The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-22
Bishop Opposed to Federation.

Following Mr.. Sharp's report came
reports of individual churches, and
when one minister mentioned progress
along the line of church federation
Bishop Cooke went on record as OPP
posing the federation idea. = have
no use and very little sympathy for the
union business, = exclaimed the bishop.
He then said that in little places
where only one minister could be sup
ported all the church members ought
to have membership in one church.
Rev T. Garland Penn, D. D., secre-
tary of the Freedman S Aid society,
who will address the convention this
afternoon on the work of that society
was introduced in the morning session
and spoke briefly on the work and in
cidentalIy declared that the Freed
man s Aid society was doing more ed
vocational work at a smaller expense
per capita than was Booker t. Wash
ington at Tuskegee. The coloTed
Methodists have raised more than
800, 900 of a total of 100000 which
! is to be raised for big jubilee, with
the white members to raise $4OO 600.
They have done more than was asked
of them. He urged that the conference
do little better for the fund than had
been done last year.
| Rev. Fred Daniels of Fairfax intrv
duced a resolution to the effect that
| the conference shall enter the cam
paign for an invested fund of $4,000
/ 900, the revenue from which Is to be
/ devoted to conference claimants. Rev
!. A. Mulfnger, y. d., of Chicago, as
sistant secretary Of the board of con
ference claimants, spoke upon the reso
luton He said that the board was not
asking for aims for retired ministers
but asking the church to pay its debts
to those who have worked for th'
church. He turned over to the confer
ence from the funds Of the board ;
draft for $500. This followed SCOT
after the announcement Of Q draft 70
S1,487 from the Methodist Book con
cern, both announcements being. greet
ed with hearty applause
r Campaign for Funds.
The resolution called on the Vernon
!. conference to raise sufficient funds t
! increase the amount of the conferenc
: fund for the conference claimants fun
to $4,000 and called for the appoint
ment of one district superintendent
. one minister and one layman from eac
district and five at large to conStitut
: the committee in charge of the can
! paign.
= An amendment to the effect that til
apportionment Of the annuity to Il
> charges should be so increased as
permit the stewards paving dependan
at the rate of So year for each ye;
n of effective service in the ministr
) instead Of II, pfecipitated debar
b that forced the extension Of the NOR
o ing session to 1890 clock. III
# amendment was offered by Rev. Walt
b. r. Davenport OF Springfield and WI
u finally carried.
10 Bishop Cooke, at the close of Il
Al morning session, took occasion to ,
re mark that he had been greatly ineo
1t venieneed by the date of the conft
re ence. He had asked to have il set {
II April Il. but had been told that it "
st too early and had set the date +
20 April 81. 1t had forced upon him ;
5. interval Of three weeks between &C
III ferences and IN expense Of $50. lie
in scheduled for a special address at t
he big convention in Chicago in the int'
+ ests of the Conference ClaimaI
Board and from there has to hus
ay to Des Moines. Ia, for the meeting
n, the bishops.
ed He expressed desire, if the conf
re enee approved, to conclude the sessio
&c Sunday night with the announeeme
of the appointments, instead OF NJ
day morning as scheduled and the CT
y ference promptly voted to rush bu
= ness through to permit Bishop Coo
"a to get away Sunday evening.