Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18
HAIL WILSON
AS GOVERNOR
Saloon Fight Before New
Jersey ri. E. Conference.

@ANJf Atfhsa
statement made by Rev. Thomas g..
Shannon, of Newark, successor OF
j. Frank Burk as superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, that in Gov
ernor Wilson the people OF New Jer-
sey have a God-sent man who will
give them what they have been seek
Ing, aroused the enthusiasm OF he
members of the New Jersey Metho-
dist Conference at their session here
yesterday. The minister told his
hearers to fight for the temperance
cause at the polls on election day,
"for," said hes "the heartbeat OF the
saloon is In politics, and at the polls
must be the fight.
"The anti-saloon people feel that
in Governor Wilson they have the
leadership they have sought for
many years." he went on. Should
New Jersey secure the right to vote
on local option, thirteen counties
will at once take advantage of the
opportunity afforded to wipe out the
saloon"
The following resolution, offered
by Rev. Monroe 8. Van SAINT, of
Bridgeton, was unanimously
adopted:
Want New Jersey a Dry State.
Whereas, The Rev. Thomas g.
Shannon, who has for the last ten
years served as the efficient and sue
cessful pastor Of the Kilbourn Me-
mortal Presbyterian church, Of New
ark, has been appointed superinten-
dent of the A~nti-Saloon League to
succeed j. Frank Burk, resigned; be
1t
Resolved, That we give Mr.. Shan
non a most cordial and brotherly
welcome to u Conference; that We
pledge him heartiest God-speed b
the great u which he representa-
and pray that, under his leadership,
the time may hasten when New Jer-
sey, rum-ridden, saloon-cursed,
corrupt and contented," shall be
redeemed and take her place in the
sisterhood Of prohibition states, and
so share a part in bringing In the
glad era OF q saloonless country I'M
der a stainless flag.
There was q storm of protests
when Rev. Eli Clifford offered a res
olution. signed by himself and q
number of other ministers, asking
that members of Conference report
whether their charges had raised
their apportionment In full for the
Conference claimants, and whether
this disciplinary rules of a pro rata
distribution had been observed.
A Hint at DeIinquepts.
The law, 1t was stated, is that the
four classes of bishops. district SUI
perintendents, pastors and Confer
ence claimants shall all be included
under the head of pastoral support.
and that out OF amounts raised for
pastoral support they shall be paid
pro rata. II there Is not enough
money to meet the claims, they
shall all suffer In proportion, Rev.
Clifford said.
Tt was whispered that the reason
for the opposition to the resolution
was that a number of the ministers
are delinquent. The resolution was
promptly tabled.
The following men wsre admitted
to Conference after satisfactorily
answering the nineteen questions
propounded by Bishop Hamiltons
Fred b. Harris, Harry T. Fisher,
John T. Richardson, w. A. Boyle and
John B. Adams.
Pension Changes shefved.
Two amendments to the eonstitu-
ltion OF the Preachers Aid Society
that Rev. DR.. Eli CHORD had offered
were defeated after q spirited de.
bate. One would have required
members to pay annually to the So
ciety per cent. Of their salaries,
exclusive OF house rent, and would
thavA rx8Az tftA 1wekffx~k& H~<A
"the years OF their membership shall
BE- the years Of their effective rrta-
tea In whteh they have SO paid" The
other amer sment wonl@ have caused
tina constitution to re~s, she elatm
OF ths widow OF a deceased n,ynebsr
shall be ehe a Of her hua. and's
man ership in the socis..y. rroy.d-
ed - % not more than Ave 20 III
his tsxser; but Cor eve-y Year in ex~
cess OF Eve or o major portion o. a
year, there shat be deducted enc
year from ths basis O: her claim"
The society reelected DR.. Gam
BILE president; Rev. Samuel Sargent.
yice-prestdent; Rev. d. e. Clair, sec
Rotary; Rev, s. FL. Ham, treasurer,
and Drs. Gravitt. Read and Marshall,
directors.
Visitors who addressed the Con-
ference were Rev. DIR. Meeker, pres
tdent of the Centenary Collegiate In
stitute Hackettstown; Rev. DR..
Horner G. Stuntz, corresponding
secretary OF this Board of Foreign
Missions; Rev. DIR. Mains, of the New
York Book Concern, and Rev. Alfred
Smith, of Chicago.
Bishop Hamilton Iectured in the
Conference church last night and the
Conley quartet sang. Following the
lecture, Dickinson College alumni
held~r banquet at the Bellevue, COW
ers being laid for fifty. Rev. DR.. H.
Ridgely Robinson, OF Red Bank.
president OF the association, was
teastmaster. and speeches were mads
by Bishop Hamilton and Drs. Lippin-
teott, OsIanlon, Wood, Handisy.
Dobbips and Hunaberger. the latter.
representing DIR. George u. Read.
president Of Dickinson.
Forty OF the ministers attended a
Especial communication of the local
Masonic Lodge Thursday night.
among the speakers being DR.. Gam
bic and Rev. Charles H. Elder and
Former City Treasurer Bringhurst.
OF Philadelphia.