Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-27
HARDESTY, CONRAD,
BENNETT, WHEATLEY
ELECTED DELEGATES
Law Conferen Makes See, tions
Of Representatives in General
Methodist Conference.
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be renewed on the floor at Grace Church
today if the resolutions committee shoulc
report the resolution out.
\ few minutes before this the Confer.
encc adopted resolution designed Il
bind the on delegates of the Lay Con
ference To the General Conference il
Desmoines Iowa, against any proposal
for letting down the bars of the church
against worldly amusements.
Another resolution was adopted favor
ing minimum of 81 200 n year for min
listers. and still another providing for ar
increase OF approximately twelve and o
half per cent on behalf of the superannu-
ated clergymen who are drawing an an.
nulty.
Another resolution protesting against
the passage of the Ivcrson bill, which has
passed through its third reading in the
Maryland House of Delegates. and which
provides for Sunday movies. was adopted.
State Senator Orlando Harrison. of
Berlin. Md, previously was granted
the privilege of the floor to speak against
this bill and on behalf of the resolution.
\ resolution binding the conference to
n strict AIethodsm was another that was
adopted.
The Conference also went on record by
great majority in favor of enforcing
ment against the manufacture or sale of
intoxicating liquors.
LAY DELEGATES ELECTED.
The following were elected delegates
70 the General Conference: Wilmington,
District. Edmund &. Hardesty of St
Paul's Church: Dover District, Judge
Henry G.. Conrad. of Georgetown: Sails
bury District. former State Senator l..
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Whcatley of Easton.
Mr.. Hardesty, the delegate from this
district. was for more than thirty years
court stenographer here and. is now re-
tired TO the surprise of many the
nominations were closed with the naming
of Mr.. Ilardessy. There had been con-
siderable talk oi John :. Mulln being
chosen, but his name Was not mentioned
for that race.
Judge Conrad WAS likewise the only
nominee from his district Joseph Malta
ieu, of Easton, WAS named IN compcti-
tion with MIR. Wheatley while r. Fulton
Powell, OF Salisbury, was nominated
along with Mr. Bennett from the Salisbury
district.
In these two district where there were
contests the vote was as follows: Wheat
ley. "A; Nallalieu, 65. Bennett, 102.
Powell. as. Messrs. Mallieu and Powell
were then placed upon the ballots for the
three alternate delegates in addition to
John S. Mullin and Joshua A. Ellegood.
Mr. Powell received the highest vote for
alternate, az. The rest Of the vote was
as follows: J. s. Mulin, IL; j. ". Malta
lieu, 61; Joshua E. Ellegood. Sc. Only
the first three therefore were elected.
In nominating Judge Conrad from the
Dover district, J. f. Ellegood declared he
was known from one end of the State to
the other and in other states. and that
he is As true as steel. Il can assure YOU
that We shall hear from him if we send him.
Matters of such great importance are
coming up st the General Conference that
we need giant minds, to represent us there.
c. S. ConweIl seconded the nomination
in fine eulogy Of the iurist. Then the
nominations were closed
ID. s. Clark added his testimonial
to Judge Conrad's general fitness for the
position.
Joseph Mallalleu : nomination by George
T. Smith, of Crumpton, brought A. W
Sisk. Of Preston TO his feet 10 nominate
J. ". WheatIey. of Fsston, from the Eas-
ton district In his preface Mr.. Sisk said:
We have Methodists who do not know
Methodist doctrine. ! am not making any
criticism.
Following Judge Conrad's nomination
W = Cantweil OF ChesWoid rose several
times and insisted that the nominee de-
clare his position in regard TO letting down
the bars on the amusement question. His
motion was headed of by Assistant Sec
retary Kitchen s suggestion that the dele
gates after election be instructed by a
vote OF the Conference as TO the Con-
ference attitude toward letting down the
bars. This was declared by several dele
gates to Ee the most satisfactory way to !
settle it.
Former State Senator L. Atwood. Ben
nett OF Wicomieo, Md, was nominated |
by T.. James Tull OF Pocomoke, from the |
Salisbury district. MIR Tull in making |
the nomination declared Mr.. Bennett a /
force behind the Eighteenth Amendment. |
Secretary Short, in seconding this norni- /
nation, declared the nominee TO be fit to /
carry the Methodist banner to the skies |
In seconding the nomination of r.
Fulton Powell from the Salisbury dis
trict. j. L. Ellegood declared he would
stand like giant at the bars to prevent
. letting down. Mr.. Powell was placed
in nomination by Reese Peters of Berlin
Mr.. Powell is distinguished IN his home
town IN Worcester county by being father
Of the only pupil of about 200 In the
county school not allowed to dance. This
child is a daughter. ''She is known as the
preachers daughter, Mr.. Powell was say
ing when he was driven off the floor by a
point of order.
L. c. HARDEsTY NOMINATED
st. Paul's Church, Wilmington, has 7
not had a representative at the General
Conference for thirty years, II was pointed I
out by Andrew L. Johnson In nominating I
=. {. Hardesty, of St. Pauls. Mr.. /
Hardesty is chairman of the board Of
trustees of the church He is retired and .
last year, Mr.. johnson said, gave one-hfth /
of his income TO the church and benevo- /
lences. II. X. Hargdine. OF Canterbury,
seconded the nomination. w ii. Win
gate. Of Marshallton, also seconded the
nomination. Mr.. Hardesty was court
stenographer more than 80 years.
The following tellers were named to
tabulate the vote: W. S. Haman, ID. S.
Clark 7. II. Hudson, r. S. Loomis, J.
H. Hyland, Spencer Walls, L. james Iull
and G. A. Ewing.
The effort TO put an end to bazaars and
other commercialized functions in the
church came from j. L. Drennen, of Cam
bridge Mr.. Drennen held the resolution
until the last moment of the session alter
the resolutions committee had reported
cut its batch of documents. The resolu-
lion also bore the Endorsement of j. L.
Taylor, of Snow Hill, and j. w Wheatley,
Of Easton.
MIR. Drennen asked that his resolution
b. passed by fhe conference without re-