St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-27
WOMEN STILL OUT.
The Question Referred Back to
Annual Conferences.

OMAHA. Neb., May 26.-The general
conference of the Nj. E. church. which
has been in session in Omaha since the
second day of May, closed its delibera-
tions today and the delegates are now
Cd their way home. AS whole it has
been conservative. harmonious con
ference. The first decisive step taken
was the decision of the laymen. to de-
mand separate seating from the minis
tiers in the conference hall. Then the
conference decided that the constitution
Of the general conference and the
church did not need reconstruction.
Next came decision that no more
bishops were needed at present. and
none were elected. Later on the con-
ference decided that the time limit on
itineracy should not be taken off.
One of the most important decisions
of the conference was that the church
should receive no more money from the
general government for its Indian mis-
sion schools, and another vital matter
was the recommendation to the annual
conference that the laymen be given
equal representation in the general
conference of the future. The shrewd-
estand most skillfully managed piece of
legislation of the entire conference was
that relating to the woman question.
The friends of the women succeeded in
getting proposition submitted to the
annual conferences that will undOubt-
edly give the opposition considerable
uneaSinesS, as related in full below
The action taken simply throws the
load of proof on those who oppose the
admission of women. A failure to carry
the proposition will mean victory for
the women.
OMAHA, Neb.. May 26.--In the Meth
odist Episcopal general conference to-
day Bishop Fitzgerald was in the chair.
The committee Oh book concern was
instructed to fix the salary of. the mis-
SiOnary bishops and instruct DIR. Hunt,
treasurer of the missionary society, as
to how the funds should be reached.
Bishop Taylor has been and is much
averse to taking his salary out of the
missionary funds.
The committee OF the state of the
church reported in favor Of the appoint
ment of a commission consisting of
three bishops, three ministers and three
laymen, to consider the adviSabiiity of
the organic union of all the Methodist
churches in the United States. The re-
port was adopted. >
lUuOTS0IuGutS dShcU lOI Vic hOCkJ
Mountain Advocate. of Denver, and the
Nebraska Christian Advocate, of Oma--
ma, were accorded. but stirred up hot
fight.
DIR. Fl. Moore made desperate effort
to get the woman question before the
conference. He moved that the rules
be suspended to take up the discussion
OF admission of women into the, general
conference, but the motion failed To
carry. The galleries were filled with
women, who appeared to be very much
disappointed. -
DR.. j. S. Peck announced, that Ne
braska minister had contributed 81, ,0ed
to the deaconess' cause, and another,
very wealthy man, had authorized him
to say that he would contribute 81, ,093, >
900 for missions during his life. This
statement was received with applause.
The committee on missions then
brought in red-hOt report upon the at
titude of the church with relation to
polygamy. 1t declared that the church
should under no circumstances admit