The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-29

Nlkll~. II. H.. offered mild resolutions
closing with this recommendation:
That the Senate Commute, ,ay
what they think Is i just and proper
amount 10 BE- paid the attorney for hi
work in th" collection of the claim
Subtract that amount from the mount
actually pad. Let the church collie,
thar difference ana ray it u the puj.
fishing House. - thar The desire ii til,
>enai viii le accomplished"
"" spoke III paliiatien If THE book
agents and did not want them ensured
because ii their long mad honorable SER
y.c" IN the church. Rev. II. -,t1in~ re-
lied.
" are not settling with the senate.
nc said. 1t is Il question between liz
and ourselves. We ask the money To
tnrA.d 1. not because it is due the Senate.
Tat because it i tainted. We are after
orT good name. No church has ever had
such 4 chance to show IN example If
Christian integrity"
Hi" speech Of the day-I max truly
say tn. speech Of the Conference.-The
made hy Hon. Frank G. Robbins, ii
Lexington. He riddled Dr. Atkins. ANA
though he was defeated in the final vote.
and the Atkins substitute was adopted.
il made Il profound impression. IL said
III part:
believing this to he the most import
ant question with has been before Our
church since its origin. | beg Your indui-
gence. SO good Il speech To completely
miss the mark | never heard. He en-
beavers III his speech to get this dignifi-
cd body to enter into negotiations with
til" senate Of the United States.
Il want 10 say that Stahlman is not
q lawyer and thus free the bar from any
charge that he is. Ana l want to say
that no legal bar i'll any one of these
forty-sevcn State would allow him to
remain within its bound twenty-four
hours after his conduct III this matter.
No. sir: Brother Stahlman. as he is
called over there III Mckcndree church,
Nashville, could not remain in a legal as
sociation and I wish some one would
bear him this message.
"1ou may say what YOU please. but
the Senate IS nothing but Il political
body. but | tell YOU many Of the mem
hers Of that body are as honorable as
these before me 1T this time. And as
long rs we refrain from condemning
the action of the book agents We are
r~articep scriminis III the matter. The
Gentlemen this morning tried to explain
away the fact that Mr.. Barbce tried to
miSiead the Senate. when | have DR..
Denny. the chairman of the book COM
nittee. on my side. and even DR.. Hoss.
vho has been tcnderfooted on the whol
matter from the first, doeS not oppose
me.
The question is this: If the agents of
the Southern Methodist Church secured
this money under false pretence, by de-
ception. are we going to keep it and are
We going to condone them i'll it,
In cold. technical law the money is
ours. but | did not know and never want
TO know that the kingdom of Jesus must
have its affairs settled in the spirit Of
cold, technical law.
did YOU know that both Dr.. Barbee
and Mr.. Smith stated 60 Il Senator that
no large fee was to be paid to their lob
hyist III the matter?
We have hesitated ana dallied with
the temptation, i'll my Judgment. as long
~ We dare to do. | nave very strong
convictions on this matter. | am not
going to leave the Methodist church.
but | am going to stay here. and if Won
viii take this fllsehood into your bosom
| am going TO fight it until we shell it
out. But | don't believe the members
Of the Western North Carolina Confer
en-" are going to take this poison int
their midst and suffer the loss Of influ-
cnce which must necessarily follow. If
we don condemn these agents and re-
turn this money we have taken = -non
ourselves. upon our consciences. Money
is nothing when 4 yital. moral principle
is Involved. | have acquitted my con
science. brethren, acduIt yours"
Frank Robbins always measures up to
the occasion. and III that speech he sur
passed himself. The Conference voted
down his censurc OF the book agents.
and yet voted to return the money un-
der certain conditions. Obtained by the
deceptive and false telegrams Of Smith
and Rarbce. it is as the good Bishop
said, tainted money. and would burn
the treasures Of the church. Though the
Conference did not censure Smith and
Rarbee. the feeling is very strong that
they ought voluntarily to withdraw from
the position of trust in which they have
been discredited, and it is believed that
they cannot long stand against the out-
ragged sentiment Of the great body of
the church.
STATISTICAL REPORT.
Rev. Il. N. Taylor, Statistical Sccre-
tary, gave answcrs to question p to rs
inclusive. His report showed tho lore
are 134 local preachers in the Confer
ence; number of members, 10.623; nun
Der Of infants baptized. LOG; number
of adults baptized, 1.o66; number of
11tNf tIti IIttS itS. no.. lltii1lbtI OI LiD-
worth League members. 3.401: number Of
Sunday schools, SOB: number of Sunday
school teachers. 1867: number of Sun
day school scholars. 47.33O: amount col
lectcd for Conference claimants. ST
21S. -: amount collected for church 1X-
tension. S1.SS4.4i. amount collected for
foreign missions. ~S9,159.32: mount col
lected for domestic missions. 50, 190.2J;
amount collected for American Bible So
ciety. S33S.fo; amount contributed -
presiding elders salaries. so. 1922:
amount contributed to pastors salaries.
Sll.SI9.G3: amount contributed to
bishops salaries. S1.213.69: number of
congregations. 79S: number Of PASTORAL
charges. III: number Of p~arsona@Ps,
121. value. S141.IO so: number of as
trict pa~rSonageS. ;: value. $4,000.
Not only did the Conference re-elect
Or. Crawford editor of the North Caro-
lima Christian Advocate. but in selecting
= committee to confer with the Eastern