The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-11
General Conference Proceedings.

General Conference Proceedings.
BALTIMORE, May lO.-The Ge.eral
Conference of the NJ. f. Church resumed
iss session this morning, when commit.
tees were announced on communication
from the British Wesleyan Conference,
and on Centennial commemorative SER
vices.
A resolution was adopted depioring the
absence of so many delegates from the
opening religious services. -...s
A resolution was referred requiring
the agent OF the Book Concern to lay
before the Annual and General Confer
ences detailed statement of the receipts
and disbursements af each year.
A Greeting from the General Center
ence of the African NJ. Il. Church, ex-
pressing the hope that soon all will be
one in the church, was referred.
j. NJ. Buckley, oil New York, offered
the following:
WHEREAS, The General Conference
has created and gradually increased in
official patronage until it now gives sal
aried offices TO more than one IN ten OF
its clerical members and
didates for eveiy office so that ambition
for Office and emoluments introduce bar
gaining, combinations, and contracts and
prompts besides. being prejudicial to the
exercise Of impartial judgement on var
ious questions submitted to the confer
cnce. Therefore
Resolved, That committee on
the state of the church be Instruct
ed to consider the tendency and effect
of the state of things above described,
and second, to consider whether such
official patronage cannot be diminished.
After considerable debate the reSolu.
ton was indefinitely postponed
The resolution failed referring to the
consolidation of two or more confer
ences, or the division OF conferences dur
ing the next quadrennial To the decision
of the presiding Bishop of this General
Conference, and the resolution was
adopted leaving the subject IN the hands
of the Committee on Boundaries, pro-
vided 1t shall not affect the color line.
Mr.. Rice, of New England, from the
committee appointed 10 investigate omis-
sions in the journal OF the General Con-
ference of 1872, presented the report OF
the committee. The report states that
the journal contains certified copy OF
of the proceedings and appendix. The
committee iail to find any omissions IN
the journal of the Conference, but there
was an omission in the appendix.
The report of the judge who examined
the, accounts of tue New York Book
Concern, was omitted so far as It's tabular
statements are concerned, and that report
was copied from the ChriStia" Adroeate
for insertion in the Journal. The com
miltee attach no blame to the secre-
taries in the matter.
DIR. Lauahsn said he WAS satisfied the
secretaries were not to blame for the
omissios. and he would vote for the
adoption of the report.
The report was adopted and ordered
published in the Aristian Adpocate.
Judge Cooley, of upper Iowa, presented
n report from the special committee 10
whom WAS referred resolution oppos-
in the transfer of Indian service
to the war department The committee
advocates the peace policy at present
in force and expressed the hope that
Congress will take no steps looking to 3
change in that policy which has been SO
beneficial in its effects, but pray that no
further action OF the subject be had by
this body.
The report was adopted and the Con-
ference adjourned.