The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-20
Effort Being Made to Have the
Next Convention Held in
This City.
KEEN INTEREST IN CONTEST.
Sessions of the League Yesterday
Were Devoted to Routine
Matters and Discussion
of League Work.

San Francisco. July 13.-The delegates TO
the International Epworth League Conven-
tion settled down to business this morning.
The competition Of cities for the honor OF
entertaining the next convention OF tho
league is growing keen ST. Louis. Min
neapolis. Detroit and Toronto are in the
field with the chances somewhat In favor
of the Minnesota city. Milwaukee has
dropped out Of the contest. and the Wiscon-
sin delegates will throw their support to
Minneapolis. The decision rests entirely
with the Committee on Resolutions. which
will meet tomorrow for the purpose Of Sc
lecting some one of the cities.
Day Devoted to Routine.
The entire day was devoted to routine
matters. the missionary feature Of religious
service being dwelt on at length by many
of the speakers. Prayer services were held
at sunrise in several churches. all Of which
were largely attended.
Promptly at Q o'clock convention meetings
were called to order in the Mechanics Pa
Wilton and the Alhambra Theater, and in
both places the addresses delivered were
listened to with marked attention. At
nc on prayer meetings for business men were
held in the rooms Of the Chamber OF Com
merce and the court Of the Palace Hotel
and many prominent citizens were among
the worshipers.
In the afternoon and evening. overflow
meetings were held in the Metropolitan
Temple. AL Of the sessions were charac-
terized by the earnest spirit Of religious en-
| thusiasm which has marked all the pro-
ceedings since the assembling Of the con-
vention.
Church and Liquor TraAc.
The initial address Of the day at the Pa
vilion was delivered by the Reverend VII
liam H. Anderson Of Springfield. Ill. his
subject being, ''rhe Church and the Liquor
Traffic.
"The Church and the workingmen'' was
discussed by the Reverend y. ]. Helms OF
Boston. The Reverend T. e E Shore Of
the Young Man"
THE Church and the Newspaper" was
the subject Of an address by the Reverend
James b. Buckley of New York City, which
attracted much attention and was listened
to with intense interest. While he found
much to criticise. he also had praise for
| sensationalism and the tendency to magnify
! the Importance of criminal incidents. and
pointed out the good that could be done by
! the press II conducted in accordance with
| high standard Of morality.
"Our Imperiled Sabbath" was the subject
Of an address BY the Reverend !. B. Scott
| st. Louis 9linisters Speak.
| At the Alhambra Theater Honorable Ma
than Newly OF Los Angeles. Cal, acted as
chairman. E. L Mckee was musical d.
Reverend J. d. Ellis Of Decatur. Ala.
1.-THE Church and the Liquor Traffic was
discussed by the Reverend B. Palmore of
1 st. Louis.
"The Church and the workingmen" was
the subject considered by the Reverend G..
The Reverend G. e. Patillo of st. Louis
spoke on ''The Church and the Young
nj :The Church and the Newspaper, was
| Nashville. Tenn. and "Onr Imperiied Sab
Seattle.
The session was closed with an address
on ''The Institutional Church. by the Rev
erend NJ. 8. Kaufman Of Fall River. Mass.
At the noon hour largely attended meet
downtown district Services in the Pal
| ace Hotel Court were held by B. I. Paine
e9 Ne and the 81
In the Chamber Of Commerce.
| At the afternoon sessions the general sub
tect considersd was % Forward For ,S Movements rem .Ss
Alhambra Theater were crowded with at
tentive auditors.
An Overflow Meeting.
The first Of the series Of meetings sched-
| uled for the Metropolitan Temple was held
this afternoon. The chairman was the Rev.
| erend J. E. Moore Of San Francisco. and
Devotions were conducted BY the Reverend
dresses on 'sThe Forward Movement n the
i SLuECHs CUIlSlucISu AEOu VdIlOu0 dSpOOtcs
were delivered by the following delegates:
The Reverend G.. 8. Clendenning, Brockville.
| Ontario: the Reverend T. A. Moore. Hamil-
/ ton, Ontario; the Reverend F. b. Short,
| Wilmington Del: the Reverend A. r. Wat
1 kins. Brookhaven. Miss: the Reverend
| Fayette L. Thompson. jackson, Mich, and
the Reverend w. A. Cooke Of Cypress River
| Manitoba.
missionary Mass 1eeting.
| A great missionary mass meeting was held
tonight at the Mechanics Pavilion. Gov.
ernor Bliss Of Michigan. who was to have
presided, was unable to attend. and hi
| place was taken by the Reverend Doctor
Shields of Kansas City. The preliminary
song service was conducted by W. C.
Stadefeld. and the Reverend Samuel Plantz
of Appleton. Wis, led in prayer.
The first address Of the evening was madt
by Bishop Henry W. Warren Of Denver. HI
dwelt on the growing Importance Of mis-
remarks were received with hearty ap
plausc.
The Reverend John j. Tigert Of Nash.
vile. Tenn. and the Reverend James Hen
derson OF Toronto also spoke on the same
subject.
At the Alhambra Theater "Civic Plight.
eousress' was the theme Of the evenings
discourse.
At Metropolitan Temple the subject dis.
cussed was "'The Christ Life In the New
Country" Addresses pertinent to the sub
ject chosen for consideration were delivered
| by the Reverend j. Smith OF Toronto. thu
Reverend F. NJ Taylor Of Cambridge. Mass.
the Reverend T. r. Kenney of Auburn. n
T.. and Professor Edwin Minis Of Dur.
ham. S. c.