Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-21
THE BREACH WIDENED.
Trouble In the General Methodist Con.
fereBcs 0vsr the Equalization
OF Representation.

/
OF Representations
a Replrt Which Decides That IA Missionary
Bishop is u Bishop In the Tras sense
| of tbs Word.
NEW YORK, May 19.-The breach be.
tween the ministerial and lay delegates In
the general Methodist conference occs-
stoned yesterday BY the recommendations
Of the committee on ministerial and lay
delegates concerning the equalization OF
representation, was widensd to-day.
When Bishop Mind called the session to
order 1t was evident that the ministers in.
tended II possible to defeat the adoption
Of the committee report by the same tao
tics that the lay delegates used yesterday
to defeat DR.. Quesps substitute. The
taking up OF the report Of the
committee on which the confer
ence was at deadlock when the
time for adjournment came yesterday was
by unanimous consent. A ministerial
delegate demanded that the vote be taken
by order, and the laymen got back at the
preachers by calling for the yeas and nays.
No one was In doubt Is to what the
result of this would be, but
when Dr.. ]. n. Buckley, who yesterday
spoke against the adoption Of the report
and voted in favor Of DR. QueaPs substi
tute, voted yea, there went up murmer
of surprise. DR.. Buckley wanted to ex-
plain his vote, but the conference would
not permit. Several other of the minis.
terial phalanx who yesterday voted against
the report followed DIR. Buckeyes lead
and to day voted for its adoption. After
the call OF the ministers had been COM
pleted, Drs. W. F. King, Weldon and
Stewart, who hsd voted "nsy."
CHANGED THEIR VOTE
to "yes." DR.. Achard, who came in late,
also voted for the report. Yesterday
DR.. Achard voted for DR.. Queal's
substitute. The result of the change of
these votes was that the report was
adopted, majority OF both orders voting
in favor Of it. The vote was as follows:
Ministerial delegates fayoring it, l57; op-
posed, III. Lay delegates for, 121;
against, "a.
DR.. Kynett then moved to have the re-
port offered by him on Friday taken from
the table and referred to q special COM
mittee. This resolution provides for the
appointment Of q committee to determine
what IS the constitution of the church,
and suggests such changes therein as
they may find necessary.
DR.. Hunt then offered an amendment
suggesting the division OF the conference
in separate houses, which was carried.
The conference then took up the order
~ Hau ~
the report of the committee on
episcopscy on Missionary Bishop
Rice. Rev. W. b. Olin Of Wyoming
chairman of the committee, read the re-
port. 1t was q lengthy document and an
interesting one, es 1t dealt with the ques-
ton whether Bishop Taylor of the African
mission is q true bishop or not. 1t prac-
tically settled the much mooted question
and plainly said that Missionary Bishop
Is bishop in the true sense of the term.
After lengthy explanation the commit.
tee offered the following resolutions:
l. That Missionary Bishop is bishop
elected for specified foreign mission
field, with full episcopal powers, but with
episcopal jurisdiction Of the foreign mis-
sion field for which he was elected.
Q. That missionary bishop is not in
the meaning or discipline of q general
superintende
8. That a missionary bishop is not
subordinate to the general superintend-
ents or any Of them, but is amenable for
his conduct to the general conference as
general superintendent.
4. That the election of q missionary
bishop carries with 1t assignment to q
specified foreign mission field, and that
missionary bishop cannot be made gen.
erel superintendent except by district
election to that effect.
s. That missionary bishop, his juris-
diction being in foreign missionary neld,
should receive his support from the fluids
OF the missionary secretary, IS said funds
haye been contributed to sustain the
workers of the church in its foreign mis-
sionary fields.
That paying the salary OF mission
ary bishop from the funds Of the mission
does not diminish or In any
his status as bishop.
Z. That missionary bishop should In
his field Cooperate with the Missionary
Soc 'ty Of the church in the same way
that the general superintendent CO.
operates in the foreign mission field over |
which he mas episcopal charge.
Each OF the resolutions WAS voted on
in turn. In very short time the FIRST
resolution was almost unanimously
adopted.
Resolution 8, after ;h debate, WAS
amended so as to give all bishops Cos
ordinate authority on mission t1elds. The
amendment was pissed by vote Of 1877
to 1873.
The resolution providing for the sup
port of bishops also occasioned much
discussion. The recommendation of the
committee that q missionary bishop be
paid out OF the missionaries fund was
opposed on the ground that all bishops
should be equal and that being equal,
performing the same labors, all should
be paid from the same fund.
An amendment. therefore, was offered
providing for the payment of missionary
bishops salaries from the episcopal fund
as Is the rule with other bishops. The
WAS adopted.
The remaining resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
After the reading Of the greeting from
the Centennial General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian church reciprocating the