St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-30

appear. Change the discipIine-have
the officers elected in open congrega-
ton. OF all the lazy people, the stew
ards of our Methodist churches are the
worst. Figuratively speaking, they
ought to be kicked out"
Rev. Mr.. Liscomb-I'm tired of one
thing and that is this continual infer
ence that the Methodist church is. a
burden, etc. 1t is not true. never
nominated man, in church where
was pastor, without conscientious
opinion that he was the right man III the
right place. without any regard as to
whether he had been there before ofthot.
Now, then, am going to say something
that L do not suppose will CALI for
amens and things of that sort. T. do
not believe that Bishop Taylor is the
biggest man on earth by any means
L."
81 rise to point of ORDER" shouted
Rev. G. L. Showers, with all the power
of his lungs, and the president asked
Mr.. LiSc0mb to squat. 10
Hon.A. c. Dunn also had few words
to say on the subject. .tul
George III. Hazard thought, inJ dis
cussing those things, they were wa1der-
ing from MethodiSm. ~
Rev. Mr.. Kellerman, a substantial
looking divine with strong, intelligent
face, made good speech. meant as "a
singing rebuke to DR.. Forbes for
ROASTING THE BISHOPS.
He was somewhat excited and said:
81 was born on PruSsian soil. and am
a German. Perhaps that fact is respon-
sible for the innate reverence have for
persons in power. Itwould be contrary
to my constitution to make such an adj
dress as my brother has made. 1t en-
genderS feeling of disreSpect amongst
the young and establishes woefully
bad precedent. One of the great troubles
with the American people is their lack
Of respect and reverence for those who
deserve it. 1t pains me to the quick to
hear such words. Show me the bishop
who is unworthy"
Another minister said: 81 am ashamed,
and blush for what has occurred here
this afternoon. 1t Stings Inc to hear a
brother belittle a bishop, and accuse
him OF incompetency. l am surprised
that the brethren should disuss this
question. Some of them should con-
stantly carry big bucket, as they
ARE CONTINUALLY STOPPING OVER.
The old ship Methodism, God bless
her, will live long after these brethren
have gone to glory or somewhere else"
Rev. Mr.. Morgan thought the people,
as rule, were opposed to the transfer
business.
DR.. Chatfee thought that if the breth-
rem were better acquainted with one an
other many of those questions would
not come up. He said the transfer pow
er had been abuse and the ministers
owed it to themselves to say so.
Rev. DR.. Forbes had five minutes in
which to finish the discussion, and the
way he went at it proved that he under
stood the subject and knew how to car
ry an audience. He said:
Il did not raise this question. 1t was
on the programme. 1t is III the air and
has been discussed for half century.
Ii these brethren have not heard of it
before, God pity them! 1t has been in
timated that L am insubordinate. i
never asked for an appointment, so per-
Sonal feelings are laid aside. protest
against the episcopal power, and | tell
you yield to no man against my con-
victiOns in the will Of GodH DR..
Forbes was vehement. wonderfully elo-
quent, and at the close received per-
feet storm of applause. II permissible
in such gatherings it is safe to say that
he made the hit of the convention and
established a reputation as being man
OF strong convictions with nerve enough
to ''Speak out in meetin.'" ~
RESOLUTIONS were adopted thanking
the president, secretary, railroads, ETC.,
for cOurteSieS. A motion prevailed to
memorabilia the general conference to
admit women by right rather than by
favor. A special committee wa3fap-
pointed to look after the endowment
fund for superannuated ministers. -
The committee on permanent organi-
cation recommended the following con-
stitution, which was adopted: (
First-This association Shallbe known
as the Minnesota State Methodist as
ISOLATION. ]
Second-The object of this association
shall be to promote the interests of
MethodiSm Throughout the state. =
Third-This association shall hold
annual conventions each year at such
by the state central committee, and
shall consist of one layman for each
fifty members or major fraction there
of, and all members of annual confer
ences in the state. The lay delegates
shall be elected by the respective
quarterly conferences or official boards.
Fourth-The officers of this associa-
ton shall consist of president, secre-
tary, treasurer and vice president for
each district of the respective annual
conferences in the state, state central
committee composed of one lay member
from each district and four from at
large, who shall be elected annually and
shall hold their Offices until their sue
ceSSorS are elected. The president, sec
rotary and treasurer shall be members
of the state central committee. The
presiding elders of the conferences of
the state to be an adyiSatOry committee.
Fifth-The central committee may fill
all vacancies that may occur.
The officers and members of the state
central committee are as follows:
President, f. W. Hoyt; secretary, S.
Sherin; treasurer. James Suydam.
Vice reSidents-Fergus Falls dis
trict, James Slocum, .Jr.; Mankato dis
trict, Maj Thomas Montgomery; Min
neapolis district, Mary G. Mind; st.
Paul district. Harriet A. Hobart; Wi
mona district, Flora A. Wheeler.
Members of State Central Committee
Fergus Falls district, j. w. Wheeler;
Mankato district, DR.. D. w. Edwards;
Minneapolis district, DR.. j. f. Force;
St. Paul district, A. w. Bradley, Wi
mona district, M. e. Norton.
AT large. George H. Hazard, A. G.
Dunn. j. r. Wyman, A. G. Hickman.
The convention then adjourned to
prepare for the grand banquet and
wind up" in the evening.
The Evening Feast.
The banquet at the Ryan in the even
ing was certainly one of the grandest
affairs Of the kind ever given there.