The New York herald., 1871-01-22


| bought up or .corneredn the market, SO that when
Mr.. s. J. Goodenough went among the manulactur-
es ee found that ne could not get the kinds OF paper
mol tne qualities Which the Concern wanted from any
one at such price as Mr.. Porter could sell at such
transactions are Of daily occurrence, and the busl-
ness community locks upon them as perfectly legal;
but when Christian men, connecte with an Import
ant interest OF great religious denomination are
suspicious appearance, and little brooding sufces
70 hatcn the suspicion into full-hedged fact Of
fraud corruption and mismanagement.
Rev. Thomas Carleton, ID. D., was appointed Book
Agent IN New York by the General Conference which
met In Boston IN May, 1882 HIS present term is the
nh In succession In which he been reelected to
tered upon his duties the Church was just
-. RECOVERING FROM THE TROUBLES
which arose and which divided Methodism IN the
United states into two branches-North and South.
Episcopal Church. which retained the substantial In.
stltatlons OF tne united Church had TO pay large
s5e those obligations had been Manidated, and the
Book Commi tee, In their quadrennil report to the
General Conference, which met In Indianapolis that
q .as varied iaerss oi
sas pasisa.ion.p pI1sss
MshOa Episcopal Church South Il Would i'd not have oess
s:%
ares; bu. your free say the admins
raon q the agency has been such as ente them TO the
he Church ss large. ~ 'Ns'
1t is made the
Duty OF THE BOOK COMMITTEE
to report to the Annual Conferences as well as TO
the General Conference and, in the performance Of
this duty the committee, which consisted OF men we
known In this vicinlty-namely, Revs. NJ. D. q.
Crawford G + w wAlen, A. T. sullard Joseph Castle
Hunter--reported as foltows:-
Every facility has been furnished by agents enable
e ascertain the actual OF This gea
with ali tine care and skin whch have been heretofoe en
Against loss 10 the Concern from fraud accident
This was report of a committee at a time when,
as alleged, gross frauds had been going on for
series or years. Rev. ID. Porter mad been Assistant
Agent OF the Concern for eleven years at this time
The profits OF the Concern had been increasing an
nually under the management OF Carleton 4 Porter
unt at the close OF the scal year OF 1868 they had
reached over $lSl,0oo Tnis too, was the year
frauds and corruption IN the Concern cuiminated.
He was elected to the office OF Assistant Agent that
FRAUDS COULD HAVE BEEN coMaIrrEp
since. The book committee, consisting OF the minis
ters above named, reported to the General Con-
terence, which met IN chicago In that year, as lol
lows
TIE committee have met annually according to custom lin
duties assigned them The COMMITTEES ave each YEAR, az ar
as time would permit examined carefully into the affairs Of
operations OF tho estaDshmen of conducting
o departments other have come under
their the and yonr committee are happy to express
in the workings Of the Establishment
This was what the committee found few months
before DR.. Lanahan discovered his gross frauds, &C
But as soon as he published his story the Book Con-
cern very clearly felt the shock and Its profits fell
OF from s13l, 900 to $685. 900.
But the Methodist public did not lose faith IN the
Of It's agents, and while it may be true as ntimated
that Dr. Carleton shall be elected Bishop By the next
abe ana fas Services to 'H The Whole Uhurch AND
because the Conference has shown, as IL win again
show, Its
FULL CONFIDENCE IN His INTEGRITY
ana business ability. he would not be the only
agent VINO has been thus honored. Bishops Soule
Waugh, all deceased, and Bishop Scott still living,
have been book agents OF the Concern here,
they mad been found faithful various other trusts
OF the Church. The profits Of the Concern last
years ~ Or 70 rsioSs anu nor q mn
January !, 1859. to November 20, ls7o-the aegre-
gate profits have amounted to slo2e,s1s The assets
OF the Concern, wnlcn include the buildings here on
Broadway and Mulberry street and the branchesin
other cities, together with the books furniture,
and ITS abllities Of every kind amount 70 SS67 AIS
with net capital of $3.50 OlS there need be very 1T
tie fear OF o sndden collapse
The proceedings which have taken place before
the committee during the past week have been as
fully reported IN the HERALD as they could be- After
upon which the committees Joined IN =
SINGING THE DoxoLoaY Il
(which appeared 70 some TO be funeral dirge) and
the almost immediate reputation OF the bases by
both the prosecution aud the defence because OF
technical misunderstanding the committee had TO
60 over their work again yesterday morning Three
members Of the committee whose fear OF preatica
displeasure or ol the result Of an open investigation
Essags % ysty sfsas s9lsssa ssSflia !as following
which was ordered on the minutes:-
ms We % s being Of the
our duty to enter our solemn protest against the action of the
Of made Rev. josp Ianshan as b. d.
we believe our day as committee placed
in Snarss BY the the Church.
becanse having received and entertained the
charges and citing @ the parties to apear and who
yes
no:surlcien. cause for such suspension. ~
has rsht demand such investigation al our hands and
VIII be satisfied s0ssusd with nothing less:
fore the community ~ light subee;ing u.s. with apparent
We therefore respectfully submit this, our protest. the
m % Tp s apS @ as @
J. RoTHWEILER.
The majority Of the committee with the bishops
carried everything their own way. ana the following
BASIS OF SETTLEMENT
was finally adopted. to which the bishops append
Whereas the committee find In their the invcs
tisaton Of the cs.c Of ney LanahAn that
y
a 70 es %Gas @
pa sS aIs e the best h
vs:sanoa o Tho so%glsn.s against The assistant BOOK
and methods in the Book Concern respecting
which the sommes have published their reports ore,
this coIhisittss bs c--..rsl
Resolved That all Questions Of business arrangements
methods In the Book Concern be referred
mee Of three members Of this General Committee aud
Rev. Bishop Scott which committee have power 10
call 70 their sd such accountants they may deem hsces
may arise and also the approval of the selection
ants Po referred TO Rev. Bishop Scott Fancher,
Ing their report 70 the General Committee annual
meeting In February Is7 that the referred TO-
with az necessary nformaton may presented By the
COMMITTEES y Their Quadrennis report TO the General Con-
THE DIsfior's XrrnovA..
TO THE BOOK C0MMlTTER.-
pRAa bRE1HaENWs received your invitation TO be pre-
sent al the OF the case against Lanahan
whie We were hoing our annual session at Baltimore
felt very profoundly the gravity Of the duty We therefore
appointed committee OF our board examine differ
enl enactnents OF tho Gencra