New-York tribune., 1876-05-06
1000 men, women, and children in the six mills are
thrown out OF work.
METHODISTS IN GENERAL CONFERENCE

AN EARNEST DEBATE on TIE INDIAN TRANSFER
BMI-coMMITTEE APPOINTED To URGE IFS DE-
FEAT IN THE sENATE-APPRovAL OF TIE CLN-
TENNIAL SUNDAY DECIsIoN-THE LIQUOR LIZ
cENsEs DEPLORED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUNE.l
BALTIMORE, May 5.-Bishop Bowman pre-
sided at the Conference to-day. The services were
opened by W. H. Olin The order Of business was sus-
pended to take up the preamble and resolutions cnerei
by ]. H. wilbur yesterday, as follows:
Whereas The House OF OF the CONGRESS
OF the United States has passed bl @ o
Whcrcas The reason assigned for doing is to save
expense to the Government by having tne serves ien
dered by the military without compensation ana .u
Whereas Such transfer Of the service would efiectuay
gors instruction for the elevation OF the Indians; and
WheeGs The experiment OF such transfer WIZ u, tbe H in
tercsts Of the Indians and OF the Government ihorahy
Whersas The present peace policy has proved emf
nently successful securing vastly greater improve
pent of the Indian during tne SIX years OF us existence
Whereas During the continuance OF said policy wars
have almost entirely ceased among the tribes anu soe
Whereas BY the operation said policy there has been
actual saving TO the Government as the puGc c. aoc %
ments win show to the amount OF many millions OF ooi
lars therefore ~,
Resoieed by the General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church III conference assenDleo, Ihat We
earnestly protest against such legislaton believing tat
Rcsoired That we have unlimited confidence In the
power the Gospel when the proper agencies are ell
poyed to ciyilize and Chrisanize the Indian people.
Resoired That committee of fye be appointed by nc
Chair visit Washington and lay copies OF THESE ppers
before the the President OF the uniteo Sites
Mr.. Wilbur then spoke in substance as follows; Ait'
President have spent thirty years OF my ministry on
the Pacific coast. know the Indian Nel-hls charac
ter his habits. and his spirit. have known the men
appointed to occupy the agencies under the former sys
fem Of appointments Many Cf them not appointed
for their Illness but for party reasons Many or them
have been below the widest Indians, who would nave
TO come down forty degrees to be on level with them
Ihave known appointees who were not worth an In
dian pony when they went in and after serving term
Of three years they have cut worth S5OOOo In gold
They were men we could not make governors or judges
Of and the pay was small but the seangs were large
and there room FOR peculat!on. Hence they have
become rich Under the present plan the churches nom-
mate persons ill the agencies and hey are confirmed
by the Senate.
when first went among them they were as low down
as any sayages Of our country they had no comfortable
houses there not bushel OF grain raised among
them they lived roots and such thnss as they could
pick up, occasionally hunting on tie mountains neas
them and they frequently on the war path Now
there are largely civilized they have some 200 houses IN
which they ye good houses good barns for their cattle
and other conyenIences of civilization. Some 10000
acres o. land are fenced and 5000 under cult
yaton over 10000 bushels OF wheat raised last
year and now they help feed their poor white neigh
bors There are more than 500 members In the church
In good standing in this Tribe, ard in high spiritual
condition as hnd anywhere. The paper referred to
a committee Of lye to be appointed by the Chair
The following committees appointed: on Core
spondcnce, the Rev. Dr. ID. A. Whedan, j. C.
Bingham. W Il. Prentice, Alfred Whaier, Wm
McKmly on the American Bible Society Luke c.
Queal Chas. Robinson. Chas. ". smith, Chas. W. Row
land Geo W. .hy, John +. Perry, Geo. y. Power; on
Temperance. IL. Buck L. ID. Davis T. Merrick, Geo. A..
Prndle Henry Appel the ProDriety o! Revising the
Hymn-Book john y. Brown, A. :. Hunt, Wm E'ee = H.
Nesbit Geo w. steele John j. Marker, j. W. Buckley,A.
Edwards C. Brooks b. 81; j. Fry, j. H.Wbnr, IT, LedhPr
on the Charters for our Benevolent Institutions, l.
Hitchcock d. Curry c. r. Turner, j. W. Ramsey j. b.
Mexican; Expenses of the General Conference. d. NJ
Williams, j. NJ Aud, Geo l.. Wright. w. H. Otis, j. w
Macado H. c. Diokhaut, j. ". Hictt; on Pastoral All
dress, o. H. Fowler, J. b. Cornell. J. +. Hurst W. II.
Olin !R. And-us +. q. Fuller. j. NJ Thoburni on Re-
hgious Corporations, s. Hunt W. Lawrence, Thos c.
Fosg, Chas. II. Catch o. q. Reynolds.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on THE CENTENNIAL
AND THE SABBATH.
The Committee appointed TO adopt resolutions relative
to the opening Of the Centennial buildings on Sunday
submitted the following report:
Whercas The Commissioners OF the Centennial EXposi-
ton have BY almost unanimous vote determined 10
ol the Christian sabbath; and
WIercas such action satisfied. is in entire har
majority Of he American people, as weil as with the
facts of our national history and the efforts rlade by Our
fathers guard the sdcredness OF TINS holy day 10y all
prOpcr regulations and restrictions; and
ELcrsuS We regard the religious observance or the
Sabbath 10 hc prosperity OF our country and
the perpctuity OF its Institutions and liberty therefore
bc IL ,. -
csoired That the hearty thanks OF this body be ten
dered Com for their prompt ana decisive
action IA this matter. .
r. soircd That regarding as do the traffic in M
toXica!ng liquors. VIII ther brewed, ynOus, or spurious,
"A, the fruitful Of large part Ot the misery pau
pcrlsIu and which exist IN our lana, We cannot
o-bcar the expression of convictions tat ne enre
exclusion OF such traffic would have reflected NOR upon
the Commissioners, and would have been source Of
great satisfaction only 10 the moral and religious
ueope OF generally but especially Ia the women
who have earnestly demonstrated upon this occasio
Ies0ired That copy of these resolutions be forwarded
I 10 The Commissioners session in philadelphia
JOuS LANNnAS, Chairman.
r. y. QrEAL, secretary.
The Rev DR. A. l. Hunt Of the fraternal delegates
TO the last General Conference of the Church South ure
sented the report of the Commission. IL was an able
document highly complimentary of the Christian cour
tesy of the body they visited, and full OF promise.
vote OF cougratulaon and thanks 10 the Commission
was enthusiastically passed Bishop Harris announced
the following committee To consider the matter OF the
Indian agencies: u. \. Cooley, G. H. fisk, William
Lawrence, G.. W. Geddcs, and G. W. Rowland