Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-13
CITY AND DISTRICT.
Baltimore W. 4. Conference.
A LIVELY DEBATE on THE PROHIBITION AND HIGH
uCESsE QUESTION.

ia tue bdltIi'It W T. tOhACfChCcs gCSeSfuaSr
Rev. Dr. r u. owen, OF Washington, ID. C., con-
ductcd TIE religious exercises. The report Of the
board OF stewards was presented and adopted.
lJF the Sll5tenLatlOn fund the report showed that
tL receipts from Baltimore district were 81, e7.2;
Last Rai.inorr, q. 3S50: West Baltimore 81, 5se;
yNashingi1n 81 .t-I5; Cumberland, 1851. The con-
I-rsas. collections were reported 20 be: From Bal
Inore District. sI.HJg: East Baltimore, s1,37I;
West Baltimore. I5I+; Washington, 81. 4:J5; Cum
larland S4:ED total, S. rs; from other sources,
xLOss The report Of the kclsO Home, Mr.. James
/ Hooper, president, was adopted. as was also che
report OF the COMMITTEES on sabbath observance.
srhe committee on the state OF the church reported
That the past year had been one Of prosperity.
SEVERAL thousand prJOaticHrTs had been received
No encouragement should be- given 20 sunday eS-
.uTsioBs or TO sunday newspapers. Rev. {. Her
bert Richardson, Ia the report % the special COM
Iaittec 10 which was referred the subject OF the
Use OF religious literature in the Indian dialects
among the North American Indians. stated that,
while the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs had
tr,erCd The instruction CT Indians on reservations
10 be IN English, that order AID not apply TO the
teaching OF the CsOSpsL The order dld not Intend
toprevent Ind ans from possessing copies OF the
bible IA their veTEaciaT ~ bad also been learned
by the committee that the mission schools were
Ire 10 give tue Indians religious instruction In
any way they saw nc To adopt The report was
Psv, Geo Elliott presented the report OF thecoun
InIttee ON temperance, which stated that the con-
ference universally loya 20 the discipline OF
the CHURCH In insisting upon total abstinence for
the Iniivilu4I and prohibition a duty OF the
state The high-li, eaSe theory was Objectionable
because although ~ sg htIy diminished the num-
Ier on saloons Il dld noa diminish the amount O;
liquor drank. The high-liceuse system was as dGi-
cut OF enforcement prohibition. The commit
lee favored prohibition, particularly within the
bounds Of the conference, in the District OF Co
lumbfl, Maryland. and parts OF West Virginia.
The Work vi The NOmeR's Christian Temperance
Mon and " the Mary state Temperance Al
lance was commended
mere were many exciting incidents and speeches
curing the reading OF the report. Rev. W. L. ID.
'ieInm was On his feet frequently, aud offered
mum rouS amendments, which were voted down.
one amendment offered by Mr.. GLENN was TO the
eject that the conference would welcome the
inns " hen women snall have the ballot. This was
ert after lding OF That portion OF The report
lrIatlng TO the WOmans Christian Temperance
mon Rev. = q. Eldridge seconded the motion.
.sThe trne has gone past, said Mr.. GLENN, "when
women shall stand az the polls ana Orer hot coffee
10 the voters 10 protect their homes. would
rather have woman suffrage than woman suffer-
inr 'The elect Iody-the eject lady on 81 John-
has been exposed 10 the curse OF the saloon. /
used % be ademOcrat. nut couldn't be aChrstian
gentleman any longer and vote the democratic
ticket, and l certainly couldn't be one IL voted
f0r ths republican party, which wants the liquor
tra!bc AID the abolition % the sunday laws TOO.
A am not alone IN this view OF woman suffrage.
B.sIOp simpson favored IL I've noticed a black
snake attacking birds nest. and the mother bird
struck The snake i've times TO the male birds once.
TIE RIM power Is "a black snake II the men
won't shoot u, lets give the women chance, and
IDrvN shoot It. Ina lonesome in this, but I'm
Tigut.~ Kev. W. II. Speake moved that The amend
nIeut Ot Mr.. GLENN be laid upon the table, winch
was done aJ once Rev. ChaS. W. Baldwin moved
10 amend the report by striAing out the word cob
JrcjlJnaUle' In the section referring TO high
license, aud changing so "a TO read that the con-
fe-Irt was steld1 Nv ODr0.s. 10 ne bigh-lcenss,
system. The amendment was seconded
Rey. Dr. ID. H. carroll preferred the half loaf OF
Ligh ucense TO having none OF tn bread OF prohi-
hilton. lie was opposed 10 the report II IL bound
my man 20 vote against high license lie did not
nelleye In the here5y thai free whisky was no
worse than high license. Rev. Dr. LIlanan moved
me previous question: with the understanding that
any amendment might Dc offered 10 the report
without debate. Tine motion was carried. Rev.
Mr.. Baldwin offered as an amendment the state
lnerJ that hgh license would be- compromise with
me power. The amendment was lost by
vote OF - 10 IS. Rev. {. Herbert Richardson Of
Tered an amendment declaring that the conference
was opposed 10 high license IS remedy for the
evils OF The liquor traffic. The amendment was
carried Mr. GLENN offered one more amendment
which was In favor OF woman suffrage, and ii was
defeated by q great majority. The conference by
ats action the report, also favored a change IN
the constitution OF the Congo Free State SO as 10
prohibit the liquor traffc there The report was
"A address was made by Bishop Alpheus W.
Wilson. OF the Methodist Episcopal Church south.
A delegation from the Washington coiOred confer
ence was received. IL consisted On Reys. W. III.
Griffin, ". ". Foreman, and r. II. Robinson. Rev.
Mr.. griffin made an address
Tlle missionary sermon, which was the order O.
the day after the reports ~ committees. was
preached by Rev. J. J. 9. Webster. His text was
Revelation, xii, 20: "Yea, come quickly" on
motion OF Rev. Dr. Lanahan, resolution OF thanks
wiki request 10 let the sermon be published. was
extended by the conference To Rev. Mr.. Webster.
Inc time OF the session vas extended to allow the
memorial services for members OF the conference
menbsrs were Kevs. jas W. Brads, Chas. McEi-
fresh, J. 5. NJ. Haslup, I. A. Morgan. and 4. $
In the evening Rev. W. A. spencer. a member of
The board Of church extension, made an address
upon some OF the methods and history OF that
board. Mr.. German II. Hunt presided. Rev. Mr.
sv,1csr explained plan started ny Chaplain Nc.
cabe TO AID church extension. The plan was the
formation OF the Royal Army" in which any one
might enlist by promising 10 pay on July the
sum OF $40 70 the board OF church extension.
Washington W. y. Conference.
IN. LIST or APPOINTMENTS IN TIE WASHINGTON AND
ALEXANDRIA DISTRICTS
At the session Of the Washington VI. T. Confer
ence, in Baltimore yesterday, Chaplain McCabs
made address. Rev. James Winston, OF Lewis
burg. VIVA, was discontinued because he deserted
Ms wife. The following were made deacons OF the
second class: T. X. Riggs, Elijah Ayres, j. H.
Brise. ID. W. & Harth. j. 8 Cooper W. NJ Moor
hlll- X j. Buckner ana Alex HOtzgett. The FOL
lowing supeTannuated ministers were continued
IA that Telati0n: Philip Brown. VIM sidney, jas.
a. scott, Nathaniel jackson, Jacob owens, Henry
Williams, JOnn Al. Randall. and Stephen Tasco.
q. 7. Pinkey, pastor OF Centennial church. at his
own request, was placed on the superannuated
list Wn. y CiaXtOn was taken from the list and
male effective The charges against Revs. VI. A.
'isinissed and tneir characters were passed The
Conference set apart the second sunday in June
Tor cnildrens day. The report OF the statistical
SECRETARY read. the number OF probationers
VA. ieWer than the year before by 81 . members.
There was an increase of members OF LII The
church property Is valued at SOS, sl6, an increase
az $3.50 over Tie past year. The conference col
lrcil1h IJE ministers amounted 10 e. lS9 The
Resolutions we're adopted condemning lynehing
and o. DIVIDE the Washington conference into two.
petition was presented and PASSED that Con-
Eres pas the Dill Tor the relief Of the depOstOrs OF
the FreedMeh's BANK.
The appointments were read and the conference
adjourned
fEe ministers TO be located In this vicinity are
as follows:
Washington Dlstrict-Rev. W. p Ryder p T.
Neutrality-suspicious., j. H. DALEY; Central, W. III.
Brooks: EDenezer W. ii. Draper; John Wesley
W. II. stewart; Mount Zion, X. III. Robinson
AnnaDoiis-Alexander Dennis. Bladensbury-J
l. Wilson BOwie-supply. Brookyn--I. al.
jenkins CalverI-G. X Williams Clarksburr-
Mus--Perry Mcpherson. HOwar1-N G.. Brown
Huntington-W X j. williams MarIboro-W "
Foreman Oakylle-W Washington Langford- Pa
Tapsc1-Wa>hin2tOn Murray. Pisgah-k. III. Alex
ancer- Poo.esyliie-S. X Hughes kOckyille-Ed.
hammond sandy springs-Aifre1 Young Severn
T. H. BROOKS. silver springs-B. W. Brown.
ShtoE-P. H. Matthews. West Riyer-J. &. Love-
White Piains-NoaA Watkins Woodvile-Daytd
Wheeler.
Alexandria District-H. A. Carroll p = Alex
ancri1-N. NJ Carroll. Bedford Spungs-Chas. IA.
Arnold BrUwnsDurY-H. VI. Robinson Char
l0oss ville-. H. VALENTINO. Langiey-B Is.
aarun. Lees0urg Mountain Gap-L c. cooper.
IeessLle-W. - Prior LexingJoe-Jos. Wheeler
LyncAOCig -benJaInln Brown. Mlddleburg-J. F.
Mo,tn- Motlers-y. j. sawyer. NOrfolk-W. J.
1nond-Asoury. ID. l. Washington: Lelxh street
q. W. Walker. Waterford-W. ii. aainess Waynes.
poro-solomon Hammond WOodlawn-(; ID
johnson
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