Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-03-16
THE NJ E. ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

the Methodist Episcopal church will
he held at Barre, April GLIB. Monday
and Tuesday April twill be devoted
to examination of candidates for the
ministry. except Tuesday evening,
when DR.. Scheu, Gen. Sec. of the Ep-
worth League, will address Leaguers
and others. The conference proper
onens April Sth, at $3.50 a. M, when
the conference will be welcomed by
the Mavor of Barre, to which Bishop
| Chas r.. Fowler, D. D., will respond,
when the conference will be organiz-
ed and proceed to the business OF the
sescion semi centennial sermon
will be preached in the afternoon by
DR.. A. L. Cooper of Newport. The
anniversary of the Missionary Society
occurs in the evening, when the chief
address will be made by Chaplain Nc
Cabe. Thursday forenoon will be- de
voted to business and an address by
DR.. Beiler of Philadelphia, DR.. Park
hurst of Zion's Herald and others.
The afternoon will be used by the
Educational Society, and an address
by Bishop Fowler. The Lay delegates
will elect two delegates to the Gener-
al Conference, also the conference
members two delegates. At 1:30 pm.
the pastors and delegates Of the st.
Johnsbury district will hold special
meeting. At o'clock, p. M, there
will be an introduction of lay dele
gates to the conference, and address
es by the Bishop and delegate elect.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society will be addressed by Phebe
Stone Beeman and Miss Hodgkins,
editor of the Woman's Missionary
Friend. At 7:3O, evening, Bishop
Fowler will lecture on "Lincoln" at
Opera House. Saturday, there will
be business and addresses in the fore
noon by DR.. Breckenridge of Brook
Ign and Rev. DR.. Upham of Drew
Theological Seminary. The annivers
airy of the Montpelier Seminary will
occur in the forenoon. The afternoon
will be devoted to memorial services,
Home Missions, with an address by
DR.. Hartzell of Philadelphia.
Sunday, Love Feast at O'Clock a. !
M; conference sermon by the Bishop
at 1920; afternoon sermon by DR..
Hartzell; evening sermon by DR.. Up |
ham. There will be sermons by mem
bers of the conference and others
present, who are of the denomination
at the other churches in the city,
morning and evening. The appoint
ments will be F'read off, and adjourn
ment made Monday morning.
Senator Chandler of New Hamp |
shire has created a diversion in the
Senate by attacking the extravaganza /
of the Senate in the use of the puhlc |
funds. His attack is in the form of !
resolutions calling for an investiga- !
ton of Senate expenditures, and he
means to push the consideration of |
the resolution until the facts are be-
fore the public. In letter addressed
to the committees having the resolu-
tions in charge Mr.. Chandler shows
that under the present system it re-
quires 353 employees to wait upon 80
Senators at an expense of 1882, 900
annually. Each senator has clerk,
and each committee has a clerk,
which is probably necessary, but in
addition to these there are 1872 mes
sengers, laborers and pages whose
only duties are to attend to the
wants of the senators. The pay roll
has increased from 1917, 931 in 1887 to
$491 $50 in 1895. The total increase
since 1888 has been 1852, 34S. Com
menting on the increase in the num-
Der of Senate employees Mr.. Chandler
says the figures show that there are
about four employees to each of the 90
senators, and leaving out the police
men the number is 338. 1t is charged,
moreover, that the work of many of
these attaches has little connection
with the public service, but that their
services are made use Of by the SEN
ators in strictly private and per-
soual way while the bills are paid by
the public out Of the contingent
fund.