Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-05
THE CONFERENCE ADJoURNs.
Ministerial and Lay Delegates Elected Ye,
terday at baltimore.

Ministerial and Lay Delegates Elected Yes
terday at baltimore.
The ministerial conference of the Baltimore
conference in session in Baltimore yesterday
elected three delegates to the general confer
ence. which meets at Omaha Neb., in May,
leaving one to be elected today. The minis
terial delegates to the general conferen nee are
Rev. J. St. Clair Neal. 1853 votes; Rev. ]. T.
Goucher, 113; Rev. John LanaiInn. 1I6-all OF
them being elected on the first ballot
The lay delegates elected are James Z. In
gram Of Arlington, Baltimore county. 81 votes;
John ]. Henkle Of Washington city. 50 votes
Alternates, A. ]. Hetzel of Cumberland, Md.
VIM. A. Leitch OF Madison Square Church.
In the ministerial conference the whole num-
Der OF votes cast was 1872 and 81 were necessary
to choice. The first ballot was as follows:
For W. s. Edwards, IS; J. ~. Clair Neal. l03;
ID. III. Carroll, 81; J. Il. Goucher. lib; j. ~
Davis, q. C. W. Baldwin. 5; John Lanahan. ll6;
w. r. Speake, 65; c. II. Richardson. 10; q. e.
Baker, 80; A. N. Courtenay. 80; H. L. Naylor,
Al; A: Z. Gibson, ]: j. B. Van Meter: l: Z, d.
Huntley. 4; l.. f.. Morgan, q; L. I. Waterman
2; ]. b. Stitt. s; j. A. Price, Il: L. b. Wilson,
L; A. J. Gill, 2; J. A. McCauley, 4: j. H.
Dashiell, s.; Richard Harcourt, /; Geo. H.
Carey. 1; ". I. d. GLENN, 1; Geo. Elliott, 2;
Joel Brown, 1; J. J. @. Webster, 2.
The first business of the morning of the min
isterial conference was an address by Bishop
Foster to the candidates for the ministry.
The following candidates were then admitted
into the conference as deacons, with full coll
nection: Z. II. Lamar. james D. wnghtson,
George C. Harris. Willard +. Low, Ley burn NJ.
Bennett, Leonard Gardner.
The new deacons we're then allowed to vote
on the question of the admission of women as
delsgates to We general conference. and ID
Lamar WrCh and (tar1ner voted 'uay.
Revs. A. j. Bender, II. c. Mcdaniel, j. W.
Steele and ". +. Roberts, who we're not pres
emit yesterday, recorded their vote on the adj
mission Of women, voting nay. These addi-
tional votes changed the total to 14i against TO
~ Tor the admission of women.
THE LAY CONFERENCE.
The lay electoral convention met at 10 o'clock
| in the lecture room OF Madison Avenue Church.
The following represented the Washington dis
| trict: s. F. Pyles, r. b. DIETRICH, G. W. Reed.
Uriah II. Griffish, Stephen Jones' G. ". Walker,
W. E. Daugherty, Rev. s. NJ. Naylor. John
Simpson, J. L. Powell. George Burdette, B. F.
| Fuller, John I. Mitchell, W. Nick. Clayton, NJ.
Birckhead, r. II. Willet, r. W. Dunn, W. X.
Hunt. Hiram Michaels. J. W. Davis, z. Jones
g 9. Henkle, Jesse Owings. John II. Mitchell,
o. A. Emmons, Alex. Ashley and Samuel H.
Walker.
Mr.. Summerield Baldwin was chosen tenn
porary chairman In his address he unveiled
| the fact that this lay convention was not going
simply to elect delegates to the general con-
ference, but was to be deli5erative body,
which might remain in session for some time.
He said, in part: II never did, and do not now
believe that this laymans conference, which
meets only once in four years, should,
after electing two delegates to the
general conference, forever take its
flight. Our ministers meet annually, while
We meet only once in four years. My opinion
a a wi rnat hon foGa
and consider matters before adjourning. There
are many vital and essential interests which We
should eonsider-questions vital to our home
life and questions essential to the church.
Therefore. let us take our time. We cannot
well afford 10 make blunders and TO go away
TO our homes with our work half accomplished"
Then the laymen took a recess until pm.
Upon reassembling Samuel H. Walker chair
man OF the committee on temperance. educa-
ton and sabbath observance. submitted a re-
port. They Endorsed the forward movement
for higher education Of young men and girls at
Dickinson College and the Woman's College of
Baltimore and at the projected university at
Washington.
majority and minority report was submitted
on temperance, and they led to Q lively and
prolonged discussion.
The majority temperance report was adopted
The report reiterates and Endorsed the language
OF the Methodist discipline on temperance. 1t
enumerated evils of the liquor traffic. saying
sAot ~ SouAu never NC icSdiiZtu WIiuOut SIN.
resolution was passed that a mite be set
apart at the annual conferencein behalf OF tenn.
perance.
Among the resolutions sent to committee
were the following: TO abolish the Office Of
presiding elder to greatly restrict its power
| asking the general conference to change the
power Of the Sunday school board; two sets OF
| resolutions on the suppression of the liquor
| traffic; resolutions asking the general confer
| ence to send back to the annual conferences
Il h.
| gates to the general conference; deprecsting an
| increase of church officers as being too costly;
1 against opening the worlds fair ON Sunday;
| against the sale of liquor on the Columbian ex-
position grounds. and opposing any change in
| the existing Sunday laws Of Maryland.
| At 4:30 p. m. on invitation of Bishop Foster
and the ministerial conference. Revs. l.. f..
| Morgan and G. ". Baldwin escorting Them the
lay conference proceeded into the church.
where BlshOp Foster addressed them in all adj
visory way as to the relations between pastor
and iayman.
President Summerield Baldwin responded
| to the address OF Bishop Foster, saying that
they fully appreciated his advice.
Following this. the lay conference, at $50
pm, adjourned until 7:30 pm.
At the night session of the laymen's confer
| ence the resolutions were debated and disposed
Of
The resolution asking that church officers
shall not be Increased in number was adopted
Ane resolutlon asking the general conference
| 70 recognize the Epworth League and incor.
Porate it as an ecclesiastical institution was
| also adopted.
The resolution in favor Of memorializing tine
general conference to give equal representa-
! tion OF ministers and laymen In the general
conference. either by a reduction OF the former
| or an increase of the latter. and that it pro-
| vide Tor two distinct houses. lay and minis
I terial, in that body was adopted
Two ballots were taken for delegates to the
| general conference. Gen. John s. Berry and
\ Mr. David Abercrombie were nominated and
/ declined TO serve. The first vote was as fol
| lows: WnL A Leitch, -; James L. Ingram. 81;
| john ]. Hetzell. %; Gen. S. y Henhie. 81
Summarized Baldwin, 30; Philip Darby, g.
\ Gen John $. Berry, =
On the second ballot John J. Henkle OF
| Washington was elected. A. j. Hetzel of Cum
berland and Vim. A. Leitch Of Addison Square
| Church. being the two next highest candidates
/ were declared TO be the alternates.
| The conference then adjourned sine die.
AT night the anniversary OF the Freedman
/ Aid and Southern Educational Society wa.
held. 1t was addressed by Rev. DR.. Geo. W
Gray and Rev. Or. =. j. Wagner.