Telegram-herald., 1891-09-11
METHODIST MINISTER'S
Second Days Proceedings OF the
Conference
wOXEy MADE EQUAL WIFE MEN
They Are Eligible - be cesfsrsses
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bAs4sasrs-Dssxiis ox the Day.

bat.sasrs-DssAiis OF The Day.
Methodist ministers, He political
convention Delegates. are slow 10 as
semble together "a the early morning.
Vet when the conference was called TO
order in the Seoond-street Methodist
church yesterday morning the crowd
was extremely large. The faces pres
euted are intent with eager. intelligent
interest. Not the least attractive fea-
eure Is the variety afforded TO the
body by the pressElee of the devoted
wives, mothers and daughters of the
delegates. A Methodist conference OF
today is not so sombre as it was forty
years ago. There is more OF life, color
and variety IN the garb OF the preach
ers. There Is more b coming eh, . mess
and more cordial fellowship. IL Is
PLEASANT To miagie with them and TO
hear them talk, sing and pray. Yes
eerday morning. DR.. j. l. Smith, OF the
Northwest Indiana Methodist Confer
ttttrs oRtnS0 LAf CAEttEcCS W ~ ~ - o
the congregation singing "A Charge
10 Keep l Have" Bishop Newman ad-
dressed the conference on The Preach
Or as a Thinker" and gave his hear
ers many valuable points for the study
and the pulpit.
ID. j. NJ. Reid presented the confer
enee with the chair used at the organ
ization OF the Genesee conference. The
committee appointed To inve estigats the
case OF j. w. Hanson. who was former
~ suspended from the Michigan con-
ference and now desires 70 have his
parehments restored. reported adverse
ay on the petition. The report was
adopted.
Restored n Parchment
DR.. j. NJ. Reid presented the confer
tion of his parchment by the confer
tncr. In 1857 Mr.. Wilkinson withdrew
from the conference and the church in
che presence OF a committee called TO
Investigate charges preferred against
him. leaving his parchment with the
conference At that time he was a
member of The law school at Ann
Arbor. A few months after he joined
The church on trial. receiving license
60 exhort. and afterward took work
under the presiding elder OF the Joliet
district. One year ago he confessed his
faults 10 the conference of Michigan,
and now again humbly asks pardon
and that his parchment be restored
10 him. He r. now preaching under
the Northwestern Indiana conference
a. a probationary member and reports
great success. His request was sec
onded by the conference OF that dis
trict. The question was decided with
nut debate. and the parchment Or
dered restored.
women Secure IN Hour.
The question of delegates to the cleo
torai and general conferences vas
then taken up. IL was divided into
three questions, which were decided
without debate First, shall women
he eligible as lay delegates 20 the
electoral and general conferences of
che Methodist church; carried by a
vote of 146 to SO. Second, the action
taken by the general conference May
=. 1sSS. that the second restrictive
rule he amended by adding the words
"and said delegates may be men or
women" after the words two lay
delegates for an annual conference" :"
no that IL VIII read NOR OF more than
two lay delegates for an annual con-
ference and said delegates may be men
or women" carried by a vote OF 16S
60 30. Third. the action OF the Phil
adelphia annual conference taken
March. 1890. presenting the follow
ing alteration in paragraph SO, sec
tbOn 3, of the discipline so that it NAV
read: The general conference shall
be composed OF ministerial and lay
delegates. who shall always deliberate
and vote as one body and never as
separate orders. There shall be as
many lay delegates for an annual con-
ferencr IA there are ministerial: but
the general conferences shall not allow
OF more than one ministerial repre-
sentative for every fourteen members
OF an annual conference: nor Of less
number than one for every fortv-five:
provided. nevertheless. that wh~n thers
shall he IN any annual conference n
fractton of twothirds the number
which shall be fixed tor the ratio OF
representation. such annual conference
shall 5e entitled 10 an additional del
egate for such fraction: and. provided.
also. that no conference shall 10 denied
che privilege of one ministerial and
of ono Fay delegate" Lost by a vote
OF 134 20 80.
Another Victory For women
DR.. y. NJ. Reid. ~ New York. offered
Cor the consideration OF the confer
ence Che resolution adopted by the
woman's Home Missionary Hociefy
yesterday IN regard m the establish
rnent oi Deaeoners Home in this city.
The reports OF the lay delegate votes
IN ne different districts on the elegi-
sslity of wonen az delegates 20 the
conferences, were heard and were "a
eOElows;
FOR AGAINST
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