St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-10
THE Y. M. q. A.
Committees Appointed at the Sec-
Ond Days Session.

Committees Appointed at the Sec.
ond Days Session.
PHILADELPHIA, May 9.-The second
days session of the international con-
vention of the Young Mems Chris
tian association was opened with
the reading of passage of Scripture
and prayer by Rev. j. A. NJ. Chapman,
of Philadelphia. President Chamber
lain then announced the standing COM
mittees as follows: On Business. l..
F. w. Watkins. Hamilton, Ont; d.
r. Noyes, st. Paul; HI. A. Myers,
Nashville: c. Fl. Potter. Cleveland, o.
On International Report-T. De w.
Cuyler, Philadelphia; E. B. Barnum,
Washington; w. Woods White, At.
lanta; 7. B. Sweet, Topeka; j. E. G.
Farnham, Providence; F. A. Keller,
German branch, New York; Robert A.
Kilgore. Toronto, Ont. On Associa-
tions-B. @. English, NJ. D., New Bruins
wick, N. j.; S. K. Thompson. BiDg-
hamton, N. Y; Gideon Hawley,
Omaha; W. A. Cunning. Natchez,
Miss; q. B. Bears, Portland, Or. !;
Henry Heakston, Halifax, N. S.;
w. j. B. Patterson, San Antonio, Tex.
Devotional-J. w. Hansel, Kansas City :;
j. w. Allen, Knoxville, Tenn. !;
George B. Scott, Philadelphia; W. C..
Kendrick, Louisville; T. j. Wilkins,
Toronto; B. T. Stephens, Elkhart, Ind. !,
and Ralph Weaver. Canton, o. On Res
cago; E. E. Yates, Gallatin, Mo-, and
topic OF the session, approved Meth
dds of State Work; How Made More
Effective" was then taken up, and adj
dresses on the subject were made by T..
j. Gillespie, of Cleveland, chairman of
the state committee of Ohio; Charles
Loughridge. Chicago, of the Illinois
state committee, and H. j. Mccoy, San
Francisco, of the California state COM
.mittee.
Matthew Holder, co-worker in Lon
don, England, with George Williams,
was then introduced. He is a white
haired and bearded man, sixty-two
years old. and has been forty-twO years
in association work. III. Hoffer, general
secretary of the association at Zurich,
Switzerland. very youthful appearing
man, said his cOuntrymen thought the
men of this country were too fast, but
he had seen that God could 60 as fast
as the men can. John Wanamaker
started the work in his country and
town and through his generosity their
first secretary was now addressing the
assembled delegates. He wished to
heartily thank Mr.. Wanamaker and ex-
press his kindly feeling toward
Philadelphia. TIE topic of the
afternoon was, 1'the employed officers
of the association, the class of men
wanted, the training they should re-
ceive, their relation to the work." and
it was fully treated In paper read by
II. B. Chamberlain, of Denver, now
president of the associations. There
was an animated time over the selection
of the place for the next convention in
1891. Invitations were received from
Kansas City, Nashville, Tenn. Chicago
and St. Paul. Messrs. Hensel, of Kan
sas City, Peters, Of st. Louis; Wood
worth, of Boston, spoke earnestly in IA
vor of Kansas City. Messrs. Smith, of
Chicago, and Mccoy, of San, Francisco,
pleaded for Chfcago; Mr.. Myers. of
Nashville, for Nashville; and Mr.. Suy-
dam, of st. Paul, for that place. The
principal contest was between Kansas
City and Chicago. An informal vote
taken which resulted: Chicago, $50;
Kansas City, 24s; Nashville. IS; st.
Paul, Is. A formal ballot resulted in
Kansas City being chosen as the place
for the convention in 1891, that city re-
ceiving 285 votes against 1888 in favor of
Chicago.