Middletown transcript., 1907-12-07
FIGHT FOR PLACES as DELEGATES

The temperance question seems destined
to play an important part in the Sc
lection OF delegates to the NJ. E. General
Conference which meets in Baltimore in
MAY 1t will be recalled that Vice-Presi-
dent Fairbanks was defeated by Indiana
Methodists because OF the widely discussed
cocktail incident.
Among the names prominently men,
toned from the Wilmington Conference,
which embraces all of Delaware and the
Eastern Shore, are:
Ministerial delegates, Presiding Elders
Morgan, Mowbray, Stengle and Koons.
aud the. Reys. Robert Watt, Wilbur F.
Corkran, Ralph /. Coursey, George L
Hardesty, C. L. Wyatt George P. Jones
and w. L s. Murray.
Lay delegates, Chief Justice Charles L.
Lore, Colonel Albert w. Sisk, Samuel
H. Baynard, John P. Holland and Pro
lessor A. R. Spaid.
With one exception the lay delegates
mentioned are earnest Local Option men.
Chief Jutsice Lore was the one member
OF the State Judiciary who came out fiat
footedly for "no license during the re-
cent campaign Judge Lore has twice
served as delegate and each time reii-
dered signal service to the church.
Samuel H. Baynard is representative
citizen of Wilmington. He was pitted
against Judge Lore at the last conference
aud went down to defeat. Many feel that
tile time has now come to honor Mr..
Baynard.
John ?. Holland, ut Milford, is ia.
miiiar figure at all Methodist gatherings
and a recognized leader of the younger
element Of this denomination. He repre-
scented tile Auti Bribery League az the
conference held at Pocamoke City, MI,
two years ago. His speech at the Drew
Dickinson banquet in Wilmington the
year previous made an impression upon
| his hearers. Mr. Hollands enthusiasm,
p1titical understanding, and eloquence
did much to swing Sussex and Kent iuto
llle dry" column this Year. His spectac-
MAR tour OF Wilmington during the clos
ing hours OF the temperance struggle
when he spoke TO great crowds four times
daily, attracted attention and won for
him the lasting gratitude OF the Metho-
d:sm of this Peninsula. Mr.. Hollands
familiarity with the foreign mission field,
gIeasned from travel through Mexico and
elsew here in company with Bishop Moore
seems to strengthen his chances of election.
Professor A. r. Spaid, Superintendent
OF the Public Schools OF New Castle county
is one of the best known educators OF
Delaware and campaigner of old time
force and power. He, too, vas in tile
thick of the Local Option fray and proved
himst Ii a source of constant concern and
irritation to the liquor interests OF the
state.
Colonel Albert w .Sisk, OF Preston, Nd,
is well known in both Maryland and
Delaware. He is president of the School
Board OF Caroline County,sa man OF ihde-
pendent fortune, and speaker of ability.
His name has been mentioned several
times before this as possible lay delegate.
| To-day he is strong probability.
Strange to say, there promises to be
/ less wire pulling among the laymen
than among the ministerial delegates.
Leaders of the various factions are al
ready lining up their supporters prepara-
tory to clash of clans.
/ The District Conference which elects
delegatesto the General Conferences, con
yenes in Wilmington this March.