Daily Republican., 1889-10-30

Only & casual observer during confer
ence time will soon discover that the
Wilmington Conference preachers are
not very enthusiastic In their support OF
the Peninsula Methodist. At the last
session the partisans OF the paper failed
to offer the usual resolution OF endorse.
ment, very well assured that II offered It
would fail TO carry. The year previous
the resolution would have failed had not
its friends offered It just when they did,
and In the absence OF many oi the preach
ere. And u ese are some of the reasons
Of this Indifference and opposltlon:
l. Although the paper llveo of the
con ference, the conference has nothing
to do with Its management at all.
q And besides, It's editor is member
Of another conference, appointed by his
son 10 run what they claim to be the
"organ OF tho Wilmington Conference"
How would u member OF this con terence
be received by the preachers OF the edi-
tors conference should he embark In q
similar undertaking In Philadelphia?
They would ttarvc the management out.
3. Then, although the paper gets itt
living out OF our conference, We share
none Of Its earnings. II is true the paper
makes what It's partisans claim 10 very
III oHtE w COnitItDCc bU
condition that We increase quite liberally
Its subscription list. That 10, 1t gives u,
q certain percentage OF Its subscription
receipts. Three per cent. for 5000 sub
scribere, and an addition of ono per cent
Tor every thousand we add.
That looks very fair on It's face, bu
any one can see works far greater goot
to the management than to our Confer
ence claimants. A very little effort oil
the part oil each preacher would adj
more to this fund than the Peninsula
Methodist would pay over should tn,
preacher run its subscription list up I,
} 10, 900. Not every member Of Conference
will bite at this bait, although anxious I,
see an increase In the worn out preachers
} fund. And by the way. how can th'
} editor indulge In such ungererous fling
at some Of our leading papers for thel
! ofiers OF good books for an increafe O
patronage when he resorts to Il kindre,
inethod2 A paper of our own, with al
/ our surplus earnings given TO the Confer
| ence claimants fund, would add muc
D more thsn Bro. Thomas offers.
4. Then, although the paper looks t,
the conference for its living, no preache
/ is allowed to enter It's columns II til
D editor has the remotest idea that the artI
0 Gle antagonizes any OF hls pet fancies O
0 the fitness of things. We have no OBJ
Q jecilons to his running his paper on non
{ partisan grounds In reference to the TEN
perance question, for instance; but ho'
often he violates his policyl Aud yet
with one solitary exception, no brothe
has been allowed q word In dissent
Any one who reads his partisan utter
ances In the last two issues cannot bu
: see HE utter inconsistency, and yet not
word in dissent will be published, unlet
: he has made other changes of late in III
: : non-partisan policy.
: And his recent deliverances In refer
cnce to party prohibitiomists and th
i, Voice are an insult to many OF his mos
, reliable patrons. lie knows that hun
dreds OF us belong TO that party ana de
, llght in the Voice. believe its utterauce'
entrenched as they are In lacts only
, blind partisan like himself viii dare t
doubt; and when he rises toward th
party aud the party's great organ III
language employed IN hts last issue W
: receive it as gross insult, and the onl
, alternative he leaves us, and the onl
one he leaves his Democratic readers
that OF dropping his parer. 1t is hope
he will have word this week In refer
ence to the vice president he helped elec
taking out license TO sell liquor.
Oct, 30, 1889, g. W, BURKE,