Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-12
SYMPATHY FOR DUBS
The Conference Expresses Conf
dence in the Accused Bishop.
BOWMAN AND EsHER CONDEMNED.

Both OF the Women's Cllristlnn Temper
anoo Org anIzations Endorsed After n
Hot Observation-Disclosures Regard
Ing Temperance In Politics Also Ex-
olto Debate.
YORK, Pa, March l1.-At the CEN
trail Pennsylvania conference of the
Evangelical church the report of the
committee on Sabbath and temperance,
which was referred back to the COM
mittee Saturday, was again taken up
and adopted item by item until the
item that the late high license and pro-
hibition amendment was submitted to
the people to please the Temperance Poo
pic and defeated to please the liquor
trade was reached. The clause was dis.
cussed at great length, but was finally
adopted.
The Endorsement of the National
Womcn's Christian Temperance UNIONS
work was hotly discussed and as there
are two organizations claiming to DO
tic national body the resolution was
anendcd to read all the Women's Chris
tim Temperance unions. The resoiu-
ton that Judge Brewers appointment
was a direct bid for the liquor vote by
President Harrison and his cabinet was
warmly discussed and was finally re-
ferred back to the committee.
Tho Report on bishop Dubs.
The committee of thirteen on Bishop
Dubs' letter made its report. and after
its reading u lengthy debate followed
and tho resolutions were adopted with
only two dissenters. The report is as
follows:
Whereas. y letter has been addressed to
this conference by X. Dubs. ID. d.. LII. D., to
whom this conference Inns been assigned by
the Episcopal board giving the reason for his
absence and asking for the prayers OF this
conferences; therefore, be it
Res lvcd, That wo have listened with sad
interest to the communication or Bishop
Dubs, and thank him for the letter he has ad-
dressed 10 Us.
= That we have with sorrowful hearts re-
ccived the news of the bishops suspension
from all Official functions until the next gen
eral conference.
>. That we express to him our deepest SYM
pathy in this the great TRIAL OF his life, and
assure him that we will ever remember him
and his family nj the throne OF grace.
l. That we admire and commend his loyalty
to our church and its laws
5. That we hereby express our undiminishcd
confidence in the integrity, purity and p!cty
of Bishop Dubbs. md hopefully look forward
to his fullest vindcation in the near future.
Bishop Bowman and bishop Esher.
Whereas. Very serious com plants have
also for some time been made again Bishop
Bowman and Bishop E,her, and upon the
probability of these complaints being FOR
INFLATED into charges. said bishops sought TO
cvade tho possible outcome Of n thorough In
vestigation by rcsoriing to the subterfugc OF
q so called scCrc; preliminary hearing insti-
tu,cd by number OF their personal friends;
and
Whereas The said so called preliminary
hearing. according TO the Interpretation put
upor it by the Official organs. WAS held mainly
in tic interests OF the Northwestern college,
whose reputation was represented as being III
jurcd by these rumors, the examination being
concluded by parties connected with the IN
sttution and dependent upon H. and
Whereas Bishops ]. j. EShcr and /. Bow
man pcrsistcntly d:srcSarded recent dis.
ciplinary proceedings with them. and have
publicly expressed their determination 10 do
so: therefore.
Resolved, That in view OF the foregoing
facts VIC a. a conference. regard tho course
of these officials rs u bold violation OF church
law and therefore revolutionary in its char
actcr.
Resolved, That we regard their recent APP
peal to the church 20 support them IN the
coursc as scarcely less criminal than their
own disregard OF law and as calculated 10
foster spirit OF rebellion among our people
which cannot be strongly condemned.
Resolved That we instruct our rcprcscn-
tativc in the board OF publication To oppose
the payment OF salary TO any suspended o;li-
Ger from and after the time OF their suspcn-
sion.
Some District Statistics
The committee on finances and boun-
diaries reported. and the reports were