Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
DR.. DICKIE MAKES CHARGES
Declares Anti-Saloon League Antag-
onizes Church Temperance Society.
ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS
Rev. M. S. Hughes of California
Touches Upon Bitter Strife in
Bishopric Race.

MINNEAPOLlS, MIMI, May I.-Dr
Samuel Dickie, president Of Albion
tMichD College. created a stir today in
the General Conference of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church when he said
Il am prepared to prove that the
movement to change the headquarters
| of the church temperance society from
Chicago to Topeka, Kan. is in the inter
est of the Anti-Saloon League | am pre-
| pared TO prove it is scheme to do harm
to the church temperance society. The
head of the Anti-Saloon League, I am
prepared to prove said this society must
get off the earth
| His remarks were made during discus
sion of tine reports of the churchs COM
mittee temperance presented by for
mer Gov. Hanley of Indiana. Earlier in
the day there had been clash over the
committees report indorsing the work OF
the Anti-Saloon League but the report
was adopted.
Substitute Voted Down
| Mr. Dickie offered an amendment to the
| committees report that Chicago be sub
stituted for Topeka. but the amendment
was rejected after long debate. in which
! Purley A. Baker of Westerville. Ohio. sec
!
| that he had made the statements at
tributed to him by Dr. Dickie.
! Baker was declared out of order by the
chair. and Topeka finally was given the
| headquarters of the church temperance
society, in order to aid the fight to keep
| the liquor interests from the state. &C
| cOrding to statements Of number of
S. Earl Taylor. w. F. Oldham, India,
and F. NJ. North. New York East Con-
| ference were today elected corresponding
| secretaries of the board of foreign mis-
/ sions.
! Home Mission Secretaries.
AS secretaries of the board of home
missions and church extension Ward
Plat. C. H. Boswell and Robert Forbes,
all of Philadelphia, were reelected. DR..
| Thomas Nicholson OF New York was
elected secretary of the board of educa-
| ton. P. ]. Mayeetie. Cincinnati. and w
Sheridan. secretaries of the Freedmens
| Aid Society; D.. G. Downey, New York
secretary of the board of Sunday schools.
| and J. B. Hingeley. Chicago. secretary
| of the board of conference claimants.
| DIR. Samuel Dickie was ruled out of
order when he attempted to have COM
mittee appointed to reply to Bishop
conference yesterday for retiring him.
| DR.. Dickie's attempt to speak was
| drowned In a stormy protest from the
conference floor. Nominations for secre-
| taries for boards and other elective Of
fees of the church were made and the
| first ballot taken.
! Strife Leaves It's Trace.
In withdrawing his name from nomi
nation on the board of foreign mis-
sions the Rev. NJ. S. Hughes of Cali
fcrnia touched upon the bitter strife
occasioned in the bishopric race. Il
! could not take such position he
said, for | have a brother on that
board. l am going back to Pasadena
| where the roorback ceases to rumble
and postal cards are at rest"
| Considerable opposition to him was
occasioned candidate for the
| bishOpric, it is said. because his
to the postal cards was with regard
| to the anonymous missives which had
| appeared at the conference attacking
various candidates.
The conference, after a fight, adopt
/ ed the temperance committee report
| which Endorsed the work of the Anti
| Saloon League.
Emil Luering of Borneo received 16I
votes and II. r. Calkins of the north
| west India conference 81 for mission
airy bishop on the third ballot, when
| the majority vote was cast for w. p.
| Eveland. head of the church seminary
III WillldInspOTt, 1d., VINO was declared
| elected.
| Thirkield Goes To New Orleans.
At the evening session of the confer
ence the episcOpacy committees report
concerning the appointment of bishops
| was adopted follows:
Atlanta, Frederick d. Leete; Boston,
| John W. Hamilton; Buffalo, WiIliam
Burt Buenos Aires. Homer c. Stuntz;
Chattanooga, T. S. Henderson,; Chicago
William F. MCDOWELL; Cincinnati, William
F. Anderson; Denver, F. j. Mcconnell
| Foochow. China. W. S. Lewis; Helena,
| Mont. n. Luccoc; Kansas City, Kan.
| w. o. Shepherd; New Orleans w. P
Thirkield; New York. Luther B. Wilson;
| Oklahoma City, Robert Mcintyre; Omaha
r. M. Bristol Peking China, J. w. Bash
ford; Philadelphia, ]. F. Berry; Portland.
Ore, r. j. Cooke: St. Louis, Charles
| Smith, st. Paul. William A. Quayle: San
Francisco. Edwin H. Hughes: Washing
| ton, Earl Cranston; Zurich, Switzerland
| John L.Meulson.
The conference after a long debate left
| to the judiciary committee the case of
| w. F.. Oldham. the missionary bishop who
| was elected to a place on the board of
| foreign missions. Dr. Oldham was sta
toned in India and the conference asked
| the committee to decide whether it would
| be legal to transfer him to New York.
BAPTISTS END STRIFE.