Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-03
This City May be Selected tor
Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference May, 1912.
COMMITTEES INVESTIGATE.


To add TO the city's other great VIC
tories In the securing Of important
gatherings. Salt Lake people are now
using every effort To secure the quau-
reunial conference ~ the Methoolst
Episcopal church. which Will be held IN
MAY. 1912. to continue during the en-
tire month. There will be at the con-
terence about 5000 delegates, OF whom
900 are ministers and 1000 are laymen'
about 1000 church editors and perhaps
1000 visitors. making total OF about
5000 people who would remain In tho
city during the entire month
Salt Lake CITY Is one of 10 candidates
In the field for the quadrennial con-
yention, the other aspirants for tho
honor being Denver Minneapolis. Des
Moines, Columbus. Detroit. Pittsburg,
4 Atlantic city, Asbury Park and sara
,toga The conference was held In Los
Angeles i'm 1904 and in Baltimore IN
1905 There IL a sentiment prevailing
among the people Of the church that
neither the Pacific nor the Atlantic
coast should receive tho next conVen-
lion, but some point between the
sierras and the Alleghe MES should be
selected. and for that reason those
working for Salt Lake for the confer
ence OF 1912 are feeling much encour-
aged
COMMITTEES HERE.
The auadrcnnial conference II Of great
Importance to the Methodist church,
and preparations for It's holding are
begun several years In advance. Al
present committees from the conference
arc already visiting the cities in the
race for the next convention, inquir-
ing ms to whether these cities can meet
the requirements Of the conference.
Messrs Hanford Crawford vice chair
man. and O. T. Miller. or Rock Rapids,
Ia. treasurer OF the general conference
commission OF the committee OF 81.
known as the book or publication COM
nlttee. are in Salt Lake now making
preliminary Investigations ms TO
whether this city can measure W 10
tho requirements Of the convention.
These gentlemen are I'm conference with
Joseph T.. Game. secretary OF the Com.
nercial club, Oscar I. Cox of the Y. NJ.
=. A.. and Freeman Morningstar.
prominent member OF the Methodist
Episcopal church An invitation has
oecn extended by the Commercial club.
and the committee Is now engaged In
securing data with regard 10 hotel ac-
tcTnfnO0dtlOnSt eNCss 10 Submit 10 Nlit
committee OF II. which has the matter
" final decieion In hand
Il FAvoRABLY IMPRESSED.
After spending the entire morning
With committee looking about Salt
Lake for suitable quarters for the
Methodists general conference to be
reid in May, 1912. Hanford Crawford,
commissioner. was given a banquet at
2: 80 o'clock this afternoon at the Com
nercial club Gov. Spry, Mayor Brans-
FORD. Freeman Morningstar, Oscar l..
COX. A. w. Carlson. the Rev. Francis
-. Short, the Rev H. J. Talbot John
n johnson. George r Gardner and Jo-
.eph y Caine sat down at the dinner
sith MIR. Crawford. During the din
ier. Mr.. Crawford seemed TO be favor
ably impressed with Salt Lake and he
sill probably make a favorable report
IN salt Lake as the next place for the
general conference.
The committee took Mr.. Crawford
about the city in automobiles. Odeon
nall was looked upon as favorable
place to hold the convention but sew
sral other halls were visited and also
he First Methodist church. Mr..
'rawford was ISSUED OF plenty OF no.
81 accommodations and other facilities
or holding the conference here.