Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-19
MORAL MEN FOR OFFICE.
The Al-Day Prayer Meeting at the
Congregational Church.
ASKING DIVINE GUIDANCE IN THE APPOINTMENT
OF DISTRICT oFFICIALs-MoRAL PEOPLE TO
PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TO THE PRESIDENT
NO CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER NAMED.


To ask Divine guidance in the appointment
of officials to administer the city government
was the announced object of an all-day prayer
meeting held to-day at the Congregational
church. The meeting was under auspices of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union, and the
president, Mrs. La Fetra, sat near the platform
and occupied the intervals which sometimes
occurred between the departure and arrival of
the different leaders. The time between 10
am. and pm. was divided into half hours.
and leader was assigned for each half hour
Owing, perhaps, to the rain, the attendance was
not large The audience was mainly composed
of ladies, and none of the gentlemen whose
names have been published in connection with
the different District offices were present.
REV. DIR. HAMLINs SUGGESTIONS.
Rev. DR.. Hamlin, the pastor of the church
attended by the President, presided during the
morning, and in the course of his remarks said
that he thought it was proper to call the atten-
ton of the President to the fact that be was the
sovereign ruler of the District. and the city
government was In his hands. He said tina:
the President was moral man, and de-
sired to do what was right 1t was
therefore important that the moral element of
the community should present their views TO
the President, and let him know that the people
of the District wanted good men for their
rulers. He deprecated, however, the introduc-
ton of any personalities in the matter. and
thought that it would be better not to suggest
the name of any man for an Office.
WHAT LADY LEARNED AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
A lady seated in the audience arose at this
point and said that when the ladies of the ".
c. T. U. called at the White House with me-
mortal urging the appointment as Commits
sioner of reputable citizen that Mr.. Halford
tNll xl.a al
pose unless they named some man who in their
opinion, was fitted for the place. The ladies'
she said, had no intention of recommending
any man when they went to the White House
but after Mr.. Halford spoke in this
way they adopted his suggestion She added
that she understood the Pastors Alliance had a
candidate for District Commissioner.
THE PASTORS ALLIANCE AND THE DISTRICT COM
MIssIoNERsHIP.
DR.. Hamlin said it was mistake, as the aIli-
ance did not intend to recommend any man for
the District Commissionership. but he thought
that II the President should request, after read
ing the memorial, that some name be pre-
sented, there could be no objection to COMPLY
ing with the request. He thought. however
that the movement would have more strength
If it rested upon principle and not upon any
man or men.
The other leaders assigned for duty during
the day were Mrs. Geo. l.. Clark, Rev. A. h
Zimmerman Rev. Geo. w. Moore, Mrs. Clara
b. Schell, Mrs. Mary E. Catlin, Rev. Mr.. Hill.
Mrs. NJ. E. Coher. Rev. DIR. H. r. Naylor, Miss
Lizzie kessler Rev. s. II. Greene, and Mrs.
Maggie b. Platt.
The meeting was held in one of the class
rooms connected with the church.
The Palmer brothers, of Boston, we're adver-
tised to give spiritualistic seance at the New
Haven opera-house Sunday evening. Several
hundred people put In an appearance, but
found the doors closed under a statute passed
in I7S4.
At Charleston, w. Va, the Wellington Coal
and Salt company made an assignment yester-
day. The liabilities are about $4,000 and the
assets win reach about 100000.