Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-22
ADOPTED AGAINST
TRAFFIC AND PETITION.
SIGNING PARsON.
CLAUSE AIMED At REV.
Mr.. SHORT, SIOUX CITY
Warm Debate Follows, Proposal Of
Conference to Line Up With Sioux
City Church Against It's Pastor on
"Booze" Question-ResoIve Against
Shankand Bill.

Congregationalism in Iowa was
brought squarely face to face with the
liquor question Thursday afternoon.
1t was forced to meet the issue, which
had been injected into the denomina-
ton by Rev. w. M. Short, pastor of the
City, signing saloon petition of con-
sent, and by Rev. Mr.. Shorts church
appealing to the conference to support
it against its pastor. aA
Meeting the issue, and answering the
! call of the Sioux City church. the state
conference put aside all other business
late in the afternoon of it's last day,
put itself on record as opposing the
Whiskey traffic and the saloon, and
its stamp of disapproval upon the con-
duct Of any preacher who signed q
saloon petition. Following the same
lead farther; it asserted it's opposition
to the Shankland bill.
Was Report Of Committee.
These questions Of temperance, the
| saloon, and Rev. Mr.. Short, came up
in the report of the resolutions COM
mittee, composed Of Rev. O. II. Holmes,
Iof Cedar Falls; II. "A. Moscrip, of this
city, and Mrs. Harry Howard. of Os-
| kaloosa With expectancy that amount
ed almost to eagerness the conference
awaited the report of this commit tee.
1t was arranged that it should report
in the middle Of the afternoons pro-
gram and practically the entire
strength Of the conference was pres
ent, an audience of between 300 and
400
There is no installing the temper Of
the conference on the saloon question
from the time that applause greeted
the reading Of the first clause OF the
resolution that touched this issue. The
only question after that was how far
the conference would go. There Is rea-
son to believe, Judging by the feeling
displayed, that the conference would
have gone further had the resolutions
led the way.
Debats Wage. Warm.
Marked as was the sympathy and
support evidenced for the sentiment OF
the resolutions, action was not unani-
nous. However. friends Of Rev. Mr..
Short. who sought to block the reso-
lutions, and others who would have
taken them from the consideration of
very much in the minority. Only once
was it necessary to count the vote
Twenty-one stood in favor Of tabling
the resolution by which the conference
joined with the Sioux City church
against its pastor. Those opposed to
downing this resolution were SO great
ly in the majority there was no need
of a count.
Rev. ]. J. Welsh, Of Mason City, was
greeted with calls Of mo, no, no." when
he said he felt that Rev. Mr. Short
SHOULD be here to preach the sermon
tonight" The Interruptions were soon
quieted. So eager were members of
the conference to plunge into the de-
bate that, when the first paragraph of
the resolutions was opened for dis
cussion, more than a dozen were on
their feet on the instant seeking recog-
milton from the moderator.
Applaud the Reading.
Applause greeted the reading Of the
first sentence Of the first clause Of the
resolutions that touched on the liquor
question. This clause, after recognize
Ing the temperance question as state
issue, said: I'VE desire to place our
selves on record as strongly endorsing
temperance legislation and combating /
the saloon and all Of its accessories
with the nope. in the near future, OF
driving it beyond the boundary Of the
state.'
The clapping OF hands was louder as
Rev. Mr.. H olmes continued: "The |
saloon is an evil" he read, land moth |
ing but a curse. and we deeply pledge |
ourselves to use all honorable means
to secure legislation that will permit |
the people Of this state to express their |
determination to rid Iowa Of the saloon,
and we assume that this Is the posi-
ton of the Congrega tional church as
an organization, and its clergy as in
dividua!s and as leaders Of the church"
Endorse Sioux City Church.
1t was the commentator of the ac !
ton of the Sioux City church that |
the first debate and de-
veloped the sentiment Of the confer
ence. This clause read:
1--WE commend and approve the
course of the First Congregational
church of Sioux City in a conference
meeting held May 3, 1914, in which the |
resolution was adopted"
This resolution recited that the |
liquor question was an open and dis
cussed one In Sioux City; that 1t was
feared That the pronounced views OIL It's
pastor would be taken as rejecting the |
position of the church. and" read tho
resolution, believing that the cause Of |
tends for righteousness
and the moral uplift of the community
and it's people, be it therefore resolved.
by the members of this church now in
meeting assembled, that the First Con-
church OF Sioux City, Iowa,
stands for the cause Of temperance and /
opposed to the liquor traffic
Rev. Mr.. Welsh Interrupted.
Rev. J. w. Welsh. OF Mason City,
was one of the first recognized by Rev.
Mr.. Minchen, the moderator.
Rev. Mr. Welsh deemed any action
On this resolution unnecessary. He
opposed 1T. II feel said he, that DR..
Short should be here to preach the SER
mon tonight"
mo, no. no." called members from
their seats. The moderator and Rev.
Mr.. Martin called the conference to
order and quiet was quickly resumed.
Rev Mt Holmes explained that the
committee from the Sioux City church
had waited on the resolutions commit.
tee The church told him that 1t was
placed in a peculiar position by reason
IF Lieutenant Governor Harding say
ing that he stood with his pastor, Rev.
Mr.: Short, on the liquor question. The !,