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luton temporarily, and DR.. Edwards alst
Withdrew his substitute. .s5
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!, The report OF the committee on resolu
J ton declaring the right Of lay members Il
the participation Oh all business In annua
conferences was next taken up. The com.
4 Eittee: reported non-concurrence.
4 "A. Hunter, clerical, Little Rock Confer.
tence, moved to strike out IS non In the re.
port. he said the resolution he had offered
merely gave laymen the right to vote on
the character of preachers in the General
Conferences. s'asa5 si 7. 81
| DR.. McFerrin said the Law, on the subject
could not be changed by q resolutions. The
law had been adopted by concurrent vote
OF all the Conferences, and it could only be
30 repealed. he said every man should be
tried by his peers. Preachers ought to be
tried by preachers, and laymen by laymen.
1t was asked that the Chair decide
whether the Conference could decide the
matter finally. ~. rFig
Bishop Wightman said his impression
was that the General Conference could not
finally pass upon the matter, but it must go
to the annual conferences. He would pre-
fer to consult his colleague.
DR.. Hunter asked that the question lie on
the table, and that the opinion OF the Col
lege OF Bishops be given on the point.
It was so moved by a delegate.
I
moving to postpone the question until the
bishops could give decision on the legality
of the proposed action.
Ell. F. johnson asked if the bishops could
decide the question Of law.
! Bishop Puine said the point raised by Mr..
Johnson was we'll taken. There was no
rule to require the bishops to decide any
such question as that under consideration.
| DR.. Hunter insisted on postponing the
matter.
OK. Marshall, lay, Mississippi Confer
ence, said the lay delegates did not press the
proposed change.
DR.. j. e. Edwards raised the point that
the Committee ON Itinerancy had already
reported Inconvenience on point iden-
teal with that under consideration. The
point was overruled.
The motion to lay the item on the table
for the present prevailed.
DISCIPLINE. ILL.,,
The third item OF the Reyisals Committee
was taken up.
It reports non-concurrence in the pro-
posed change in the Discipline SO as to give
Law delegates in annual conferences the right
to vote on ssministerial relations" as we'll
| as on ministerial character," as the pre-
vious resolution had recommended.
Fl. 3. johnson moved the adoption of the
report.
0. Il. Blue, clerical, Alabama Conference,
moved to strike out the word "non " in the
report, and said that he thought the clause
allowing laymen to vote on g. ministerial re-
lations" had been illegally stricken out by
former General Conference. he said this
had been stricken out without the votes OF
annual conferences.
DR.. c. Kelley, clerical, Tennessee Con-
ference, said the general plan for the rights
of the Ialty in conferences was passed on
by the conferences, but not the minutiR OF
the plan.
The previous question was called upon
the motion TO strike out the word "non i"
in the adverse report.
T. l.. MelIen, lay, Mississippi Confer
ence, asked what would be the effect OF the
passage Of the resolution proposed.
The Bishop ordered the report to be read
for information.
The call for the previous question was
sustained. =.
The motion to strike out the word "non J"
was lost.
The report was. then adopted.-Constitu-
ton.