The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-09
.VVH|SKEY CHARGE
UPSETS Meeting !. !. /
New York East Conference Of.
Methodist Episcopal Church
in An Uproar.
DEBATE is VERY ANIMATED
Matter Referred to Local Book
Committee, Which Will Make
Investigation.
,ec,a1 ia The Times Dispatch,

(Special to The Timcs- Dsphtcf)
NEW YORK, April S.-A hot debate
over the charges made By Typographical
Union. No. G, that the Methodist Book
Concern had made plates and printed ad-
tvcrtislng matter for whiskics, ana mad
printed other matter improper Tor 4 re-
llsous publishing house, threw the Ne"
York East Conference of. the Methodist
Episcopal Church. now in session at thu
Now York Avenue Church, in Brooklyn.
into d state Of excitement yesterday. Old
members OF the conference declared az
3tcrwnrd that never in their experience
had they witnessed such proceedings.
The trouble was over the question
whether tho charges should be lnvest iga,
cd by the conference letter OF a la',
s{rned.t Shy T. +. Douglas, from the de-
fence committee Of the union, was read, !.
and afterwnrd the Judgment OF Bishop
sN1cCabe was questioned in permitting the
latter TO be read The Rev. DIR. James NJ.
7I}uckley. editor OF Tho Christian Advo-
cate -! tried to keep the charges IRON
being considered BY the confcscnce. as
scrtlng that'it was not matter LOT tne
conference to discuss Il
TO Investigate.
On a final motion by the Rev. Or. ~ ".
I2,,rt II was decided to refer the charges
10 the local book committee IN New ! oris.
,rhIs committee, consisting or Congress
man And rcws, of Yonkcrs; j. H. Pear
asailt.of Ridgewood, n. j.. and Ezra 3.
Tritlc. OF Brooklyn. will Investigate. y
nrn,ninent member OF the ference said
last night that 1t was his opinion that
some compositor In the "ad room o.
the concern had admitted the objection
able advertisements to get the concern
into trouble because OF difficulty Win
the union.
Tho Rev. DR.. J. Wesley Johnston pre-
cipitatcd the discussion by offering res
5olution empowering the committee on pub.
LEGATIONS Of the conference to invcsti-
gate. The Rev. George +. Mains, who.
with the Rev Homer Eaton Is agent for
the book concern declared tlct both nc
and Dr.. Eaton courtcd the fullest investi-
CATION Tic said that the man accused
of receiving the advertising was willing
10 be examined. Mr. Mains said thar
"wlatever improprIety existed was due
to the actions Of the un'on,"
The Rev. Dr. George, e. Reed. president
of Dickinson College, wanted the dis
cussion indefinitely postponed. The Key.
Or. p. G. Downcy insisted that IT was
the duty Of the conference to investigate.
Tho Rev II. G. Richardson agreed with
him.
Then the lctter was read, It asserted
that tho committee was not drunk on any
of tho whskey advertised. but 1t wanted
to reply to tho address that DR., Eaton
made on Thursday defending himself, The
letter said that Dir. Icaton's romnrks
about the personnel OF the committee
was tho product, OF u diseased mind"
Conference in Uproar,
Again the conference was In an uproar,.
Tho blshop was asked why he permitted
tho letter to he read. lie replied that
ho did not want 1t read, but had Asked
various members of tho conference about
It, even including Archbishop Buckley.
as lie called him. DR. Buckley denounced
tho letter MS "scurrilols." Bishop Nc
Cabo said that he had made some COM
ments on tho union committees persons
mel, which had been attributed to DR.,
Eaton,
Another set of charges camc before
tho conference when the case of the Rev.
Dr., j. Wesley liil, of tho james Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, was
considered 1'hea charges affected his
character and were the Same as had been
presented to the Central Pennsylvania
Conference several years ago, They were
dismissed, and after that, amid applause.
tho Rev. DR.. G, S, Wing, the presiding
, elder, moved that his character pc
passed"
DR., I'LL was excused from further ses-
| slons of the conference. and Will preach
| in Chicago to-day
The conference deplored the fact tnat
| the Tully- Wainwright local option blll
! had not been passed at Albany, ~
| pledged itself to stand by the Anti Saloon
| League. The members OF ING conference
pledged themselves to support only mem
| bers fof the I.egisla ture who passed Il
local option bill.