The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
WARD PICTURES THE
WORKING OF GREAT
METHODIST MEETING

Another very interesting letter has
been received from o. F Ward, Meth
odist layman elected to attend the
Methodist General Conference, which
is being held in Des Moines, Iowa. this
month. MIR Ward is the only delegate
to the conference from this city, and
his accounts of the work of the confer
ence are both interesting and educa-
tional The letter is dated May 8. 1t
follows:
Editor Palladium: At the end of a
week, one may get somewhat OF an
idea as to what the General Confer
ence of the NJ E. church will have pre-
scented to it for adjudication.
The fact that the 837 delegates come
from the four corners of the earth and
are in touch with all phases of world
conditions, is sufficient reason for any
organization which has some propa-
ganda it wishes to bring before the
world, to come before the general con-
ference through some devotee and pc
tition for acceptance of whatever form
of memorial is in mind.
Everybody Asks Resolution.
To show the ramifications of this
idea l shall mention a few of the petit
tons which have been presented this
week: A petition to the legislature
of Delaware to vote for women suf.
frage; one to congress advising in
crease in salaries to all postal clerks ;
a memorial to all boards of education
recommending an increase in the sal
aries of all teachers from the grades to
college professors; a telegram of con
graduation to Governor Coolidge OF
Massachusetts for vetoing the ~ pei
cent. beer bill; condemnation CT
Governor Phillips of Wisconsin for
asserting that prohibition is RESPONSE
BILE for all the industrial evils now on
us; petition to congress to not inter
fere in the domestic policy of Great
Britain in the Irish home rule bill; a
declaration against race track gambl
ing and the use of the mails for pro
noting this venture; pronouncement
against the bill legalizing prize-fight
ing, now pending in congress; a mo-
ton in favor of prohibition in India as
the Indian delegates made the asser
ton that as India now has Home Rule
the Hindu and Mohammedan govern
ors are working in harmony for pro
hibition; then came the request that
all state legislatures and congress use
every effort to enact anti-cigarette
laws.
The report of the joint Centenary
I'Commission shows that the NJ E
church, which proposed to raise sos.
100000 actually secured $113, 900, 00(
and that the M. f. church, South, Sc
cured at the same time $4,000 900
making a grand total of 1855, 800, 200
for home and foreign missions.
! Missions Now Assured
The mission fields Of Europe, China
Korea, India and Latin America are
now assured Of a definite sum each
year for carrying on their work. The
prediction was made that in less thar
ten years the NJ E. church will be
giving S100,000,000 a year to missions
An address to President Wilson urg
ing the resubmission of the peace
treaty to the senate, caused a major
ity and minority report from the com
mittee to which it was referred. II
was moved from the floor that a sub
stitute for both reports be adopted
but the whole matter was deferred
until next week. The difference was
a matter of verbiage.
The matter of giving India a sepa
rate general superintendency is re
ceiving much support as they now
have 1000 Methodist converts anC
could baptize 1000 week