The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-20
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War Claims Question Has.
Right Of Wayin1IC'olnffe3lr.e'.nce .I1II( j ''tf3 /.
THE MINORITY IS GAINING
Refusal Of Advocate to Print Re-
s}ort Changes Sentiment.
5To. ELECT TWO NEW BISHOPS.
This Was Decided After Hard Fight,
but Election Was Postponed Until
Thursday-Rev. James Cannon,
JrDenied That Minority Re-
port Was Prepared
in Advance.
TO.ELECT TWO NEW BISHOPS.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
DALLAS, TEX, May 1.-THE majority
and minority reports of the Committee
on Publishing Interests of the Method
ist Episcopal Church will be laid before
the General Conferences tomorrow morn
Ing at 10 o'clock, and asbitter and acri-
monious fight is assured. The outside
public is taking deep interest and. al
most without exception, is in favor of the
minority report submitted by James Can
non, of Virginia, and SUPPORTED by nearly
every member of the Virginia, Georgia
ind South Carolina Conference, with a
scattering support in nearly all the dele
cations except three or tour
AGREE ON SOME THINGS.
Both sides condemn the acts OF Barbee
and Smith in strong language Both re-.
ports condemn the methods by Attorney
T. p. stahlman in the collection of the
claim. The minority language is very
little stronger than that used by the ma
iority, but they quote from the same tes-.
timony taken before the United States
Senate in July, 1895. as well as the Con-
gressional Record, and convict the
agents and attorney on their own testl-
mony.
Saturday the conference authorized the
minority to print their report in panph7.
let form or in the Daily Advocate. An
element, said to have represented the
ma jority went to the publisher OF the Ad-
vocate. and, by tbreatBnil1g ft'Eng with libel
suits. etc, persuaded hsn not to PRINT
the report. Good attorneys say that the
report does :not.contain a sy1labie&ot mat
ter that is libeous, and it IS declared
that what the majority men Sought TO 40
was to prevent publicity or the idctst ~
connection with tne war claim collection.
This action has caused many to change
over to the minority, and on every test
vote to-day what was the minority, had
a. good majority
MAJORITY's VIEW.
The majority favors retaining the
money, while the minority looks upon 1T
as Judas 40 pieces of silver and de-
mand the return of every dollars OF the
$4,000 to the Government. Several preach-
ers, and among them some who were IN
favor of the majority side before they
had heard the minority report read oy
DR.. Cannon, declare that if the majority
report should be adopted they cannot see
how they can remain in the church. Mem
bers of the majority side say the senate
rial stenographers falsified the records on
them and that the corrections they mace
in their testimony We're left uncorrcted
or garbled.
TO ELECT BISHOPS.
II was decided after a hard fight to
elect two new bishops. An effort was
made TO have the election occur at once
as to-morrow's debate might acct the re-
suit. but it was decided to put the elec-
tion off until Thursday at 10 o'clock.
The Sunday-school committee report
was adopted. It provides for the employ
ment of a training teacher IN SUNDAY
school work and a more comprehensive
and accurate system of gathering ana
collecting Sunday-school statlstics,
Rev. James Cannon, Jr., OF Biachstolie' g
Va, chairman of the Minority ana Frih.- TN!
ing Interests Committee, tonight mace
the following statement:
81 believe that the reason that tne
Christian Advocate refused to publish the
minority report was not because 1t was
afraid of libel suit, but because OF IS a
scheme on the part of the majority TO
keen it out of the hands of the delegates
on the floor of the conference To-Day
be denied the statement that the minority
report had been prepared IN advance.
Rev John Reeves, charged Win I'M
morality was exonerated by the Com
mittee on Appointments
The question of union puplisnins
house at Shanghai was referred 70 Tue
Committee on Federation.