Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20

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Political Parties and Rumwoman suf-
frage Discourag.d-Morrisv the
Next Place OF Meeting.
WEST RANDOLPH, April 10 After q
prayer meeting under the lead of Rev.
G. w. II. Clark, the conference WAS
opened at 8 a. m. Saturday, with
the bishop in the chair. Rev. A. l.
Cooper. secretary of the Freedmau's Aid
society, reported that the cl timS ag ,inst
that society were 80 o., which was distri.
buted among the appropriate claimants in
sums valytng from $50 10 $3.50 each A let
ter from Chaplain McCAhe, explaining his
ahspuce, WAS read by II. a. Spencer. l..
u. Tucker was passed Ill characl er, adj
vance d to the ext year, and elected to
deacUn's orders X j. Christie WIS etc
ed to local deaCun's orders. | =. Chase was
pas at in character and examinations and
elected to elders orders. Stephen l..
Hedges was pass ed in character aud exam
idatIurs, aud advanced n year. G. f. Par.
fridge was rep 'rted AS having appeared
before the committee on the third year,
aud MS passing his examination. lie was
then Excused from app airing before that
committee next year. w II. Evans, J :.
Topper, George H. Story and f w. Ham
blu Were passed III character aud eXamln-
Aii"u, aud elected to elders nidrrs X. G.
Vail was elected to elders orders
Piof. 4. = Bihgdur, principal of Lasell
seminary WAS introduced aud addressed
tue Coutt renee III hehalt IT the school he
r. present, The stewards then distribute.
Ell 10 the claimants Oh he preachers aid
fund af,.r which Cha = = ,rkhur>t spoke
| IN bthtlf ut the Meth, dist Otphnu's
hone III Ne~tun, Mas ana urged cullec
tlons III us behalts Rev Dr. j. 5 Beck
eulldgt made n telling kp ech III belnlt II
the B,uuklyn Methodist ZIP scopal nO-pl-
| nj rnh he c,,nitrtuCt voted IL take steps
toward eudowlug "A bed and further as
-iln1 tht II, 3 ltAl
j X. tHrtletJ uIale statement relative
| To hi- ~" II hoi hpprhrAu Ct AT his apUOtu e
| mtnt last year which statement WAS ST.
| l-thrt"ry 10 the Conference, aud tie Was
! 1 | cd on he sIlttIhIimtr4 list ut his
au|tqn'st Tue rtI"It on education
was nihdr hnf A,npttd DR.. - 4. Il "h>el |
| snk n bth ~ the Is ARA Of r. iucatiuu
Of which lie VS. --CIttaIy
Pllnciuai h. \, BIsh' y Represented the
cOhitIthCt seminary at Munip,l tr ~
! having mad n prot porous wear, Rev. L. +
| Frost ep"krin brhal; of the N-tiodi>t
! tpl cnpHl f. iucailnuHl society, ( rr (which
the ConltrI C. rquS,d the Hl>hnU To
| re app"ll.i IL V. j. -. IS tInau president Of
| the INFERENCE srmIuary.
Rev George f.. Boy nton of the Braintree
| Congregational Chutch was inirWu ed
! Rev Nv Pierce, pastor OF the West X n,-
dulph Baptist cnurCn aud delegate of the
! Bhp 1T State ass, Citation, was Introduced
| ana presenitd The -reeilng- of his demon
| indtlnn letter wa- read from Rev. Dr.
f. w. Wild rs The DIT leRhte from tie gen
| eIal convention OF lne Cnugrea,i ioual
ministers of the 5 ate. To b dn thes-
greetings the bishop happily rep mded
| and expressed QrAIlindt fur present de
nominationnl fellowship, Though urging
lhttust loyal Y to ones own dtnulinat,On
| Rev. j. u kUas briefly represented the
Ia! Tor mission work IN SJuth America
! II. A Spencer Auil wife We're Hpplinlt I'd
conference visitors To i+s,l Ii seminary
he committees on BIZ Is and church
| literature made their ltpu rt-, he latter
urgiug the book cpncern TO emulate St
GUAR publishing hUn~ts and il IL standard
religious works NJ low rates. Elior Park
hurst wa, cIrdI lily endorsed In u special
| Restitution
III the afternoon the anniversary Of the
! Il uc1tional society was hpld, tie adj
! dr s,e7 being Oehvrred by Rows. + w
HtmlltOI OF " JAMESTOWN. h. l. Bruc-
IL Wnhe River junction, and l.. o ober-
! burne If SWAbtuu. DR.. GuOdsell, the TX
| pected speaker WAS called home by
! Hines n his family. Tha conference as
semh!ed In business Sc I'll IN At 1890 D. m
| The Vdrl1uS standing committee IepUr' cd
! The conference adopted a resolution
! pledging The members to give uelther
| aiFiiatlun nor support TO any pei licai
party, state or national, which gives
| cOuni euHnce TO the licensing Of traffic IN
| intuXicAuIs
The bishops were requested by resolu-
tinn 70 hereafter Call the Conference the
| lat Wednesday In April. except in gen
cral conference years, when 1t should he
nt pI n 40 la ~ ,-L
The general conference was memOraiized
| TO remove any barriers which IuAy exist 10
the membership IN that body.
by lr&e N lDrity the conference vot.
ed down resolution endorsing wonAn's
/ suffrage. A resolution calling for 1reAter
/ otiOrls to secure large C, Elections for the
Preachers AID sOcey and a SPECIAL col
| lectlUn was taken for u neceS stO Is case
Tue bishop ruled 10 out of order reso-
| luton asking MIN 10 appoint Conference
evangelist II be under the control Of the
| presiding elders but suggested that the
! general conference might be memorialZed
| % legs ate and provide for such appoint
! mcut. ouch memorial was adopted
| w }, johnson was reported as being
| transferred to the North west Iowa con
| ference and Carlos l.. Adams to the De
! trOit conference. MorrisVille was adopted
as being The seat of the next conference
! Geo, q Howe, David G. Thatcher, A. Gre
| gorge, Elmer + X yuolds and Charles NJ
/ Carpenter We're admitted on probation in
the conference. Isaac McAnu was made
effective. The number Of the next
! issue OF the conference minutes WAS
/ fixed at 2OO1 Church Tabor aud T..
! Folsom were put on the supernumerary
| list without appointment, and w. A.
Evans was put on the same list that he
might attend school, and G. f. Arms that
ne might engage in Bishop Taylor !
educational work In South America.
Eui0g site resolutions were cordially adopt
ed recording Rev. and Mrs. G f. Arms
\. VI. Wheeler was continued on the SUI
pecnumerary list and, W. B. Howard, A. 4.
Bul!ard, a. J Copeland, II. Hitchcock, p
froal, p. Z. Ray, Dennis Wells, Hubbard
Eastman, Alop2o Hitchcock, Dya; Willis.
Peter Merrill, j. w. Spencer. ". 7
tkiGdec and j. w. Beinis passed H. rrs. 3D..
Jers and We're continued as suparaulu.t,.
/ The bishops address 70 the yOuns zen
wishing 20 JON the conferences in tu.l co.
necuou broCgnt out the fact that t'-
bishop bsd appointed 40 least once evl.9
one uf rae MINISTER'S ia Methods u
aye tH0. Hence his experience