The age-herald., 1902-05-10
METHOD|STS STILL TALK OF WAR CLAIM Bobs Up Like a Cork at Every
 Opportunity CHANDLER READS HIS LETTER stenographer VIII Take Down All tho Evidence Heard by the Publish
 ing company-Proeress of
 Foreign Missions.
CHANDLER READS HIS LETTER

Dallas, Tex, May 9.-'"The war claim" was the bone of contention in todays ses- sion of the Methodist Episcopal church general conference Like a cork in water it bobbed up at every opportunity and the majority were kept busy holding the matter in check.
 pr. Mcdee of the South Georgia con ference opened the days session with prayer and Bishop Hargrove presided.
 Dr, Cross Alexander moved that Bishop Candler be required to furnish a copy of the now famous letters written by him to Senators Bacon and Clay to the confer ence and that the letter be published.
 Bishop Candler interrupted pr. Alexan- der and asked permission to make state ment He said he had rendered the let | ter to the oonference; that he had noth- ing whatever to conceal, and that all who
 wanted the letter might have 1t. candier Reads Letter. Bishop Candler then read the letter. It was a plain request to Senator who Is | his personal friend for information con- | corning the opinions of Senators as to whether the Senate had been deceived by the publishing house agents. The state | ments of eighty Senators that no mis- representation had been made has al- ready been published. Applause greeted Bishop Candler as he closed. The matter was referred to the committee on pub fishing interests.
 Another feature of today's session of the conference was the appearance of Bishop Morrison. He took occasion to say. which Is declared to have been unusual, that he had not been consulted about the presentation of the letter in the Episco- pal address and that he did not en- dorse 1t.
 R. W. Boswell of the Mississippi con ference obtained the floor and withdrew his challenge against the right of H. C. Morrison of Louisville to a delegates seat.
 Reports of standing committees were filed and referred. These included the reports on church extension, boarj of missions, etc.
 Judge Strother of Los Angeles confer ence said he as a member of the minor- ity of the committee on publishing inter- ests of the conference of 1898, desired to d Sldtemenl by saying the DOCK committee had not been very accurate | in their statement on the war claim mat | ter, and he and others would make q l more extensive reply later. l Denny Makes Challenge.
 Dr. Collins Denny, chairman of the
 book committee. challenged any man to
 show him one single inaccuracy in the | statement of the book committee.
 F. C. Reeves of Johnson City, Tenn, produced the record signed by Judge Strother himself.
 motion by H. E. w. Palmer of At l lanta, providing for a stenographer 10 | take down all the evidence heard by the | publishing company was discussed at
 some length and after much debate was
 overwhelmingly adopted. This means that | all statements made before the publish | Ing committee will be written out in full | for future reference. The Rev. P II. Whisner secretary of the board of church | extension, submitted the quadrennial re- | port today. A summary of twenty years
 work 1Ss2-1902 shows a handsome h. crease Tn money collections. Progress of ms sionary work In China, | Japan, Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba st,. | is said to bs marked.
 There was some unimportant routine | business, the delegates and the audience
 sang the Doxology and adjournment WAS taken until o'clock.