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Show BAPTISTS NAY ADMIT WOMEN AS DELEGATES Southern Convention Pro-poses Pro-poses So to Amend Its Constitution. ST. LOUIS, May It, A amendment ma proposed to the eoaetitotion of tba Southern Baptist convention today to admit eoman on the floor aa delegate.. A vote will be taken before the eoa-Teation eoa-Teation adjourns. Tke amendment waa offered hv B. H. Coleman, a layman of Dallae, Tax. Mr. Colamau aaid be believed tba Baptieta owed it to the women to make tkia change, aa they bad always taken a leading aart is Aa work of the church since the beginning of tba Chris-tiaa Chris-tiaa era. That there will be opposition to the amendment wae apparent whoa, on the motion of Secretary Lamina, Burrows, Mr. Coleman was ordered to reduce kta amendment to writing. It waa referred to tba order of buaiaeea committee. When the new of the amendment had been taken to tka Women ' Missionary uuion, auxiliary to tke convention, meeting in a church a bloek away, tkera waa manifest entkuaiaam. Tke Rev R. H. Root of Roc heeler, N v.. fraternal delegate from tka Worthern Baptut convention, today as preaaed to too united convention tke eeteeai of tke northern convention and presented a large floral key, emblematic of tka love of tbe Nortbern Baptieta, Praeident E. a Dargan of Maeon Oa., whoa ha waa handed the floral emblem, aaid he waa ao longer able to eaforee hie rule against applause and tke convention con-vention weot wild with entkuaiaatlc desnoastratioas |