The evening times., 1900-04-09
FOR NEW DIVORCE LAWS
Southern MethodiSts Pass ResOlu-
tons Urging Strict Legislation.
Also in Favor Of an Anti-PoiyEamy
Amendment to the Constitutions
,,;~xion.rx Addresses mt Both Con-
ferences Today-Rey. DIR. Nayior al
MetropoIitan-The officers Elected

The Conference of the Methodist Church
South at its meeting today unanimously
adopted resolutions advocating new ana
more stringent marriage and divorce laws
in the District of Columbia. and the enact
ment of an ti-polygamy amendment TO
the National Constitution.
Wilbur F. Crafts, Superintendent OF the
Reform Bureau Of this city, made an ad-
dress upon the Reform Movement. intro
ducing the resolutions which were as tol-
lows:
Resolved. That we rejoice in the repeated votes
OF the House OF Representatives IN favor oi the
,ioi;tjon Of saloons in Hawaii. and earnestly
hone that the Senate concuC IN this amendment
resolved, also, That we earnestly favor the
enactment of a anticanteen law
Resolved That We deprecate the lax divorce
l,Irs and customs. and favor. as a step toward
the needed uniform marriage and divorce law.
the enactment OF law for the District oil 20
l1ubia and the Territories equal to the best OF
state laws that shall allow marriage only IN
divorces granted tor adultery, and then only to
the party wronged, with legal separation only,
without remarrisge, for the lesser offences oil
drunkenness, cruelty, and desertion.
Resolved, That express to Congress our ap-
probation of its defence OF the American home
in the exclusion OF Roberts from Congress by a
sentiment that practically unanimous save
in the matter Of method. and we urge com
pletion of this reform by the enactment OF some
anti-polygamy amendment TO she national Con
stituton.
Roanoke, Va, was chosen today as the
next meeting place of the conference.
General Missionary Secretary Pritchett,
of Nashville; Dr. Callahan, OF the Japan
Conference, and Rev W. w. Smith, Chan
celIor of the Randolph Macon school sys-
tenn. made addresses to the conference.
The committee on temperance held a
meeting this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
There will be meeting of the Wom-
ans Home Missionary Society this after
noon at o'clock after which the board OF
finance will meet in the basement of Mount
Vernon Place Church. DR.. C. NJ. Hawkins
will preach at o'clock this evening at
Mount Vernon Place Church.
The devotional services preceding the
| opening Of this mornings business session
of the Baltimore NJ. e. Conference at the
| Metropolitan NJ. Z. Church, were opened
with prayer by Rev. DR.. Price. of this city
| and Rev. Mr.. Ferguson, of the Baltimore
district.
The following appointments made By
| Bishop Walden were announced at the
| opening of the business meeting: G. W
Hyde, chaplain OF SeameH Union betn-
ell, of, Baltimore; w. G. Cas-
sard and H. H. Clark, chaplain
| in the Navy: DR.. A. H. Ames, su-
| perintendent of Deacons' Home; DR.. G. H
| CORY, professor in Dickinson College; Dr.
! John F. Goucher, President of Woman
| College: DR.. ]. B. Van Meter, professor o.
Woman's College; +. ]. Wagner and C. Z
| Young, professors in Morgan College; l.. I
Widernan. agent of the Bible Society; DR.
| John Lanahan, agent of the book deposito
| ry; L. T. Townsend, professor in Cannon
Institute. Georgia, and r. L. Wright, Su'
perintendent of tie City Missionary ant
| Church Extension Society. Rev. w. S
Wright was granted leave to continue hi
| studies at Dickinson College.
The next matter taken up was the recon-
| mendations for probationaries to the Con
| ference. Baltimore district recommends
| for trial Lewis Parsell; East Baltimore dis
| trict presented the names of H. NJ. Price