The Mitchell capital., May 09, 1912, Image 1

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VOL. XXXI II.
WORK OF CHURCH
SCORED IN fMT
MADE BISHOPS
Methodist Leaders
''Shamed" by Fig
ures for Year
GROW 2 PER CENT
Bishops Would Emphasize
Distinctive Doctrines of
Denomination
Minneapolis, -Minn.—15i-causo Sec­
retary of Agricullure Wilson presided
at. tln iiiti'rnational brewers associa-
1 ion convent ior, ilie Methodist gen
em! conference today adopted resolu
tions censuring liim and advising all
Methodists to withdraw their support
from hiit) and from other officials of
the government, who encouraged hi*
service for the brewers, 'raft, men in
the conference fought the resolution.
.Much interest, is taken in the pro
pn: al to limit, tin term of service of
ministers to live years in one pulpit,
which is supported by 1 bishops. At
present. l!),l)U0 Methodist Episcopal
ministers scattered over the world are
allowed to remain at any post indefi
nitely. In support of the proposed
plan it. is urged as desirable because
under it some of the churches may
not have It ss able ministers all the
time and none of the churches may
have better ministers exclusively and
prominent pulpits, now held by a few
may be thrown open to younger men.
Against the scheme it is said that
ministers who plan a great work must
have time for its accomplishment and
that many great preachers have left
the chinch because of the time limit.
Minneapolis, Minn. -Criticism ol
tin? condition which enabled the
church to gain "less than 2 per cent
in Ps ne. n.ben-hip in ll'e las! year"
ami charges that the church press was
being used "as a frc-- forum by the
promoteis of disaffection" wcr« made
in the bishops' report to the quadren
nial general conference of the Metli
pdi.-t 'Episcopal church today.
The report, known as the "episco
pal address", was signed by eighteen
bishops in this country and six bish
ops in foreign countries and is re
garded as the most important, docu
ment, to come b'tore the conference
as it. contains the bishops' recommen
dations for future guidance and pol
icy the church.
"In the last, year," said the report,
"the church has made a net gain (if
but tin,out!, which is le« than per
cent, as the outcome of the year's ac
tivities and the outlay of many mil
lions of dollars. This statistical para
dox glares us out of count.nance, it
shames and humiliates us. h"*. are
honors of office worth in any army
that does not. win battles? No marvel
that some are proposing to reduce the
major generals to post duty and let
the army dissolve into antique ecclesi
astical camps." This was a reference
to a. proposed limiting of the activit
ies of a local district of the bishops
whose jurisdiction now is universal.
Some of the reasons for the meager
growt.li, as set forth, were laid to a
too strict, application of the new law
of the church demanding that all
members who remove troui a given
community without, t.'heir church let
ters be dropped from membership af
ter one year.
"A fair calculation," the report
said, "revealed the astonishing fact
that probably not less than 500,000
members disappeared lrom our rolls
by reckless use of the 'dropping' pro
cess.
"Nevertheless we still face the pat
ent fact that our distinctive doctrines
are not being emphasized as they
•were once, or where preaclied are dis
credited for the time by a gainsaying
dorld drunk with vain philosophies
and sated with gluttonous indulgen
ces."
Pleading for an emphasis on the
distinctive "Wesleynn doctrines," the
report said they were the only power
to save the nation against vice.
"Where is Hie evidence that sci
ence has even regenerated one soul,
or that culture has converted om
libertine or taken envy, malice, pride,
jealousy or greed out of any heart?
These utterances are not reactionary
unless the world has outgrown Jesus
Christ.
"Our second lapse is tbat our sys
tem is not being worked as it former
ly. Certain distinctive parts have
been abandonedfi oaths modified. In
novations, noxious to our pastoral as
-,
well as to our supervisiona 1 method
have intervened to the hurt of both."
The report ondemned the practice
that was said to have grown up ill
certain churches calling in evange
ls to carry on revival services as
against the former custom which
placed the local pastor in charge of
the wotk.
Inferring to discussions in the
church pubiical ions, the report said:
"We understand the church main
tains a press for the advocacy of her
doctrines and the defense of her po
licy when assailed, not us a free
forum for the vagaries of writers
who measure all problems by their
own door-yards, or to ollicially sanc
tion the promoters of disaffection.
While we would not restrain digni
fied ami legitimate discussion of pro
posed amendments or .reforms. we
deprecate the admission of all con
sidered and^ intemperate criticisms
of our policy of church agencies."
Limitation to live yiais as the
longest, lime any minister shall re
main in a given church will lie rec
ommended to the conference by the
bi.-hops tomorrow as a means for
stimulating the growth of the church.
CLUB FOR BRANSON
YOUNG MEN START
That, the candidacy of O. L. Bran
son is exceeding'} popular at home is
demonstrated by the action of the
young republicans of Mitchell. They
have demonsii ati il a strong interest
in Hie candidal of their fellow-
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Turning from this, ihe report con
demned the so-called congregational
system of calling pastors for local
churches, which .was said to have he-1
come general in 'Methodism.
townsnian, s:i:c* have well under way
a strong and energetic organization,
which wiil thoroughly look after the
interests of the candidate while he
is away from home rilling his cam
paign dat "s.
MOlii: TIIAX TWO IH'\'l)i:i:i jboys joined with the men who liur
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The oTicers the club are Charles
Roddy, president W II ,1'rcadbent.
secretary. A committee I).is charge
of the circulation of the list of club
members and it is being signed by
he young men with a great deal ofj
The list is being circulated among
tile young men particularly, and those
in charge of it slate that they have
not met with a refusal to enroll as
a member of the club. Alter a mate
thorough perfected organization is
lirought about the club will doubt
less- become more demonstrative.
Pierre, S. I).—Superintendent Dvlce
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of Huron, Engineer M. E. Thomas ol
Winona, and Superintendent. F. !»'.
Moult on, the local representative of
the C. X. W. railway company,
have gone over the tract, which is
being sought for use as a playground
for the children of this city, and have
agreed upon boundaries which are
satisfactory to the road and to Prof
essor Ramer of the city schools, and
Rev. II. L. Russell who has been act
ive in securing the tract. In this the
general officers of the road in Chi
cago, have been helpful in every way
they could in securing this tract, and
a part of the fund lias already been
raised for equipping tho tract as a
playground.
2,000 PEOPLE HUDDLED
ON LEVEE IN FLOOD
FOOD D1STIS1I51 Tl'.l) TO 30.000
Si I'l-'KKKHS |X STATE OF
I.OIISXAXA TODAY.
New Orleans, La.—More than 2,
ooi) men, women and children are
huddled on lovtes in the flood dis
trict, awaiting rescue. Five thousand
already have been rescued in the
Torras district alone. At Baton Rouge
there are 1,r00 refugees.
At Natchez 1,800 and thousands of
others in other towns. Food was dis
tributed to 3 0,000 sufferers in this
state today. The latest estimate put
upon the number of deaths by floods
is now 70.
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HORSES LEAD BIG
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Followed by Chinese
Women Celebrating
Votes There
NEW YORK CHEERS
Hats Swung off to Greatest
Demonstration of Kind
in Country
New York I'ity. New York saw
late Saturday afternoon the greatest
woman suffrage demonstration that
ever has been made in the I'nited
States. More than half a million per
sons who went to laugh, stayed to
cheer, and thousands and thousands
took off their hats to the women in
token of respect and homage.
riflee-n thousand women and a
thousand men marched three hours
•through the center of New York to
hear living testimony to their de
mand that, mothers, sisters and sweet
hearts should have the vote. College
ricd from their busv offices to march
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in the parade.
All a t'oniiMon Level.
Women who usually see Fifth ave
nue through the polished windows of
theiir limousines and touring cars,
strode steadily side by side with pale
faced, thin-bodie-d girls from the
sweatshops of the East. Side. Mrs. O.
H. P. Belmont walked only a few
stops ahead of Rebecca Goldstein,
who runs a machine in a. shirtwaist
shop.
Ail along Fifth avenue from Wash
ington Square, where the parade
formed to Fifty-seventh street, where
it, disbanded, were gathered
amis of men and women of
York. They blocked every coss street
on the line of march. Many were in
clined lo laugh or jeer, but none
did.
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earnestness, and showing a fine de-u] middle of the street stifled all
sire to aid Mr. Branson in his light.
Tile cut huMasni that is shown at
home is a very good asset, for the rest
of the state, and it has already had
lie effect of starting Branson clubs
in other sections of the state. The
young men are anxious to step into
tiie field of politics and help their
home candidate to the very best of
their ability.
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An Impressive Spectacle
The sight of the impressive column
women striding live abreast up
thought, of ridicule. They were typ
ical womanly American women. Men
along the line of march after waiting
wearily for the parade were startled
when the vanguard came in sight,
Fifty athletic, bright-eyed women,
mounted on lively horses, were the
first glimpse of the suffrage parade.
All of the fifty except Mrs. diaries
E. Krnlhlach, the cantain rodo n
stride. And they rode well. Cheers
greeted 'them all along the line.
Behind the vanguard came the wo
men of America representing the wo
men of the world. Women of China,
led by Loo Lin, tiie "boss" of China
town. led the women who walked,
bearing the flag of tiie new republic
which gave them the vote. Immedi
ately behind them came the National
American association with it banner
bearing the legend: "Catching 1
With China."
Many Professional Women There
Then came the real rank and file.
Women doctors, women lawyers,
splendid in their array of academic
robes women architects, actresses
and sculptors, trained nurses, "wait
resses, domestics, a huge division of
industrial workers, women of the sev
en suffrage states in the union, a big
delegation from New Jersey and an
other from Connecticut, delegations
from Norway and Sweden in their
native dress, a delegation from Aus
tralia, thousands of women from the
suburban territory that surrounds
New York, a few women from Fin
land and the school girl delegations.
All were in line and all marched
with an intensity of purpose that as
tonished the crowds along the street.
Every women and every man in
the bU: procession cither bore a flag
or wore a sash ins vibed with the in
signia of ,.he cause, "Votes for Wo
men."
i'.ut Not All Wore SiitVrage Hats.
An attempt, to have every woman
in line wear a uniform hat costing
0 cents failed utterly. Perhaps a
majority wore the "campaign bonnet"
but interspersed in every squad was
a "creation" of earlier or later Paris
mode. It was a real feminine gather
ing for all along the line flashed the
brown, black and velvet of heels that
were more or less French in height.
Men Stood With ISarcl Heads.
Every masculine head along the
line of march was bared when the
pioneers of the. "cause" rode by in
carriages. The Itev. Antoinette Black-
THE MITCHELL CAPITAL.
MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA, TIU KSDAV. MAY i),
well, !i I years old, and one of the
"su: vivors of the suffrage campaign
of 1 S I, rode in tie first carriage
with i:-year-old Harriet. Stanton
Blatch. .lr., great-granddaughter of
Elizabeth Cady "Stanton. There were
many old women the line and
most of them uisda.. ed it he carriages.
As ihe.Jong procession neared the end
of its line of march there were many
in the ranks whose teps faltered with
age.
.But proudly bearing aloft the
magic "Votes for Women banner,
tbev struggled oil, determined to
finish tiie course. Side by side wi'tli
their younger, stronger sisters, they
made the long walk. Just behind the
carriages marched a. woman six feet
tall bearing a ll.uge banner wi'tlt the
usual insignia. "Votes for 'Women."
Beside her was a little bov and girl
carrying tiny flags announcing. "We
Want Votes for .Mother." The trio
earned a, cheer all along the line.
MAY IMPEACH JUDGE
OF COMMERCE COURT
cox
i:kss oiidkhs ixqviky into
ALLEGATION THAT AUCIIBAUt
rsi:i his oi'Fici: kok iiis..
Ws3!:M 1'itWT.
Washington, D. C.—The 'flight, to
Europe of the star pitiless in the al­
leged scandal threatening impeach
ment of Judge Robert W. Archbald of
the commerce court, was stopped to
day by the House committee on judi
ciary, which sent a messenger to sum
mon the wisnesses. The name was not
given out. The committee will hold
daily sessions behind closed doors and
probe the report that. Archbald and
others brought cull piles of the Erie
railroad for $3,000 and then tried
to sell them for $25,000.
Washington, D. C.—The House of
Representatives Saturday ordered an
investigation of the conduct of Judge
Robert 'W. Archbald, of the commerce
court, to determine .vhether or not be
should be impeached on charges that
he has used his office to procure fav
ors from railroads. The inquiry will
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committee on the
judiciary, which is charged by res
'olutio.. to investigate whether Judge
Archbald "lias been guilty of an im
peachable offense," and to report its
conclusions and recommendations to
the House.
This action followed the receipt by
the House of a message from Presi
dent Taft, responding to a resolu
tion adopted several dir ago, and
the submission to the judiciary com
mitteo by Attorney General Yvicker
sliam of the result of l.is investiga
I ion of the charges.
One of the specific allegations
made against Judge Archbald, it
said, is that he was interested in tho
owned ly a coal company controlled
by tile Eric- railroad. is asserted
that these piles of refuse coal were to
be bought for a. comparatively small
sum and so'ld at a profit of $2.
Bull, and his following.
FILES DELEGATES FOB
CLARK_CANDIDACY
Apparently Think Mis
sourian is on the
Bandwagon
SPOILS AT STAKE
This is Why Democratic
Leaders are Anxious Not
to Guess Wrong
Pierre, S. !).—The democrats are
getting themselves into a beautiful
tangle in their desire to be the top of
the bunch after the June primaries.
Their anxiety is no doubt based on
the absolute belief of every one of
them that, their condidate for pre
sident. is to be the winner in Nov­
ember, and that the faction -which
wins in the state in June wiLl have
file distribution of the spoils nfler
the new president is inaugurated. At
least that is what, each faction is
charging as the motive which guides
the other in the fight and as both are
agreed on this it is not for an out
sider to dispute the same. The latest
move comes on the pa.rt of the John
son element, on the last possible day,
and in the evening of that day, to file
a third list of candidates for dele
gate to the Baltimore national con
vention, under the motto "Champ
(Jlark for president." V,
The list is as follows"
.T. A. Ross, Sioux Falls A. M.
Closson, Plankinton. M. D. Clark,
Mitchell IjSdward Gass, Artcsinn A.
G. Scliuler, Lack George \V. Koon
ings, Pierre Henry L. Jeffries, San
sare Chas. W. Roberts, Fort Pierre
James E. Miller, Pierre.
proposed purchase of the culm banks|expressed wishes of both factions.
A meeting was held at Mitchell in
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to $10,000. of which, it. is charged,
Judge Archbald would receive ..one
third as his share.
Pierre, S. D.— The biennial collec
tions of the state historical society,
which will be given to the press next.
July, as lie sixth volume of the ser
ies, will present "Fenians in South
Dakota" being the official correspon
dence pertaining to a baud of Fenians
organized in Dakota Territory in 1S71
which attempted to enter Canada by
way of Pembina, and cause trouble
for England. Another feature will be
the Nobles Trail. Being the official
correspondence in regard the Pacific
wagon road laid out in ISfiT, from
Fort Ridgelv Minnesota, to Fort
Lookout, on the Missouri near Cham
berlain. "The Provisiona/I Government
at Sioux Falls" in another feature
which deals with the attempt to set
up a squatter government for the ter.
ritory 1 8r7-S, with headquarters
as Sioux Falls is another feature
features will be presented, some of
them dealing with early Indian move
ments, especially in regard to Sitting
YAXlvTOX WIN'S DEBATE.
Yankton, S. I).—B. L. Wi'lson, E
W. Bussey, and R. J. Swanson, rep
resenting Yankton college, for the af
firmative. wen unanimously in the
debate with Brookings. The question
was. "Resolved, That the ownership
of forest and mineral lands now be
longing to the Fnited States in the
several states should be retained by
the federal government." The Brook
ings debaters were: R. A. Nord, B.
IT. Shophorst and William Saunder
New Orleans, La.—Eight persons
were killed when the first faection of
a special train for Confederate veter
ans from here 'to Macon, Ga., was
wrecked near East Abushie.
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This play is the outcome of an
other in which both factions act as
if seeing the bandwagon from Mis
souri instead of from New Jersey,
where they lirst thought it would
head from.
Richard Kranklin Petti-grew, who
they endorsed as tlieir candidate for
the United States senate with a
whoop at their Pierre meeting, ab
colutely balked on supporting AVilson
the man both factions thought in the
winter would be the winner, lie in
sisted that, he wouia support only
Clark, and that he would make
campaign for Clark regardless of the
which it i« alleged Pettigrew declar
ed ho would throw his support to the
faction which would endorse Clark.
As the Wickhem faction has filed a
Wilson CiarW liryar" delegation
and the Johnson faction a. "Wilson
Hryan" list., the'Wickhem faction was
in the best position, and admit tlioy
formed an offensive and defensive
illiance with Pettigrew arter the
Mitchell meeting. Then the Johnson
forces get busy, 'l'liey had only a
few hours in which to act, and they
picked up list, in the vicinity of
Mitchell, Pierre and Fort Pierre to
cover the three congressionail districts
and ran it in as straight "Clark."
This they no doubt intend to use to
confuse the Wickhem people when
Pettigrew gets in the field for Clark.
But it may be that they are playing
with a two edged sword. They had
already a list, and have at least tech
nically repudiated this list by the
second filling, and while the Johnson
people are in a position to confuse
the Wlckhem-Pettigrew following by
their duplication, they are just as
likely to tangle up their own follow
ing. But whatever the outcome they
are earnestly breeding a lot of trou
ble among themselves, and not niak
ing any strength for their nominee in
November, whichever wins in Junei
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Aberdeen, S. D.—Over 1 50 entrants
from eighteen different high schools,
ure here to lako part in the athletic
contest and track meet of South Da
kota high schools, conducted under
the auspices of the Northern Normal
and Industrial school, which will con
tinue today and tomorrow. At 1
clock this afternoon, headed by the
South Dakota State band, the visiting
athletes will parade from the down
town district to the normal school
where the contests will take place
Recent rains and the treatment fol
lowing them have placed the grounds
in ideal conditions, and those conver
sant with athletic conditions in the
schools are looking forward to a num
b?r of broken records.
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perhaps earns more money, than he used to. But he does
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he began earning his living as a boy. What is the matter?
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