St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-20
THE BREACH WAS WlDENED
Ministerial and Lay Delegates OF the
Methodist Conference In Row.
THE MINISTER'S ONE AHEAD.
Power and Status of Missionary Bishop!
Explained by the Committee on
Episcopacy.

tween the ministerial and lay delegates
in the general Methodist conference
occasioned yesterday by the recon-
mendations of the committee on minis
terial and lay delegates concerning the
equalization of representation, was
widened to-day. When Bishop Mind
called the session to order it was evil
dent that the ministers intended. if pos
sible. to defeat the adoption of the COM
mittee report by exactly the same
tactics that the lay delegates yesterday
defeated DR.. Queal's substitute. The
taking up of the report of the committee
on which the conference was at a dead
lock when the time for adjournment
came yesterday, was by unanimous con-
sent. A ministerial delegate demanded
that the vote be taken by orders, and
the laymen got back at the preachers
by calling for the yeas and nays. No
one was in doubt as to what the result
of this would be, but when DR.. j. M.
Buckley, who yesterday spoke against
the adoption of the report, and voted in
favor of DR.. Queal'S substitute, voted
Yea" there went up
MURMUR OF SURPRISE.
liz DuChICy Wdutco W cADldIu Ills
vote, but the conference would not per-
nit it. Several others of the minister
ial phalanX who yesterday voted against
the report followed Buckley's lead and
to-day voted for its adoption. After the
call of the ministers had been COM
pleted Drs. W. F. King, Weldon and A.
W. Stewart, who had voted ''no,''
changed their vote to 'aye." DR..
AchOrd, who came in late, also voted
for DR.. Queafs 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
gates favoring it, 157; opposed, III
lay delegates for, 121: against, "a. DR..
kynett then moved to have report of
fered by him on Friday taken from the
table and referred to a special commit
tee. This resolution provides for the
appointment of committee to deter
mine what is the constitution of the
church and suggest such changes therein
as they may find necessary. DR.. Hunt
then offered an amendment suggesting
the
DIVISION OF THE CONFERENCE
into separate houses, which was carried.
The conference then took the order of
the day, which was the consideration of
the report of the committee on epiSco-
pacy on the missionary bishopric. Rev.
w. III. DIN, of Wyoming, the chairman
of the committee, read the report. 1t
was a lengthy document and a very in
tereSting one, as it dealt with the cues
ton whether Bishop Taylor, of the Afri-
can mission. is true bishop or not. 1t
practically settled the much mooted
Sionary bishop is bishop in the true
sense of the term. After a lengthy ex-
PLANTATION the committee offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
FirSt-That a missionary bishop is
bishop elected for a specified foreign
mission field, with full episcopal pow
ers, but with episcopal jurisdiction linn
tied to the foreign mission field for
which he was elected.
Second-That missionary bishop is
n OF in the meaning of the discipline
general superintendent.
Third-That missionary bishop is
not subordinate to the general superin-
tendentS, or any of them, but is amena-
bic for his conduct to the general con-
ference, as is general superintendent.
Fourth-That the election of a mis-
Sionary bishop carries with it the as
Signment to a specified mission field,
and that missionary bishop cannot be
made general superintendent except by
a district election to that effect.
Fifth-That a missionary bishop, his
jurisdiction being foreign mission
field, should receive his support from
the funds of the missionary society, as
said funds have been contributed TO sus-
tain the workers of the church in its
foreign mission fields.
SiXth-That paying the salary of
missionary bishop from the funds of
the missionary society does not dimin-
iSh or in any way affect his status as a
bishop.
Seventh-That a missionary bishop
should, in his field, cooperate with the
missionary society of the church in the
same way that a general Superintend-
ent c0-operates in the foreign mission
field over which he has Episcopal
charge.
Each Of the resolutions was voted on
in turn. In very short time the first
resolution was almost unanimously
adopted. Resolution three, after much
debate, was amended so as to give all
bishops coordinate authority in the
mission fields. The amendment was
passed by vote of 191 to 1888. The reso-
luton providing for the support of
bishops also occaSiOned much discus
sion. The recommendation of the COM
mittee, that the missionary bishop be
paid out of the missionary 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 amend
ment, therefore, was offered providing
for the payment of missionary bishops
salaries from the Episcopal fund, as is
the rule with other bishops. The amend
ment was adopted. The following reso-
luton was laid on the table and the re-
naming resolutions were unanimously
adopted. After the reading of the greet
ing from the central general assembly