Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-03
METHODIST PREACHERS.
Yesterdays Session Of the General Confer.
ence at Philadelphia.

Yesterdays Session of the General Confer
ence at Philadelphia.
PHTEADELrHra, May 2.-The General
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church ressssmhied this morning Bishop
Foster ID the char. The action Of the con-
ference yesterday in placing conditions on
the appointment Of the standing committees
was reconsidered by vote of l9l yeas, and
III nays.
The Revs. r. Newton Young and Syl-
vester Whitehead, Of the British Wesleyan
Conference, were introduced to the Confer
ence.
The Rev. DR.. A. j. Kynett, of the Upper
Iowa Conference, offered the following as a
substitute for the third section: "The several
DELEGATIONS shall nominate their members to
the committees. but when the delegation
consists of less than six members, each del
egatiOn may be represented on any COM
mittee by giving notice on the day when the
committees are formed, the name of the
delegate TO be enrolled as a member"
The Rev. James r. Mills, of the East
Ohio Conference offered a substitute, which
was adopted, to the effect that each confer
encc be entitled to have member on the
Committee on Boundaries, and each dele
gate may nominate a member on each com
mttee, provided they may decline to nomi
nate if they so choose.
A resolution by the Rev. Leroy A. Belt,
of the Central Ohio Conference, was adopted
requesting the Bishop to appoint one Of their
number as permanent Chairman of the
Committee on Boundaries. A Judiciary
Committee of thirteen was ordered, one
from each conference in the district and one
at large.
Angry Ministers.
There is q great deal of bad blood in the
conference, caused by the seat drawing OF
Yesterday The trouble broke out afresh
this morning when DR.. Bingham, Of northern
New York, stated TO the chairman that his
delegation, consisting of seven members,
had not vet been given seats, and that they
we're not being treated fairly. This dec
laration caused a good deal of cOmmo-
ton, and when the speaker made the
further charge that the seats that should
belong to the delegation had been
sold to citizens of Philadelphia for $50 each
hum ran through the hall and all eyes
were turned toward the seats, which were
occupied by ladies. The trouble was finally
fixed, but the ill-feeling still prevails and
members accuse each other of trickcry.
DR.. Crawford, of New York, in an able
speech claimed that the work of small con-
ferences was swallowed up by the work ofthe
larger conferences and for that reason the
work of the smaller conferences amounted to
nothing. He also charged that small dele
cations had no show in the present confer
Cnce, because they were overpowered by the
larger delegations. DIR. Crawford, who
looks like Samuel J. Tilden way very angry,
expressing his accusations. DIR. Wheeler,
of Pittsburg, representing the Erie delega-
ton, in a neat speech declared that there
was no antagonism between small and large
conferences and delegations. This pro-
vokcd loud applause DR.. Edwards, Of Erie,
endorsed DR.. Wheelers speech, and said
that the accusations were simply dcmagog-
uerV. Much sarcasm is being INDUCED in.