The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
Closing Day of the Convention
Marked by Many Hours OF
Psalms and Worship.
WOOLLEY SPEECH INCIDENT
THE DELEGATES TOOK UMBRAGE
AT IT'S DELIVERY.
"ORciaI Organ" Congo VIII End that
Feature Hereafter-ServIce at
Night at Theater.


The Christian Unionists closed their con-
venton with long day of worship and
psalm singing yesterday. They began their
meetings at sunrise and kept them up,
with only brief intermissions. the whole
day. They were even loath to give them
selves time to eat and during the meal
hours the sound of the digniied rhythm
of the psalms could be heard coming from
the dining hall OF the Denison. Some music
filled soul would start to sing, and every
one would stop in their eating and join in
to swell the melody. Never before, perhaps,
has such a novelty as singing and eating
been witnessed at the Denson.
If the delegates had sung at all their
meals many of them would doubtless to-
day be the better for it. 1t was said yes
terday that about hundred of them were
more or less sick and the diagnosis offered
by the doctors was that of too hasty eat
ing, too much excitement and too little
sleep. Among those who were the most
seriously indisposed were G. ?. Campbell,
the chairman of the 1.-THE committee; II. ii.
Bell. the leader of the evangelists, and J.
A. Duff, the general secretary. Everything
was done for them yesterday that was pos
sible, and, with the exception of Mr.. Camp
bell, they all seemed on the road to speedy
recovery last night The convention has
been a great strain on the officers particu-
larly and the change in the weather has
come at time when IT could affect them
the most Stimulants, of course, for medic
inal purposes only, were consequently much
in demand at the hotels yesterday.
DIDN'T LIKE THE WOOLLEY SPEECH.
An element of discord marred an other
wise spiritual day. This was occasioned
by the prohibition speech made in the after
noon at the hail. The first service at the
hall had been one of deep conservation, led
by Rev. r. A. Torrey, and the sermon by
NJ. B. Williams succeeding that meeting
was a religious discourse of power. at
night the great meetings at the theaters
and on the streets, as well as in the hall,
were wholly devoted to the cause of Christ
and the salvation of souls. The only meet
ing of the day that was not of a completely
pious nature was that of the afternoon,
and many of the delegates were not slow to
say they regarded it as a desecration. Fully
three-fourths of the gathering were OPP
posed to Mr. Woolley being on the pro-
gramme on a week day, let alone on Sum
day. Mr.. Tracy is given the credit for
foisting Mr.. Woolley upon the convention,
and If it were not for the fact that he is re-
firing from office he would be made to feel
the dspleasure Of the organization Said
one of the prominent young people yester-
day: "You may depend upon 1t, Mr.. Wool
ley will never speak again to a G. U. con-
vention."
The official-organ gouge continues to be
a topic of interest among the young people.
1t seems that E. b. Marquis, the chairman
Of the local committee, who has been hon-
ored with an appointment to the general
committee, was the chief agent in making
the deal But Mr.. Marquis has told a num-
ber of people that he now believes it was
serious mistake. Perhaps a majority OF
the executive officials also agree in the
sentiment that it was mistake The new
general secretary, DR.. McGill does not re-
gard an official organ as necessary in a
large city. +. b. Graham, the editor or
the Midland, said yesterday the custom or
making any paper the official one should be
abolished J. X. Moffett, OF Monmouth,
also certified to the same sentiment. Hard
ly man approached but acknowledged
that a blunder had been made in making
the News the official paper, and the ex-
perience obtained thereby has caused many
to say that there will be no more official
organs in the future. A press censorship
of a newspaper carries with it the impl-
cation that something might occur which
the organization would be ashamed for the
public to know. This implication is not a
merited one however, for the proceedings
of the convention have been free from
anything scandalous or iniquitous in a re-
lgious sense. Nor do the majority of tbs
delegates desire to have themselves ex-
tolled beyond their merits in a paper edited
under their own auspices. The official or
gan" has been so edited. All it's matter
concerning the convention beyond what it
copied from the Journal in the preliminary
reports of the convention has come to 1t
from the conventions own stenographeF
and press secretaries. And in exchange for
this abdication of it's independence 1t has
worked gouge on the delegates by charg-
ing them % cents for five papers worth 10
cents The Denison newsstand attempted
to charge only Is cents for the same pa
pers but the organ" promptly squelched
the enterprising news dealer.
Another thing that viii be likely aban-
doned In the future by the young people is
having Official trains. The general COM
mittee, In order to obtain passes has here
tofore made some road from each direction
the official" route, and the result has
been a lack of "booming9 and accommoda-
tions on the part of other roads.