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Show THE METHODISTS ANO EDUCATION. Th.y Vlgoroualr Oppoa. Paronhlsl Hhools , In An Mliap. r l orm. Joi iet, 111., Sept. 30. The Rock river conference of the Methodist Kpis-copal Kpis-copal chureb. comprising the northern portion of Illinois, including Chicago, adopted a lengthy report yesterday on the public school question, declaring that the public schools "are the conservators conser-vators and safeguard of the nation, tnat no system ot parochial or church schools can meet the demands of a general public scltooi instruction The conslaut aiueks ef the Koman Catholio hierarchy are slow ly but surely arraying array-ing an "aulaonism agaiust the most cherished institution of our common country." Kelt-renee is nitde to the utterance of tin: popi', ! Virions Catholic meetings, meet-ings, and piiri.ciilaily to the recent (icrmau Catholic convemiou at Botlalo, which, says the report, announces its purposes to secure homo rule in all matters of education of (he children of the nation. "We slop not now to spoak of other teatures of us plans for the disintegration dis-integration of our national unity iu language and character. We know well what its demand for home rule in educational edu-cational matters menus." The report emphatically declares for home rule iu ail matters af education, and the sustaining of our public echoed system that home rule which forbid.! the interference of any foreign pope, priest or potentate, forbids ecclesiastical, ecclesiasti-cal, seclnr.an or Kectional intbifereuca or tho appropriation of public money for schools controlled for ecclesiastical or sectarian purposes. The report, da-clans da-clans that die conference will seek to pitch enactments by constitutional and legislative provisions as shall strengthen the entire public school system. sys-tem. The conference favored closing the World' fair on isunUay. and adopted a report uti the liquor question; regret-tiug. regret-tiug. among othyr things, the action of the United States senate in refusing to co operate with toe nations of jlurope in stopping the liquor tralt'.c in Africa, and declaring the existing political partios unworthy of the support of christian pei "lo. A paragraph was included deprecating deprecat-ing the 'speo'v.ie. of thn president of thu United Mates lately erossing tho I coii'.irtDt wuh a ehe.it stocked with 'iquors, as reported in the newspapers," but Kev. Frank Bristol declared it a shame to believe ill of the president eimpiy boctuse of a newspaper tory, and ltd paragraph was expunged. |