St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-05
AS FIRM AS A ROCK.
The Minnesota Conference
Cannot Be Rent in
Twain,
81
So the Methodists Touch Up
the Late Legislature a
Little. :.
Legislators Condemned for
Loading Themselves With
Grape Essence. =
Flour City Chupchmen Pre-
pairing to Kick UP a
Shine. @s


There will be no division off the Min
nesota conference that is, the Metho-
distS of the state have pronounced
against it, and, if division occurs, it
will not be for another year. The ques-
ton was discussed. so far as the casual
listener could discover,in all its bearings
Thursday morning. yet the North Dako-
ia men found a variety of new bearings
of the case upon which to argue against
division yesterday morning. The min
utes of the previous days business were
rushed through with all possible dis
patch, and the engrossing topic Of the
hour. l. e., division or no division, was
at once taken up. The diyisionists won
the toss and got first inning, sending in
Rev. E. K. Lathrop, of Glencoe, to bat.
He argued strongly in favor of dividing
the conference, and said the men
who had secured the cutting
off of the Minnesota from
the Wisconsin conference were
the men who now favor Minnesota di-
vision. He favored the latest line pro-
posed, the retaining of the Twin cities
Washington county.
The opposition took an inning, and
scored the dIviSiOnites right and left.
Rev. David Morgan, of the King Street
NJ. E. church, wanted the two cities to
remain in the same conference. They
had many social problems to meet, and
they would be better able TO meet and
solve them together. 1t would soon be
found necessary that the MethodiStS of
the two cities should support hos
pital, and there were many branches of
charitable work which merit and
MUST RECEIVE ATTENTION
at the hands of the MethodistS. The
cities were rapidly growing together.
The time approaches when they Will be
one. and in that connection division
would be most undesirable and trouble
some arrangement. The Twins should
remain in one conference, whatever else
were dOnes ~.
At this iuncture motion was made
as substitute for all previous PROPOSE
tons, that division OF the conference
at present was premature and inex-
pedient. This was signed by w. K.
Marshall and L. +. Allen. The former
represented in, support of the motion
that 10 division could or would be
agreed on at this time. DIR. Mckinley
did not want any division. The north
ern end of the conference would be so
weakened, if divided as proposed, that
it would be unable to stand alone. The
district;was suffering from the effect of
depression such as always followed a;
boom, as well as from the poor crops of
the past few years. The churches were
Impoverished, and were extremely
liable to be more SO before better times
could be ehronicled. Rev. Rich moved
the previous question, and his motion
was carried, DIR. Chaffee, the division
advocate, being given permission to
close the debate. The motion of mex
pediency offered by Revs. Alien and
Marshall was lost by vote OF 40 to 81.
Rev. Morgan's proposition to make the
Hastings Il Dakota road the dividing
line in the western part of the state. in
Guiding St. Paul and Minneapolis in the
southern half. was unanimously
VOTED DOWN,
as also was Rev. Showers motion for
the separation of the cities. The test
was made on the original motion of di-
vision in a line from Ortonville in the
west to Wyoming in the east. The re-
suit of the vote was 76 for division and
So against it. A two-thirds majority
being necessary to carry the measure, it
was showed under until next year, when
it will again be agitated at the confer
ence.
DR.. Levi Gilbert, of Winona, fought
for the defeat of the measure. He
claimed that division would injure Ham
line university, although DIR. Bridge
man, the president Of that institution.
was in favor Of it.
Routine business occupied the remain
der of the morning. In the afternoon
the opening event was an anniversary
temperance meeting, the floor being
first taken by Rev. Frank DOran, of
Rochester, who talked prohibition from
the shoulder, and the suppOsition that
the DakotaS were solid for temperance
was made the basis for any number of
hot and heavy prOhibitOry discOurseS.
Rev. J. T. Stout spoke with his usual
vigOr, and got a double encore. The
speakers were unanimous Ill scoring
THE,LAsT LEGISLATURE
and its closing banquet. Insinuations
were even made that upon the occasion
of the said banquet several members of
that august body got loaded with grape
essence and made unSeemly exhibitions
of themselves and the state they repre-
scented. The press, it was stated, had
been bought by the rum element, and
living reports had been inserted with re-
gard to prohibition, its alleged retro
erosion and the crankiSm of its adj
herents. Rev. Stout said he hailed the
states of Iowa and Kansas as the ones
which had taken the initiative in the
matter of prohibition. 1t was strange
that in Iowa and Kansas there was a
majority for prohibition, and in Mime
sofa ''only few cranks of preachers"
THE BIG DAY.
This morning will be devoted to hear
ing reports of committees. and the cleo
ton of candidates for ordination. In
the afternoon there will be missionary
meeting at which E. 2. Robertson and
DIR. William Mckinley will address the
conference. Sunday will be the big
day of the week. Bishop Mallalliea
will preach at 1920, and members of
the conference will preach in the vari-
Gus churches of the city. In the after
noon the ordination of deacOns and ell
ders will be proceeded with. The elders
who will be ordained are John j. Ed
wards, Everett A. Powell. E. P. Robert
SOP. c. +. Brown, E. w. Haler, Charles
s. Royse. w. V. Russell and r. E.
Schulz. 1t is understood that Rev. ID.
ID. McKaig will go to the Centenary
Church of Minneapolis from the Hen
nepin avenue church. A petition,
signed by 500 members of the Henne-
pin avenue church, has been received
protesting against his appointment.
LAW AND TESTAMENT.