The Washington herald., 1908-05-09
BISHOP THOBURN OUT
Asks Methodist Conference
to Retire Him.
WHISKY "ADs" MAKE TROUBLE
Delegate Paget Springs Sensation
when He DenOunces Literature
Distributed Among the Visitors.
Famine in China Depicted by
Bishop BashfOrd, of Shanghai.

Baltimore, May S-Bishop J. NJ Tho
burn, Of indianapolis, and James W. Bash
ford, OF Shanghai China, were central
figures in the conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church to-day.
The former rose to petition for retire
ment from active service and made a
pathetic speech recounting his fifty years
service, and stating that the time had
arrived when he was obliged to surrender
his official responsibilities.
Bishop Bashford made an eloquent ad-
dress depicting the famine of China. His
graphic description moved the great audi
ence 10 tears. Before he was through the
delegate visitors Joined in thunderous ap-
plause. He said:
IF you have ever been through a fam
inc you viii not want 10 see another
received a telegram one morning from
FOOchow saying. We have milk enough
for 200 babies We don't want more than
that, because it is useless TO feed a thou
sand temporarily. only to see them all
die within a week. We have asked the
mothers to come to the temple tomorrow
morning and will pick out the most likely
babies and take care Of them
Eight Hundred Left TO Perish.
Next morning they surrounded the
temple, vast multitude of famishing
mothers, each begging that her baby be
taken and fed. They picked out 200 and
turned away 500 10 perish. That day
cabled the facts to this country.
'Our church in China has increased its |
membership "A per cent during the last
quadrennium, he said. We could double |
our number inside Of one year II we
agreed Immediately to baptize converts" =" /
AIRS. Florence D. Richards, Of the Cen |
tTal Ohio Conference. was the first woman /
delegate to make a speech from the plat |
form. She was received with applause. |
She presented a resolution calling on 1
Congress TO submit d constitutional |
amendment prohibiting polygamy.
Memorials were presented from various |
conferences embodying resolutions. Among 1
these was one which provides for the /
continuance OF the joint commission on 1
federation for another quadrennium, its /
members TO be appointed by the board of /
bishops.
whisky Stirs Convention.
Something of a SENSATION was created |
by Delegate B. L. Paget Of Portland |
Greg, just as the conference was about /
20 adjourn. when he denounced the "ob- /
scene, obnoxious literature" which had
been distributed in the conference.
The matter objected to was contained in |
the Crown Of the Chesapeake" the Off |
eial booklet of the Merchants and Manu- /
facturers' Association of Baltimore. 1t 4
consisted Of three liquor advertisements /
and a paragraph praising Maryland rye /
whisky.
What made the matter more serious was |
the fact that hundreds Of books given to /
each delegate bore on the front page:
Compliments Of David H. Carroll" Dr.
Carroll Is prominent Methodist, secre-
tary of one of the missionary societies
a discussion was only avoided by the an
nouncement that time for adjournment
had arrived. Most OF the Baltimore men /
present saw the funny part of the affair
and laughed heartily.
The paragraph which particularly
aroused the ire Of the delegates was:
When the facetious Attorney General
advertised to the nation Something better
than whisky, it was a striking example Of
begging the question and revealed the
methods of many blenders. But when he
spoke of 'semper idem whisky, he sure
ly had his native heath in mind as the
home of the renowned and unchanging
Maryland rye.
THE excelIencies Of Maryland liquors
have 0utTivaled those of Kentucky and /
Pennsylvania, and the purity, age. and
bouquet Of the product of its distilleries
are unsurpassed.
The committee on education, freedmen.
and Sunday schools has DrpDaTed A me- /
mortal TO the conference recommending a
division OF the work the consolidated
board finding its task too great.
1t is suggested that the work be dis
tributed among the Freedmen's IS Aid Society.
the Board of Education, and the Board
of Sunday Schools. In addition 10 elect
ing eight bishops, the conference will also
be called upon TO reassign those now on /,
duty.