The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-17
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, MARCH IT, 1900
Mr.. Hanna States his Position.

Rev. John ID. G. Hapna replies to the
| REPUBLICANS Conference Discussions of
Thursday in the following letter:
|. Editor of the REPUBLICAN:-lhe spirit
| of the di. cussion Of conference affairs in
your issue Of Thursday, March 10. Is to be
deprecated So far as the election of delo.
gates to the General Conference Is con.
cerned. the members will vote for the best
men US they estimate them, and no ap-
penl to pre- judices that ought to DO dead,
will influence the vote! DR.. Corkrnn and
DR.. Bakor can take care of themselves in
any controversy that may arise, and need
no defense from me. They are among the
leaders OF our conference. stand among the
men most highly trusted in al Melh0-
dism. have the love and support of the
men on their own districts, and, whatever
may be their conference policy, may ale
ways be depended Oh to do tho upright
AMI brotherly thing. DIR. Cork an is al
ready regarded as the leading man in our
conference, his influence beinR very great
in tho General Committees, and DR. Baker
Is growing as rapidly ms any man in our
midst. The other brethren named In your
article are nil g0ol men, in whose favor
much cun be said and naught against
them, but it would be pity for one 10 al
low himself, because Of an appeal to pref.
udico. to be turned against men who are
largely instrumental ia making our con.
ference what it is.
would like to know what ministers
snid that in my report of the Twentieth
Century Thank Offering, will claim tho
honor OF having raised nil the money tho
churches have raised toward their lndeLt-
odness during the yepr. ! hc items hat !
am to report were indicated by the confer.
once at its last session, and by the Thank
Offering COlnmi, tee at its session ut
Union Church few weeks ago. l am TO
report uli that has been raised by the con-
ference for Tho Thank Offering along any
line. This will include all my own work
OF lecturing, preaching ana private solic-
itlng, money raised for improvements,
ana money raised for the payment OF
debts. But l never dreamed hat the
honor of raising church debts, rjghtfuily
Belonging to the pastors and congrega-
lIons, could be transferred to me, and GER
tainly il was farthcst from my thought to
claim such honor. In u Thank Offering
report, the church should have duo credit
for work done Would it not be nn in JUS.
tico to Grace Church. fer instance. to re-
pert ono contribution Of $lu0 and the lec-
tute proceeds amounting to S27 as Its
Thank Offering, when in fact Ii raised
this and si5. 900 more for this cause during
the year? No members of the Conference
would bo deceived ii l claimed the honor
OF all this work. and ] surely have no dis
position to attempt such deception.
Gnink lno WORK nave uGno tul9 year
might evoke the kindly consideration Of
my bfe'hron and not their criticism, For
twelve months have been going UP and
down tho conference, doing to the very
best Of my ability the work entrusted to
me. To do this l have had 10 give up my
home almost entirely. have done enough |
work at my desk for Il private secretary.
have lee n"ed l6) times, in ench enter
talnment doing the WORK of two men, an
operator aud Lecturer and have preached |
lGO times. l have travelod 12U0O miles, |
several times all night, in all sorts OF ye- |
hlcIe. and all kind, Of wealth her, and missed |
Dut one days engagement for tho year, and |
thcn because of heavy snow torn l |
have occupied eyory moment of my time.
and used every particle of energy that 1 |
possessed, and have done it all gladly for !
the Church and Conference that love
l would not refer TO these matters, but |
1t docs seem TO inc that the work have |
done is sufficient to justify an expectu- |
tiUn of freedom from unfounded criticism |
III the public print from any brother min
/ ter. My work is far from pert, ct aud |
ought to pass in careful review before my |
conferences, but l SEQ nothing in your !
'Con'eicnce DISCUSSIONS but an etfoit, |
which you claim cmanntes from tho min |
listers. to usa the prejudice, of the past for |
their own political preirrmcnt, and for |
the injustice of others whose claims for |
advancement are ns good, and perhaps, |
even better than theirs.
John ID. c. Hanna, S17 Van Buren street.