The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-22
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Reports Of the Book Concern Cem-
mittee.
Shall the Two Southern AdvO-
Gates be Continued?

Bishop Merrill presided to-day and DR..
Hatfield conducted the devotional exercises
of the morning.
The Journal of yesterday was read and
paper from the Bernard Home was
by Bishop Harris and referred to
the Committee on Missions.
The report OF the Committee on Lay
was made the special order
of the day at IL 80 o'clock.
The subject of the Ecclesiastical Code
WAS made the special order of the day for
next Tuesday, immediately after the read
ing of the journal.
Report No, 3, of the COMMITTEES on Book
Concerns, which recommended that the
Christian Advocates published at Atlanta
and New Orleans be continued as hereto
fore. was then read, and motion to adopt
it was made.
Governor Evans then moved to substi-
tute the minority report for the majority
The minority report recommended that the
two PAPERS be consolidated, and an ami
mated discussion followed.
Mr.. Jones claimed that it was contrary to
sound business principles to publish papers
at so great cost and for the Book Concern
10 expend the money which belonged to
superannuated ministers and to the Wild
ows and orphans of deceased ministers; for
publishing papers which did not pay was
depriving them of what rightly belonged to
them.
Dr. Fuller editor OF the Atlanta paper,
took the grounds that money expended for
carrying on these papers was better ex-
pended than money expended in any other
prancn Of missionary work. The paper
would soon be self-supporting, and the
friendly people of the South needed the
paper to defend their cause.
Governor Standard stated that ii these
papers were published for the sake OF the
missionary cause, they should be under
the direction of the Missionary Society.
| The Book Concern was established on
business principles, and should not carry
on enterprises that did not pay. The
Atlanta paper has cost more during
the last four years, than it did during the
| first four years of its existence, and if the
papers were consolidated all the people
could be reached that one now reaches
| Rev. Mr.. Boyle claimed that the papers
circulated among entirely different classes
of people, and Consolidated paper could
not reach both classes, but their papers
Icould be run at less expense.
DR.. Goodwin stated that many of the pa
pers OF the North had been run at an ex
pense, and there was no objection to con
tnuing them. The South needed papers
worse than the North, and should not bt
stopped because they were an expense t.
the Church.
DR.. Hitchcock said that nearly all til,
periodicals of the Church had been an ex
pense to the Church when first started, bu
we're now self-sustaini ng, and were grea
benefit to the Church. The Book Concern
were paying the expenses Of these paper
with profits obtained from other publica
tions. ........ .t.. U.
DR.. Kynette moved TO lay the minorit
report Oh the table.
I A cali fora separate vote of laymen an
ministers was made, and sustained, after
tlong discussion of points OF order.
There being no rule relating to the ques
Itiou of Nv many laymen or minister
Ecoud order the.ayes and nays when actin
separately, the subject of making rul
Icame up.
Point of order after point of order wa
made, and after an hour of miscellaneou
lremarks and an unusual degree of confus
lion it was decided that fifty ministers coul(
Ioder the ayes and nays and Is laymen
Motions were then made both by the lay
men and ministers to haze the ayes AM
Inays called, but both motions were vote
ldown.
The motion to Law the minority repor
ION the table was then taken BY risin
lvote, the laynen and ministers acting SEP
arately.
The vote was as follows: 131 ministers i
, favor OF laying the report on the table, an
I95 against it; 80 laymen in favor of layin
Ton the table, and 60 against it.
As the time when the Conference wa
obliged to adjourn had then arrived, n
vote was taken onthe majority report.
Rev. w. J. Snowy fraternal delegate fror
the Church OF United Brethren OF Franc
was introduced to The Conference and a
: address which he presented was ordere
printed.
The Conference then adjourned, afte
tsnging the doxology and the pronouncin
OF the benediction by DR.. Reed.
NOTES.
The laymen and ministers were divide
for the first time this forenoon.
Ram Cnunder Bose will lecture at Tril
Iity Church next Monday evening on tn
lcustoms in India .
The Committee on Book Concerns hav
decided to recommend the reelection O
DR.. Rust as editor OF the German Advocate
L The delegates in favor of modifying tn
Office OF Presiding Elder held meetn
| Yesterday afternoon, but came to no col
Iclusion.