Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-16
N. E. CONFERENCE.
A Stormy Scene Follows the Reading
Of the Prohibition Resolutions
The Opposition Overcome,
Closing Session Of tho Reaular Animal
Conferences Ministers Transferred.
Action Taken on PrahihlileR.
nishop aaiioway's Announcement OF xhr
Appointment Of Miaistsrs tor
The Ensninx Year.

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DALLAS, TEX, Nov. i5..-The confer
cnce Of tho NJ. y. Church South opened /
at = O'Clock, Bishop Galloway
In the chair. Rev Mr.. Nichols, trans
ferred from Los Angeles, Cal, opened
The services by reading from the Bible
and prayer.
Secretary De Jarnetto read the min
u,es OF Saturdays session.
Rev. Sir. shelton, OF tho board Of exton-
sion, continued his report on the appolnt-
ment Of boards, etc, as follows,
CHURCH EXTENSION.
Ciorfcsi--J. M. Blnkley, G. o. Fladger,
v. c. De Jarnette, J. Il. Walker c. l..
Ballard, b. $, Hays, + o. Miller, 5
CrutchGeld.
Lay Members-w. A. Clark, w M
Jones, VIM. boutwell,, w. t. Shackel.
ford, J W. Fulton, b. M, Burghor, A. j.
woodyerton, J NJ. Weems, j W Camp
bell.
SUNDAY SCHOOL HOARD.
Clerlcal-w. ID. Mouutoastle, A. W.
Gibson, q. |. Mowhirter, J. Nj. Mckee, |.
NJ. Car or, j. f. Sh rwood, w, j, jackson,
Lewis White.
Lay Mombcrs--J r. Cole, w B. HART
son, s. Il. waskham, l.. NJ Rogers, w
II. Christian, Or b. r. Shafter, j Nj.
Crulchneld, j. G. Bradshaw, Jesse Muir
rell
The bishop announced the following
ministers transferred 20 this conferences
Geo l.. Nichols, from the Los Angeles
oonforoucs; Rev. Henry Il. Smith, North
Texas conferences Rev. Adeir, Texas con-
| . ~.
encs; S. w. Miller, Missouri conferences
J. NJ. McGin, Louisiana conference.
The committee TO whom was referred
the case o. NJ T. Rogers for trial upon
the charge OF immortality reported Tho
charges Of immortality were sustained
by tho evidence and tho youag man was
suspended from the ministry for one
year.
James r. Hiu, chairman OF the tenn
peranoe committee, reported, closing the
same with the following resolutions
Resolved, that ms minister's and mem
eeTs % this conference, We Will In ovefJ
| possible war, consistent With honor
prudence and purity favor those anc
those only aspiring to legislative honors
who shall be in sympathy With the sub
InlsEion OF this great question TO the PEG
pie Tor their settlement, aud
Resolved, that we do this Independent
Of party or party a1lliation.
Mr.. McLain attacked the resolution II
great earnest. He thought II wrong fol
the conference 10 commit itself 20 q lln,
OF policy that might be considered pollu
cal. lie deprecated tho Idea Of commit
ting this conference 20 anything thai
wonld smack OF political affiliations, ant
he thought We had better not say any.
thing about VINO we will vote for. Mr.
NpTy favored the report as Il Wasi thu
Il was sufficiently guarded In thstrospccti
that is, the resolution eays "lrrespectiv'
Of party or party affiliations" Ht
favored the resolution.
Someone called for the second reading
81 the report.
Mr.. Hawkins said there was saving
clause 30 the report and he would vote
Tor w.,
M. Binkley sid that he was nfay0r Of
the report. MIR MoLain aud bee had stood
together upon political question twenty
years ago, outright now" he said wv
; part" Mr.. Nolan again arose eud de-
tended his position. lie objected that o.
an annual conference we should commit
ourselves as a conferences. In ohurcl
matters they had riBht 10 say whist
HnNulu DC uuhif hhh INAANtAHAta wv AtfN
no right 20 commit any man nor compel
him 10 vote their ticket. He had no right
10 commit any man-say hoS he shoult
vote.
Mr.. Ashburn said that Mr.. McLain mis
apprehended the tenor Of the report
That II did not commit any one 10 vote To-
temperance; that II simply favored
Temperance candidates.
Nr. Anderson said the public did mo-
look through our specttcles, no matter
how inely the resolution was draWni aut
that n might be so considered among ~
AZ .inply "iaVoring" temperance. ]
was, nevertheless, committing the con
ference 20 line Of politics. IN the cours'
Of his remarks, he said the "Democratl'
party was rotten 10 the coren Th'
bIshop's ghyel iell and he remarked tha
he thought the brother had better with
draw that remark, 90 they were not dis
GUESSING the Democratic party. Mr.. Alder
Ron Withdrew The REMARK.
Nj. Archer favored me report 10 al
earnest speech
M. Hughes DID not think n committed
the conference 10 party lines, that y wal
not A party question no more than tn
educational question lie wss for tina
document Just as II was.
Rev. Miller spoke 10 favor Of The reHo
lutien.
Nj Mclain again spoke He SAID ny
brethren insist that We are uOt committee
10 vote a. tho conference dictates but J
WAS his opinion that Il did.
The vote was then taken and the resJ
iutiona were adopted with appliance
fhe statistical report VISA read shown
the condition Of the church, Increase etc
which was adopted,
: The SUNDAY school board made repor
r which WAS adopted Without discussion
Mn Riddle read tho constitution an
bylaws II enc North Texas Brotherhood
o a society organized ion the 0lneht Of min
p iatorB.
4 The renort Oi 40 committee on disuic
conference records was read by the seer
n tafy Adopted
a The committee on books and pefloHl
Il cal4 rrunned, recommending cor