Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-26
WOMEN ARE SHUT OUT
METHoDISTS DECIDE NOT TO
ADMIT THEM.
The Discussion OF tho Question n Heated
One Many Committees Report aud
Much business Is Done--rhe Confer

OMAHA, Ncb., May 25 Bishop War
rem presided over the Methodist gen.
eral conrcrenoeyesterd No time was
lost, business being energetically taken
up. The committee on Episcopaey
filed u report recommending that ar
Episcopal residence in Europe be added
to the present list The committee on
revisals recommended that the many
petitions To establish the six months
probationary term be denied. A mi.
nority report recommended that
the time be reduced TO three
months, The committee on temporal
economy, To whom was referred tho
matter of chaplains In the army, recon-
mended that the conference demand
that an adequate number OF champlains
be appointed in the army; that they be
regularly commissioned officers and not
mere contract men; that three bishops
be selected to recommend suitab BILE can.
didates for appointment in the army,
and that the nearest Sunday To July
be known in the church MS army and
navy day, and that services on that day
pertain To the welfare of those bodies.
The committee on judiciary, To
whom was intrustcd the Interpretation
of the words LAY delegates" after
general comment ON the matter re,
ported that they had decided that ne
other Interpretation than the present
one can be made--namely, that "lav
delegates means male delegates and
not female,
These reports were laid aside for the
present In order to take up pending
business. DR.. Smith of New York
moved suspension Of the rules to take
from the table his resolution to al jourE
Thursday at / p m. II was SO ordered,
and the resolution was carried by
vote of 200 to 1917.
Homer Eaton was elected treasurer
OF the Sunday Schoo! Union society
and the Episcopal board, with Lewis
Curtis as assistant Daniel Denham
was appointed treasurer of the Tpc,
society. The salaries Of DIR. Warren,
editor of the Northwestern, anu A. II.
Alborn of the Southwest Advocate,
was continued Tor three months until
they can secure appointments.
DIR. Jcnnifer, In referring To the
southern outrage, said 1--WE have set
apart May 3, as day of prayer TO God
Almighty that lie, in His mercy, may
forgive this great crime of the South,
and bring the nations attention TO tho
horrible state OF affairs, We rely on
prayer. We do not go to dynamite, but
our knees for redress
james Il. Broggs Of Wisconsin of.
fcrcd n resolution denouncing capital
punishment and recommending that
solitary confinement be substituted,
and asking the conference To demand
that these laws be expunged from the
statute books of the various States.
This resolution was laid on the table
with rush.
DR.. Potts of Michigan offered res
olution empowering the bishops &c
submit 10 the annual conferences
proposition To admit women AZ lay del
egatcs, but IL was quickly referred
without debate being allowed, nj.
though Dr. Potts was ready to do so.
The chair recalled its ruling on the
point Of order sending Dr. Potts rcso-
luton to committee and DR.. Potts
was given the floor for debate, This
at once prccipitatcd the woman's qucs
ton, DR.. Potts said he thought the
conference would adjourn without
acting on the subject, and MS many
delegates were elected ON the issue Of
admitting women to the general con
ference he demanded that the con
ference act on the matter
DR.. Moore of Ohio offered ns u sub
stitute the following resolution:
Resolved, That the General Conference holds
that In all matters connected with the election
Of lay delegates the word 'laymcn" ought 10
be understood, and must OF right be understood
TO include all the members Of the church who
are not u cmbcrs or presidents OF the AnnLal
Conference.
DR.. BuclSlcy, red in the face, was on
his feet in an instant and secured first
blood by raising The point OF order that
the matter was now before the Judi
ciary committee and should be referred
to that committee. The chair 30 held,
amid applause.
DR.. Kynett moved that this matter
be taken up MS the order Immediately
after the report of the committee on
judiciary, and il was 10 ordered.