The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-04
The Methodist Conference.


Episcopal church met in the First Metho
dist Episcopal church in this city at 9:3C
o'clock yesterday morning. The attend
ance was quite large, though not as large
as expected, owing to the fact that all OF
the pastors and delegates had not yet ar
rived.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. Mabry, Salt Lake City, who spoke
for more than a half hour. Bishop An
drews, of New York, then occupied the
chair and opened the conference.
After the roll call of members balloting
for officers was begun. A question was
raised as to whether the teachers Of the
missions were eligible to vote After some
discussion IL was decided by the bishop IN
the affirmative.
The following officers were chosen:
Secretary. d. Gillian; assistants, C..
, L. Baxter, G. NJ. Jeffry and E. II. Snow.
, Statistical Secretary-Christian j. Heck
ner: assistant, William A. Hunter.
Treasurer OF the, Benevolent Funds Of
the Mission-Dr. T. G. Lin.
The conference then decided to hold de-
votional exercises at $50 and the business
sessions at o'clock, and devote the time
for such purposes till noon. The evening
meetings will take place at O'Clock.
The following standing committees were
selected:
Missions-H. L. Stevens, D. T. Hedges
and Z. II. Snow.
Observance of the Sabbath. Teller, L.
Olsen and G. 7. Wetzel.
Book Accounts-E. G. Groffard, E. E.
Mark.
Temperance-Samuel W. Small, n. S.
HaUser, w. ID. Mabry.
Publishing Minutes-E. E. Carr, d. D.
Mabry, G. E. Jayne and the secretaries.
Worship and Programmed. Wesley
Hill and @. E. Jayne.
Auditing-H. A Jones, V. b. bolivar
and j. w. Hill
Church Extension-R- L. Steed, j. w.
Frazer and w. a. Hunter.
Education-T. G. Lift, r. 7. Smith, S.
W. Small, NJ Nelson, G. M. .Teffry. G. }.
Heckner, j. d. Gillian, G. E. Jayne, r. L.
Steed and G. L. Baxter.
State Affairs-C. L. Baxter, j. ID. Gill
Ian and P. a. Paulson.
Nominating and Standing Committees
@. NJ. Jeffry, j. Tilfer and j. d. Gillian.
Mission Extension-The bishop, superin-
tend emit, presiding elders and all the pas
tors.
Epworth League-G. NJ Jeffry, E. E.
Carr and Z. L. Steed.
Periodicals-C. j. Heckner, w. A. Hunter
and E. c. Croft.
Utah Advocate-R. T. Smith, John T.
Gillian and G. E. Jayne.
Bible Cause-W. A. Hunter, 6. 7. Wetzel
and II. A. Jones.
Utah Messenger-E. c. Mark, NJ. Nielsen
and N L. Hansen.
at the completion of the organization,
Bishop Andrews delivered the opening ad-
dress, which was received with general
satisfaction by those present.
T. G. lift, superintendent of the Utah
mission. made report of the work done in
his department, from which the following
briefs are taken.
ssThe progress of the Methodist church
in Utah has not been uniformly onward
fl ON the beginning. A careful stady of
its history and statistics show marked
advance from 1870 TO 1875. from 1875 to
to 1882, from 1882 to 1891 steady increase
in all lines"
The valuation of churches and chapels in |
the territory is placed at $3.50, 900, parson- |
ages and houses 1900, school property |
500, goo.
Bearing upon the election of Sam Small |
to the presidency of the Utah university, |
Mr.. Lift said
AZ learned from the minutes read at the |
first board meeting after my return, that |
Sam Small had been elected president:
that only five of the nine trustees were |
present, and that the meeting was hastily
held on the platform of the Ogden union |
depot | also learned from other sources.
thar three of the absent directors, myself |
included, had no notice of the meeting, and |
thas the bishop in charge OF the mission
had not been consulted.
1.-The annual meeting met in Salt Lake.
June 9th, Bishop Ninde presiding. The
mission was much aeitauec over the cleo
ticn of Mr.. Small as president and the
nasty way il was brought about. Bishop
Ninde gave the matter careful considera-
lion. He saw clearly the embarrassment
and at the first meeting of the committee
al,,Dafi0n nv rpnnpSf 0f the |
made plain in his judgment President
Small should resign in the interest of
harmony and the good of the university.
The opposition to this suggestion by those
xbo had elected Mr.. Small was determined.
.ater the bishop counseled that probably
he best way out Of the difficulty was for
he committee on education and the mis-
ION to approve the action Of the five trustees
n electing MIR. Small. The whole matter
ras thoroughly discussed in the committee
m the conference floor, and the following
vas finally adopted.
ssF2esolyed That we unanimously give our
ard and heart to President Small. assuring
i'm that we shall support all We can by our
noner Influence and faith for the success of
he university.
ssAlthough consenting to this adjustment
nd refusing from the first to last, to pre-
udice the case by any public utteraDce, 1
90 the privilege here to state that it has
cen impossible to have either faith or
cart in the enterprise since last June
cave all mention of the prosecution of the
roiect and the startling Developments of
he year closing to be reported to you by
he acting president of the board of direct
r. Rev. NJ Nelson"
Mr.. Iliff reported having received S.
q. So and expended So. 1890. The differ
q elders made few remarks concerning