, 1880-05-16

nence at this session. Several memorials from
various parts of the Church have been received
asking that hereafter the ~pay-as you-go''
plan be adopted. 4 committee Of twenty five
has had the matter under consideration, and thi.
morning reported the following plan to the
Conference: Let Commission consisting Of
nine persons be appointed. who shall have in
charge all matters pertaining to the entertain
ment of the Conference,-one OF these to be the
BOok-Agcnt at New York, who shall be Treas
urcr, and one shnll be the Book-Ageut at Gin
cinnati. who shall be Assistant Treasurer,-this
Commission to have authority to appoint SUBJ
committees wherever the Conference Is held.
They should make IN esti1uute Of the amount
necessary to dcfrny not only the travelling and
incidental, but also the entertainment, expenses
OF the delegates, and apportion 1t to all the
Conferences throughout the Church, these Con-
ferences to distribute to the districts, and
these to the various charges, this amount to be
raised in three annual installments during the
first three years after the General Conference,
leaving the last to make up the deficiencies.
This Commission also to have power to fix the
place Of the next session. Philadelphia has
already asked for the Conference, and this is to
be referred to the Commission.
TWAS estimated that $35 600, or almost $40 000,
would
COVER ALL THE EXPENSES.
Oh Houou u Ol' LaH2&uau' -tue lePoI1 "as
oruefeo Pe7uteo. anu maoe 1ae o1uer ol tne oay
Nondny at 10 o'clock.
The matter pending on adjournment about
printing the Episcopal decisions Of the law
questions in the Appendix to the Discipline con-
ST. med considerable time, aud was finally car
ried, but only to be informed By Bishop Simpson
cisions, and in order to find them it would be
necessary 10 rAnsack lne 1ourua4s u III lue au-
n4al conferences
lne SonteIeIce fest'l'1g ~ ~ taMe ~ .ne @ eie
cGe: the Kev Dr. st; James 81 try vas no@fnat 1Ie %
ea ior !ee!eeunn, ano. droa INC numoi' ot 80 e.
:,,. onds tnnt n were reaoy' II seemeo &C. ne @ vas
Goodwin: of Indiana; a9d Dr: Mcdonald: Of lows-
Ghafeh n ii o:kaioosa, II f fhe ballot showed thaf
~ ot -, r9rS cast - IT, fece1'eo oh eo1o
40, ana GOODWIN a.
,ocate a iIn+ ~ ~ fn the Pf1st restnrar
ho thc n,rnose in s'.na onartere r. eiert nr
editor Of the Csuiya,. but be would not consent.
an ths matter s ddrappea fp PEI t m eacto ,or
ho,1.+s ~ h{ thore 81 sse,s ~ h +hn sar,a IA
nttion 6f 0~S'''' '>~"&@0 ~'A
% ONE g GRAD As nook e, coScE1S, 1 ES.,- ,o.ou,
70 oe loeated, OF course, IN new aork, oeIofe
tnr e ~ alItp no i3cts ut tat
t9ere tre WILL oe no c"nnee Ill 'ne "sen@o 1as1 of
"est, Tf,s ro,,++oa n +ho noo,, concarn rsn,r+oa
49,, ne Hommateee Oh ING oooA eoncern fepofteo
tng 10 1ot1oWlng: W. ,a .,.+ ..o aoe,,o.
+ha Enierona1 f,,nd hn chnr1nd to nroAt ara }o.s
in 1h.. uccounts If tho Rtok Concern In accori-
ancc with the requestof the Agents
Scconu-Ihnt the puo!lcanon " the NdttoTat
the close of the current year.
Thi':d-That the election Of editors OF the
Southern papers aud those on the Pacific coast
be deferred fur the present
This At once M stirred up the Conference, doF or
instructtng the Book Agents to distribute the
amount OF deficiency referred to In the hrst res
oluttOn to De raised curing tne ne1t 1ouF years.
las we have no right. said be, to take the
brcnd out the mouthsut the WIDOWS and orphans
whose money thls IS. Inc ploceeas OF 1ne
Book Concern are sacred to TIE relief
OF the superunnuAted preachers ana the WIDOWS
and orpnans Of dcceased ministers, and it IS an
illegal appropriation OF the luno5 70 t4ke IL ana
rcPiacea ns soon as osi!Ois' - u niannnrnnra-
tit,n-'
Dr.. Lanahan responded: " You might just as
well distribute IT to pe fa1sea @ oy tne mon ad a44