Evening journal., 1910-03-18
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE
CALLS DR.. BAKER TO TRIAL
bray to be assigned there.
The wireless" Reports.

bray to be assigned there.
The wireless" Reports.
So far as the situation over district
superintendents is concerned, nobody,
unless II is Bishop Hamilton himself,
seems to know what is really going
to happen. The Bishop is still giving
a good imitation of a perfect human
absorber of all the information that
is volunteered TO him about men urged
for appointment as superintendents
and he likewise is the most noiseless
of the many reticent bishops that for
many years have presided over VIII
ming ton Conference, so far as giving
inklings about whom he may appoint
IS concerned. According to the wire
less" reports going around. the district
superintendents themselves have no
intimation from the Bishop of who will
be named for Wilmington and Dover
districts, and il seems that the Bishop
is the great stand -patter on his asser-
tion publicly made that he will not
name the superintendents until after
Sunday Hence everybody is hungry
for a morsel Of real, appetizing news
from the episcopal power that is.
The buttonholing that was so prev
alent few years ago, and the wire
pulling seem TO be absent this year,
and there is no spirit of factionalism
about. The laymen began TO pour in
last night and today, however, and they
may stir up things not a little by their
calls on the district superintendents
and Bishop Hamilton in behalf of their
choice for pastor or superintendent
Aside from that. the Conference lay
mems Association will hold an all-day
session tomorrow with II. S. Goldey
presiding and speeches by several prom
inent laymen, including former Con-
gresham Walter o. Honecker Of Smy-
rna, Professor c. A. Short of Delaware
College, former state Treasurer Thomas
n. Rawlins, John p. Holland Of Mil
ford, and others.
A delegation of laymen Of Wesley
Church, Dover called on Bishop Ham
ilton last evening to express their SEN
timent. They are urging the Rev. +.
l.. Hoffecker, Of Dover, for district
superintendent of Dover district, and
asked the Bishop To appoint the Rev.
T. r. Martindale, of Salisbury, TO the
Dover Church. The Bishop is under
stood to have given the delegation no
encouragement so far as getting DR..
Martindale is concerned. The Sails
bury people object in no uncertain
way to the removal Of DR.. Martindale
from their church, and he is most like
~ TO be reappointed to Salisbury.
The second choice of the Dover dele
CATION is understood to be the Rev
Dr. Charles A. Hill of Wilmington
but It is said that DR.. Hill win re-
main at St Pouls, Wilmington, If h'
is not appointed superintendent Of Will
mington district
There were a half-dozen laymen II
the Dover delegation, some OF then
| being William salisbury, George Tebc
( Harry Mayer and Professor i. J.. Cross
lt IS said that the Rev n II. Web
ster IS likely 10 go back 10 Asbury
Wilmington, and the Rev. c. I. Wyatt
may 90 back to Harrison street, bu
{ the chances are that he may get al
excellent appointment elsewhere. Th'
Rev. W. O. Bennett has been invited
/ TO Harrison Street should DIT Wyatt
be assigned elsewhere.
The Rev Dr. Franklin Hamilton yes
terday. i'm urging the cause of financia
aid for the American University a
Washington, spoke OF the great col
lege the Roman Catholic Church ha
established and is building there. II
said it was to be the foremost Catho
lie institution of learning of the world
and said the Methodists of the countr
should see to it that their own Amer
lean University did not lack for funds
Bishop Hamilton also made a plea 70
the American University, and a spec
ia collection started with $50 was TAX
en- for the Institution.
The Womans Home Missionary So
ciety anniversary was celebrated tni
afternoon. the speaker being Henr
Farmer of Washington
Education Board Anniversary.
The Conference Board Of Education wi
hold it's anniversary this afternoon. Th
speaker will be DR.. Thomas Nicholson
a prominent worker in behalf Of the Metl
odist educational cause.
Tonight the Board of Home Mission
and Church Extension will have its ann
versary with DR.. Adam steng presidin
and Dr. Robert Forbes. a noted orator, q
speaker.
DR.. J. b. IIingeley will address the an
nivcrsary meeting of tho ConferenC
Claimants tomorrow afternoon. He w'
detained yesterday and failed to get her
so the anniversary was deferred until Sa
urday
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hol
son, Of Alabama will be the speaker at u
temperance rally on Saturday night.
Among some of the laymen VINO a
rived yesterday were Henry p. Canno
Of Bridgeville; John p. Hol and, Of Mi
r ford Colonel John C. Townsend. of Sc
byville; Ruel Loomis. George w. Too
= and T. B. Ridgaway. Of Wilmington.