The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-04

one of you"
also offered you the statement Of
Hon. Frank Thompson, of Onslow, a
leading Methodist, gentleman OF the
highest intelligence. He says:
Il do not think that / could now give
you a synopsis Of any of the speeches
that | heard Dr. Kilgo deliver Il have
heard him on several Occasionsl, but
rccoIlcct distinctly that his speech or adj
dress at Clinton n. C., in 1897, was, if
l understood it, the most cloqu nt plea
for mono-metalism and monopoly that L
have ever heard.
am truly sorry that our church has
not learned that it needs Christians
worse than it needs money. If we believe
the Bible. Solomon raised or collected
large sums of money from his people and
left divided kingdom-opprcsso is not
christianity and / am fully persuaded
mat If Christ came today, that his first
work would be to drive the money
changers out Of his church.
'SlgncO FRANK THOMPSON,
Jacksonville, \. c., Aug. %. 1888.
Much more could have been offered
from other quarters to the same effect.
1t was useless to duplicate the above.
These gentlemen are from different parts
OF the State, are all Of the highest charac-
Anntia ~ mem NIe'I I..i
=, VII Ca,,ii,, VI ~; NuEo record
and wirc-pulling. If were to 20 into his
record at the last two or three aunuoI
Conferences Lorctornrn - ~ ,i,y Dl.,rIc'
interesting roadinr hrt yvnmi5 r,,; '''''Ne
nne+ of bornnts ,bort ma. CON-
EiIoo has relieved ma fran, -
of resortinp to ca npnlno.,,t >, ,,,..,SS
ing. Since the meeting WAS orjor"d w.
DR.. Kilgo's instance. for his invo.t;,,.,
ton. and pcnding that investigation T.,
has visited District Conrnrcncc aft,.
conference. Thc lamb was not ,nor,
sure to follow where Mary won't tb,nth
announcement that the Doctor wa ~
tending district conference was .uro T.,
be followed by notice that Kilco and
Duke wcr" endorsed. This prudinc =,
judicial Investigation by this Board
which was supposed to be made i'm good
faith, at his instance, whether he ought
to be endorsed. The similarity in the
language Of these resolutions and the
singular coincidence as to the care with
which his special friends were selected
as delegates to the Annual Conference.
made the State smile. The hand Of the
boss was recognized, and even the
monopoly papers which are always on
Or. hilgo's side could not refrain any
more than other papers from netting
that DR.. hilgo was running the prm-
aries. only one editor that | know az
defended him, and that was Mr.. Ivey,
who is one of the jury which is to pass
upon the identical question which those
resolutions were determining i'm ed
vance without NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
winch were published with remarkable
promptheSS ana regularity III the Adj
Nocale' IhouSh IL refused to PRINT
Inoue[ate e W0rded resolution signed by
rank = hopblhs ana SIX others as
sood men aS we nave III the church,
against the ialSe representations OF our
agents by when Il large sum OF money
WIS Voted by congress TO our church.
nat was Il transaction as to which the
evidence IS i'll, and as to which every
honest man III the Southern Methodist
church who knows the facts must feel
Illuminated, yet the public sentiment as
10 tnat mas beeh expressed IN Aut rev
uislrict conferences. no one had a per-
sonar INTEREST IN WORKING up resolutions
10 condemn that inlqulty but as to this
matter OF hllgo ana Duke, rs to which,
no eNluehce was III ana Il meeting hau
been called to get the evidence, reso-
lutions were drawn and passed. How
they were passed need not be told. But
the deXter0us manner in which this
resolution was passed at orc of our
district conferences as related by two
gentlemen of the highest character
shows that discussion was not desired
there at least.
The evidence of the presence of pr.
Kilgo or his special friends NJ these
district conferences where these rcSolu-
tions were PASSED. and tb. c,,ct that
many members of this iurv voted nt
them in favor of resolutions endorsiro,
DR.. Kilgo. thus anticipating vour YER
dict here, was not denied bv any evil
dence. not even denied. (his usual wav)
in DR.. Kilgo's specch. The only thing
that looked like a defence was the state
ment in his speech unsupported by any
evidence that / had written articles in
favor of free coinage of silver while on
the bench before which such questions
might come. If | was wrong (as he init
mated how would that make right this