The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-12
ST. PAUL N. {.
PASTOR.
Masculine and Feminine De-
legations Ask Bishop
Fowler to Send Mr..
Mayham Back.
FINANCIAL REPORTS RECEIVED
Non Attendance at Conference
Morning Prayers Stirs
UP a Fuss.
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NEWARK. April II. ls99-Bishop Charles
III. Fowler was just leaving the Haisey
Street NJ. L. Church yesterday afternoon
where the sessions of the Newark Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church is now in progress, when ne was
stopped by a number of ladies.
..What can / do for you, ladies?' the
Bishop asked.
Bishop" said Mrs. Pau Halter, who
was spokeswoman. 1--WE represent the
Ladies' Aid Society of st. Pauls Church,
Jersey City, and we have a favor TO ask.
.sCome eight to where 1 am stopping,
was the reply. and the Bishop led the
way to No. % Halsey street. In the party
with Mrs. Halter were Mrs Serena Soper.
Mrs. Britt. Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Terhune,
Mrs. DR.. Sprague, Mrs. Baker, MIS-.
Chamberlain. Mrs. Beals, Mrs. johnson,
Mrs. Bell. Mrs. butcher, Mrs. Ferguson
Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Servts, MRS.
Chettick and Mrs. Handy.
When the delegation was seated MRS.
Halter briefly stated, what the News
! exclusively printed last week., the facts
in reference to an attempt to have the
pastor, Rev. 4. C. Maynam's relations
with the church severed. They informed
the Bishop that the movement against
! Pastor Mayham's return originated with
a handful of men who had attempted to
| drag into their church government party
| politics. and when the pastor had crowned
on the methods of these few they mad
| visited the presiding elder and informed
| him that Pastor Mayham was 'too dc
| tatorfal by half" The ladies each took a
+! hand in the proceedings n closed by
l,asking the Bishop to send Mr.. Mayham
| back to st. Pauls for a third term.
The Bishop listened carefully to the
statements and said something which
| could not be learned, but when the ladies
-reappeared in the church judging by
their manner. evidently the interview had
| been satisfactory to them.
Scarcely had the ladies left the Bishop
than a man delegation from ST. PauPs
Church was announced. They were mead
ed by Trustee ]. H. Baker, who had a
! petition signed by twelve of the four
teen delegates from the church to the
| Conference. That petition begged the
! Bishop to sustain Rev. t. G. Mayham
and ~reappoint him to the charge where
he is ait present. On the part of these
Messrs. Baker, Ladue, Martin and Dex-
| ter presented to the Bishop a statement
of the condition of the church ms PAID
great praise to the management of the
| affairs by Mr.. Mayham.
"Ddd the Bishop say a~nything?" Trus-
| tee Bake was asked by a News repre-
| sentative, when the delegation returned
to the church, and Mr.. Baker replied
while he would not of course commit
himself we were satisfied with his words
| and we are confident hat Mr.. Mayham
| will return to st. Paurs for another
term"
The leader of the faction against Mr..
| Mayham is said to be Justice of the
| Peace James N. Davis. He was at the
| church today. He saw the presiding elder
a few days ago. What took place could
not be learned because both gentlemen
| refuse to discuss the ascension among
| the members.