The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-03
TAFT IS CRITICIZED
BY DR.. BOWE RS
Veto OF Webb-Kcnyon Bill Pre-
sumptuous Exhibition OF
Unstatesnanship
WILSON HIGHLY COMMENDED
Maryland Conference OF Meth
odist Church in Session
at Lynchburg.
Special to The Tlmes-Dispa,ch. ]

LynchburG, Va. April 2-Character-
iaing the veto OF the webb Kenyon bill
by President Tart as the most pre-
sumptuous exhibition Of unstatesman-
ship ever witnessed in this country
and the passing OF the bill over his
veto as "a gallant dash for freedom
from the liquor curse Rev. John :.
Bowers. ID D., president of the Mary
land Annual Conference of the Aietho-
dist Protestant Church, now iii session
IN this city, in his annual report this
morning commended President Wilson
very highly for bauishing all alcoholic
drinks from the White House during
his stay there. He further stated that
temperance and temperance legislation
WAS OF vital Importance TO the church
that intoXicants were the worst foe Of
the church ard state. and that all Pro :
testants should unite to Danish il from
the country.
The eighty-hf session # the Mary
land Annual Conference began this
morning at the Methodist Protestant
Church here. After devotional ser
vices, led by the conference president
Rev. G. NJ. Compiler Introduced Rev.
w. I Palmer, ID. d. who in wcll-cho sen
words welcomed the conference to the
city. DR.. j. w. sheridan, cx-presi-
dent OF the conference, responded TO
the address on behalf of the confer
encc
IT showed that during the past year
five preachers. two preachers wives
and two preachers widows had died.
Rev. T. ID. stone. Of Washington. -. O..
then sang Il solo. ont Of tho Shadow
Land
Two transfers TO this conference
had been made during the year; twelve
appointments made. and nine releases
and rc-appointments made by the
president The work of the Western
Maryland College and Westminster
Theological Seminary was well spoken
of, as was the alarming situation with
regard to the scarcity OF ministerial
students. The growing business OF the
/ Methodist Protestant Book Concern In
/ Baltimore was commented on. and tho
I fact that 100 new subscribers TO tho
church paper. The Methodist Protest
ant" had been secured
The work OF the Sunday school was
taken UP rather extensively, and il
WAS recommended that modern Sunday
/ training and mission study classes be
! organized. II was thought by the
| president that the matter OF graded
/ lessons should be taken up by the con
ference and settled as TO whether they
should be used or not.
The president also recommended
that secretary he secured for the
ter TO the churches The matter OF
nome and foreign missions was taken
INTO confederation, and it was shown
mat many new churches had been
built and Improvement to old ones
madc Many REVEALS have been held
~ the diffcrcnt congregations. with n
net gain in mcmbcrsh piof 1900 an an
peal Tor more cVangelistic prcachinp;
pS the pastors was made. &c was
stated by Mn. Bowers that tho pastors
salaries should be Increased 10 cor
respond with tho present high cost Of
IiNlnE Following this the question OF
moral reform was taken up. and Tafrs
cized
The conference this afternoon re-
elected ~ Joseph S Bowers president
Tor another Year. ana Rev J. II
Strauahn, acting secretary. trcasurel
WAS chosen to 'hat Office for tho con,
Tonight thorc was public meet,
ing ~ which "Eyaurclism" vas ais
cussed