St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-07
MET IN ANNA. SESSION.
Chinese Discussed and Officers
Elected by the Plymouth Com

NE ~ AN Va n SESSaO-Ns
Chinese Discussed and Officers
Elected by the Plymouth Con-
frereS.
The annual meeting of the confreres of
the Plymouth church was held last evening
at the parlors of that church. with large
attendance. The evening was opened with
paper on the Missionary Aspect of the
Chinese" by FL. j. Fletcher. He referred
at some length to these people from an
industrial and an economic standpoint.
The few Cinnamon who were members of
churches were in few cases. the speaker
said creditabe to any of the parties con
cerned. These people could not be thor
Oughly ChristianZed by any, known methods.
and the time had come when the i'm pOrta-
ton of Chinese should be prohibited. A
lengthy discussion followed. in which a
large number joined. All centered on one
thing, however, and that was that China
men were blot on the face of this cOun-
try. and would always remain so. 1t was
urged that no white man could live on
what a Chinaman was willing TO work for.
and therefore his presence here was dSaS-
trOuS to the labOring classes which con-
stitutes the larger portion of the population
of the United States
Rev. Charles living said his sympathy
was with the Chinaman. although he had
never spoken TO one in his life. He was in
favor of congress passing law fOrbidding
any country making America dumping
ground for its lowest claSseS-nOt particu-
iarlv China. but England. Ireland and other
countries. The question he thought was so
big that few could say anything on the sub
ject without being misunderstood. but he
would have the churches of Minneapolis
extend helping hand to all Cinnamon in
the city.
Alter this discussion the regular business
was transacted. The report of the preS-
dent, DR.. X. q. Beard, was an interesting
one. 1t dealt with the work accomplished
during the past year, and TO some extent
suggested many things that might be done
the coming year. Among things he thought
needed was the establishment OF mission
Sunday school and training school. The
president said it seeI led TO him as though
personal enthusiasm was lacking in some
branches of the work, and this he re-
regretted very much. G. E. Tutte, the
secretary. made his report, which dealt al
most entirely in statistics of an unmpOrtant
nature The report of the treasurer, E. NJ.
Conant. showed the receipts for the year
ending Dec. to be S35S. sc. and the dis
| burSementS. 1926 so; balance on hand.
S31.36. This, lie said. was the best show
ing that had ever been made. The reports
were all adopted. The report Of the read
ing room committee was also read and
adopted.
The report of the membership showed
that the society has now Seventy-tive MEM
berS. about fifty of whom are active" as
the speaker termed it. The report of the
industrial school committee showed that the
average attendance was Is. There are two
sessions held each daY, and the work is of
a character to tit the boys attending to earn
their own living. The mission comm tees
report showed that twenty-one Sunday
evening meet ngs had been held since the
missions had been established. The at
tendance had been mainly of young people.
The election of officers ensued. with the
following result: President, Albert Shaw;
vice president. DR.. R. .. Beard; Secretary,
Walter Eggleston: treasurer. E. NJ. Conant
Z. II. Hall was elected to I'LL a vacancy in
the executive board