The Washington times., 1920-05-06
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Methodist Conference viii Ask
Congress to Stop Sunday
Shows and Baseball.

DIES MONIES Iowa. May SAN at
tempt to "TansiertEe" the National
Capital will be made today at the
Methodist General Conference here
when q resolution calling upon Con-
gress to clamp down the Sunday Ito
there viii be introduced.
The movement which It's opponents
say, would place Washington on a par
with the Chesapeake bay island
where an officer OF the law recently
shot a youth for not attending church
on Sunday, Is led by DR.. John II. Ed
wards, chairman of the Baltimore
delegation to the conference.
DIR. Edwards will introduce . reso-
luton which strongly condemns sun
day baseball and the opening OF thea
tiers and other places OF amusement
District of Columbia. and calls upon
Congress to rectify present condf
lions. II will have the support OF the
entire Baltimore delegation
Bryan Among Speakers
The feature OF yesterdays session
was an address by william Jennings
Bryan, who, with William H Apder-
son, superintendent of the Anti-Saioon
League In New York, nayed the
-Dsmon Rum" to the cheers Of the
Bryan urged the conference to send
DELEGATIONS to both the DemocI alto
and Republican nominations to force
prohibition planks into both parties'
platforms. He declared he will at
tend both conventions. as he intends
to be certain Of seeing the next Presi-
dent nominated.
II used to think could guess right
and attended only one" he said, "but
I missed my guess . few tines.
<.N-A Iuna . q
hard on the outside for q prohibition
plank as I will on the inside at San
Francisco. / want the Republicans
10 nominate their best man on their
best platform and ! then expect to
help nominate q better man on q bet
ter platform. But q we can get the
prohibition plank In both platforms
this year.. the liquor traffic is dead
forever in America
Nebraska gave me ten OF the SIX
teen delegates to the Democratic
convention. which means ! will be on
the resolutions committee-and there
VIII be either a majority or minority
report and the dry plank will not be
killed In a committee. but will win
or lose out in the open"
Will Head Off Edwards.
ct will got to San Francisco before
Edwards gets there and will be there
when Edwards leaves" he said while
the big audience cheered.
"This is the fourth general confer
ence j have attended" he continued.
'my frst being in Baltimore in 1908.
And am glad to see that the Meth
odist Church has drawn SO near
to the Democratic party.
thing which ! will urge upon the
Presbyterian general assembly next
month in Philadelphia That IL to
appoint one committee of Republicans
and one OF Democrats to attend the
two political conventions and stay
through them both. They are needed
as an antidote to the brewers. who
will be at both and to show the forces
Of destruction that tho defenders OF
the home are awake"
In anticipation of possible growing
resentment against negroes In white
educational Institutions, six OF the
negro delegates requested the confer
ence to appropriate 100000 for the
estabI shment Of a negro university
within the bounds of the Lexington
conference. which Is a colored con-
ference stretching from Chicago to
Louisville. 1t was referred to Q COM
mittee without discussion