Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-13
LAST OPEN SESSION
Of the Christian Endeavorers Held-Spir- II or Rivalry ir the Illinois Ranks
 The Banner City.

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 San Franclseo. July 12.-The last open sessicn Of the Internal. .onal Christian En- deavcrers were held today. The attend ance at the morning and afternoon as -sfviyS were large and al night those who managed to obtain admattance to the la,.ge place were fortunate for only 25,000 could be admitted and 10000 more sought admission. Estimates made by leading business men are that the people brought 1InTe by this gathering will leave not less tlsan '$1 600 GOO in the city. All the cad CTS are pleased with the utter success Of the movement.
 The rivalries which have existed be- tween the coteries of Chicago Endeavor- CTS since the incipiency of the Cahfoln n excursion has eliminated in open aglta- tion One faction was headed by Rev. c. 8. Bullock editcr of the Christian En- : deavorer the other by l.. A. Ransom who srspresentsd the Golden Rule Followers" en route to San Francisco. The Chica- goans split at Denver on the Sunday traV- cling question. the Bullock party arriv- irg at Salt Lake City on Saturday even- ing and the Rarsoms on Sunday evening. At this point the banners Illinois En- d6Avorers' hanging on the Bullock coaches were taken off by the Ransom people on the plea that the fcrmer did net officially represent the party. The { Bullock party were all Illinoisiars and ffifiiittdiHcu ClifH IlSIIL tO Oi tniEe q ScO- ond California bound excursion and to designate theselves on their coach. The ba nrsrs, however, were not recovered. 1.-The second chapter of this religious war has been written on the Pacific slope. The Bullock party which arrived two days ahead of the Ransom party. planned under the leadership of MT. Bullock, who had been officially assigned to slum mset- ings in connection with the convention. sseries of gospel meetings in several dis tricts. When the other people arrived they promptly had MT Bullock turn-d down as leader of sum meetings and also ignored him in the Illinois rally on Sat urday morning.
 The banner presentation tol local city , unions having reported the best progress during the year systematically and pro-. j portio- ately in giving it to New York aroused great enthusiasm amongst the New Workers who were the receivers of The beautiful blue emblem last year and -aafe the recipients this year. The pre- sentation speeches were made by Rsv. F. L. House, of Attlebury, Mass. the . h7nner being presented to the Rev Y. Tinker. vice-pressdent of the New York City union. who said that the metr po'is possessed 1,014 workers In End avo- ranks New York union responded w h a song. Bring Back the Banner to Me,". and on the platform waved a big blue and white Christian Endeavcr flag.
 There was big rally of delegates at the Mechanics Pavilion this ev>nng. There were 15.000 within the walls of the immense structure at least one-half of whom wera childreD and their interest in the proceedings seem to surpass that of : tl1sir elders at previous sessions. The s,rneeting was presided over bv Rev. T. H. Bonlbareer, of Ccimmbisn1, Ohio, a-d an tirteresting prrern7mme was rendered The other msetipea were attended by Ayge crowds of enthusiastic Erdeavoreps.