The sun., 1908-04-05
DAY DEFENDS HIS BISHOP
CHANCELLOR EXPLAINS THE
ANTI.TOBACCO SPEECH


Whs sayV Hs Was Net Rne0uraGtag
Lawlesoness-New Proposal u Amend
Disclpllnep Clause - 70 AmuSemnts.
Chancellor James r. Day Of Syracuse
University went 10 the rescue Of Bishop
Moore, the presiding Bishop At the New
York Methodist Conference, yesterday and
explained what the Blshop really meant
last Friday when he declared that he sym
pathized' with the Kentucky night rideB IN
that they at least destroyed 'noxious
weed DR.. Days defence Of Bishop Moore
took the form Of resolution Of confidence
which was presented at the fourth business
session Of the conference now meeting at
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'No one can believe that Bishop Moore
iavors lawlessness.' said DR.. Day. what
he really meant was that the destruction OF
tobacco was commendable thing In view
Of the position Of the Methodist Church
The resolution was seconded by the Rev.
Dr Wallace MacMullen and passed by q
standing vote. At the noon r,oeSs Bishop
Moore did little explaining for himself.
He said
Il have no sympathy with any form OF
lAwlessness. and for the night riders only
denunciation. My reference was liable 10
be misunderstood. My time was so limited
that could not sufficiently qualify my state
ments. My thought was that II this lawless-
ness should result in the abandonment OF
tobacco culture and the substitution Of some
other form Of agriculture. wholesome In lie
character. we would have reason 10 thank
God for bringing good out Of evil
The first business which the conference
took up was the election Of a sixth delegate
10 the general conference. There was
no election on the first ballot, although
the Rev. Dr. Frank l.. Wilson had nearly
enough votes. In the interval before the
next ballot the Rev. Dr. Delos Lull offered
some resolutions indorsing the temperance
movement, which we're referred to the
temperance committee. Mr., Lulls resolu-
tion read In Part
so firmly entrenohed Is the liquor
traffic that State prohibition and local
option are scarcely effective against II
and progress is difficult. Therefore II is
the sense Of this body that the only effective
solution ia by national decree, And we
urge the anti-saloon movement TO have
this end constantly in view, seeking an
amendment to our national Constitution
10 that end
MIR. Lull also suggested that Or. Day
should -wield his sword, 80 effective in
national affairs, against the national Gov
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general conference in Baltimore
On the second ballot DR.. Wilson, who is
presiding elder Of the Kingston district,
was elected as the sixth and last delegate.
At the afternoon session the Rev. Arthur
Jameson, Presiding Elder Of the Newburg
district, requested that committee be APP
pointed TO investigate and report upon a
paper which had been filed With him con-
"a ming statements concerning the minis.
terial character of the Rev Frank Beal OF
ElIenville, ~ y. Chancellor Day, who
recently had a happy experience with a
trial committee, was appointed chairman
Of the investigating board. The other
members are the Rev DR.. George p. Eek
man. the Rev. DR.. j. ! Reed, the Rev. Dr..
W. F. Brush, the Rev. G. +. Barber the Rev.
Dewitt B. Thompson, the Rev. A. I. Bar
nett. the Rev. Hough Houston and the Rev.
W. b. Tower The committee went into
executive session for an hour and a half
and then reported that they would turn In
their findings on next Monday or Tuesday
The Rev Frank Bsal has been in attend
ance at the conference for several days, but
he was not present yesterday and II could
not be learned whether or not he would
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inatiOn. At the last conference Mr. Beal
was transferred from Hudson 10 Ellenville,
which from a worldly point Of view is less
desirable parish
A resolution requesting the general con-
ference to strike out from the church dis
cipline the amusement clause. section 24s,
which forbids dancing theatregoing. card
playing and the like, was offered by the
Rev. W. II. Peters Of Clayersack, n. Y. The
resolution was signed by several Of the
most prominent members Of the conference.
II will come up for action at the session on
Monday. The resolution Is as follows:
"lnasmuch as a chapter Of advice on
anus ssments was introduced into the last
discipline, and inasmuch ss paragraph 246
was recommended in the episcopal address
In 1900 TO be eliminated, therefore we re-
spectfully memorable the general oSa
terence that the sail paragraph hereafter
be eliminated from the discipline
The signsrs are the Rev, G. L. Goodsell
OF Calvary Church, the Rev. DIR, Wallace
MacNlullen Of the Madison Avenue Church
and the Rev C H Taylor Of Kingston.
A resolution offered by DR.. MacNiullen
asking the general conference TO appoint
commission TO prepare a brief statement
OF the Methodist faith was voted down.
In offering the resolution DR.. NaoMullen
said
I'VE have no comprehensive brief state
ment Of our faith, Il would be timely
and make for fraternsl relations
Prof Iswar Perit OF Syracuse University,
converted Jew, spoke against the resolu-
tion He thought that a statement OF
faith such as proposed by DR.. MacNlullen
would restrict the freedom OF the pulpit.
Bishop Moore is to preach TO the confer
ence this morning ana in the afternoon
Chancellor Day speaks at the Harlem
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