St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-21
And, as of Yore, Necessary
Funds Will Come From
the Book Concern.
Some Red-Hot Reports Due
From Committees at an
Early Date.
Important ChairmanShipS Al
lotted in the Assembly
at Portland.

OMAHA, May 2l.-Bishop Foss pre-
sided at the Methodist Episcopal con-
ference today. About the first thing
that was sprung was the question of
finance. Amos Sh!nkle, treasurer of
the funds to pay the travelling expenses
of delegates, arose ami said that the
funds had not been paid in from the an
nual conference treasurer in sufficient
amount to pay all the travelling eX-
penSes of the delegates. Some one Sug-
gested that the amount be borrowed
from the book concern. Then the
music began, and some very vigorous
remarks were offered.
One delegate declared that it was non
sense to talk about borrowing the
money from the book concern, because
the amount would never be paid back.
The general conference had borrowed
from the book concern time and again,
but had rarely if ever repaid the money.
The conference ought to be honest and
simply make an appropriation.
DR.. Maxfield moved that the amount
needed, about $4,000, be. borrowed from
the book concern. and that the amount
be assessed against those annual con-
ferences which had failed to pay their
assessments for the travelling expenses
fund.
"You might just as we'll apportion the
deficit to the sun. moon and stars as to
the annual conferences" said DR.. Lam
ahan. 81 move that the amount be
drawn from the book concern, and the
agents of the book concern be author
lied to charge the amount to profit and
loss" Laughter.
Just in the Old, Sweet Way.
After much wrangling the confer
ence, however, did what the general
conferences have done for years before,
decided to draw the amount from the
book concern.
Rev. Beardshire, fraternal delegate
from the United Brethren church,
aroused great enthusiasm in reviewing
the work done by his church during the
last quadrennium. He said that the
United Brethren had reached the point
where the holy right of women to
preach the Gospel when they felt the
call from God to enter the ministry
would not be refused them. He hoped
the great Methodist church would soon
come to proper light on the question.
The first ballot for secretary of the
board of education showed that there
had been no election, but on a second
ballot DIR. c., II. Payne received 266
votes and was elected. The delegates
who clamored for the election of more
bishops at the present session, made
frantic effort to open up the question
again, but a motion for reconsideration
ILL fl,snH Ill
of an eye.
Some red-hot reports will soon be
launched upon the conference from the
standing and special committees. The
report OF the committee on temperance
and the prohibition of the liquor traffic
.reaffiEms the well known attitude of.the
church upon the saloon question, and
declares that the church is in harmony
with every organization hatseekS to
promote total ebStinence and the over
throw of the liquor traffic. The report
says:
Relentless Hostility.
..We reiterate the language of the
Episcopal address of 1888, which says:
THE liquor traffic is so perniciouS in all
its bearings; so inimical to the interests
of honest trade; so repugnant to the
moral sense: so Injurious to the peace
and ordero society that the only proper
attitude toward it for Christians is that
of relentless hostility. 1t can never be
legaliZed without SIM" The report
further declares that men engaged in
the manufacture or sale of intoxicating
liquors ought not to receive the COM
mercial patronage of Christians. The
traffic is stOutly condemned, and the
whole licensing plan for liquor saloons
iC Hn0lor.,H n hn q n fnCfpr and
sustain the damaging traffic.
In closing the report says that. while
it is not the province for the church to
suggest or dictate the political prOcliv-
tiles Of any man. yet the report declares
that no political party has right to eX-
pect, neither ought any party to receive,
the support of Christian men so long as
that party stands com miIted to the
license policy, or refuses to putitself on
record in an attitude of open hostility
to the saloon. The committee on lay
delegation has prepared report which
will recommend equal lay representa-
ton in the conference of 1896. The
conference decided to elect two Seere-
taries for the church extension society.
and DR.. w. A. Spencer and Rev. A. j.
Kynett were officially declared elected,
after the conference adjourned.
a roQ not resolution introduced Dy
DR.. HammOng. of California, was
adopted declaring that the iniquitous
opium habit was making fearful head
way upon the Pacific coast, and vigOr
Gus steps should be taken TO stamp it
out. Judge Lawrence offered resolu-
ton to have commission appointed for
the purpose of ascertaining what steps
could be taken to have the Methodist
Episcopal church united under one
organization. Referred to committee.
DR.. w. II. S5ier, of the Detroit
conference, succeeded in having
resolution adopted requiring
the missionary bishops to report
all moneys received from private
sources for the help of the missionary
work in foreign India. Bishop Taylor,
it was said as an illustration, has been
getting about $4,000 pear year for
Africa that he has not been obliged to
report to the missionary societies.
The MinnesOtians.
Minnesota is well represented by
large company of visitors. Drs. Hol-
man, French. Stafford, Stout and Lang
ley, of Minneapolis; Presiding Elder
Nalr, of Mankato; Rev. Rule, of Man.
kato: Rev. Clemens, of Waseca; Rev.
Daniels, of Hamline; Rev. Morgan. of