New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-02
THE ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.

EIEcTING SECRETARIES AND OTHER oFfICEhs
THE DEBATE STARTED.
Tho decision of the Bishops had settled for tho ume
all debate the eligibility of the women as dciesacs
and when the roIcall was finished the Conieieh''
went into an election Of Its officers.
DR. DIN nominated David S. Monroe for permanent
secretary, and he was unanimously elected Inc sc0
rotary afterward announced as his assistants the rev.
Messrs. Hslscy. Clarke, Hard, Crogman, Werni' orm
poherty and Crosthwalt Dr. Lanahan moVeu u
amend tho 18th Rule, by making twenty minutes
instead of ten tho limit of speaking and In urging his
po,nt no said It was evident that questions of unusual
gravity were 10 come before this Conference when
could not be fairly treated IN ten minutes speechies
Ne moved that tho rules OF the last Generai CONFER
DO adopted with the single m suggested
for division Of the motion in order that tho Con
ference might vote undcrstandingly: ~. .,
vote and Dr. buckley spoke in favor OF the amsnd
msni Then Bishop Bowman suggested thas the ION ION
sce% had BEEN ei By the
Dr Hamilton said III It he had no oblec' TO listening
a. rs snN bs Completed He wished to ap
polntment OF two committees the first TO consist 81
sIS three members siargc, to whom should be
ferred the eligibility of The contestants after their
names had been called, the committee to report at 10
Dr. aaesl moved that this motion be laid on the
sGr m a ss Va, o Dr. o. Of
that the chair appoint committee, to consist OF one
mhnm should be- referred the specified and
Ali others who might appear. Dr. Buckley sympathiZed
with DR. HsmlltOn's motion. but suggested as there
WIRE two classes OF contestants II be amended 10 In
clndc two committees, to consider the cases con
tested because OF alleged unconstuOnallty In the
appointment the other the cases OF ordinary contest
In which facts alone were to be Investigated.
Dr. Hamilton accepted the amendment, which fur
ther provided that both committees should report al
10 O'Clock this morning lie then read the resolution
amended.
DR. Paxton said that this discussion out OF place
Inssmuch there cases before the Conference
The Bishops had said that there protests against
certain delegates which were to be brought UP after
the Conference was organized Therefore DR.. Paxton
thought the first thing to be done was to organize.
Bishop Bowman read tho names OF tho contestants,
which win be found in the protest later In this report
DR.. Nicely urged a vote The resolution was thcn
read as follows:
Resolved, That committees be appointed each
composed delegate from each OF the General Con-
ference districts and four deeCatesaaYge % whom shall
be referred respectively the eligibility to this Conference
OF all women and all others whose rights TO membership
arc challenged and that the committee on the eligibility
of the women report 10 o'clock Wefnesday morning
table was carried. Tho original motion, As amended
by Dr. Buckley, except that the number OF delegates
at-large increased to four, was then adopted
Tho committee appointed was the Rev. DrS. D. W.
Hamilton, J. N. Buckley, ". III. DIN, 7. NJ Monroe,
j. H. Bayllss, John Lanahan, John Martin. g. H.
Foster, S. NJ Taylor, Jacob Rothweiler, W. H. Har-
rngton; the MISUNDERSTANDING were: Warner Miller,
Z. b Hammond, G. W. Atkinson and Amos Shnkle.
Dr. Monroe appointed as his assistant secretaries
The Rev. Sabin Halsey, OF Wisconsin: Charles D.
Clarke, OF Maine. Manly S. Hand. OF wyoming W: .
Urmy, Of California; A. Clark Crosthwalts, OF Ne
braska Robert r. Doherty, of Newark; W. II. Crogman
Of Savannah, and Jacob wernli. OF North Now-Yorh