The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-19
DIR. HOSS SlIRS
Up OPPOSITION
Exceptions Taken 10 His Remarks in.
Methodist Conference,
GUERILLA PAPERS AND MOB LAW
RESOLUTIONS Endorsing DR.. lioss Did Not Reach
aeon i, and lie Declared lie Wanted No
Yo.c,,and Was Abe TO Garry HIS Own
Losd-Mcct Here Next Year.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Nov. iS.--in
Interesting situation developer IN today
session OF the Virginia Conference oil the
Methodist Church. South, growing out Of
.l.i address made by Rev. D;. E IL iioss.
editor or the Christian Advocate, the
va FER OF tho General Conference, publish
ed in Nashville.
DIR. lIoss is one OF The big men Of the
Church -Four years ago he came WITHIN
lone vote of being elected bishop. Us he
puts it. ..by the grace of God and the IN
reference OF some of my friends, the
catastrophe was avoided.
Large, mentally and physically, Or.
Jioss made an impressive figure as ne
stood upon the platform by the Bishops
sitic and faced the gathering storm with
l.ead barred but not bent. To some, what
followed his Introduction was not uneX-
pectcd. To others. who were unfamiliar
with the trend Of affairs In connection
with the Advocate, the snooenness with
which the smiling morning was made TO
frown was inconprehensihle.
FEARLESS AND OUTSPOkEN.
Since his editorial connection with the
advocate DR.. Hoss has been fearless and
toutspoken and his course has made him
many opponents-to use no harsher word
lie has lost some of his friends: mas mace
new ones.
DR. Hoss was introduced while the third
Icral Conference was being counted. He
iniunged at once in medals res. He de-
cleared that during his term Of editorshlp
he had made fortune in friendships;
they were not marketable COMMODITY,
and would not be for sale If they were.
He had also lost friends. he said, by rea-
son of his editorial utterances. but he
ready at all times to defend those
.irtterances. lYe declared that he was con-
,scious Of having made mistakes. but that
ieYerythirE he had written was conSclentl-
GUS He did not mind criticism. he salo
so long as 1t referred to matters OF 1nde-
tment, but he did resent inuendoes ana
limputations against his motives ana per
eonal honesty of intent
A HERETO.
DR.. Hoss said he had been charged even
with being a hereto, because he dld NOT.
Itorsooth, talk in the language of Wesley.
There is nothing so true, said he. as that
living doctrines tend to. crystalize into
dead dogmas. For himself. DR.. Hoss said
that there was never a day end when
The could not get down on his knees an0
ask God to forgive the sins of the day.
Continuing, DIR. Ioss said in reference
to the decreased circulation of the Advo-
cate. that it was due, among other things.
TO a class of guerilla papers that were
Iconstaptly fighting the Advocate. Further
along in his address. still speaking OF at
i1acks that had been MADE on him, he de-
iclarcd that he did not believe in mob
law, either i'll the Church Oh out Of =
Dr. Iioss was proceeding along ;h:S lire
when he was interrupted by Rev E.. T.
EDadmun. who asked him TO be specific
and state Just what he meant by the
phrase guerilla papers, if he had ref
erence to any paper published in the Nir-
Einia Conference.
DIR, 1Ioss said he had no reference TO
any paper published under the authority
OF Virginia Conferences: he had a paper
in another conference in mind, but since
ithe question had been asked he would
say that there was one Methodist paper
in Virginia Conference which had not
treated him fairly
a COLLOQEY.
Mr. James Cannon. ,Jr.. editor of the
Southern Methodist Recorder. questioned
DR. Hoss and in reply DIR. Hoss declared
/ that when Mr.. Cannon said that he. Hoss.
was the attorney of Edrbcc & Smith, he
charged what was not "A fact
Mr.. Cannon said that he had never ex-
tpressed himself in inuendo. and that if he
| had failed to tell the truth, as charged by
| DIR. Hoss. he was subject TO discipline
DR.. Roy objected to the use of the term
-'n1oh law by lar Hoss; he could not see
why the phrase should be flung into The
face oe tie conference
DIR. Glass said he left It q the confer
ence TO say whether he had said any
thing that could by any implication be
construed in this connection as offensive
to the Virginia Conference.
No, not came from all over the
house
Some Of YOU brethren are too .sensi-
give said the Bishop.
Rev. II. c. cneatham. as ono OF the old
members Of the conference, protested
against the tone and tenor of DIR. lIoss'
address. There was applause following
4 this.
Or. Hosss declared that this phase of his
remarks had been drawn from him by