New-York tribune., 1908-04-04
DIR. DAY DENIES REBUkE
ASKS FOR FREE SPEECH.
Tzco Ballots Required to Send HIM
to General Conference.

Chancellor Day of Syracuse University referring
to headlines in afternoon papers which said that
his failure TO be elected a delegate TO the Generai
Conference of the Methodist Church on the hTsl
ballot had been intended as a rebuke, sald ias'
night he did not believe he had been reouked. Dr.
Day was addressing the Lay1nens ASsocI'a'ioi
meeting of the New York Conference of the Metno-
d,ss Cburch in St James Church, Madison avenue
and l26th street
Il don't believe 1 was rehuked' reltefa'eu N
pav ANY reflection like that is on the coilei
ence wholly. II implies that the New YORK 1ph-
ference would seek to deny liberty of speech we
don't all think alike on all subjects. but we DO
think alike on the subject that every man can
think as he believes. On ethical principles on the
tenets of our faith the fundamental ones mean
we agree but where civil things are concerned we
must each think his ideas persuade him.
Chancellor Day then turned TO the purpose OF MS
address TO the Methodist laymen telling them that
the one thing the Methodist Church should ever
do was to be true 10 its convictions 10 De true
to ones convictions, he said made necessary lioeS
of speech Continuing he said he believed Tue
Methodist Church to be stronger to-day than ever
before
zone thing however. which sometimes dlsturps
me is the idea which some have that the Meth
odist Church should compromise itself in oroer 10
get hold of the great masses outside. The Church
has never had any rich or any poor men, An
men have been alike in her eyes, belleVe III
labor unions: there no better men IN TINS couIi
try than the laborers. But 1 say the Church
should never take the secretary OF laoof Union VI
into the Church because he is the secretary rake
him in as man. Don't let the Church compromise
itself with any organizations or msutuuohs'
whether they be labor unions or wall street.
81 don't know of any man more in sympathy
with the poor than l. When L was minister
here in New York told my ushers that all men,
poor or rich, were to be treated just alike And
so I say the Church should not abuse the rlch
or talk of them as class under suspicion Some
Of the grossest accusations are brought against
the men Of wealth who stand behind our institu-
tons philanthropies The men who are being
accused tonight our educational boards. on
the boards of Wesleyan and Syracuse, and on our
general boards. Because a man is rich does not
imply that he is bad. over 80 per cent of our
pioneers in commerce and in corporate industries
Christian men, and my heart burns with an
guish when l hear them deCried.'
Contrary 20 the expectation OF some Chan
celIor Day was not elected one of the
delegates TO the General Conference until the
ond ballot. DIR. Day was first sent as dele
gate 10 the quadrennial conference in 1855 In
1892 he a reserve delegate alternate, but
since then he has been among the first delegates
each conference chosen. On the first ballot yes
terday 200 clergymen voted, making 105 votes nee
essary to elect. The Rev. DR.. W. +. Anderson re-
ceived I5S votes the Rev. Dr. E. s. Triple, 157 ;
the Rev DR.. George b. Eckman, 151, and Chancel-
IoT Day, 1o3.
On the second ballot o1S votes were cast 110
being necessary for election. This time DR. Day
received 123, and the Rev. DR. P. NJ. Waters, pre-
siding elder Of the New York district, rs One
more delegate and three alternates will be elected
this morning.
The layInen adopted yesterday afternoon a
memorial the General Conference asking for
the repeal Of Section 24S Of the discipline OF the
Church, which forbids dancing, playing at games
OF chance, attending theatres horse races, cir
cuses etc Another memorial TO the General Con-
ference favorng the creation OF negro bishops was
voted down.
The memorial asking for the elimination OF Sec
tfon 24S of the Methodist discipline was introduced
! BY Charles 7. AIcC1elland, general customs APP
/ praser There was discussion. The vote was
/ &c 10 % in favor of adoption. Many did not vote.
In speaking the memorial regarding negro
bishops Mr.. McCIelland said: IF our white brcth-
rem black brethren were discreet III their talk,
! there would be talk about black and white.
! The black man is we'll treated in the Methodist
| Church. Such i this would simply
lead up TO raising the color line. and that is a
| thing | hope none of would do
The conference elected the following lay dele
gates to the General Conferences J. 5. Huyler, Of
| this city: Dr. II. L. Cookingham. of Red Brook.
! n Y; A NJ. Taylor, OF Port Even; 5. d. Smith,
OF Newburg: John Z. Andrus, former Mayor OF
Yonkers. and E q. Dean of Delhi, y. Y.
4 memorial asking the General Conference to IN
sert TO be said OF sung" before the double doXology
in the communion service was adopted.
Mrs. Clinton 3. Fisk Miss Bertha Fowler and
Deaconess Work addressed the Womans Home
Missionary Society in the early afternoon Fol
lowing this five deaconesses were consecrated by