The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-25
GIVEN OYER TO
ROUTINE WORK.
Yesterdays Session Of East Ohio
Conference.
CLARK AND BAKER THERE.
The Two Anti-saioon Celebrities Ad-
dressed the Conference--supt.
Baker Talks About Edu-
eating the People.

OF the Methodist Episcopal church, were
only routine work coming
up for consideration. Bishop Fitzger-
aid called the session to order at $3.50
a. m, and after devotional exercises in
troduced Rev. w. H. Reese, d. D., Sec
retary of the Freedman Aid and South
ern Educational society. Rev. Mr.. Sta
pies, president Of Beaver (Pa.) college
presented the needs of that institution.
Dr. Riker of Mt. Union college, DR..
Goucher, president of the Woman's coll
lege in Baltimore, presented their work.
President E. J. Gwynn, of Scio college.
referred to the condition which had
surrounded that institution, and spoke
hopefully of the future.
Rev. F. A. Arter, of Cleveland, read
the report of the committee on confer
ence claimants. which was adopted
after warm discussion. During the
Rev. S. Y. Kennedy, of Mes
opotamia-a superanuated minister
took exception to the amount assigned
him and after reciting the facts con-
nected with the case, Rev. ]. H. Hol-
lingshead, Of Perry, volunteered to give
Rev. Arter the $40 assigned him, not
withstanding the fact that he, himself,
borrowed the money to come to confer
ence, thereby demonstrating his spirit
of generosity. The stewards assign
ments created considerable discussion,
pro and con, a few of the brethren feel
ing that nf r,it,iofaru
unjustly favored-attributing the state
Of affairs to the information furnished
the board of stewards rather than to
any intentional injustice of the board
Of stewards.
TOOK ELDERS ORDERS.
The following named young men were
then elected to elders orders: Mey-
rick e. Evans, Albert w. Harris, Harry
F. Patterson, Clayton L. Peck, Elmer
s. Smith, John A. Vinton, William G.
Walters, Edwin E. Wilson, Walter ].
Zeal.
The following named students were,
by motion advanced to the fourth years
studies: Lee w. lie Page, H. w. Stew
art, w. H. Talmage, w. S. Jenkins, s.
M. Chalker and George c. Griffin.
The following named young men
were advanced to second years studies:
c. c. Chain, r. E. Beetham, ]. o. Da-
wilson, B. L. George, w. o. Miller, ]. F.
Rankin, E. H. Roberts, and w. o. Miller
and C. w. Danford, and N. f. Honnold,
were on motion continued in the first
years class.
The following named local preachers
then were recognized as candidates for
deacon's orders: John r. Hartup, A. L.
Nixon and A. e. Yeager.
The events on the program, however,
that attracted the greatest audience
were the addresses, in the evening.
by State Representative II. H. Clark.
OF Franklin county, the author of the
Clark local option bill, and Rev. p. A,
Baker, Of Columbus, state superinten-
dent of the anti-saloon league.
CLARK'S SPEECH.
Clark said, in the course Of his ad-
dress
THE most serious thing in this whole
is the fact that the saloon
Is in politics. The average preacher or
citizen of Ohio does not know much
about the temperance laws in Ohio.
Ohio, today, has the flimsiest, the most
good-for-nothing temperance laws on
the statute books Of any great state in
America. And for that reason, the
Clark local option bill was introduced"
At this point Mr.. Clark related some
personal experiences encountered while
making a study Of the question of the
option laws and continuing, said:
"The bill was framed to meet the
needs of two classes of communities.
We have in Ohio a great many little
suburban cities, clustered around the
larger cities. In these little communi-
ties, people have no protection against
the saloons. They have gone out there
to build homes free from the presence
and influence of the saloon. And
are they established there
when man from the town,
SUPPORTED BY A BREWERY
sets up on a corner-and what are you
to do? Yu can't drive him out, and he
remains there until he establishes a
taste for liquor. And the same way
with little college towns, of which Ohio
Is rich. And to remedy this state of
affairs the Clark option bill was intro
duced. providing that with a petition
bearing the names of 25 per cent Of the
citizens, the saloons might be ban
lshed. Another class of communities
we wished to reach was the residence
portion of the larger cities. We intro
duced the bill with the idea Of making
II possible to exclude the saloons from
the residence districts Of the larger
cities. All the Clark bill sought to do
was to make 1t possible for the people
In the suburban or college towns, resi-
dence district or ward. to decide for
themselves whether they wanted sa-
looms or not 1t seems to me that's a
fair question"