The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-11
A HOT CONTEST.


be delayed till Thursday or Friday.
HOT CONTEST.
There is hot contest for the editorship
of the Advocate at st. Louis, between Dr.
Marsden of St. Louis Dr. Bowman Young
of Kansas City, DR.. Creighton of Nebraska,
OF the Wesleyan university. For agent of
the Book Concern at Cincinnati the chief
candidates are DR.. Curtis of Chicago and
DR.. Maxteld of Omaha.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The order of the day was the report of
the committee on constitution. After some
rather sharp debate on the expediency of
calling on the bishops to address the con-
conference it WAS decided to ask Bishop
Merrill, chairman of the committee on the
constitution, to explain the changes; but
before this was proceeded with the rules
were suspended and the report of the COM
mittee on Worlds fair called for.
REPORT on THE WORLDS FAIR.
The report declared the exposition q
meriterious undertaking; that the church
reioiced in the prospect of its success, but
declared it should be closed on Sunday;
that this is a Christian nation and it
would be flying in the face of providence
to open the gates on the Lords day. The
committee heartily favored the 5000, 600
appropriation, but only with a proviso
that the gates be closed Sunday, and re-
commended that a telegram bearing the
sentiments of the report be sent to the
president and Congress. After some de-
bate the preamble and resolutions were
endorsed, but recommended for revision
and the committee was instructed to send
a telegram to Washington approving the
object of the fair, but protesting against
opening it Sunday.
POWER TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION.
The report OF the committee on constitu-
ton was then taken up.
If general conference had no power to
make changes in the constitution without
| the consent of annual conferences the ad-
mission of laymen in 10 was unconstitu-
tional and the laymen had no right in the
| conference.
DR.. Buckley declared the rights of the
laymen secure even if they were not ad-
| mitted by constitutional amendment: the
restrictive rules guaranteed them seats in
the conference. After further discussion
Mr.. Field Of Philadelphia moved that the
whole matter of changes in the constitu-
ton be postponed to the next general con-
ference. Lost. An explanation by Bishop
Morrill, was postponed owing to the late
ness of the hour until tomorrow.
EXPLAINING THE CONSTITUTION.
DR.. Nicely then took the floor to explain
the meaning Of the constitution. He gave a
history of that document since its adoption
ia 1908 with subsequent amendments He
hoped the conference would decide once
for all which parts of the church govern
ment were the constitution and which were
simply restrictive rules. This definition
was necessary to decide what could and
could not be changed by a conference with
out concurrent action by the annual con-
ference.
Dr. Little said the conference should prc.
coed very cautiously. The admission OF
laymen, Tor instance, was question never
submitted to the annual conferences.
REPORT ON THE CHINESE BILL.
The committee on the Chinese exclusion
bill this afternoon prepared q report in
keeping with the resolution introduced the
other day, in which their exclusion was de-
clared an outrage upon modern civiliza
ton. The report is likely to be adopted.
A telegram was sent this evening 10 Vice
President Morton and the Congress of the
United States by the committee on the Col
umbian exposition announcing the adoption
of resolutions that the general conference
heartily approves of the Columbian exposi
ton and Worlds fair appropriation bill nov
pending, provided expressly that the ap
, preparation by Congress shall be condi-
tional on closing the exposition Sundays
A similar telegram was sent the President