The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09

The Conference OF the Methodist Church
South. at It's meeting today unanimously
adopted resolutions advocating new and
more stringent marriage and divorce laws
in the District Of Columbia. and the enact
ment Of an anu-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 fol
lows:
Resolved. That We rejoice in the repeated votes
% the House OF Representatives IN favor OF the
abolition Of saloons II Hawaii. and earnestly
hope that the senate coUcug IN this amendment.
Resolved, also, That We earnestly favor the
enactment Of new anti -canteeu law
Resolved, That deprerate the lax divorce
laws and customs. and t2vo., As a step toward
-he needed uniform marriage and divorce law.
The enactment OF law Tor thc District Of Co
Iumbi4 and the Territories equal 90 the best OF
state laws that shall allow marriage only IN
divorces granted for sdu'tety. and then only 10
the party wr0nged with legal separation only,
without renarrisge, for the lesser offences Of
drunkenness, cruelty, and desertlon.
Resolved, That We express 20 Congress our APP
probation of its defence OF the American home
in the exclusion OF Roberts from ougress by q
senu Mt that was practically 2nimOus save
in q. matter Of method and we urge com
petior 81 this reform BY the enactment OF some
anti-poiygsmy amendment she national Con-
stituriUn.
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-
TEN. made addresses to the conference.
The committee on temperance held a
meeting this afternoon at go O'Clock
There will be a meeting Of the Wom-
ans Home Missionary Society this after
noon at 1 o'clock after which the board Of
finance will X set 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. f. Conference at the
Metropolitan NJ. E. Church. we're 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 Seamen's Union Beth
el Of Baltimore; W G. Cas-
saTd and II. II. Clark, chaplain
in the Navy; Dr. A. II. Ames, SUI
-perintendent of Deacons' Home: DR.. c.. r
Cory. professor in Dickinson College: Dr..
John F. Gouchcr. President OF Woman s
College; DR., J. b. Van Meter, professor of
Womans College; +. J. Wagner and c. r
Young. professors in Morgan College; L. T.
Waterman agent of the Bible Society; DR..
John Lanahan. agent Of the book depOsito-
~: L. T. Townsend. professor in Cannon
Institute Georgia and r. l. Wright. Su-
perintendent OF tie City Missionary and
Church Extension Society. Rev. W. S.
Wright was granted leave to continue his
studies at Dickinson College.
The next matter taken up was the recon-
mendations for probationaries 20 the Con
ference. Baltimore district recommended
for trial Lewis PaTsell: East Baltimore dis
trict presented the names OF II. NJ Price.