Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
NJ. f. CONFERENCE
FOR PROHIBITION
IN ENTIRE NATION
Temperance Committee Urges
Immediate Submission of
Constitutional Amend
ment.

Saratoga Springs, ~ Y. May IL
The recommendation that seven new
bishops general superintendentS h"
elected will be made to the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church tomorrow by the committee
on episcopacy. Six Of the new bishops
will be assigned to Episcopal areas in
the United states and one VIII be sta
toned at Seoul Korea In addition two
missionary bishops will be recon-
mended for work in Africa, to succeed
bishops Isash y. Scott and Joseph G.
Hartzell. one of the missionary bis
hops is to be of African descent. if the
committees recommendation is adopted.
new Episcopal residence will be
established at Detroit; the Oklahoma
residence will be transferred To Pitts
burg penna.: and that at Kansas city,
kans., will nc moved to Wichita, Kans.
1t is planned to have the balotins for
the new bishops begin tomorrow, and
continue until all of the required mum
hers have received a two-thirds vote OF
the conference.
The committee on Episcopacy, i. was
reported tonight, have voted to endorse
the proposal to unitc the Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church south, the two great
branches of American Methodsm which
became divided over the question or
slavery :! Years ago.
Announcement was made to-right THAI
thc committee on state of tho church, 10
which was referred the much mooted
question of amusement will report
in favor Of eliminating from the disci1n"
The prohi lon against games of chance.
.boatrc attendance and dancing. The
campaign in the committee to strike out
he prohibition against these specified dt-
versions was conducted, it was said, by
Two college executives, Chancellor James
f. Day of syracuse University and Prcsi-
tent Samuel rlautz of Lawrence Univer-
slty. Appleton. Wis. who maintained that
,hc ban ON these amusements tended to
.cop tho Young people ont of the church.
one Of the most important subjects to
&c acted upon during the coming week
is the general statement Of the attitude
IF the church on the question Of tenn
perancr and prohibition. The temperance
committee has agreed upon report
which goes farther than the Methodist
Episcopal Church has ever gone before.
Whereas four years ago the main drive
was for the passage of the interstate
l'I;:or statement bill AS the immediate
national issue. this report declares That
the liquor traffic cannot be licensed with
out sin. and specifically urges the imma-
diuto submission by Congress of pro-
hibition amendment for the action of the
states. Pending the submission and
ratification of this amendment the con
ference wants congressional prohibition
IN all territory under the jurisdiction d
congress. specifically including the dis
tiict of Columbia The conference will
also demand the closing of the United
States mails to all liquor advertising.
While the reports endorses the church :
own temperance society for educational
work and the promotion OF total abstn-
rnce. it also endorses the Anti-Saloon
League rs the agency of the Methodist
church for cooperation with other
ahurchcs in securing legislation and law
enforcement and the political work
necessarily incident to such activity.