Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-22
THE CONFERENUE.
Increasing Interest in Its Sessions
DR.. Mbilakpr's Address.

Tor the courtesy aud hospitality eX-
tended them at their homes, aud to
the railroad company for giving
them one aud one.third fare (the
preachers get n half-fara rate). There
was interesting debate over the
woman question:" the women del
e.ates asserting themselves in n
positive manner that effectually sat
duwn upon the unprogressive mem
her whe doubted their right. He
was referred to The bishop and re-
turned in more proper frame of
mind.
Iii the afternoon Mrs, NJ. G. Wire
read the formal report of the
Wuman's Home missions. Mrs.
McILturffi, late missionary in Japan,
was introduced.
IN THE EVENING
tue church was again filed to its
full capacity, in spite of the allure
meuts of the band concert, tho that
did not disturb the meeting in the
least.
DR.. Whitaker, the new president
OF Willamette, native Bostonian,
but late of Marshall, Texas, spoke
on the Race Problem as Related to
Education" His address was a rev.
elation Of his powers and tluency of
language. He speaks with remark
able rapidity and clearness of
thought, illustrating every phase of
his subject with happy anecdotes,
keen wit and observation. He is
sound man politically as well az
sociologically, and possessed of good
presence and popular elements as a
platform orator. He will always be
heard with pleasure on pulpit or
rostrum if this is a fair sample of
his oratory. DR.. Stratton did not
speak as announced, but all went
away well pleased.
SYNOPSIS OF REMARKS.
The missionary thought is CO.
extensive with Christianity. There
is no question more prominently
before the church, after the saving
OF the individual soul, than the
proper training of that soul. The
race question touches this great
problem. l consider only one race
this eveping-the colored race. We
must GO back to Pilgrim Rock and
the settlement of Jamestown. No
where in the current Of civilization
has such antagonism come up and
been side by side as the question of
freedom aud slavery in America.
Questions growing out of this con-
dition Of things in our own land
have been mighty and unprecedent-
ed. They touched the church, the
party, the family, and all other in
tercsts. Out of this awful conflict
Providence, through years of polit-
ical and church strife and deadly
war, has brought Us now to where
| America is all free. Now, growing
ont of this new condition of national
life, come new questions. These are
before us. Commercial relations
are now changed in the South. The
hasis of property is now unlike 1t
was before the war. A new and
free race is rising in the South; a
race that will stand by, to the death,
those who work for them. There Is
also class of people in the South
who will vot tolerate the education
of The c0lored race. The speaker re-
lated a series of revelations as to real
life in the South. A Southern man
told the speaker that in coming
have undertaken bad work. The
more they are educated, the more
dangerous and useless they are. L
replied that cur negro scholars will
compare with those of the white
ra,e, At the close of the war an
unusual call came for the Methodist
church to enter the South. The
church responded, and is doing a
great work today. The millions of
the colored race of the south must
be cared for by the Christian church.
SATURDAY SESSION
was opened as usual, and the confer
ence adopted a resolution for its
legal incorporation.
The following preachers were
elected to deacon's orders: II. F.
Michel, w. r. Struble, G. L. Low
ther, d, Il. E iwards, VIM. G.
Church, Harold Oberg.
Donald NJ. Lacklin was re-admit-
ted on his certificate of location.
Admitted on trial: d. L. Ed
wards, g. L Lowther, w. r. Stru-
hle, VIM. e. Burt, Peter Ellison,
Ludwig Guiser.
D. l.. Spaulding, G. F. Rounds,
and ]. ". Miller were placed in the
effective ranks.
o. b. Whittemore, was continued
supernumerary. L. d. Driver and
Fred l.. Post were granted locations
on their own request.
Robert Duoth was made supernu-
merary at his own request.
Christopher Anderson, Elkanah
A. Cravers, John Mcintyre were
made supernumerary's AT their own
request.
The C, mmittee on education sub