The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-03
ELDER HALLERON
RECEIVES GOLDEN
GIFT OF PASTORS
Newark Ministers Elected to
General Conference in
Baltimore. :
7 PROBATIONERS TAKEN
INTO FULL MEMBERSHIP
Fight of Plainfeld Session
Takes Place in Contest
for Delegates.
LspecIal % the Evening star.l

dress at tOday'S session of the Newark
annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, presented TO thu
Rev. DAME Halleron. of Newark, pre-
siding elder of the Elizabeth district
on behalf of the ministers of that dis
trict, with 800 in gold. Mr.. Halleron is
just concluding six years as the pre-
siding elder, and no retiring elder eve
received the encomium, it is said, the
bishop today heaped on the Rev. Mr.,
Halleron.
Some see in 1t the probability of the
bishop assigning him to the Haisey
Street Church, Newark, to succeed the
Rev. DR.. Thomas L. Coultas, who was
sent there a year ago. DR., Coultas. II
Is said, is slated for st. James's Church,
Elizabeth.
Contest for Delegates.
The first contest of the session took
place today over the election of dele
gates to the General Conference which
takes place in Baltimore, Md. next
month.
The rules of last year prevailed, max
ing the five highest names or the BAL
lot the successful candidates. 1t was
thought hat enough delegates would
be present at the conference to sent
six delegates instead of five, but the
total number lacked five and only five
delegates will be sent. Unusual in
terest was shown in the balloting. The
Rev. DIR. w. E. Palmer, of Jersey City,
moved that after the ballots were
counted they should be burned.
Three ballots were taken today. On
the first ballot the Rev. DIR. Henry A.
EtffD ,.AafIant Af IA~axx TI,aIaVi,n I
Seminary. at Madison; the Rev. DIR.
c M. Anderson, presiding elder, of Jer-
sey City, and the Rev. DR.. John Krantz,
of Paterson, general sales agent of the
Methodist Book Concern, of New York
city, were elected. The Rev. DR..
Charles l.. Mead, pastor of Centenary
Church, Newark, was elected on the
second ballot, and the third ballots re-
suit will not be announced until to-
morrow The Rev. DIR. William II.
Morgan, for the past eleven years pas
tor of Central Church, Newark. re-
ceived d big vote, but he fell short of
election, although his friends expect
him to win out.
Local Option Resolution.
The conference passed unanimously
resolutions declaring for local option
as introduced by the Rev. r. B. Urmy,
Of Morristown, It. reads:
Resolved, That we the members
of the Newark Conference recognize
the principle of local option to be
a wiseS safe and aggressive principle
of government relating to the on
troll and suppression of the liquor
traffic. @
THAT we vote with pleasure a
distinct and clear cleavage of pub
lie opinion which has been created
by the Anti-Saloon league.
"That we are Joyous over the eff
fectiveness of the work of local
option as demonstrated by the de-
crease of immortality where is is in
force"
Seven New Ministers.
The following second-year probation
ers were received into full member
ship: William Burd, of S~tewardsville;
Frederick b. Curry, of Suffern,. N. Y;
Archibald M. Smith, of Oxford; Nor
man P. Champlin, of Arlington; Charles
e. Collerd, of Hope; Edgar N. Compton,
of Rosebush, S. l.; Sarenius Rechnit-
ger, of Linden.
Bishop Spellmeyer urged the min
listers to be active and earnest in their
work to enlist as many as possible in
their congregations to be their CO.
workers and to keep always in mind
the high calling of their profession.
The Rev. DR.. Winfield c.. Snodgrass,
of Perth Amboy. offered a resolution
to change the basis of representatives
to general conference from a maximum
of ninety to a maximum of seventy
five, and that when conferences are
too small to have one delegate, it shall
be associated with one or more Others
for representative purposes.
China an Earth Power.
With a striking appeal for America
to keep an eye on China, to sen her
the gospel, now at the time of her
awakening, to prepare her against the
time of her coming world power, when
she can be our strongest friend or our
most formidable foe. the Rev. DR.. Adna
3. Leonard, corresponding secretary
for foreign missions. addressed a large
congregation last night.
1.-THE intermingling of the races is the
problem before us now" he said. "and
we must be ready to make an ally of
the people which is fast getting to be
the strongest earth power of the East.
The Boxer uprising eight years ago
made thousands of martyrs, but it also
was death to the old China, and we
know her since then as a country to be
reckoned with. She is chasing the
opium trade out of the country, as we
are chasing the saloon, and seems
likely to get her work done before
we do"