Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-27
WOMEN ARE WINNERS
At the N. E. General Conference by
a Shrewd Piece of Strategy.
WHILE LAYMEN MEANS MEN ONLY,
The Decision Provides for Its own Reversal
BY the Annals.
MATTERS DISPOSED OF THE LAST DAY

OMAHA, Nav IS This was the last day
of the Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence. Bishop Fitzgerald was in the chair.
Bishop Andrews, from the Sitting Commit
tee, reported that the committee appointed
the evening before had done some vigorous
slaughtering of insignificant reports, but the
reports consigned to the waste basket would
never be missed. The committee recon-
mended that the reports touching the Book
Concern be first considered.
Dr. Hunt, of The New York Book Con-
cern was given the floor to state several
points in the law governing the Book Con-
Germ that needed to be disentangled. The
report OF the Book Concern, adopted the
previous day, had run against some previ-
Gus rules in the Discipline that needed to
be adjusted harmoniously. The principal
point that DR.. Hunt wanted cleared up was
the change made in paying missionary
Bishops. The Committee on Book Concern
was instructed TO fix the salary of the mis-
sionary Bishops
Danger of Gripping the Missionary Work.
Bishop Taylor is very much averse to
taking his salary out of the missionary
funds. He holds that this will cripple the
work in Africa The missionary society
is obliged to support the missionary Bish-
OPS
The Committee on the State of the
Church reported IN favor of the appoint
ment of a commission of three bishops,
three ministers and three lavmen to con-
slider the advisability of the organic union
OF all the Methodist churches in the United
,An fn1
Endorsements asked for the Rocky NOM
tain Adrocdte, of Denver, and the Nebraska
Christian Adrocdte, of Omaha, were accorded,
but stirred up hot fight. DR.. Buckley
made vehement speech, in which he de-
clared il unfair for certain localities TO be
permitted to support private papers with
the General Conference Endorsement, and at
the same time to reserve proportionate
share of the funds distributed by the official
papers
An effort was made by the Book Commit
tee to make it more difficult for the inde-
pendent church papers to get the indorse-
ment of the Annual Conferences. DR.. Earl
Cranston made q vigorous speech in favor
of taking better care of the official papers.
Making Publishers Produce Their Books.
DIR. Queal introduced a resolution to have
publishers of private church papers report
the profit Of their papers to the General
Conference, and TO have part of the profits
paid into the benevolent funds.
1t was fight between the friends of the
official papers and the Independent papers.
The former wanted it made necessary for
private church papers to get the indorse-
ment of the two annual conferences before
they could have an editor elected by an
annual Conference. This proposition was
vigorously combated by the friends of the
private papers. The whole question was
finally laid on the table
DR.. Moore made desperate effort to get
the woman question before the Conference.
He moved that the rules be suspended to
take up the discussion of the admission of |
women into the General Conference The |
motion to suspend the rules required two
thirds vote. 1t failed to carry. The gal |
leries were filled with women, who appeared |
to be very much disappointed
DR.. j. S. Peck arose to a question of /
privilege. He announced that Nebraska /
minister had contributed 81 900 to the dea-
coress' cause, and another, a very wealthy |
man, had authorized him to say that he |
would contribute 81 ,000, 900 for missions |
during his life. This statement was re-
ceived with applause.