The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
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MI "eo T., Bc PUSHED Vigorously.
FRANCISCO. Aug. 22:-The Methodist
81 A' .n1ern scandal. which has 'sff,odl-'
H0A to,. ior several years will be. venti-
SNS Monday at a meeting here Of the
@ s.n Methodist clergytnen Of the State,
5 Inc Rev Or. John D Hammond Will
w pa . T 10 account for his stewardship OF
~ 49, fcucern. through which the church
"a "a have lost $4,000. b sides this,
VIII hs asked to ac, cunt for his manage
# ,hs University OF the Pacific on
H'' fund. as well as Of the fund for
'.,L among The Chinese.
' ". :, tier Is brought TO a head now by
A., s,s,,ment Of seven Methodist ministers
ais NV in which the heads OF the church
'.hol,argcd TO see that fair and COM
W. ~. nce stication of DR.. Hammond's
P..,,,,s is mrda The statement attacks
~. Ssods Of the central and parent estab-
v yI in New 70 X. who stand already
'1.,,ad by thu General Conference with
.~,IT deception." 1t strikes hard at
..e,bnd. Of the r v. DR.. Hammond.
". fourteen wears manager Of the local
IU
Institution.
ps is charged with attempting dubious
a,al in accounts that were sadly tangled
,nder his adm inistration. and this by the
,oDniyance OF the New York managers, with
Wv action O, books which contained the
,,ly kew TO the complications for which
be was responsible
This statement Of the preacher Will be
r,.,b discussed on Monday next when the
.sairs Of the BOOK Concerns local branch
f,rro specia! order for the gathering OF
uothodist ministers resident here and
,aorhv Il will be talked Of still more
.hsn the California Conference holds its
ANIMAL session. at Pacific Grove. in Septem-
hsr II will be heard from when the
cradrenniai General Conference of Metho-
ds,s sits, next May, at Los Angeles.
The sew, n clei gy1nsn whose names are
spached to this st-temt nj have not acted
hastily or without taking counsel. They are
srok.sm, of large and intut ill body
NJ Nethodists, clerical ana lay. who are
d,lsrnin u to get at the root OF the trouble
In the book CGnceln, with its million, OF
oO.ars cam d AMI sp, NJ each year. They
ere ready TO respon1 TO the charges tnat
M This is mere ptis. cutiCn of hammond.
Tbey know how power fully he is backed in
,br church. They say they care nothing
Tor the in !lvidual, but great deal for the
principles N Owed.
m a Tito to accusations touching his
relations with the Book Concern, DR.. Ham,
monl is 10 he called upon for an accounting
as TO the large endowment fund long held
by him Tor the benefit OF the University
Of the Pacific. He is to be asked TO tell
how he has spent the $4,000 a wear allotted
10 him by the missionary b ard OF the
church for his work as Presl ing Elder OF
the Chinese district. Repeatedly COM
mttees and commissions have laborei to
vet returns or information from DR.. Ham
rnonti. Cp to now they still lack what
thew have sought, The statement saws
Or. Hammond succeeded to the charge
Of tie loc al Methodist Rock Concern in 1886.
on the death Of Or. Fill. There were re-
TOTS OF loose mar aeement, but nothing
y,efir ite was know NJ I'll 1890, when Mar ager
tpve o, the St. LOWS d 'pository investigated
Tho Sa, F-a~cis~o W. R-"h.
ksHe showed that $4,000 had been lost +,
- including rents. and Gov. Shaw Of
SO now Secretary of the Treasury, eeti-
n. 1.-The loss at s7o, 500 A commission Of
IA n promineat Mel odiets here was ap-
is4,.sd 70 take charge OF the Book Concern.
~ was empowered to collect the
NR ending accounts. Notwithstanding
his Vain instruction. Eaton Il Main,
SsviS York gents. appointed DR.. Ham
rotnd. ths placed manager, to represent
u.,. y oh collection of the aforesaid
scrounts.
The book IN which the commission must
reIy for information az to the condition
and the conduct of business were taken
from the depository and held by DR.. Ham,
L. II, hat thnty
n his work AT its annual meeting in
February, 1901, the General Book Commit
Tee ordered these books restored to the
Depository in San Francisco and to the
custody Of the local commission. and DR..
George F Bovard of Los Angeles. member
Of the General Book Committee from the
Fourteenth General Conference district,
vas directed TO have the books for the
twelve years preceding 1890. the period Of
DR.. Hammond's incumbency, exrerted.
An expert was engag' d, WIN reported
tina The books NJ CT ssary f,r the examina-
Il n WERE lacking DR.. Bovard mace eve ry
efrt to obtain inf, rma i, n as to thu sc
b o;s, but fail d. He went to Mr. Marrack.
who for ten wears had been the boo L.
hep'r the de p, si.t ~, and DR. b ward
says Marrack t, I'd him tha', at DIR. Ham
nUnd's ORDERS, they had Nen carte d away
to be drstr, " d. Hammond RI fuse d to
maze any sp oiic sta,emt nj in n ply to
MARIA KS charg1s or 10 met him in
san bgil ling and but few ST. ps away.
I'll fat is that the books have never bt en-
delivered
Thus il vas rendered impt ssible to
exp RI them and learn anyt hing definite
concerning h" condi il n Of the bUsint 50
daring tour en- W ars, ard the re were no
N ans finding out hoT the sc gre at lCsses
Ccc'irrd
In February. 1902, Hammond was or
der d 10 turn over old accounts to the
committee, but ha d, lay d four months,
and then the committee found he had been
collecting from February to July, so they
refused 10 accept the accounts.
When this was brought out at the meet
!ng OF the Gfreral Book Committee last
February in New York DR.. Homer Eaton
deo lar d that the hook accounts had been
sold 10 Hammond in June. 1901, though
no report Of this transaction was given
allowed by EIon & Main to remain
Under the impre ssion that the accounts
ttiIl belong d to the Book Concern. Even
Nhen the accounts were ordered turned
oyer 10 the San Francisco commission,
Eaton Main we're still silent az to this
SAFE. Although the accounts had then
yeen sold NOR" than Fix months. they al
pW"d the General Book Committee to
retain this false imprf ssion.
.e7 pre- ,sed for an explanation OF this
extraordinary ccndition Of affairs, DR..
Eta'on had none TO make except that he
zee ned he temper Of the committee at it's
1902 'mee'lng such as to render it unsafe
ior nj n 10 state 70 them the facts So as-
ounding was this revelation that special
committee was appointed 70 report on the
conduct of the agents at New York. On
me recommendation OF this cSmmittns a
fes'M'ion was unanimously passed CEN
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