The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-19
AN INCIDENT
In Connection With the Debate on a Res.
fdcnt bishop for India. -

In Connection With the Debate on n Res
tdcnt bishop for India. -
In the course Of the debate upon the e1
pediency Of having a resident bishop in
India a little circumstance occurred, which
all .well.wishers Of the church, and Of lie
foreign mirsionary operations In particular,
must regret. It was peraonal affair be-
tween two delegates from that country.
Ram Chandra Bose is native lay delegate
from India, and Rev. Dr.. Parker, long an
honored' missionary there, comes as min
isteral delegate. The former opposed the
project to locate m episcopal reeidenCe in
bis native land, aud alleged that such a
movement WAS not desired by tho native
converts. Dr.. Parker on the other hand,
was just az warM in his advocacy OF this
scheme, aud Lis contention was that the
native church did want resident bishop.
To offset the influence OF Mr.. Bose, DR.,
Parker let the cat out OF the bag in regard
TO the way in which bis election az dele.
gate was occurred. Lis charge was that
Bose had been sent to the conference
by convention ot seven laymen,
Of whom he himself was ono. This Mr..
Bose denied. It wag true, he aaid, that
there were but seven men in the meeting
which elected him, but he was not one Of
them. Dr.. Parker accepted this correction,
and apolcgzad Tor the uniAtuntional mis-.
statement. Bu. the matter did not rest
here. Mr.. Bose got on the war path. The
reason, he ssid, why there wse 30 small an
attendance Ct the gathering vhiel coluti.
tutod him delegate was that 80 many
were prevented from attending by 'their
missionary masters" Naturally such a
charge as this provoked an earnest re.
sponse, and eventually the wrangle was
taaelched by the conference proceeding
there is any personal feeling between these
two estlmable men, but certainly their re.
marks indicate the existence Of divided
counsels in an important mission field
and to many they bode an approaching
disintegration Of the work there-a result
hoseyeT, yhiah 81 lovers Of the cause will
hope to 500 ayerted. t@.g' q.
LEGISLATION AT A sTASDsrItL.
Owing 10 tie preraurs Of these episcopal
matters lsgisla.ion hes been practically at a
standstill., The committees have deliber.
ated upon q number OF subjects but have
reachsd iow conclusions, and the few re-
poriO presented have not yet been acted
upon. Among the latter the most import.
ant is, perhaps, the report Of the committee
appointed TO consider the question OF lay
representation. This committee recon.
msnds, first, the equalizipG Of lay and min
isteral representation in the General Con.
ference, aad secondly, the Admission O.
laymen' to the Annual Conferencss:' The
proposition is to send ministers to the gen
eral body in the ratio Of one to every sixt,
members OF each Of ths annual tod;eS, and
tae laity 'ip tne fams prope{ {tiop,,i pro
vided that no Annual Conference shal
bo debarred the privilege OF send
ing at least one minister and one layman
The representation Of the laity in the An
nual Conferences is TO be in the ratio O.
ono member ior every six charges in each
presiding elder's' diutriut, ihe laypef thtl
elected to have equal voice and vote will
the -. 49,. in the
election Of ministerial delegated to ths
General Conference and in the passage o
minialerial ehsfaeler. Such 4fs the radi
cal changes recommended by this com
mittee, but whether they will be adopted
OF not remains TO be seen.
:. The large majority Of the All delegates
who composs this General Conference have
never opened their lips in debate during
the entire two weeks. This is not because
many of them have not wished to do 3d.
nor because they have made no effort
The Gcramble to get the floor has hsen tre
mendous. Inevitably the old heads hayl
Jared the best in this contest, for they werl
better up in the business, and their form
and voices were more familiar to the pre-
eiding officers. II. 5To1.. az
| MEN WHO UAvE sHoNE IN DEBATE.
Among tho new men who haYe mad
their mark, is pr.Leonqrd, Of. Ohio. Ru
to show that tho CHAIR is no respecter o
persons it need only be mentioned that an
other nsw and distinguished member
Governor R. E. pattiaou, Of this State, ha
several times struggled for recognition
without once receiving it. In the routin
business there are four men who constant
tako part and to whom the conference al
ways listens with interest. One Of these
Dr.. Curry, the veteran ex editor, man {
Wiry frame, husky end rather weak Voice
snowy head, with an abundance Of brain
in it, and knowledge OF The affairs Of th
church which makes the whole coniersnc
regard him as q sort Of high priest % q
matters coming before it. @l69F4.
Another is DR.. J. NJ. Buckley, the bri
liant editor OF the Christian Adrocale. D.
Buckley is short in stature, has strong fes
lures, speaks with great auency and effec
parts his dark hair very much in the mit
die, as matter Of necersity, owing to tn
, tcnlency Of hiy lnssslye doMa "a thve
above its surroundings, aud Is altogetht
one ot the brightest and best informed me
, in the whole church. The other two a,
Or. Iyanshan, Of Baltimore, whose ior
seems to be the moving OF the preylot
!, queation, and DR.. George S. Hare, Of Ne
!, York, who, being an expert in handling
:. fine team Of fast horses, is also quite q
D ionpliahea ip driving tho conference 70
ward on the luminoua path, ,.of jt1 prop
!. duty, when other heads, not sGclear, hav
) gotten it into mpddles Of difficulty. u. :.
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