Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-16
M. Il. Church Conference,

At tho session of tho Methodist Protestant
Conforer CO, in Washington yesterday The oil
caI character OF Rev. G. +. Earring was re
fsrred to special committee, and that Of oil
the ether members of The conference passed.
The committee reported that The official char
acter OF the Rev. Mr.. FAning stood urin-
peachcd, AID his namo vas passed.
The paper 10 relation to q division Of the
conference district was again called up. and
tho resolution .hat it is txpedient that tho CON
ference district BIO divided vas re- ec,cd.
Tho conference then, as an electoral College,
convened to choose delegates to rerrtscnt
II $40 members Of the church in the General
Conference. aud it was announced that Til,
number was entitled 10 TIN minis crs and ton
laymen IS delegates to the General Conference.
Tho ro! was then called and tho ballot pro-
c,eded. pending which a0d before tho ballot
Was counted recess WAS taken.
A proposition for Sunday school ortions
meeting committee.
Tho Supcraunuattd Fund Society thon con
vepcd. DE-. }. X. N.chols, 10 tho chair. An
election Of officers took place at which Rev. DR..
Valiant was elected TX ciicio pro sIdcni; Mts,rp
Graham, rCc )rding secretary; j. L. Murray,
CORE Speeding S. cfrthry. Tho present board q
| managers Was c'.Cs, q wi;h j. N. Gilbert, vic
d. Bates.
| Tho tsessuTor's rcplrt maliog on excellent
showing, with balsDca d 1854 Is. was read
AMI a vote oi thsrks rendered Tho treasurer
4 motion TO tske up The resolution fixiog The
sa!ory OF tho president oil The co;irrUi c. wal
not uerted to.
Rev. I. n. McGcrwcs rar@rtrd 8 visit tc
Rev. Mr. kcnacdy. TN aged member Ct The
c:ntercLc', G0d suggested that tho conference
make visit to the President of the Unied
States. NJ r Morgan had kindly offered Il
| mako aIrluscwcuta for this purpose, aed, or
motion Mr.. Mccormick Was appointed COM
mttcc t. sec Nj ,r Morgan and hbv, arraogc.
| mcns made fer that purpose
A resolution that when the Conference ad
jouro it no to meet on the first Wcdat sday iu
| May, 1881, Was lost, and uo,inu for q meet
iug on the ID Wednesday Of March was also
LOST.
Tho conference then resolved that thc nex
meeting Of the conference take plr C, on the first
Wednesday 10 April, tho vote standing yeas AZ
nays 20.
The conference then proceeded to fix tho
ton invited tho conference 10 Lyuchburg; Raw.
s. Is. Treadwsy invited the conference to meet
at Cumberland, Md. Tcllcrs woro appointed
| aod the vote stoud, CumbeI SO. Lynchburg
&c. So Cumberland was selected as the mex.
meeting place of the cooftrano'.
A moioo to reconsider the acceptance Of the
invitation TO Cumberland was discussed al
length.
Pending this question, tho vote for twont5
delegates to tho General Conference, ten nom
bers and ten laymon. was called. Delegates t.
tho General Conference wrrs thon chosen As
follows: o. the FIRST ballot. ministers, j. j,
Murray, l. w. Bates, -Wilsou, j. I. Murray
y. j. Drihkhouso. s. B. Switzerland, w. 8.
Hammond lsymep, w. q. j. Dulany. 9. w.
ButoD, j. w. Herring. o. Hammond. There
yet remained four ministerial delegates and fix
| laymen to be chosen. A second ballot for the
| remaining delegates was taken, aud before
| counting, tho conference adjourned Until 7. 80
| when the following additional delegates wore
elected to tho General Conference: n. d.
Valiant, j. d. Kirz,r AID d.. Wilson, minis
ters and :. A. Green aud w. &. Baker, lay
meo. The conference refused TO reconsider the
| vote to hold the next conference ut Cumbcr-
land