The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
WAS LIKE POLITICS
CONFERENCE PASS RESOLUTIONS
WHICH SOUND STRANGE.

representins the Bishop and Declare in
Private That the Report was Milder
Than the Address-Next Conference to
be Held in WinfieId-Dr. Nichols Tells
of His Life in Characterized Man De-
Iivers the Most Eloquent Address of the
DR.. Hall of Hutchinson led the devo-
fional exercises at the conference yes
terday morning.
The character of a large number Of
ministers was passed upon and many
full reports were made as to the studies
OF the younger preachers.
L. ". Riley, T. f. Gordan, I. H. Scott,
J. e Hopkins. Frank Mccormick and
G. W. Meredith were passed to another
year.
w. G. Cook, W. T. Ward, W. l..
Swartz, / n. Pierce, H. P. Randall, H.
Cummings. H. W. Gibbons, David E. Vo-
tan, J. W Kirkpatrick were advanced
10 the fourth year.
The resolutions with reference to the
Winfield college were discussed and final
ly referred back to the committee.
The following resolutions were passed
which speak in a strange tongue TO
those who are cOnversant with the facts:
Whereas, The Associated Press dis
patches state that Bishop Andrews in
his address Of Thursday morning ad-
vised preachers not to NEEDLE with the
temperance question" Therefore, be
ii
Resolved, That we, as conference, do
hereby affirm in the presence of Bishop
Andrews, and with his concurrence,
that he gave no such counsel nor any
thing from which any such statement
could be inferred.
Resolved, That in harmony with the
spirit Of Bishop Andrews address We
hereby give a pledge to our people and
the citizens of the state of Kansas to
present an eternal enmity to the liquor
traffic in all its forms.
Resolved, That we also pledge our
hearty cooperation with all friends OF
temperance in all measures designed %
wipe out this chief of evils from the face
of the earth.
There is nothing in the position taken
by Bishop Andrews to warrant the as
sertion that he objects to a Methodist
minister being a prohibftiOnist, but it is
very evident that he thinks when the
minister becomes a special champion Of
that cause and enters the field of poll
he does so at the expense of his inf1u-
ence as a minister of the gospel. There
are q, good many people both inside and
outside of the Methodist church who
will agree with Bishop Andrews in that
view.
Experience has shown that it pays a
preacher as we'll as a, business man TO
avoid offensive partisanship. This, how
ever, does not deprive him of preaching
against all sin. 1t only shows that while
1t light help politics to inject a little re-
1igion into 1t, religion is not improved
by being mixed with politics.
Still stranger will the following reso-
buttons read when it is known that the
committee who denounced the local
press admitted that the published re-
port was extremely mild. The reso-
lutions read:
The committee on resolutions intro
duced the following resolutions:
I'VE desire to renew our testimony in
unequivOcal terms. that we as con-
ference are unalterably in favor Of total
abstinence from all alcoholic liquors,
and the speedy and complete annihila-
ton of the accursed liquor traffic.
Whereas, We cannot be oblivious to
the fact that the very moral and politi-
cal atmosphere is so charged with local
sentiment and resubmission theory and
doctrine that unless the Christian citi-
Zenship of the state will rise en- masse,
we will, ere long, be confronted with
the open saloon, a calamity most dire
full in its results to the state; and,
Whereas, We discover in the recent
utterances of some of our leading pa
pers and officials high in office a peri
lous tendency toward an utter disre-
gard of law.
Resolved, That we commend the hon
est and brave efforts of all public Off
cials having a proper regard for the
oath of their office, as evidenced by their
persistent effort to enforce law, and,
Resolved, That we most emphatical-
" endorse Methodist ministers and
their noble and courageous fight against
the liquor oligarchy.
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
conference that when the power OF the
press and that of the politicians is leag-
ued with that of the rumseller, gambler
and brothel keeper, the issue is not po-
litical one, but strictly moral one, and
that the support of the press and Off
Gals thus throwing their influence on
the side Of immortality and notification
of law is incompatible with Christian
duty and life.
Resolved, That we deplore the re-
who says That the prohibitory law can
not be enforced in communities where
the prevailing sentiment is against it
We hold that government is the Chief
function of governor.
Resolved, That the chief question be
fore this state is law or anarchy.
Resolved, That since the liquor traf-
fic cannot be legalized without sin
neither can those who favor its legaliza-
tion be voted for without sin, when it is
an issue
Resolved That we are in full &C,
cord with the spirit and purpose ol
every organization in the state whose
object is the suppression of the liquor
traffic.
Resolved. That We heartily resent
the Misrepresentation of our beloved
Bishop Andrews. made by the local and
Associated Press.
Resolved. That a copy of these reso-
the press of Wichita with the reques
that they be published"
Winfield was unanimously chosen as
the next place of meeting.
The afternoon was devoted to tbs
missionary cause and the address was
delivered by Or. Nichols. "a returned
missionary from China.
In the evening \. B. c. Mason repre-
eenung the Freedman's Aid society. de
1ivered probably one of the ableSt ad,
dresses Of the entire session.
Bishop Andrews viii preach at L
O'Clock today al the First NJ. E. church