The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-25
FRIENDS GIVE
TAFT THANKS
Commended for His Efforts
in Behalf of Peace Be-
tween Nations.
William Howard Taft.
President of the United States:

Dear Friend: The Indiana Yearly
Meeting of Friends, with member
ship of over 10000, now in session at
Richmond, Indiana, hereby express its
most hearty approval Of your enlight-
ened stand in the question of peace
and international arbitration. We offer
our united prayers that your courage
and your strength may not fail you,
and that you may continue to be
conspicuous instrument in the hands
of our common Heavenly Father in
promoting the cause of justice and uni
versal brotherhood.
blessed are the peace-makers, for
they shall be called the children OF
Cod
This message was sent as a day let
ter telegram to the chief executive of
the United States by the Indiana year
ly meeting this morning as one of the
closing acts of its ninety-firSt session.
which was just completed this noon at
the East Main Street church. The last
hour of the gathering developed sever
al important matters that had been
overlooked at the earlier session. and
the time was fully consumed with bus
mess until the recording clerk. read
the final minute to adjourn to next
year The report of the finance COM
mittee of the meeting was one of the
principal features this morning, the
work of next importance being the
reading of the epistles from other
yearly meetings.
Nominating Board.
At the opening of the session, COM
mittee was named to nominate new
members of the permanent board to
succeed those whose terms have just
expired. The committee later return
ed the recommendation that all the re-
firing members be reappointed, and
this action was subsequently taken by
the meeting. The clerk announced that
credentials had been prepared for thir-
teen of the visiting ministers showing
that the latter had attended this meet
ing and had taken an active part in
discussions here Clerk Nicholson said
that many more visitors had been on
hand, but only this small number re.
quired official recognition from the
meeting.
Appropriations Made.
Appropriations totalling $10,305
were recommended in the report OF
the finance committee. This sum was
divided as follows: For Christian En-
deavor work, $3.50; for temperance
committee, $50; peace association OF
America, 5000; board of foreign mis-
sions, $500; home missions, $25;
Southland College, $1100; Church ex
| tension, $4,000; evangelist and pastor
al committee, $500; Bible school
work, 500; incidentals, $4,000; Indian
| affairs, $3.50. This appropriation list
was approved by the meeting. The
session decided to give notice that the
Indiana yearly meeting may reduce
the appropriation for Indian work to
s40O next year. On recommendations
of the finance committee, the gather
ing determined to appoint Alpheus
Mattock on the auditing committee.
Leander j. Woodland took the place
of Joseph A. GODDARD on the commit
tee in charge of remodelling the build
ing occupied by the East Main stree
congregation.
After the report on the committee
on the synopsis of epistles had beer
presented to the audience, it wa:
thought best to make this body {
standing committee, because this will
allow the members of it more time fol
the examination Of the long epistle!
and the preparation of their report
The report stated that all the letters
received were unanimous in their ex
Iressions of the value of this CORES
pondence between various meetings
that all the letters had an optimistic
tone, that all believed the church t.
be growing, both in the size of the con
gregation and in the interest shown
and that all the sectarian school unde
the control of the Friends were max
ing splendid progress.
The reading of the records of thu
committee on Indian affairs showe'
that much welldirected effort was be
ing made toward civilizing the re-
men, and that although the progress
was necessarily slow, the missionarie
were steadily gaining influence in tn
west Through the work of the mis-
sionaries, 103 Indians were converte
to the Christian faith.
Indians Hate Whites.
Charles Hunt, a missionary anon