The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-18
WANT TWO
MORE BISHOPS
- si
U. B. Committee so Recon-
mends to Conference.
INCREASE In SALARY
Also Provided for all of the
High Officers.
DR.. Louis BOOkwalter, Dr.. q. Il
Fout and DR.. W. b. .washinger
are Named as Candidates.

'NiNess hNO blonbill fo lOi lllt OAll-
ed States. the same number as at
present, and the creation of two new
bishops to be known as missionary
bishops, one for west Africa and the
others for China, Japan and the Phil
ippines were recommendations of
the committee on superintendent.
The salary committee favored an
increase in the salary OF bishops from
$1,000 to $4,000 q year. Churchmen
declare the cutting down of the
number of districts in the United
States to four has not been aban-
doned and that fgnt for such a
change will be made upon the floor
of the convention.
The committee on superintendent
has plan for the rearrangement of
the conferences contained in the five
bishoprics, the effect of which is TO
strengthen the Pacific district, pre-
sided over by Bishop Bell, of Los
Angeles.
The committee on salaries reported
in favor OF increases, ranging from
% to so per cent in the salaries OF
all permanent officers OF be fixed as
follows: Bishops, $4,000; editor
Telescope $2,4OO; publishing agent,
$4,000; SCI retaries of foreign and
home missions, secretaries or Sunday
schools, church erection, manager OF
seminary and editor of Watchword,
1000 each; assistant editor OF Tele-
scope and assistant editor OF Sunday
school literature $1,SOO each. The
salary question win be debated Tues
day.
The election of bishops will take
place Tuesday, it is announced.
In the general gossip OF the dele
gates the names of President Louis
Bookwalter OF Otterbein university;
DR.. H. II. Fout, OF Dayton, editor
Sunday s. hool literature. and DR.. w.
H. Washinger, OF Chambersburg, Pa,
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
conference. one OF the largest in the
church, are new names mentioned for
places on the board of bishops. DR..
Washinger and Dr.. Fout received
votes for bishop at the Topeka con-
vention four years ago.
DR.. j. NJ. Phillip, associate editor
OF the Telescope, and DR.. w. c. Fries
associate editor OF Sunday school lit
erature. are looked upon as candi-
dates for the editorship Of the Tele-
scope, made va.ant by the death OF
/. l.. Kephart.
u,hok ha ttNOutats pf 10 daunn1fun-
tion in the future is largely depend
ent upon the efficiency OF Its educa-
ional institutions was the dominant
thought in tn eaddress of leading ed
ucators at the educational rally, The
appeal was foi' college trained men
to lead in church fields. While the
institutions of the church, It was
said have done great good, the
speakers declared that the support
given them was not liberal enough
and that improvements In currfcula
and equipment are necessary to keep
pace with the nonreligious colleges.
DR.. Louis Bookwalter, president OF
Otterbein university, said religion was
the savior OF man and education the
savior of religion. Tie characterized
as extreme folly the failure OF more
young men and women TO seek high
school training. He said the loss TO
the country by our people failing to
appreciate the high school as part
of a rich inheritance is depressing to
contemplate, and the neglect rises
almost TO a sin.
He spoke OF a present day move
ment TO wipe out institutions posing
as colleges but which really are not
up to the standard, and made the
prediction that many Of these small
er institutions would disappear with
in the next decade TO the lasting
good of education.
,Among the speakers were Dr. J.
r. Lands, dean OF Bonebrake Theol-
ogical seminary Of Dayton, ana Rev.
Franklin e. Brooke, president OF Le-
ander Clark college OF Toledo, Ia.
"If not speedily solved, the prob
lem OF corporate wealth will become
the supreme peril of this country"
was the warning given the confer
ence by DR., Josiah Strong OF New
York, president of the American In
stitute of Social Service. Economic
conditions of the age and the part
that Christianity can play in present
day problems were discussed by DR..
Strong.
"The man who perverts social
wealth TO purely personal ends
should be looked upon with scorn,
for man is Gods agent to admin
iseter our resources for manlind's
benefit" he said. Gods command
TO all is service to society. If this
injunction were Needed how quickly
knotty questions would disappear.
II men Of wealth used their posses