The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-05
WELLINGTON
{. CONFERENCE.
The Coming session prom.
Uses to be a very in.
teresting one.

SealOru M. II. ChurCn on Marcn ~.
Bishop Goodsell will preside. Never
before in the history Of the Confer.
ence has there been such a general
upheaval among the ministers. There
promises TO be very interesting
time during the Conference as there
| is a wide chasm between some OF the
pres idng elders and the ministers as
to appointments.
Especially is such state of affairs
existing in the districts outside of
, Wilmington. Presiding Elder Cock
ran and the Trus tees of tho Smyrna
Church cannot agree over the pastor
they called. Rev. Vaughan S. Col
Inns of the Conference Academy, has
accepted u call to the Smyrna Church
and Presiding Elder Cochran does not
want it that way. Pres iding Elder
Mar.indalc prefers being along the
skirmshing line rather than at the
head of a district while thG antagon-
ism to Presiding Elder Blker has
been renewed until fine fee ilgs of the
Wilson controversy have been revived
The Conference will be remarkable
this year from the fact that so III my
anniversaries will DO celebrated.
Rev. b. f. Price, who is yet young
will celebrate the 65th anniversary OF
his admisS ion to the ministry. Ho
has been a powerful worker during
that time and thousands Of souls
were converted by him. There arc
abont thirty other ministers who will
celebrate anniversaries OF their ad-
mission from 30 to IS years ago.
Rev. II. X. Stevenson, the pastor
of the church where the Conference
will be held, and the people of Sea.
ford propose doing everything in
their power to make the ministers
and others feel quite at home.
INSULTING PROPOSITION.
From The sun.
1t has been given ont that upon The
rc-asScmbling Of the legislature after its
trip to Washington, that from one thous'
and to two thousand Democrats will so
to Dover to watch the Democratic
IltiilutlS VI liliL bu'N, III wv " fi'
vent them from voting for Mr.. Addicks
as Senator. We presume that this as
scrtion has been seriously :I.adc, US the d
Democratic papers have said that all
the Democrats OF the legislature would
be held under strict surveillance during
the balance Of the session. We won
der, however, il the Democrats realize
how insulting this is to the Democratic
mpmbrrs Of the Legislature? DO they
realize how l,llcrous the thing is?
There are twenty-five Democrats in
the Legislature and the proposition is 10
send two thousand other Democrats 10
Dover to watch that twenty-five who sit
in the Senate and House Of Representa-:
tiyes-nincty one men to watch QUO
Democrat to prevent his voting for Mr..
Addicks. Isn't that proof Of Democratic
desperation? But further let lis cali at
tcntion to the fact that one Of these
men alleges that he has been tempted
with Il bribery Offer and further let w
call attention to the fact that it WAS
brought out in the Democratic testimony,
in the lIcarn case, that certain Demo
cratic members of the Legislature were
suspected of willingness to be bribcdlD
and then ask honest, honorable Demo-
Gratis what they think Of the reputation
which Democrats have established for
their legislative representation.
The proposition to send watchers TO
Dover TO watch Democratic members Of
the Legislature is an insult to those
members. They are there by vote of tho
people as the choice Of their party.
They are there under oath to do their
duty by the State and to exercise their
own Judgment in the performance Of
that duty. If they could not be trusted
to do that they ought not to have been
selected for the offices they hold; but
being selected as the representatives Of
their party they at least should bcaccorl-
ed the treatment which an honest PEG, 10
are supposed to accord to their rcprcscn-
tativcs They should not be branded
with the mark Of treason or bounded
with the cry of stop thief. That is what
the proposed crusade of Democratic
watchers to Dover means.
We differ from the Democratic menu
bers of the legislature, very radically in
politics. We think they are all wrvng.-
We think two that the Democratic parry
generally has committed the gravest OF
political wrongs in its government ON
this State, for which we owe it no good
will; but, personally, we respect tho
Democratic members Of the legislature
rs the representatives of the people and
believe them to be honorable men. We
are sure there are no Democratic members
from this county who need watching
to compel them to do their duty.
To watch men is to indirectly &c.
cuse them Of wrong doing, the Democrats
who propose to send watchers to Dover
confess that they suspect, and in con-
Tossing that accuse their fellow Demo-
Gratis of di honesty. 1t would serve these
suspicious and insulting fellows right r
the Democrats of the legislature would
resent the offered insult by voting with
the majority Republicans. The Union
nonuklirnus have Dt last accorded Their
Democratic colleagues gcntlrmany
treatment. 1t is the Anti-Addicks Re-
publicans and Democrats who make in.
sultng propositions about them-who
propose to watch them.