Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-16
DR.. GLADDEN. TURNED DOWN
Congregational Mission Board Tables All
Tainted Money" Resolutions
ACTION TAKEN AFTER EXTENDED DEBATE
Ohio Divine says He Commits His
Views to Time and the kindly
Judgment OF All Hon.
orable Men.

SEATTLE, Sept. 15.-By a vote Of &c to
10 the American Board OF Commissioners
for Foreign Missions today went on record
as being opposed to a further discussion
Of tainted money" in any Of its phases
This vote was not taken, however, until
the question had been threshed out in all
its phases and the leading Congregational
lists Of America had voiced their senti-
ments on the subject DR.. Washington
GLADDEN., the leader of the minority pre-
cipitated the discussion by the introduce
tion Of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the officers OF this So
ciety should neithe rsolicit nor invite do
gains are generally believed to have been
made by methods morally reprehensible
and socially injurious.
David Fales of Illinois Immediately Of
fered a substitute resolution calculated to
uphold the prudential committee in its atti-
tude on the subject OF such gifts, and both
were referred to a committee composed
of DR.. GLADDEN.. Mr. Fales, Rev. George c.
Adams, Rev. Philip s. Moxom, Rev John
r. Thurston, A. w. Mills and Guilford
Douglass.
Two reports were submitted, one from
the majority, signed by five members, and
the other a minority report containing the
| signatures of Dr. GLADDEN. and DR.. Moxom.
DIR, GIadden's Speech.
Immediately after the reading Of the re-
rort Dr. GLADDEN. moved the adoption Of
the minority report, and speaking on the
motion he reviewed the question. He said:
Some Of you have been kind enough to
l..:.,I!y; Id. may bel l leave II to be
decided by you. 1t will not be the first
I minority, even in this board but have
seen such small minorities in very few
years grow to overwhelming majorities.
| The same appeal Of truth to time Is one
which l have learned to trust with hope,
and l therefore commit with confidence
what l have said to you and to the peo,
men.
Reports from Committees.
The report Of the committee on the
treasury department, the report of the home
department and the address from the pru-
Dental committee were presented, followed
by addresses from three missionaries on
| Young Peoples Work"
| Secretary c. II. Patton of the home de-
partment presented the report Of the pru-
| Dental committee, which was in part as
| follows:
About III cases of the appointment Of
! new missionaries were considered, includ-
ing ordained missionaries, medical mission
! aries, teachers, nurses, Industrial superin-
! tendents, kindergarteners and business
] d6GIlSt anu twenty -NNO appointments NOlS
made.
During the year ten churches and indi-
! viduals undertook the support Of mission
aries and the average annual increase
which the board is now receiving for the
| forward movement is $2S,547 A number of
the method. The contributions FOR the Ma
! tional Armenian and Indian Relief associa-
$8i2ltS. ia Se'' '''''''' ne '0''' '''p'' "
Annual Report of President Cnpen.
The feature of tonight's session was the
annual report OF President Capen, who will
be reelected tomorrow. He reviewed the
work of the board during the past year. He
said in part;
We need to develop foreign missions to
save our own country commercially. There
are two propositions which are capable OF
proof One that we shall have recurring
and increasing business depressiOns at home
unless We have larger markets. the other
that only as we develop missionary work
and create the needs which come with
Christian civilization can we have these
larger markets. 1t has become necessary
for us in order to prevent congestion and
strikes at home to find larger markets for
our goods.
shall have market In the orient which
will demand our manufactures in sufficient
1t is only when the heather is changed
within that there comes a desire for the
manifold articles that belong to the Chris
tian man and the Christian home. The
missionary is everywhere and always the
pioneer of trade
We must somehow proclaim more effec-
lively the great truth that the United
States must not live unto itself but as trus-
tee for the world.
VIII Not Endorse Appeal.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind Sept. l5.-North-
west Indiana conference of the Methodist
church today declined to indorse an appeal
from the congregation at Whiting Ind, to
John d. Rockefeller for financial aid for
the building OF a new church and parsonage