The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-15
SOUTHERN PEOPLE
FAVOR THE BAN
Complain That Northerners
Favor Too Much UngodIy
Amusements.
TEMPERANCE REPORT.
PREDICTED THAT TERESTlNG
OBSERVATIONS WILL BE HAND
ED BACK BY TEMPERANCE CON-
MtTTEE-ROOsEV INVITED.

MiTTEE-RoosEV INVITED
amusements. paragraph 249, is being
agitated as never before at the Meth
odist General conference, on account Of
the somewhat favorable utterances Of
the bishops in favor of the removal
of the ban on 'dancing, cardplaying,
theaters, ETC. A complaint has
come from Southern delegates that the
northern delegates, including the
bishops, are endeavoring to lower the
standards of the church by having
struck from the discipline the names
of certain ungodly amusements. The
matter has been placed with the COM
mittee on state of the church, Of which
the Rev. w. D. Parr of Kokomo is sec
rotary This sub committee has
twenty memorials before it. practically
all of which ask that no change be
made in paragraph 24S.
For Far Eastern Missions.
The Rev. James Henderson of Otta-
wa, made a plea for missions in the far
East He declared there is POSSIBLE
ity Of the west being conquered by the
East and that the strongest defense
against such invasion is the estab-
1ishment chain of missions in Asia
by the christian church.
DR.. w. V. Dick of Ohio secured the
adoption Of a motion that those who
are to take part in the evangelistic
services under the committee of ag-
gTessive evangelism, who are not mem
be~s of annual conferences be not an
rounced The significance of this lies
in the fact that yesterday DR.. Dick OBJ
jected when the name of the Rev
Charles J. Fowler of Boston, president
of the holiness association, had been
read in the list of those announced to
take part in evangelistic services at
the Mount Vernon Place church. Dr.
Dick explained later that he protested
because he did not believe in Mr.. Fow-
ler's teachings.
Thousands of Conversions.
Bishop Neeley. whose field includes
the eastern coast of South America and
Ecuador Peru, Bolivia and Chill on
the west coast, and also Panama, said
that in return for the money appropri-
ated and the labor expended in these
countries there have been tens of
thousands of conversions and the in
fusion of a potent religious influence,
furnishing a liberal christianizing and
uplifting force.
The resolution of the Rev. J. r. Get
tvs, from Nebraska. raised a storm of
sentiment when it proposed THAT no
candidate for the office of president of
the United States who is not himself a
total abstainer, and who is not in har-
mony with the abolition of the liquor
traffic from the federal government
down. should receive the support of
christian citizens Mr.. Gettys stated
that no man who uses liquor should be
elected president.
Gov, Hanly moved that the resolu-
ton be sent to the committee on tenn
perance and prohibition, of which he
is chairman. This committee will
bring in some advanced utterances on
temperance in a few days,
Ask Roosevelt to Attend
The conference has invited President
Roosevelt and British Ambassador
Bryce to attend the session on the day
when the fraternal delegates from the
British Wesleyan conference are pre-
scented to the body 1t is desired that
the president address the conference,
rs he is identified with the great Meth
Odist University at Washington. as
one of its trustees. and will receive the
conference in the visit to Washington
Saturday.
Visitors from the Central west are
beginning to come in to enjoy the ex-
citing incidents Of Episcopal elections
and the great addresses. One of these
is the Rev. c. w. Tinsley Of Toungs-
town, O.. but who is we'll known
throughout Indiana as the former pas
tor of churches at indianapolis. Madi-
son and Terre Haute
Another bitter attack upon the Ro-
mal Catholic church characterized the
meeting today when Bishop Nicely
scored the record Of that church in
South America and accused it Of ming
Inns in the politics of this country. de-
claring its influence is felt in our state
and municipal governments and at
Washington.