Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-06-03
CLOSING SESSION.
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF METHOD
lists AT OMAHA ADJOURNS.

10 . n ! OWAf1A AOJOUHINS.
Many Important Subjects Considered Dur
ing the Twcnty-six Days scssion-Th.
Question of Women Delegates Referred
to the Annual Conferences.
OMAHA, Neb.. May 26.-The general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church came to an end at 2:20 D. III.
after session Of twcnty-six days. In
that time much legislation has been
cleared away and Oh whole the work
Of the conference has been productive Of
much good. The most important ques-
tions considered during this session were
the report of the constitutional commit
tee on the revision of the constitution
and discipline. After four days this I'M
portant matter was indefinitely post
poned and as no commission OF commit
tee was appointed before adjournment,
nothing will be done toward revising
the laws of the church before the next
general conference in 1885, The next i'm
portant question which, by the way. was
settled as far as the general conference
is concerned, was equal representation
OF lay and ministerial delegates The
next important step was the women's
question which after a hard fight re-
suited i'll Il slight victory for the ladies.
A resolution requiring that in order to
constitutiollally settle the matter prop
osition be referred to the annual confer
ences whereby the words who shall be
men only" shall follow the words LAY
delegates, " wherever they appear i'll the
plan Of lay delegates. In order to i'll
tercept the words i'll that manner, three
fourths OF the annual conferences must
30 vote and if they so vote then the two
thirds of the next general conference must
concur in that Interpretation. 1t will
thus be seen that the women who con-
troll a majority of the conferences will
win the day i'll the next general confer
ence. although they will not be able to
be seated Until eight years hence.
The refusal to increase the number of
bishops OF to locate residence in Eu-
rope and Japan, We're other features of
Importance. The proposed change in
the discipline relating to amusements
died. falling to be brought before the
conference, as also did the resolution of
DR.. Hanlon asking the church to put it.
self on record i'll reference to its position
i'll the controversy between capital and
labor. Despite the assertion of the bish-
ops that the church has no place in poll
tics, the conference adopted the report
OF the committee on temperance, which
pledged to support all organizations
banded together to suppress the
liquor traffic and which was
implied to mean an indorselr ent
of the Prohibition party. Later on
resolution declaring that the confer
ence did not construe its adoption of the
report to bind it to any political party
passed without dissent The church put
itself on record as favoring the worlds
fair and favoring ample appropriations
only on conditions that the gates should
be closed OH Sunday and that 10 intoxi-
eating liquors be sold OH the grounds.
1t further appointed commission to
determine the advisability Of participant
ing i'll Il general religious exhibit and to
engage i'll one if found practicable. The
Epworth league was made constitu-
tional part Of the church and is now the
only recognized society Of young people
i'll the church. A series of resolutions
denouncing the Chinese exclusion law
and calling upon congress to amend it
by striking out the addition to the laws of
1882 was adopted. Committee on bound
aries located the boundaries of the general
conference districts making the Georgia
and Philadelphia districts square, re-