Evening journal., 1897-03-23
NEW PRESIDING ELDERS
Stengle and Prettyman the
Successful Men.
WILL PROBABLY BE APPOINTED.

TO-DAY TO SUCCEED DIR. CORK
RAN AND DIR. SMITH. OF SAILS
BURY AND EASTON DISTRICTS,
OF WILMINGTON CONFERENCE.
NEXT SESSION TO BE HELD AT
LEwES.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
CHESTERTOWN, March 23.-This
is such a remarkably busy session OF
the Wilmington NJ. E. Conference that
the business cannot possibly be finish
cd up before tonight or tomorrow
morning. The bishop and his cabinet
the presiding elders-have had ard
uous labor in the work of assigning
ministers to their various fields of la
Dor for the year. duty made more re-
spunsible by the retirement OF two pre-
siding elders. II Adam Stengle Is
made presiding elder OF Easton dis
rlct, Presiding Elder Alfred Smith
will. In all probability, take the pretty
town of Smyrna as his field
Bishop Walden at the opening OF the
business session Of the ccnfernce yes
terday gave an unequivoCal endorse
ment of equality OF lay and ministerial
| rcgresentation In the General Confer
ence He stated that II the next confer
ence did not make provision for an
equal representation, In his opinion,
the General Conference should send IL
down TO the quarterly conferences, and
If they say yes then the ministers
should acqulesce.
Upon the invitation of ID. II. Cork
ran. I.ewes. Del, was decided upon for
the holding of the next annual confer
ence.
RACE TRACK GAMBLING.
Rev. Vaughan s. Collins offered the
following: I'm view of the rapid
growth of the vice of gambling and its
increasingly baneful effects 1t Is with
deep regret that we face the fact
that the State of Maryland is in the
grasp of the gang of race track gam
blers that once made the name of
= Gloucester Infamous. The present law
, of the state legalizes all of the worst
! forms OF race track gambling practi-
, cally all the year round and anywhere
I'm the commonwealth, In which respect
Maryland stands with California and
Louisiana alone among the states Of
this nation. The present point cf acute
I attack from this demoralizing army OF
, gamblers Is found. in Cecil county
! where the people are already waglng a
war Of desperate determination against
the invader. II success should crown
this local fight It will be saddened by
the fact that the gambler will simpl.
b migrate to other Maryland territory
3 Therefore, be II
l. Resolved by the Wilmington Con
If ference. That this is the fight not o
, Cecil county alone. but Of our who'll
n state and conference.
r 20. That we pledge our utmost en-
e deavor to help the afflicted locality by
a labOring to secure a law forever pro
l. hibiting race track gambling through
: out the entire state.
/ "3 That we urge ell our ministers
> and people to see to Il that only such
3: legislative candidates as are in favor
+ CT such a law shall receive their votes.
[. Rev. II. S. Mowbray, who has beer
l. stationed at ElktOn, spoke in regard u
l. the matter and explained the situation
" in Cecil county, and the resolutions
q were adopted.
n John w. Prettyman, Harry Taylor
Is J. w. Talley, W. o. Bennett, appli
Z, cants for admission on trial, all an
l. swered the questions relative 90 deb
d and the use of tobacco and signed th'
Is certificates.
r A GREAT ARMY OF METHODISTS
b The report Of Statistical Secreta11
Ie Mowbray gave the following figures
Is Probationers, 1868; full members, 81.
It O93; local preachers. 1lS; children, 2.
Ie 437: adults. 339; schools. 80; Officer
n and teachers. GAO; scholars. 44.546
lr churches 1888, probable value, S1,17S.
i 500; parsonagos, 1873; probable value
e S27S, 700; building and improving
h property. $3S.SS4; on old indebtedness
D Sl4, ,6S6; present Indebtedness ol
W church property. S110,S77; collection
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
le 81 Sol; Womans Home Missionary So
cioty, S2,343; domestic missions, SSH.
l. GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION.
,e The committee appointed at the las
le conference to take steps to secure al
ID amendment to the Constitution of tn
!" United States inserting the word
Trusting in Almighty Cod reporte
that the petition had been placed in tn
Of hands Of Senator George Gray an
Pr Congressman Willis and had been re
g forred TO the Judiciary Committee. bu
ID that nothing had been done I'm the mat
a. ter.
n CAMP MEETING ON SUNDAY.
i- The Committee on Sabbath Obser
,e vance reported through S. NJ. Morgan
lp Of Wilmington. The report was OF
radical character and opposed tn
le holding of camp meetings on Sunda
~ and pledged the conference to refuse {
assist any such camp meetings
v w. l.. S. Murray opposed any sue
o. action. and said he would not be boun
"a by IT, even though it be adopted by
~ majority.
10 J. T. Van Burkalow and others spok
~ i'm like terms. Robert Watt moved this
that part of the report which relate
to camp meetings be stricken on
We which was carried. The report wa
to then adopted.
VS. EDUCATIONAL VISITORS.
he The following were appointed visil
ny ing committee to educational institr
es tons.
IS Dickinson College,. w. Wilcox.
on G. Budd, ]. S. Mullen, Jr, A. l.. Drl
ne den.
lis Woman's College-V. S. Collins,
lp. w. Prettyman, w. p. Jackson, j.