Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
METHOD|STS DESIRE
TREATY RESUBMITTED
General Conference Calls on the
President and Senate to
Reach an Agreement.

Des Moines Iowa, May S.-A clear
request for President Wilson to resubmit
the peace treaty to the Senate with an
expression of willingness to come to an
agreement for adoption Of the League of
Nations was presented yesterday to
the Methodist Enscopal General Con-
ference. in session here. by the committee
on the state of the church. Two reports
were submitted The majority report
was less definite than the minority report
and contained pacifist clauses.
The minority report was received with
more applause, but the conference de
clincd To consider either until they were
printed in the journal which dcfers it
until tomorrow. The two-mlndness is
only over the method Of presenting the
request to the President, not in sub
stance. Both reports were based on the
Bishops address. which called for a
league with or without reservations. The
conference is wholchcartcdlv for the
league. and apparently in favor Of the
BRYAN attitude Of making any reasonable
concession TO get It.
rLUE LAWS ARE SCORED.
"Rluc laws. whether of Methodist or
other origin drew heavy fire
"Nonsensical' and stubborn" were
terms applied To Methodist laws said to
govern the civil life Of Tangier Island
in Chesapeake Bay. where a boy was
shot because ne failed 10 attend church
on Sunday
we invite, hut never compel our
members Ia attend church. the Rev G
W. Grissman. Council Bluffs. Iowa, said
The Church can't tolerate minister oi
The Gospel who rules his flock lihc q
car rs the pastor At Tangier Island is
alleged 70 rule his.
REVISION Or RULES TAXES TIME.
Revision az rules to expedite business
wasted most Of the tune Cf the morning 5
s ssion. and hen dispute arose between
four committees over memorials on for
eign-sp aking conferences. There are
Danish. Swedish. Morse and German
conferences in this country. and there is
an effort to abolish these and order All
Methodist services in the United States
to be conducted IN English.
1t is not unexpected that the resolution
introduced Yesterday by DR., kvnettc Of
the Philadelphia Conference and referred
to the committee on State Of the Church
will be passed. Ii requests the Board Of
Bishops to appoint q a2commlttee TO attend
both the Republican and Democratic con-
ventions and urge that these parties
nominate for president of the United
States onlv such men as are willing TO up
hold the Eighteenth Amendment and re-
quest that they embodv in their platforms
a plank pledglng their support to all laws
enacted by ongreSs for the enforcement
of the same.
j. II. Smith. representing the New \ Ork
Dancing Masters Association, has arrived
at the seat Of the conference. He does not
seem to be creating such stir as was eX-
pected. He Is hoping to have removed
from the discipline paragraph number PSI
which deals with the amusement question
The General Conference has not interes
at all in the visit OF Mr., Smith, SAID one
number Of the areas of the Methods
Episcopal Church in the Cnited State:
efforts are being made to change tht
episcopal residence. which Is the home
of the resident bishop and the head OF
the area, it became known at the Genera
Conference today This matter Is being
considered by the committee on episcopacy
in executive session. Until now there ha
been but one resident bishop IN all South
America. A memorial has been presented
and is getting serious consideration, tina
a second bishop be located IN that con
tinent. where Methodism has been growing
rapidly during the last few years. Bueno
Aires is the present episcopal residence 10
South America.