Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-09
Great Gathering of Upper Iowa
Methodists in Full Swing at
Cedar Falls
EDITOR cRlTlcIzEs GOVERNOR,
DR.. Herben, of the Epworth Herald,
Scores MIR. Cummins on the Liquor
observation-disclosures Candidates for
Ministerial Rishts-Conferenc Pro-
ceedings.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Falls, Oct. 9.-The bright DC
tober sunshine has added it's charm OF
welcome to the clergymen and lay
delegates of the Upper Iowa Confer
ence of the M. Il. church, who gathered
in this city during the past twenty
four hours to hold during the coming
week its tifty-second session. Bishop
William f. Mcdowell, d. D.. l.. L. d.,
of Chicago. arrived last night and was
ready to open the first regular SEES
sion at o'clock this morning, October
9. This is the bishops sixth consecu-
tive week without intermission for rest
of routine conference work. He is q
fine executive and with clear head
and firm hand and exercises his au-
thority over the great body represent
ing the Methodist church.
During Tuesday the candidates for
appointments to pulpits in the confer
ence held their examinations from s
o'clock in the morning thru the entire
day. This examination was held under
the care of the official board OF exam
iners of the Upper Iowa conference OF
whom the following are officers:
Chairman, Rev. H. w. Troy OF Ma
rion, Iowa; Rev. w. G. CroWder, Wa
verify, vice chairman Cedar Falls dis
trict; Rev. II. E. Wilcox, Miles. vice
chairman for Davenport district; Rev. d.
NJ. Parker, Fayette, Iowa, vice chair
man for DEBORAH district: Rev. G I'll.
Kennedy, Oelwein, Iowa, vice chair
man for Dubuque district; Rev. Merle
n. Smith, Marshalltown, Iowa, vice
chairman for MarshalltoWn district
Rev. A. Nj. Mcintosh, Wyoming. Iowa,
registrar and treasurer: Rev. III. j.
Bowder Lisbon. Iowa, recording secre-
tary.
AS rule all of the examinations are
made in writing and some heavy work
has been done by the candidates since
they met early this morning. The
candidates who are before the board
for their first appointments are j. e.
Erb, Dean c. Dutton, T. II. Nielsen, d.
S. Guilbert, Thomas P. Potter, Fl. Ar
thur Barton, Cuthbert S. Burnard, JON
athon Relph, William Mitchell, Ruth
erford Hays Pickett Lewis f. Haver-
male, Edward Lorenzo Bellows
J. Arthur Young, Paul Pease, Thorn
Willis A. Piper, Richard T. Westren
George NJ. Shoemaker, Alonzo G.
Bracket, James Preston Van Horn,
Leroy K. Gallagher, Roy Victor Por-
ter Charles E. Luce, Bert Stanley, Oh
lin B. Chassel.
The presiding elders of this con-
ference are Rev. J. B. Albrook, d. D.,
of Mt Vernon; Rev. j. w. Bissell, D.
D., Of Waterloo: Rev. I. E. Fleming,
D. D., Manchester: Rev. j. G. Magee.
d. D., Fayette; Rev: w. f. Pitner, Z.
D., of Marshalltown: Rev. ]. G. Van
Ness, D. D.. of Mt Vernon.
Last evening was the anniversary
service Of the Epworth League, with
an address by Rev. Stephen j. Herben,
D. D., editor Of the Epworth Herald.
Each day will be filled with fncreas-
ing interest until the appointments for
the coming year, which will be an
nounced on Monday. October IA. There
will be an effort made to have an in
crease in the salaries of the ministers,
as the increase in cost of living makes
it necessity.
Governor Cummins Criticized.
A commentator of Governor Hanly
of Indiana was accidentally turned into
a scoring Of Governor Cummins of
Iowa at the Epworth anniversary, OBJ
served here tonight in connection with
the Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal
conference
Editor Stephen Herben of the Ep-
worth Herald of Chicago was deliver
ing an address to the assembly, COM
posed chiefly of ministers here for the
conference. His talk was a plea for
prohibition, and he took occasion to
commend Governor Hanly for his re-
cent utterance in favor Of abstinence.
In the course of his remarks, by a
slip of the tongue, he named Governor
Cu1nmins when he meant Hanly.
Up jumped clergyman from the
audience.
mir. Herben," said the interrupter,
you mean Hanly not Cummins. do
you not?'
Most certainly" said the speaker,
and he then went on to attack the
Iowa executive. His denunciation was
extreme, saying that Governor Cum
Minis has lead Iowa astray. had hold
out to the liquor interests etc. Her
ben vented himself of considerable
rhetoric on the subject and succeeded
in rousfng his audience to cheers.