Evening journal., 1916-05-13
LABOR ASSAILED
BY N. {. Church
TumultFollowS Charge That
Union Members Com
mitted Murder
SAY BISHOP BERRY
WILL BE RETURNED

SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y, May
l3.-As many as eight delegates at a
time demanded recognition by the
chair i'm General Conference yester-
day during debate on the prosposal
TO commit The Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church to preference for union labor
Bishop Wilson S. Lewis. presiding
found 10 difficult at times to enforce
the rule against interruption while
the arguments We're being presented
The recommendation to commit
the church TO the preferential shop"
was brought before The conference bv
Chancellor James r. Day of Syracuse
University, chairman of the commit
tee on the State of the Church Tlfe
principle of preference was submit.
ted to this committee by the Metho-
dist Federation of Social Service of
which Bishop Francis j. Mcconnell is
chairman, and accepted on last We'd
nesday
The Rev. DR.. Harry +. Ward. secre-
/ tary of the Methodist Federation of
Social Service, eX-Lieutenant Cover
nor Wallace of California. and the Rev.
DR. George Elliott of Mount Clemens.
NJ ch., led the fight for recognition of
organized workers. The opposition
was led by United States District
Court Judge John NJ. Killits of To-
ledO, o.. the Rev. Dr. George II. Bick.
ley of Philadelphia. district superin.
tendent of the North district: the Rev
Henry c. Jennings. of Cincinnati. pub.
lishing agent of the Methodist book
concern and Frank A. Arter, of Cleve-
lad, capitalist and one of the promi
nent laymen at the General Confer.
ence.
The argument at times was unusu
ally vigorous There were cries of
mo, nol' from many delegates when
Mr.. Arter in his address said:
Murder, robbery. theft. every crime
i'm the catalog" had been committed
by members of the class of workers
with which the Methodist Episcopal
Church was asked to align itself EX
Lieutenant Governor Wallace inter
rupted the speaker with the statement
that he had no right TO make such ac
cusations at such gathering.
From the platform of this Metho
dist conference a man is charging a
whole class with murder, and it is
ont of order" Mr., Wallace insisted
81 ask that the language be stricken
out"
Mr. Arter attempted to continue
but Mr.. Wallace refused to resume
/ his seat until Bishop Lewis had ruled
/ that Mr. Arter's language had beer
/ unfortunate"
Mr. Ward warned the church against
permitting the thinking class of ror
ganized tolers to drift away from it
He is secretary OF the organization
that framed the report on union labor
"The world of toll is becoming I
thinking world and woe be to thu
church." he cried "and to Christian
ity If il permits that thinking worl'
of toiers to drift away Woe to 1t j
/ il does not give TO that gioup tho
strong. practical help and sympathy
that will enable it to lead the worlC
of labor into the Kingdom Of God
This is small thing in this iepor
and we shall 20 far beyond this be
fore many years have passed. Fol
eight years ! have striven 20 get this
thing enforced I'm the MethCdis. Epis
copal Church because ! believed II was
the first practical step i'm Cmisaaniz
iul the industrial world. For tina
reason / ask ylu 60 adopt g,
Mr.. Wari reminded tho Genera
Conference shat there we've 2o.09c .1O'
persons in the United States, countin.