The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-20
THE METHODISTS.
Proceedings of the Conference I'm PhiIa-
delphia.

Proceedings of the Conference In PhiIa-
dslphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-The General Con-
ference OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
re-assemble this morning. The conventions
OF the bishops-elect will be held Thursday
morning at II o'clock.
The committee on missions reported, recon-
mendlng that permission be granted for di-
vision OF the South India Conference into two
annual conferences.
The Rev. DIR. A. B. Leonard, of the Cincin-
nati Conference, said that unless greater
harmony prevails in the future than in the
past the smaller the delegation from India the
better. The Conference should move slowly
In making divisions in foreign fields.
An appeal was made to Bishop Foster. He
stated that in his opinion there was no demand
now for two conferences in South India.
The report of the committee was adopted, as
was also the report OF the committee on mis-
sions recommending the election Of two CO.
ordinate corresponding secretaries of the mis-
sionary society.
The General Conference proceeded to vote
for missionary secretaries. Rev. DR.. John M.
@. McCabe, of the New York Conference; Rev
j. II. Grucher, Of Baltimore; Rev. G. s. Hard,
of New Jersey; Rev. j. N. Fitzgerald, of the
+ New York Conference; Rev. W. n. DIN, d.
D., OF the Wyoming Conference; and Rev.
Jacob Todd, d. D., were placed in nomina-
ton.
A resolution was adopted recommending to
the favorable consideration of the general
missionary committee the subject Of establish
ment OF evangelical agencies among the
Roman Catholic population Of this country.
Revs. j. NJ Reed and @. @. McCabe were
elected missionary secretaries, and Rev. DR..
A. j. Kynett of the Upper Iowa conference
was elected corresponding secretary OF the
Church Extension Society. Rev. r. s. Rust,
d. D.. was elected secretary of the FreedmaD's
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elected secretary of the Sunday School Union
Rev. DR.. Daniel Curry was elected editor of
the Quarterly Review, he having received 1913
ont of 1853 votes. The conference then ad-
journed until tomorrow.
Tke Baltimore Conference.
BALTIMORE, May 19.-The Methodist Prot
estant Conference re-assembled today. Re-
ports of the Board of Missions on publication
and ministerial education were presented and
referred.
An invitation from the bishops of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church to q general confer
ence of Methodist Protestants to join in the
centennial celebration of Methodism in 1884
was presented and referred to the committee
on fraternal relations.
At the session of the African M. e. Confer
ence to-day the report of the district committee
was adopted as folloWe:
The First district shall comprise the New
York, New Jersey, Virginia and Central
NOrtn virginia conferences.
Second MISUNDERSTANDING, Canada, Michi.
gan, South Carolina and Florida conferences
Third district-Genessee, New England and
Tennessee. Mississippi and Arkansas confer
ences.
Fourth district-North Carolina, Georgia,
West Alabama, and Louisiana conferences.
Fifth district = Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Kentucky, East Tennessee, East Alabama,
and California conferences.
Provision was made for assignment of
bishop to the sixth district, Africa, where a
mission is now laboring, and it was decided
that bishop should remain in charge of dis
trict bat two years instead of four.
Fred Douglass and T. Thomas Fortune,
editor of the New York Globe, made ad-
dresses.
Robert Seymour Of California presented a
resolution directing the committee about to
visit Washington to request the President to
urge the Republican party to put plank In
its platform experimenting the bill annulled
in regard to civil rights, or new bill entirely,
in order that the same may be submitted to
vote OF the people in the coming national cam
paign. Its consideration was deferred amid
confusion. Rev. @. s. Smith spoke in favor
OF ministers taking an active port in politics.