Arizona republican., 1904-05-12
Something That Will FnIiven
 the General Conference
MANY CHARGES ARE MADE
Directed Against Books in Methodist Schools and Members of heologi- cal School Faculties-Spirited Con- test Assured, if Nothing Else.

Los Angeles, May 1.-The present in- which have been made against seye.- al individuals high in the councils of Alcoholism are destined to provoke Q spirited conflict among the delegates s to the Methodist general conference before the final settlement of the n- troversy is reached. The committee on education has appointed sub-ccmmit- tee which will have the consideration of this important matter.
 The, question as to whether this sub committee shall have power to caT be- fore it persons upon whose testimony will be decided the charges of hereSy. and papers bearing upon the subject evoked a vigorous contest in the main committee. After much debate the subcommittee was finally voted the power of a board of inquiry and will hear all the evidence bearing upon this subject. Memorials of these charges have been received from the Columtia River, the Southern Illinois and Swed- ish conferences, asking for an examina- ton into the orthodoxy Of books in use in Methodist schools and of pro- ASSs-NiS -iA SCN Cl eil ldNulll-S. Ht Iltlla- bers of the Rock River conference sent in a memorial asking the board of bish- ops to refuse to confirm the appoint ment of professors of whose Ortho Ioxy there is reasonable ground for doubt ing. All these memorials and others or similar import were recommend to the subcommittee.
 nhree prominent educators on the committee who are standing together on the ground that theology in the Methodist schools is safe and sound. are Chancellor J. R. Day, of Syracuse President Charles J. Little of Garrett Biblical institute, and Secretary w. r. Mcdowell, of the board of education Tn addition to their opposition to the heresy charges, these men are also ex- | erting a strong influence ill blocking Bishop McCabe's plan to open the Am erican university before the S5.OOO. .00) endowment is secured. Their conten- | tions against these two important 1 clauses are made the more interesting by the fact that the three gent,em- n named are all prominent candidates for | bishcpric honors. They represent the aggressive element in the educational department of the church and as they | win or lose the question of liberal or conservative policies in the thurch may | largely be determined.
 The report of the committee on rules of order being the special order or the day, was taken up by the general con- l ference this morning immediately af- ! ter the devotional exercises. The re-
 port was presented by Dr. I. B. Neely,
 chairman of the committee, and con
 sideration of the adoption of the var 1 ious paragraphs, in which several
 changes were suggested, resulted in a | debate which was at times rather spir-
 tied. Many parliamentary experts, in cluding Senator Mcclellan, of New ! York. pr. J. M. Buckley, of New York. | pr. Nicely and Dr. Bristol. were in | sharp conflict of opinion upon technical
 points and the conference was greatly | interested in these sharp passages at | arms.
 Paragraph ,, under the head of "O--
 der of business" which makes special
 reference to the call of the roll of the
 annual conference. was especially pro-
 ductive of clashing opinions. When the
 conference took a recess the report | of the committee on rules was only
 about half finished