Evening journal., 1892-05-10
NO NATIONAL AID ASKED
The Methodists on Record Con-
cerning Sectarian Schools.
THE POPE FOR FRANCES REPUBLIC

His Holiness Declares That the Unfriend.
~ Preiates Must stand by the Present
Government and Says That Plotting 20
Overthrow u Is Very bad Business.
OMAHA, May 10 Among the many me.
MORALS presented to the Methodist confer.
ence was one from the Troy conference.
which asks the general conference to ex.
punge from the discipline section 242 the
prohibition against dancing Bishop Foster,
of Boston, approved the movement and has
given II his official sanction The memorial
was placed In the hands of the COMMITTEES
on discipline, 10 whom it was referred.
The woman question was brought up By
j. B. Maxwell, OF Nebraska, in the form Of
resolution which asked that women be
admitted to membership in the general mis-
sionary committee Without debate il was
referred. W. H. Stevens, Of southwest In
diana, presented petition asking for equa
lay representation.
Owing 70 the habit Of delegates leavint
for home before the final adjournment ol
the conference, it was resolved that unless
the members received permission their trav
cling expenses would not be paid
H. b. Williams offered resolution that
lowing 10 the fact that the use Of tobacco ia
astepping stone 70 the use Of intoxicants, al
Methodsts recognize it as growing evil
and do all IN their power to diminish on
abolish the manufacture and sale Of the
harmful thing The Michigan conference,
through DR.. Catten and three others, evi.
IDENTIFY believe in temporal economy, and
offered this pointed resolution.
Whereas, certain serious questions have
arisen concerning the administration OF the
treedman's Aid aud southern Education so
ciety In connection with the school located al
Chattanooga. and
Whereas Il Is generally. reported that said
society has spent annually S'.00 to $1,000 In
support Of a large faculty when really there
was not at any time a school of sufficient grade
or size 70 Justify such expenditure therefors
be u
Resolved That the Freedman's Aid ana
southern Education society committee Is hero
Boy respectfully requested 20 carefully cxamin.
into said administration and report 70 this
general conference ut an early date
The resolution was referred.
To Separate Church and state.
Dr. King, Of New York, offered a resolu.
tion asking that the conference commend
the proposed sixteenth amendment TO the
constitution prohibiting the appropriation
OF public money for the aggandizement on
support of seCturian schools ia order to per,
petually separate the church and state. He
addressed the conference on the subject
saying three things would be- accomplished
namelyi First, the protection OF the com
mon schools. second. the divorcinq the
church and state; third, the banishing OF
ecclesiastical tyranny in politics. The reso
lutiOns were adopted unanimously amid
much applause. DR.. King offered another
resolution asking that no further appropria-
tiOns for Indian missionary work be ac
cepted from the national treasury as it IL
wrong IN spirit and letter he said the
time had come when this great church
shonld not only refuse TO accept money but
decline 10 apply for IL. lApplause.l DR.
Leonard. of Ohio, also favored IT, saying the
Methodist Episcopal church should never
place itself IN position where IL could not
protest against farming out its wards 20 be
educated by the Roman Catholic church and
the misappropriation Of funds The resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted.
The ministers Defeated.
Another fight between the laity aud the
ministry was precipitated by a resolution
offered by Dr. Mcdowell, Of Philadelphia,
10 amend the rule which allows one-fourth
Of either order TO demand the yeas and
nays. DR.. Mcdowell wanted to amend 80
that neither order could force the other 70
60 on record The vote resulted: Yeas
Laymen, 81; ministers, ZIG Nays-Lay.
men, li2; ministers, 4S
This was a defeat for the ministers, as the
two orders failed 20 concur II. b. Pember-
ton, Of Kentucky, offered resolution de-
claring the conference opposed 70 all class
legislation, mob violence and unlawful rule.