The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-10
SENSATIONAL
DEBATE ENSUEO
Anti-CathOIiC Resolution Intro
duCed by MethOdists.
DIVORCE QUESTION TAKEN UP
ALTOGETHER THE SESSION WAS
A LIVELY ONE.

/ OS ANGELES. CAL, May 9.-The att
| utude of the Roman Catholic
church coward the public school
system of the United States furnished
q SUBJECT az sensational debate iu the
Methodist general conference today
W nile there was a strong disposition
ON the part OF certain delegates TO have
tAe conference ADOPT resolutions COM
nitlIng &c t. extreme utteTausas uuou
the subject. there was am oveTWleIm-
ing sentiment, as Fl developed against
any sGch action and The entire matter
was finally disposed of by referring it
10 a committee. from which 30 is ur-
likely ever to be reported
several other resolutions bearing
upon the subjects If divorce. the ter
mination OF membership of negleetfuI
members. sunday closing of The Lewis
and Clark exposition. the endowment
Of the American university az Wash
mgton. changes I'm the wording of va
Ilous paragraphs in the discipline. aud
other matters of Importance Co Meth
odists were submitted and debated Dy
several committees.
Anti-Catholic Resolution.
Rev j. r. King. secretary of the
Church Extension society of PnilsdaI-
phia, having secured the floor present
ed a resolution strongly CritiCfsing che
Roman Catholic church, declaring that
its efforts 10 control the secular press
its influence in politics and its assaults
on the public school system demand the
vigilance Of PrOtestaUts and patriots.
Dr. King read extracts of q letter
written by Vicar General Peter Har-
nett OF the Roman Catholic diocese OF
Monterey and Los Angeles i'm which
the latter sought to refute the state
ments made in the above quotations
from the episcopal address. Dr. King
then spoke at length in support of his
resolution.
Commotion Among Delegates.
When DIT. King had finished there
was COmmOti0u among the delegates
Z Many sought 10, gain recognition from
the chair ia order TO reply. Charles s.
LOhr, chief justice of the Maryland sue
preme court, lay delegate, was recog-
niZed. After agreeing with Dr. King
regarding public schools, Justice L0hi
continued.
But are we to gain anything by any
phase of denuuCiati0u against any
other Christian body? Cries of No,
MOO
The Roman Catholic church has
done a magnificent work I'M this COuu-
try It has taken hold of a class of
people whom, perhaps no ether form
of religion could have moulded So vel
for the well being of our common land
feel like putting nay hands unde.
I every. eVangeliZinE agency i'm this world
that helps uplift men and not pull then
down.
This expression was received witt
7 applause by the delegates and the gal
3 leTies.
4 A motion by DR.. s. L. Beiler to refer
/ the resolution TO the. committee ON the
state of the church was carried In rhs
( opinion of many prominent delegates
( this disposes of the matter finally
Discipline and Divorce.
! Rev. r! T. Bishop presented a res5-
+ luton to make certain changes i'm the
discipline that would provide q more
simple method of terminating the mem
bership Of persons living iu cha Ditua
neglect TO their obligations TO the
church. 1T was referred 70 the com
mitJee on the state of Inc church.
! Judge Sibley OF Ohio offered AN inn
. p0rtant resolution or the subject of d.
+ vorce. He wanted paragraph 5s of III.
discipline changed TO read as follows.
: NO divorce. except for adultery, fiUa
. desertiOn or cruelty, or neglect. such as
Z TO compel ali innocent partner 10 sep
aTate from the offender shall be re-
[ garded by the church as morally law
. IGl. ana none tl Dll llltlllelr-" OF
men shall sOlemnize marriages Wher,
: there is a divorced wife or husband lis
ing. unless the divorce was granted
uDou grounds herciubef0ve specified
+ But this regulation does not apply H
/ cases where divorced parties are seek
/ ing remarTiaEe."
( This resolution was also referred &.
I the committee on. the state of tho
/ church.
Too Old for Work.
+ It is learned tonight that She sub
: committee ON The effectiveness of bish
oae reported today in favor OF the re-
tiremeut Of at least four Of the preseu
bishops These Will he. 1T js said bl
a prominent leader in the. church cJUn
/ ellis. Bishops Andrew Savage, %. Nal
I lalieu IS: Walden and Vincent. q
J respectively. Bishop Andrews Is th
same age as Bishop Merrill VINO ha
asked 10 De retired If this forecas
/ is correct. al least seven new bishops
viii be elected by the present Eenera
/ conference. No action was taken on
( the Subcommittee report pending tht
report of the sUb-cOmmittee on as
limit,