The herald., 1896-09-30
REPROOF TO M0N0POLISTS
Laboring Glasses Are In Need OF Church
Prayers
The Methodists as the Friends Of the Poor
People
Closing Day Of the Methodist Confer
ence-Delegates to Washington.
Conference Trustees Elected-Re-
ports Received, Etc.

| At the last session of the Southern
California Methodist annual conference,
| held in Simpson tabernacle yesterday
morning, Bishop Foss presided and much
business was transacted in the pres
ence of a house full of visitors.
After the presentation and adoption
| of a number of reports, which were
adopted without debate, an excellent
| pastoral address was read by ]. M. Hill
| bish. One phase of the address gave a
| warning admonition to congregations
that they must not look upon their pas
tors as gods, and this was objected to
| by q member of the conference, who
made a motion to strike out the SEN
tence, and it prevailed. A paragraph In
| the address that melted much more dis
| cussion, which seemed for time likely
| to develop into another political dispute,
was one reading: THE laboring classes.
under the oppression of monopolies, cali
| for your prayerful sympathy and hearty
cooperation to free them from their
present condition and ills in their lives. :"
| More than one member of the confer
| ence asked that this paragraph be
| stricken out of the address. One min
lister even declared that the laboring
| classes sometimes figure as monopolists
over the capitalists. and his assertion of
| this and the further one that hedid not
want to see the church champion the
cause of anarchists were not well re-
ceived by his brethren. One pastor
| arose to say that he considered the par
! agraph far from being of political sig
nificance, but simply an expression of
Christian sympathy for the laboring
| classes. IF there is one great friend of
the Ia aboring class" said Will A. Knight
en-, ''it is the Methodist church. In
preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ we
cannot do otherwise than champion the
cause of the poor and downtrodden
against the oppression of the rich and
powerful"
After the subject was warmly discuss
ed on both sides the half dozen pro-
posed amendments were laid on the ta-
BILE and the address as read was adopted.
The conference trustees chosen for
the ensuing year are: Revs. J. 3. Green,
T. E. Robinson, H. Cox, w. A. Knighten,
J. A. b. Wilson, A. NJ. Tough, A. c. Will
liams. a.
A secret ballot for the two delegates
to be sent to the meeting of the anti,
saloon league in Washington resulted
in the choice of w. A. Knighten and
Thomas Stalker
Standing committees were named for
the ensuing year.
A resolution was adopted-denouncing
La Fiesta and protesting against the
night masquerade which winds up that
carnival season.
Resolutions Of sympathy were voted
to two laymen who are now ill-G. Wiley
Wells, esq, and DR.. w. G. Barber, and
also to Rev. A. NJ. Ogborn, whose aff1c-
ton compelled him on Monday to go to
hospital for surgical operation.
The bishop announced that two
charges, Gonzalez andMerced, had been
transferred to the California conference.
Rev. Clark Crawford was elected
fraternal delegate to return the courtesy
of the First Congregational society, and
Rev. J. A. B. Wilson was similarly cho-
sen to visit the w. c. T. U. Some OBJ
lection was made to choosing frater-
nal delegate to the w. G. T. u, on the
ground that that organization is not a
church of Christ, but that technicality
was overcome by vote to treat that or
ganiZation as If it were church.
-D'. THE APPOINTMENTS
The business of the morning was COM
pleted by the reading of the secretarys S
minutes, after which Bishop Foss, in his
dignified and paternal manner, began
brief address to the ministers present, to
the appointments. The bishop impressed
upon the minds of his hearers the fact
that the pastors could not all be assign
ed to the charges they would nike bot.
He warned them that some would be
deeply disappointed. He realized that
the sanitary advantages of Southern
California, the bright sun, clear sky, had
drawn many preachers who on account
of the health of themselves or families
would accept charges much less desir
able than they could have commanded
in the east or middle west The bishop
showed the members of the conference
that it is their duty to cheerfully accept
whatever places may be given them,
though the change seemed severe.
The appointments as he read them are:
FRESNO DISTRICT.
T. c. Milltr, presiding elder.
Arroyo Grande-C. H. Lawrence.
Bakersfield-C. L. Libby.
Creston-S. S. Sampson.
Delano-Alfred Ramey.
Easton and Traver-Stephen Gas
coigne.
Estrella-C. w. Tarr.
Fresno-D. H. Gillian.
Goleta-J. w. Van Cleve.
Grangeville-H. w. Waltz
Hanford-G. A Miller.
Hueneme-F. L. Morrill,.
Kern. M. Baxter.
Kernville-To be supplied by W. o.
Haskins
Lancaster-To be supplied by w. o.
Haskins.
Lakeside-To be supplied by R. L.
Snyder.
Lompoc-J. H. Henry.
Paso Robles-Robert Barton.
Piru-C. w. F. Nelson.
Porterville-H. S. Munger.
Reedley-O. s. Frambes.
Saticoy and Montalvo-S. B. Woolpert
Sanger-To be supplied by Martin Mil
ler.
San Luis Obispo-J. M. Hilbish.
Santa Barbara-C. A. .Westenberg.
Santa Paula. C. Gowan.
San Miguel-Martin Judy.
Santa Maria-T. w. Lincoln.
Sespe and Bardsdale-A N Fields.
Selma-W. B. Bell
Somis Circuit-To be supplied by Geo.
Haffen.
Tehachepi-W. c. MeaGher.
Tulare-S. II. Enyeart.
Ventura-E. s. Chase.
Waukena-C. W. 6toweu