The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-10
METHODISTS TALK
ABOUT CATHOLICS
But General Conference PraC.
tiCaIly Kills a Resolution of
Criticism.

SeHeIdl conference today. While there
was strong disposition on the part Of
certain delegates to have the confer
ehce adopt resolution committing it to
extreme utterances upon the subject
there was an overwhelming sentiment
against such action and the entire
matter was disposed of by referring it
70 d committee from which it is I'M
hke1y ever to be reported.
Several other resolutions bearing
upon the subjects of divorce, the ter
Ihihallon OF membership of negIectfuI
members, Sunday closing Of the Lewis
and Clark exposition, the endowment
OF the American university at Wash
Ihgtoh, the changes in the wording Of
various paragraphs in the discipline.
ana other matters Of Importance to
Methodists were submitted and debaf-
ed by several committees.
Criticises Catholics.
Rev. j. r. King, secretary Of the
Church Extension society of PbiIadai-
PIMA, who had secured the floor, pre-
scented a resolution strongly criticising
the Roman Catholic church, declaring
that It's efforts to control the secular
ofhces, its influence in politics and its
assaults upon the public school sys-
tenn demand the vigilance of Protest.
ants and patriots" DR. King read ex-
tracts from a letter written bv Vicar
General Peter Harnett, of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Monterey and Los
Angeles, in which the latter sought to
feIute the statements made in the
ABOVE quotations from the episcopal
address. DR.. King spoke in support Of
the resolution.
There was cOmmotion among the del
egates. Many sought to gain recogni-
ton from the chair to reply. Charles
b. Lore, chief justice of the Delaware
supreme court, lay delegate, was rec
ognized. After agreeing with DR.. King
regarding the public schools, Justice
Lore continued:
Speaks on the Other Side.
But are we to gain anything by any
phase of denunciation against any other
Christian body? (CTies of mo! NopO
The Roman Catholic church has done a
inaSnlIlcent work in this country. 1t has
taken hold Of class of people whom
nave nodded so well for the weIl-beine
or our common land. I feel like putting
my hands under every evangelstic agency
IN this world that helps to uplift men and
not pull them down
This expression was received with
applause by the delegates and the gal
Ieries A motion by DIR S. L. BeiIer
to refer the resolution to the commit
Tee on the state of the church was car
ried.
NV ~ l. DASuOp presented a feSO-
Iutlon TO make certain changes in the
discipline that would provide a more
supple measure Of terminating the
membership of those guilty of habitu-
al neglect of their obligations to the
church. 1t was referred to the COM
mlttee on state Of the church.
Merging Publishing Houses.
It is believed that the book concern
committee VIII report to the confer
ence during the next two or three DAYS
recommendation regarding the pro-
posal- to consolidate the various pub
Hshlng houses of the church into one
great central institution. InaSmuch as
there is an almost equal division Of
sentiment as to the advisability of this
action, lively debate will surely fol-
low. The committee on itinerancy ia
also expected during the week to make
a report on the question of restoring
the pastoral time limit. 1t is scarcely
likely that the episcopacy committee
viii have read it's recommendations on
the retirement of bishops and the
choosing Of others before the last days
of the week
The colored delegates to the confer
ence, of whom there are seventy-nine,
IN addition to three white delegates
representing colored conferences, have
agreed to concentrate their strength
upon single candidate, that candi-
W II, A
lanta, Ga.
How Much Are They Making?
A matter which aroused considerable
feeling was a resolution by q delegate
from Ohio asking that detailed state
ment of salaries, travelling expenses.
house rent and all other expenses Of
bishops and other general conference
officers be prepared and presented to
the conference. The Rev. DR.. Bristol.
Of Washington, d. c., protested
against this effort to inquire into the
private business of the general con-
ference officers. State Senator Nc
CIetlan, of New York, wished the reso-
luton adopted. He said that the
church elected bishops and other Off
GERS to devote their time to the church
and not to be making money by writ
ing books. If they were writing books
and having them published by the book
concern, he thought the conference
should know how much money was
being made by them.
The resolution was adopted and teIe-
grams are to be sent out for specific
details and expenses in each case, so
that information that is already in the
hands of the book concern and other
auditing committees shall be nut in
the hands of every member of the
conference.
Rev. i. B. Nicely, of Philadelphia, Of
1cIGu d RESOLUTION TO instruct the
episcopacy committee to consider the
question of assigning general superin-
tendentS to special districts for four
years, and if so assigned whether it
would be practicable to continue them
in the same district for another quad
rennium. The resolution asked that
the committee ascertain if there is any
constitutional difficulty Of such plan
and if there is such difficulty to re-
port some other method of carrying out
this plan.
DIR. Nicely moved substitute pEoVid-
ing for the reference of the question
of constitutionaIity to the judiciary
committee and the question Of eXpe-
diency to the episcOpacy committee, 9
and the substitute was adopted. Bishop
Andrews asked that the conference
grant permission to the bishops to
suggest minor changes in the discipline,
and it was granted.
Bishops TO Retire.
The subcommittee on the effective .
ness of bishops reported today in favor
of the retirement of at least four of the
present bishops. These will be. it Is
said ny a prominent leader in the
church councils, Bishops Andrews,
aged 70; Malalieu, rs, and Walden and
Vincent, 70. Bishop Andrews il the
same age as Bishop Merrill, who has
asked to be retired. If this forecast IS
correct. at least seven new bishops
will be elected by the present general
conference. No action was taken on
the renOrt Dendin2 the reDOrt of the