Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-08
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE
Wa ash m Ia nd nala

We take from the Chicago Tribune of Mon
day the following debate on the % opposition TO
admit the Washington and Delaware Confer
enCes. an abstract OF which was received by
telegraph and published in the STAR:
Dr. Reddy moved that the Secretary be in
structed 10 place the names of the Delaw
ana Washington Conferences on the list of con-
ferences. He dld not know why they had been
left of
DIR. Harris rhe Secretary said the subject
had some nat OF personal aspect. In making
out the roll he omitted those two Conferences
nom the list. The Committee on Coiored Peo-
pie had, al the last Conference, reported thes..
conferences "a mission ones. Ii was ordered
that they should be- mission Conferences when
created. They had been declared by the deiio.
crate act Of the General Conference 10 be mis-
sion Conferences, and that was why they had
been omitted from the list.
Mr.. Peck said he did not understand tha. IN /.
motion proposed 10 settle anything regarding =
the status OF the Conferences: il was merely 20
put them on the roll call That vas as ~
should be Though they might have 10 direlt
representation here, ali of their local inters,tS
should be- well taken care of
Mr.. Harris wanted 10 know why not INCLUDE
all missionary conferences in the nation.
I,r. Ferris said they had a committee 70 which
part of the subject had been referred He moved
that the motion OF Dr. Reddy be also referred
to II.
DIR. Reddy said the conferences i'm the South
had no such qualifications as distinguished
those OF Delaware and Washington. They We're
not on the same basis. They should admit the
the list Ii was entirely competent that they
should now be admitted; aud II their delegates
were not here, those who had the supervision
of Them could respond in their behalf
Dr. Pershing said be was ready to vote for
their admission whenever il cou Id be done in a
proper way. There was way IN which il
could be done. He hoped they would be admit
ted during the Conference. The Delaware and
washington conferences We're mission ones
Dr FOSTER rose TO the point of order that the
only thing before the Con ference was the aues-
ton OF reference 10 the committee and the poiu,
was sustained.
1t was moved to lay the motion to refer TO tbs.
committee on the table, and ii was lost
Mr.. Haven spcxe against referring the mat
ter TO the Committee. The two Conferences
should De added 10 the list. Ii was too simple
question 10 refer to any committee.
Br Akers said he wished TO know whether
the Episcopacy had as yet reported anything
REGARDING those two Conferences
he was informed that il had not
Dr. Harris said il had been customary for
members OF one Conference to present papers
belonging TO another Conference Matters of
interest 10 the Delaware and Washing gton Con-
ierences could thus be presented by any dele
gate. twas therefore not necessary that the
conferences should be put on the list IN order
that their could be attended TO.
DIR. Potter SAID he did not know what ohiec-
non there could be to referring the matter TO
the Committee. IL was easier 10 admit confer
ences than TO turn them out. Nothing sho aid
be done hastily.
DIR. Durbin moved TO lay the whole matter
on the table until the Bishops made their re-
port as to what they had done in organizing
Conferences.
DIR. Durbin withdrew the above, and moved
TO lay the whole subject on the table, which
was agreed TO