The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-03
BISHOPS IRA|LH||M
AS GIFT | OF GOD
Thus Is Roosevelt Intro
duced to Methodists
in Baltimore.
POLITICS ASIDE,
TALKS MISSIONS

lT11IlAOS AxllSO1O1NO
Tells Of Church Work AS He
Saw II During His African
Tour--1n His Swan Song,
Mckinley Talks Of Roseate
Prospects for Republi-
can Success.
Baltimore. Md November 2.-rurn-
Ing for few hours from the stress OF
politics to the callncr Held of missions.
former President Roosevelt was intro.
duced here tonight to q gathering OF
Methodist Bishops and laymen as
Theodore tiift-ot- God Roosevelt
This presentation was delivered by
Bishop Henry w. Warren, of Denver.
at the annual meeting or the general
committee ri the board of foreign
missions OF the Methodist Episcopa1
Church. the first regular session or
which is to take place Tomorrow. The
hall was crowded to The doors.
although am a member or the
Dutch Reformed Church" said Colonel
Roosevelt, Il always feel at home
among the Methodists; and there re
times when my opponents say that I
talk like a Methodist tslay-preacher.
only wish that could talk half so er-
ifectively." z
The colonel told of his visits to mis-
s:ons in Africa during his hunting trip.
and OF the work which, is being done
there. The work, he said, was pro-.
guessing admirably, although 1t was
difficult circumstances. He asserted
that those who decried the efforts OF
the missionaries failed to appreciate
what was being done.
Bishop Earl Cranston,of Washing
ton and DR.. Eugene a. Noble, president
of Goucher College, an institution for
women met the colonel when he arrlv-
co from New York. They accompanied
him to Goucher College. where he ad-
dressed the students ana faculty. He
told the young women that college
education was no passport to an easy
tllte, and that they ought to study hard
and stick to IT..
AS soon as lie finished his speech
Colonel Roosevelt went to his train
and started Yves tward; He Is TO- spend
ofrs the train reaching Chi
i5cago at S.ahe p. NJ, and leaving there
l3at 10 2. NJ. for Davenport. Iowa. 5
aIcIkinley's Isoxeate View.
Washing ton. D. C., November g.
president Taft to-day made public a
letter from Representative w. B. Nc
/ 4Kinley. chairman Of the Republican,
Congressional Campaign Committee. III
which he takes a roseate view OF Re-
hr,1,h froy nrn ot avt "a, n "a.
Eelection. Mr.. Mckinley declares that
what some people recognized as a
4 democratic year In July will turn out
Ito be Republican year In November
He indicates that In his opinion the
/ Democrats haven't the slightest chance.
kof gaining majority in the next
1 House. 8
81 The making public of the MCKINLEY
lsletter.s 1t is said. will be the last act
Eof the President in the present cam
\ Bpaign. 1t was reported day that
Mr.. Taft might write letter on the
/ New York State situation. but no con-
Efrmation could be obtained at the
/ White House.
8"In your letter to me of August 20,
1910," says Mr.. Mckinley in his letter,
you state that the question was not
what complexion of Republiccn!sm one
Lprefers, but whether 1t Is better for
lldNt
control the legislation tfors#the next
two years and further redeem IT'S
ISpromises or to enable a De1nocratics
l5majority In the House either to- in-
lterpose a veto to Republican mea suress
tor&to formulate and pass hills to carry
out Democratic principles. .g
our clear and lust analysis of Re-
publican principles and your brief OUT
I line Of the great work to which your
.lrk.. ~
Led by the Republican Congressional
Committee as the slogan of$thts cam
|spaign. The differences within the
party which We're manifested in the5i
two sessions of the present Congress
have been composed on the basis of
Your letter, and a militant and united
party is approaching the bi-ennial;|
election with confidence and deseryeds|
Victory. AS you we'll pred dicted, tho:
party as a whole is showing itself
practical and patriotic in#subord mat
cure real progress,
GLOWING your suggestion, t has
been the aim of this committee to- e,n-S
hphasize the difference In the govern-sE
mental efficiency and capacity of tlla 7
Republican and Democratic parties. We |
have sought to make this a ,campai en- /
of education, and wilhelm some dis [
HtrlClSS the real ISSUES are HObSCuredG by Y
local questions and personal animosl-
ties, l am convinced that our liter-&|
sature and our speakers have broughttI
home to the voters as "a Whole a
realization of the fact thar Democratic
success I'M the congressional elections
this year would be- a staggering blowsE
itoNnational prosperity; would Impede.
III not prevent the enactment Of allHE
useful and progressive legislation. anu.
~ oul d make legitimate business the
plaything Of politics for two years
WANTS #sECREST5 RELEASED
Estradn Says He Was Acting Under
I, lSsf84ka Orders of RcvOlutiOnistH. IS
j5s ManuEuaiSyN IA Nj ca ra qua oye nlbe r IS os-.,