The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-25
SLANDER'S TONGUE
IS QUITE BUSY
WITH ATTACKS ON SEVERAL
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION
AS BISHOP.
M. E. GENERAL CONFERENCE
Now In Session at Baltimore Will BE
Long Remembered for the Mum.
ber and Peculiar Character
Of Such Attacks.

Baltimore, May 25.--The Methodist
Episcopal general conference now
current will doubtless be long re
membered for the number and pc
culiar character of the attacks that
have been made upon candidates for
the bishoprics to be elected. Thus
far four men have suffered more or
less by reason of the circulation
among the delegates of stories, some
of them very vague and not all Of
them told with their proper and just
explanation.
The most pronounced sufferer has
been Rev. DR.. Charles H. Goodell of
Calvary church, New York. A pic.
ayune story that falsely represented
Rev. DR.. William A. Quayle as hav.
ing In his youth acted the part OF a
jit apparently hurt him for n time,
but the reaction brought by the state,
ment Of the truth has been markedly
to his advantage. A similar result is
probable In the case OF Rev. DR.. Jo-
seph G.. Hingeley, secretary of the
conference, against whom a resident
Of the doctors home city, Minneapo-
lis, attempted to influence delegates
- and succeeded for time 49, by
means OF kilograms declaring that
Minneapolis was astounded at the
prominence given DR.. .Hlngeley in the
balloting
A fourth candidate who has been
made the victim Of a story partly told
which, II told In full, could not pos
sibly have influenced the vote of any
sane man against him, is Rev. DR..
George p. Eckman. pastor of st.
Paul's church, New York.
New York, May 25. - Rev. DR..
Charles l.. Goodell, pastor of Calvary
Methodist church, whose candidacy
for bishop at the Baltimore Methodist
general conference was affected when
! reports were spread that he had fig
ured I'm divorce proceedings nearly a
quarter Of century ago, was the re
| cipient of remarkable demonstrations
of affection and esteem by the mem
bers of his congregation Sunday.
over thousand members OF his
congregation, after the morning ser
vice, filed one by one down by th,
communion rail TO shake the hand oI
their pastor and assure him that he
held their entire confidence. At the
| conclusion Of the evening service the
scene of the morning was repeated
DR.. Goodell shortened the morning
reception in order that he might at
tend a special meeting of the ohicla
board Of the church. The 80 or NOR,
| members Of the board lauded Or
Goodell in the highest measure
Immediately afterward commtte.
OF seven members Of the OnlCiu
board was appointed and prepared /
statement to be issued on behalf o
the official board.
The committee In this statement
voicing the sentiments OF the churcl
and congregation, protests agains
"the Injustice suffered by our pastoJ
ON account Of the mChrlstIan meth
ods employed In the general confer
ence at Baltimore" The committee
states that ut the time of DR.. Good
ellis coming 20 Calvary church "it wal
fully understood by the official boar,
and many members Of the chErcl
that Or Goodell had been compele,
to obtain divorce from his lirs
wife. II was also fully known unde
what circumstances the cause Of th
action was had, and the ab3olate win
dication Of Dr. Goodell in the mat
ter"
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