The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-03
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Proceedings Of the Second Days
Session.
The Organization Completed by the Appoint
ment Of Committees.

Promptly at 9 o clock this morning Bishop
Bowman announced that DR.. Matlock, of
the Wilmington Conference, would conduct
the opening exercises. The Doctor took the
chair and, after reading the Forty-eighth
Psalm. announced the Nine Hundred and
Nineteenth Hymn.
The Secretary called the roll of absen-
tees and read the minutes of the previous
meeting.
The Secretary requested that the calling
of the roll be dispensed with hereafter.
The request was granted and the minutes
approved.
Upon motion OF DR.. Eaton. of the Troy
Conference, the delegates proceeded to fin
ish drawing their seats, which occupied
about half an hour. In order that the del
ega' es from each Conference might sit to-
gether the limits Of the space occupied by
the delegates was extended back one row.
When the work of choosing seats was
completed DR.. Matlock presented the fol-
lowing resolutions: G
Resolved, That the various committees
of the Conference be appointed at once,
and that each committee shall be composed
of one delegate from each Conference.
ION Episcopacy, Itneracy, Lay Repre-
sentation, Boundaries, Book Concerns.
Missions, State OF the Church. Church Ex-
tension, Sunday ay-school Union and Tract
Cause"
This resolution ELECTED considerable dis
cussion, and several amendments and sub
stitutes were offered. Al
A motion to hear the quadrennial
address of the Bishop was made and with
drawn.
DR.. Curry offered an amendment that
eight of the Committees only be appointed.
An amendment to the amendment was
made that six of the Committees instead Of
eight be appointed. DR.. Curry accepted
the second amendment and the first amend
ment was put to v,te and carried.
DR.. Jewet offered an amendment that
the term "at once" be struck from the
resolutions. Adopted.
The original resolution was then called
for and adopted.
Judge Lawrence moved that the Confer
ences send names of delegates to the Sec
retary to serve on their committees.
DR., Hatfield, DR.. Buckley and DR.. Reid
spoke on this motion, but it was finally
laid on the table.
DR.. Smart, of the Detroit Conference,
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the interests of the Book
| Concern be brought before disinterested
committee and as far as possible composed
of laymen of the Financial Committee"
In speaking to his motion he suggested
that different modes of viewing things had
arisen during the past four years between
the East and West, especially concerning
the secular interest Of the Church.
| Apropos-the Book Concerns. To this
oues ion DR.. Haven, DR.. Prime, DR.. Hunt,
OF Genesee also spoke. The resolution was
LAID on the table.
DR.. Kline requested that the various
committees be called. and that the chair.
man of each delegation announce name
for each committee.
The work of announcing the committees
then began and occupied the remainder of
the forenoon, and at the time of adjourn
ment the session adjourned to meet again
at 2:30 o'clock 10 complete the work.
According to this plan each OF the
ninety-nine Conferences will have repre-
sentative upon each of the committees;
but as the number of committees outnum-
her the number of delegates from any one
Conference, many of the delegates are upon
two, three and sometimes more Of the
committees.
In the case Of the Germany, Switzerland
and Florida Conferences the delegate rep.
resenting each will appear upon each of the
Committees. The Cincinnati Conference
will be represented upon the Committees
as follows:
Episcopacy-Dr J. M. Walden.
Itineracy-Wm. Hipes.
Missions--Dr. Payne.
Education-Dr. Payne.
Revisals-Wm. l. Fee.