Evening journal., 1892-03-17

men who ever assemDleu IN legislative
halls
The leaders could be seen drifting here
ard there, dropping a word to act as a hre-
brand 70 keep alive the flames Of discord
1t was sll done With smiling faces and
shakes Os the hard, but some of the
hearts hei in them purposes as black as
the coats tpst covered them-the sowing
Of the seed of dissension.
The whole thing has narrowed down to
factional hghs between Wilson and
anti-Wilson u.ep. and the charges on
both sides have only been trumped up to
give a plausible EXCISE
The anti Wilson men SHE'D their
castor into the ring Rev. ]. A. B.
Wilson was made The mark at which It
was hurled. They accused him Of lying.
political hypocrisy, arbitrary dealing and
almost everything in the category Of
church crime with the exception OF
murder and robbiug the contribution en-
velopes
Wilson's FRIENDS RETALIATE.
Presiding Elder Wilson's friends rec
ognized the purpose Of this attack ano
they could not do anything but re-
taliate They held that they had ample
grounds for charges sgainst their
enemies. and declared an intention to
impeach the integrity of Presiding Elder
w L. Murray. Rev f. l.. Hubbard.
Rev. 7 e. Martindale Rev. Johu B.
Qulgg Rev. e. @. McNichol and Rev.
John Todd.
Both sides preferred these charges for
effect. pure aud simple Both sides knew
IL. but eash was hopeful that Bishop
Andrews would recognize that one side
or the other had q case That would
keep the Wilsin men In or swing the old
ring on top.
The old regime drew first blood yester
day when Charles A. Hill, one Of
Wilson's best fighters was downed In The
fight for secretary, and Mowbray, an
anti Wilson man was relegAted to the
place vacated by Rev John d. Rigg.
This led up to the active skirmish
The ''old ring" saw in that tie precursor
Of success, and they threw out their
skirmish lines which did desultory
firing yesterday afternoon, In open cor.
ference aud secret session. In this fight
Revs Vaughn S. Collins aud Thomas
Terry led the attack. Collins dislikes
Wilson on general principles and Terry
has no love for the man who started q
church In the Dover rick, aud set the
Governors avenue cha oel apart on Little
Greek circuit, created by the last confer
euce.
This back-door canvass for votes did
I little hurt, and was not pushed vigorously
until this mornings canvass, prior to tn,
secret session By that time both sidel
were organized, and when the
preachers went into the main room Il
escape the reporters 1t was generally un
derstood that something would be don,
with reference to the Wilson charges bu'
that The other charges would be dropped
or smothered in com nittee.
! Ei DEMAND AN OPEN TRIAL.
Presiding Elder Wilson went int,
secret session with the understanding
that be would demand an open trial. n
said that he wanted the people Of VIII
mington to hear his case. Bis friend
supported him in this demand but doub
was expressed as to whether Bishop An
drews would allow it.
WILSON HAS THE LAY DELEG ATEs.
Presiding Elder Wilson has the la
delegates no matter what the minister
may do. bis friends claim over 100 0
the 1866. There Is 0 Jay delegate fr0n
each charge. Only three charges Of Dove
district have officially protested agains
his administration Of the affairs Of tn
district.
I. J Truxton, a well-known SUISSE
county Republican and lay delegate, VII
represents Lewes NJ r. Church, was In
terviewed this morning:
What is the feeling towards Mr.
Wilson in the lay conference2"
/ tfIt 10 ynrU warm aud I ho "a hoar fr
structed by my church to.wait upon th
bishop and ask him to retain him in tn
presiding eldership Of Dover district
The laymen look at the church from
business standpoint. They want the bes
results for the money expended MI
Wilson has done that and he has ais
done the work. We believethat the onl
motive In these charges IS spirit 0
Jealousy The present outlook is tha
this spirit will be rebuked by the la
electoral conferences"
"What power has the lay electoral COZ
} ference2'
1T has the election Of the lay delegate
; to the general conference. II makes
big difference whether they are Wilso
men or not. II they are Wilson mel
thai endorses mis- policy. His enemis
are Just making those charges for effsc
and consider It disgrace TO the chuTol
the manner in which the preachers hay
acted ia this matter Our charge
Lewes stands by him to a man. He hI
made enemies, and l will tell you why
de came from the forecastle of vesse
} and now he is tIeading the quarter dec
Of the church. he is a self made mar
entitled to all the honor for the way
which he has come up In the walks {
life. It has engendered jealousy"
AS HIS BROTHER SEES IT.
Rev. w. W. W. Wilson, brother Of Il
presiding elder and pastor of Asbury A
E Church at Smyrna, Is confident thI
the charges will not be sustained. 3
, said this morning:
''My brother will ask for an open tria
He wants the Wilmington people 1
know Just how he stands and where
I stands. He can knock the 2 eharg
! against him to smithereens.
GOVERNOR REYNOLDS IN THE FIGHT.
Perhaps few persons know that Cove
nor Robert ]. Reynolds aud Register
. Wills e. T. Cooper, are taking hand
I the fight in Mr. Wilson's behalf. Two
, the charges against the presiding eld
! under the head Of political Hypocrisl
! are that he openly supported Govern
Reynolds, and recommended Colon
<. T. Cooper to the Office
Register Of Wills, aud that while posii
4 before the community as a Prohibit oni
be is really working in behalf Of tl
Democratic party, and this polite
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