conduct the session in an ORDERLY
manner.
Mayor Bartle told the more
than 5000 delegates who sat
hushed as he. spoke, eff you
came here to raise hell in the
name Of the Lord, you ought to
go back home. But if you came
here to hold a peaceful religious
convention in a peaceful and or
deerly manner you are well
come"
The attempt of the TAYLOR
forces to take over the conven-
ton was precipitated by Jack
sons refusal to consider a peace
offer made by Rev. Taylor on
Tuesday. Jackson told a COM
mittee sent to him by Taylor
hackers that he wanted no part
of the Taylor group. He fur
Their told them to hold their own
separate convention and stay
out of the meeting.
Taylor's followers marched
into the auditorium Wednesday
morning at 7:30 and took front
seats determined not to move
out for the Jackson delegates.
They began shouting No, No,
from the moment Jackson step
ped to the microphone to call
the convention to order.
In the election by secret bal
lot, under the watcheful eye of
Rev. Daniel Arthur Holmes,
pastor of Paseo Baptist Church
here, and a veteran Baptist
leader, himself a staunch Taylor
supporter, Rev. Jackson in a
smashing election victory, COM
pletely swamped Rev. Taylor,
winning by majority of more
than two to one votes.
Following the election, Rev
Taylor, conceding the election
of Rev. Jackson, issued a state
ment saying that he never again
would run for election as Pres
ident of the Convention.
The election was a resound-
ing victory for Rev. Jackson
against the Taylor followers led
by Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr., Rev. Benjamin Mays, Pres
ident of Morehouse College, At
lanta, Ga, Rev. Marshall Shep-
herd of Philadelphia, Pa, Rev.
Mordecai Johnson, former Pres
ident of Howard University,
Washington, D. c., and a num-
Der of other stalwart Baptist
figures.
Mississippi was represented
by seven separate conventions,
with the Progressive Baptist
State Convention of Mississippi
under the leadership of Rev. S.
L. Sorrell, of Jackson and
Clarksdale supporting Rev. Tay-
lor to the elections bitter end
Many observers here, both
friend and foe of DR.. Jackson
said that if the election had
been allowed to proceed immedi-
ately following his annual ad-
dress the Jackson victory would
have been far more one-sided
than it turned out to be. In his
address Rev. Jackson detailed
fiscal progress and accomplish
ments during his administration
never before known in the Con-