The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-20
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

He said there was no such committee
| known 10 the Discipline a. the judiciary
ommiiiee, but the Discipline does provide
| TOR "a committee OF Inquiry, md This Is The
committee which Is NO" Called the Judic.-
airy.
TO examine charges that are made against
| any i, d viduai member of the conference,
the custom now Is 10 appoint a stand NJ
| committee 10 IL quIre iutO all ,omplalii Is
| MADE, and ste II ,i:e char e. cannot be .X-
| planned, and the case amicaUiy ~, listed, rnd
II the cannot be ~ett I'd. ana II IL finds
| that the charses are OF n serious character,
demanding "a IriaI, the mat er must be r, poT.
| ted To the Conference TINS l. Tue e minute e
| now called The judiciary 1t has no l.g~i Or
judiciary powers, but lis duty i To inquire
| into charges msd~ az ,in>t any member OF the
Conference. M q see If the n.a ter c,nDot be
| >ettl.d-not "A pro-ecuilug coinIaItte~, but "A
peace making comm &c
A lengthy discussion following the explain
| alton, referring 10 the action OF The Judiciary
| Committee l.. n certain cise, not named.
| The Bishop ruled the discussion out Of or
der and the judiciary Committee submitted
| its report, as follows:
COMPROMISED.
| That the case of Mr.. Roberts, aite' being
| thoroughly examined by the committee has
| D. en- smIcsbis settled uy IetrdcIIon anu
confess~pu gu he part of ar X bsIts
| That the case of Mr.. Price, having been
| thoroughly examined by the co a. mitIee, was
settled BY the charges being Withdrawn 10y
he report was received and adopted.
| DIR Ku>t, secretary of the Frerdmrn's Aid
| Society..was introduce d, and andes edIhe
| Conference in the Interest OF the Soc ely,
some length. His remarks were lively and
| interesting, inter,perse'i now and then with
| An amusing anecdDte, whrcI helped 10 make
his address more Ell joyaIle.
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
Rev. J. b. Orwig made the following re-
polI: Your Committee OF the American bi
| Die ) pci, ~ are as much as ever convinced Of
| the importance OF giving the word OF God TO
| the people of our own country and foreign
| lands We believe that the work II has un-
| d.rtaken TO do Will send out the light and
| the truth 10 other agency can. aud IL il
| Indispensable IN carrying forward the great
| scheme of s.lvaiion in tue world; therefore,
/ Reso red, That y edge ourselves 10 pre-
l sent thus carse 10 our people, and take a col
| lection during the year
| Resolved, hat are fully satisfied with
/ the ma. ner In which the pres. TT district
/ supt rIntendent, for Kansas, Rev. j. j.
Thompson has discharged his duties
Mr.. J. y Roberts was placed on the super.
MI. T. II. Phillips was placed upon the su-
pernumerary list
MI. J. H. PniliiOs was continued in super
Mr. l. ,. Price was granted superannuated
relation.
Mr.. I'm Knipe was granted superanua,ed
relation.
Mr.. BRAcKEN's CASE.
Mr.. Orwis presented letter from Bishop
Simpson, in relation to Mr.. Brscken, and
asked that IL he read
In order TO bring she case before the Con-
ference, IL was moved that Mr.. Bracken be
restored 10 The Conference.
Pending the motion, the Secretary read the
it'll refer ed TO from Bishop sim p>on W hIch
advised Mr.. Bracken to apply TO the Confer
ence for re- admission. TIE full text OF the
letter is As follows;
BISHOP SIMPSONS LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. It'll, 1873.
Rer. r. r. Brscken:
DEAR sIR-At the recent meeting of the
Bisn. DIS, 1 isid your case befo e them, stating
the facts As I understand Them:
LIST. That the Conference had granted you
location. a letter T. ON you having ben read,
or q statement having been made about a let
ter written by Won from which IL w-s sup
posed that you had given them authority so
10 do.
"a That you were much dissatisfied with
the action, as You had not intended To be SO
desired reversal Of their sction, but 1t had |
not taken place
3D. That after the last Conference you SIX
I'd Tor n trial before the Court II Appeals /
On these attachments the Judgment of the |
Bishops Wa that the practice oi the church |
did not authorize the calling VI a Judi -ial /
Conference on the Gbject on the ground /
that an appeal from the decision OF an An
pual Conference TO Judicial Conference
must be taken before the succeeding session
OF the Annual Confer.nce.
Isympathize with you under the circun-
stances. but Won d sdNis that yuu present
your certificate of locatiu n to such Annual
Co- ference as YOU d-sire 10 enter and be re.
Yours Truly,
II. SIMPSON.
Mr. Rrsckeu was granted permts to ad-