Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-19
FAIRBANKS BRINGS MESSAGE
vIce President Addresses southern
Methodists as FraternaI Del
eEate from North.


BIRMINGHAM Ala. May B.-The fea-
ture of today's session Of the general con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal church
South was the address tonight by Vice
President c. W Fairbanks, fraternal del
egate from the Northern Methodist Epis-
copal church. The immense auditorium of
the First church was packed TO hear the
! addresses and hundreds were turned awe
/ unable to gain entrance. y
Rev. Dr. w. S. Matthew Of Berkeley = :
clerical delegate from the northern - =
also spoke So
The vice president spent u n
| Birmingham and delivered 1ve ies
| The first was a short talk to the , neral
conference this morning. At the Country
/ club he spoke to representatives OF the
commercial bodies Of the city.
! AT O'Clock he made a public speech
at Capitol Park.
! At s o'clock he gave the formal address
| 10 the conference and following this there
was a banquet by the Scottish Rite Masons
at the temple, where the vice president
| spoke briefly.
/ Mr.. Fairbanks will leave Atlanta early
! tomorrow morning The vice president be
! gan his address at the Country club by
/ congratulating Birmingham upon having
! become the PitteburE Of the south. The
vice president said that TO the natural
| advantages for a great industrial develop
ment must he added stable conditions
! righteous laws. administered with sober
! judgment. so as to inspire mel with conf
dence. He said that compunities which
! are great and strong are not builded alone
/ upon the present. but they are also erected
/ upon confidence in the future. Continuing
/ he said:
/ We must see that our laws are not die
tated by passion or prejudice; that they
are inspired by exalted purpose: that they
are to bear upon all with impartiality; that
favors are not to be granted to one and
! denied to another; that the way shall be
| open Tor each and every American with
absolute lmpartiality in the race Of life.
| We should be aware Of the blighting et-
/ fccts OF hystcria. We should avoid 1t in
! either tho enactment Of our laws or In
their enforcement our interests are too
/ mighty and our destiny too great 10 give
| ourselves over to the unthniking, 10 the
| opportunlst, to those who take no thought
| OF TODAY and tomorrow. We have at
! tained to the leadership of the world be-
cause we have bten great, level headed,
| conservative people; because we have d
| liberated upon the great questions OF hu-
manity, of trade and OF commerce. pc
| cause we have mastered them. We nave
| progressed as a people because we nave
J solved the problems Of the hour in the
| light of the great fundamental principles
which were bequeather to us by our
! fathers.
| Conditions may change. but principles of
| Justice are as immutable as fate. SO long
| as we adhere 10 them, so long as we make
| our course square with them, we cannot
| go astray.
| Church at WRshinEton.
The general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south. today vote TO
erect at cost of S275,OOO a representative
| church at Washington. ID. c.
Dr. George B. Winter of Nashville was
reelected editor of the Christian Advocate.
At the afternoon session DR.. II. M. Du-
boise was reelected secretary of the Ep-
worth League board and editor Of the
Epworth Era. DR.. J. p. Hammond was re-
/ elected secretary of the educational board
DR. A. j. Lamar and f. r. Smith were
again made publishing agents for term OF
four years.
Baptists TO Aid Coast Churches.
DAYTON o., May lS.-The American
Baptist Publication society met here today
The publishing department reports sales
aggregatng sTOO go, an increase Of Ho21'
over last year.
The American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety at its seventy fourth anniversary
meeting gave the right OF way at its open
ing session tonight to the interests Of the
stricken Baptist churches on the Pacific
| coast,