St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-18
METHODIST ELECTION
Contests for Church officers
and Agencies Still Pend
ing at Omaha.
Colored Brethren Fare Very
Poorly in the Announced
Results.
DR.. Curtis, Of Chicago, Chosen
for Cincinnati--Report or
Committees.
Union Seminary Alumni APP
parently Solid for DR..
Briggs.

OMAHA, May l7.-The genial face of
Bishop Bowman shown behind the
presiding officers desk today in the Nj.
E. conference. DR.. Moore, of the Cen
trail Christian Advocate, wanted to take
up the matter of allowing the bishops to
select their residence with reference to
their seniority. but the conference
would not depart from the regular
order, which was the calling of commit
tee reports. The committee on timer
ancy brought in report recommending
abolishing the five-year limit on the
appointment of pastors. The report
favored the idea of permitting the
bishops to appoint pastors every year,
without reference to the place to which
the minister had been appointed the
wear previous. AS the church law has
stood for many years, a pastor could not
remain at one place longer than five
years in succession. A motion was
made 10 make the report the special
order for ten O'Clock, Wednesday, and
it was carried.
The committee on state of the church
brought in report that fairly briStled
all over with denunciatiOn of 1.-The out
RACES practiced on the colored race in
the South" 1t called upon the govern
ment, the state officials, the M. E.
church and all good citizens to rise in
their might and abolish the indignitieS
and outrages that are put upon the
cOlored people and all white people who
love to work for the alienation of the
colored race in the Southern states. The
resolution declared that the colored
people were treated shamefully on the
railway trains and at hotels and in
every way. They were
Shot Down Like Dogs
and the law of the land was trampled
under foot by the people who despised
the colored race. The resolution
stirred up tremendous enthusiasm.
DR.. Queal, DR.. Payne and others made
vehement speeches, calling upon the
great NJ. E. church to sound the alarm
and stand firmly for the rights of the
colOred race.
DR.. Myley advised the conference to
be moderate in the language employed.
1--WE are not perfect ourselves, brethren,
excepting in Words" said DIR. Myley.
The report was adopted by rising
vote, every delegate in the conference
rising to his feet.
The order of the day was then called.
1t was the election of officers, and, ac-
cording to the plan adopted, the cleo
ton of the agents for the book concern
at New York was first taken up. DR..
Myley nominated Dr.SanfOrd Hunt and
DR.. Homer Eaton as agents for the New
York book concern. These gentlemen
have been the agents of the concern for
some years. The nominations were sec
onded by dozen delegates.
MIR. Field, of Philadelphia, wanted to
ask some questions, but was called to
order by the chair. If he had been given
the floor he would have exploded a
bomb touching the management of the
New York book concern. Mr.. Field had
figures in his possession showing that
the great book concern at New York,
with a capital of 100000, had only
made a net profit of $4,000 per annum
during the past four years. Mr.. Field
wished to ask if that was considered
good business ability. Would it not be
better, he asks, to have some money at
6'per cent in the West and make secure
an income from it of $4,000 per an
mum.
Another Strange Fact
in the business of the book concern, Mr..
Field holds. is that while the house did
a business of 100000 last year. the
amount of money in books and uncol-
lected was over S600.000. LII other
words, twO-thirdS of the business of the
year is still outstanding.
DR.. Hunt SAYS that he could explain
all this matter to the satisfaction of all
reasonable men, if he had hearing. A
large amount of the capital of the New
York concern, he says, is locked up in a
building that is used by other depart
ments of the church, and brings in no
rent. He says that the whole capital of
the concern has been made from moth
Ing by the concern, and the debt does
not represent money sunk.
The first ballot for the election of
agents for the new New York book con-
Germ resulted in the election of Eaton
and Hunt with practically no opposi-
ton.
The nominees for agents of the Gin
cinnati concern were DIR. W. X. HalSted,
DR.. Louis Curtis, DIR. CranstOn, DIR. W.
P. Stowe, DIR. Samuel PembertOn, DIR.
J: ID. Hammond, DIR. l.. A: Belt,
Hon. Samuel Dickey and Samuel
Fl. High. Then came the election
of three secretaries for the missionary
society. The nominations were Dr. T.
B. Nicely, Chaplain McCabe, DR.. J. e.
Peck. Dr.H II. i. Leonard, William Jones,
DR.. j. W. Hamilton, DR.. A. j. Palmer
DR.. S. l.. Baldwin. By resolution, Rev
John Reid was made honorary secretary
of the missionary society. The repOr
of the ballot for book agents of the
Cincinnati Book concern showed tina
DR.. Earl CranstOn received 405 votes
and was
The Only Man Elected
on the first ballot. Mr.. Knot, a coloret
man from Kentucky, got one vote ant
withdrew from the contest. DR.. Ham
mOnd was the other colored man in tn
race. Dr.. Cranston Was declared
elected. and a second ballot wa
committee reports went OH. The com
mittee on church extension reported il
favor of encouraging the study o
church architecture. This report ais
recommended that the churches bes
SQlbCO lOL hOA WIZ SAAOoS NAOS WV
| built all on the ground floor. The com
mittee recommended that careful stud
be given to the best style of buildin
to secure grace and practicability of III
| structures, and that provision be mad
for the kneeling of the audience in VOL
ship. DR.. Nicely declared in preSentin
the report that the people would knee
| if the pews were far enough apart
Churches in these latter years were be
| ing built too much like opera houses.
Judge Lawrence asked, and wa
granted leave to offer resolution
which read as follows:
Resolved, That the constitution of Ii
| Methodist Episcopal church cGn only /
altered or changed by the mode authorized.
Judge Lawrence spoke upon the res,
luton. He held that there was but on
way to amend or alter constitution
DR.. Kynett's plan to have the constitl
ton amended by representative NEE
ing of the people of the church as
legislative act was not in accordanc
with the constitution, he held. I'll
resolution was referred to the commi