The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-27
NIErnopIsTs ADJOURN.
The Last Day OF tho Quadrennial Confc
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4he Aast my OF tho OUaurennill Contor.
cnco Mt on,nlin.
OMAHA, NEE, May 2G.-"Blcst bc the
tic that binds" was the hymn sung at
the opening OF the last day OF the Meth
odist Episcopal general conference this
morning. Bishop fitzgerald was in the
chair. 1t was evident that some OF the
delegates had already taken their dc.
parture, for there were a number OF va
cant seats in the hall. Bishop Andrews,
from the sitting committee, reported
that the committee appointed theeven-
ing before had done some vigorous
slaughtering Of insignificant reports,
but the reports consigned to the waste
basket would never be missed. X
The committee recommended that the
reports touching the book concern be
first considered, for they had to do with
matters of business that must be at
tended to.
DR.. Hunt, OF tho New York Book Con-
ccrn, was given the floor to state several
points in the law governing the book
concern that needed to be disentangled.
The report of the book committee
adopted tho previous day had run.
against some previous rules on the dis
cipline that needed TO be adjusted har-
moniouslY. Tho principal point that
DR.. Hunt wanted cleared up was the
change made in paying the missionary
bishops. DR.. Hunt is treasurer OF the
missionary society, and as the confer
ence had voted to take the salary OF the
missionary bishops out OF the mission
ary fund instead OF tho episcopal fund,
DR.. Hunt wanted to have some instruc-
tlons as to how and when and how
much he should remit to the mission
ary bishops. The committee on book
concern was instructed to iix the salary
of tho missionary bishops and in
structcd DR.. Hunt MS TO how the funds
should. be remitted. Bishop Taylor is
very much averse 10 taking his salary
out OF tho missionary funds. b
The committee on tho state of tho
church reported in favor Of the ap-
pointment OF q commission consisting
of three bishops, three ministers and
three laymen to consider the advisable
ity OF the organic union Of all the Meth
odist churches in the United States.
The report was adopted.
Tho committee on missions brought
in red hot report upon tho attitude
OF the church with relation to poly
gamy. 1t declared that the church
should under no circumstances admit
any one who had not entirely abandoned
the practice OF polygamy. Adopted.
A long discussion took place over tho
matter OF church insurance, and a reso-
luton was adopted which provided for
the appointment OF commission on in
surance to report 4 plan OF insurance at
the next general conference. x
at last the woman question got into
the conference. Tho judiciary COM
mittee reported that the word "laymen"
in the discipline did not mean both
sexes, but that it had reference to men
only. Tho committee did not mean to
take the ground that the women should
not be admitted but simply that the
meaning Of tho word .laymcn" MS it
was placed in the discipline years ago
did not include women.
DIR. Hamilton offered q substitute
providing that tho annua. conferences
should vote upon tho proposition to
make tho word "laymen' mean men
only,andl in case tho. proposition was
mot carried by a two.thirds vote then
1.-The word "laymen" should thereafter
mean both men and women f,S
DR.. j. NJ. Buckley rolled up'a vigorous
speech to show that the word "laymen"
had meant women. He held also That
ithc church had never been ordained by