Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-01
The Cincinnati Convention.

that the Cincinnati convention met at noon
to-day, and proceeded to a temporary organ
Station. The course marked out In The STAR
on Monday as necessary to be taken By the
representatives in attendance before the real
work Of the meeting can be touched will be sub
staDtially followed, and in consequence very
little of real moment will be done until to- NOR
row.
Meantime, as our special corrcsr ondent saws,
the situation changes hourly, and so far nothing
las transpired from which a satisfactory idea
can be formed a. to what the final issue will
probably be. IL is therefore equally idle to
venture predictions or to waste time and space
In comments on possible contingencies. The
reports for the afternoon still coming as this
j. placed in type, and ID them we refer the
reader. Each can probably form conclusions
40 suit himself from such information as is so
lar at hand.
The Methodist General Conference.
The twenty-frst general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church in the United States.
which commenced its sessions in BROOKLYN
n. Y, to- day, will be in many respects the most
important council ever held by the followers of
Wesley. By resolution of the general confer
ence of 1s6S il was declared that should a ma
ority Of the votes cast by the people be In favor
oflay delegation, and should three-fourths of
all the members of the annual conference pres
CBt and voting thereon, vote in favor of the
proposed change in the constitution of the
church, then the general conference meet
ing this year would, by the requisite two-thirds
vote complete the change, and lay delegates,
previously elected, might then be admitted
AS is generally known, the measure received
the approval of the people and the local confer
ences; the delegates have been chosen, and IL
only remains for the general conferer &c to take
action whereby the change may be consummat-
ed IL admitted, as they undoubtedly will be,
the conference win consist of i21 delegates-2g2
ministers and 10 laymen. There are also five
bishops. Among the delegates will be ten or
twelve colored men. There will be official rep-
resentatives from Germany, Liberia, India; Wis
ling delegates from China, England, Ireland,
Canada, and various branches of the great Me-
fheoist family. There are a large number of
delegates from the southern states.
There is much important business to be trans
acted. AT least four bishops are to be elected,
Probably six and possibly eight A proposition
to give the bishops definite districts of SUPER
vision, exchangeable at the stated periods, while
the principle OF general coordinate jurisdiction
rs preserved, will be laid before the conference.
The book concern trouble is also to be inyesti-
gated, and exciting times are in prospect.
The Virginia conference intend urging the
committee on conference boundaries to RECON-
mend the transfer to said conference of all the
territory OF the Baltimore conference now soutb
OF the Potomac, but this will be opposed by the
delegates from the Baltimore conference. Other
work which will come before the conference
VIII be the consideration of the efforts made to
eject reconciliation with the Methodist Episco-
lai church south; the question regarding church
property which during the war was carried
from the northern to the southern church and
fiee verso; and action will be taken regarding
the continuance OF the separate conferences in
which the colored ministers were orsanizsJ in
15GS.