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THE METIIoDIsTs.
a Very Interesting Session of the General
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A Very Interesting Session of the General
Conference Yesterday.
( OMAHA, NEn., May 10.-Bishop Nor
illto-day presided over tho Methodist
Episcopal General Conference. E.
| Mr. Amos shinklc introduced u reso-
luton which provided that during the
election proceedings all but tho dele
gates should DO excluded from the CON
ference floor. and that In voting all the
delegates stand until tho tcllcrs passed
them collecting ballots, thus doing away
with tho call OF tho roll in voting. Tho
resolution was adopted.
Tho election Of editor OF Central
Christian Adrocatc was then taken up
and several names placed in nomina-
tion. Before ballot was taken Bishop
Morrill, announced the election OF DR..
Arthur Edwards as editor OF tho North-
!!rcStsTn Christian Adrocatc by the last bal.
lot taken on tho previous day. Dr.. Ed
wards got 3O1 votes out OF total OF 45S.
Tho result appeared to be eminently
satisfactory tothe conference.
Dr. @. W.. Smith was the only man
nominated for tho editorslip OF tho
Pittsburgh Advocate. Ills election was
practically unanimous. Gl.,5gs -,
Tho conference decided to reconsider
the motion by which the call for the
presentations was shut of on May Is.
Twas decided to have ono more full
roll call for the introduction OF resolu-
tiona. IT. e.
A report Of tho committee on conso.
lidation and benevolence was shot into
the proceedings by suspension Of the
regular order 1t recommended that
the educational society and the freed.
mems aid and southern educational So.
ciety be not consolidated. The report
was adopted and again the friends OF
consolidation suffer defeat,
Then the regular order was taken UP.
1twas the discussion OF the time limit
resolution touching the itineracy.
Rov. r. ]. Gray, Of Pennsylvania. was
opposed to the adjustment OF the five
year limit. 1t would be drifting toward
congregationalism, he said, and would
break up the whole plan OF itinerancy.
He said the abolishment OF the time
limit might help the better class OF tho
churches, but would be hard on the
weaker churches. 1t would create an
oligarchy, n despotism composed OF the
bishops and presiding elders. he said,
to abolish the five limit. He therefore
offered substitute for the minority re-
port providing for the submission OF
the question to the annual conferences.
Bishop Frank, OF New Hampshire. got
the floor and made stirring speech in
favor OF abolshing the limit on the
pastoratc. He said the time limit plan
was corpse and should be burned.
Two ballots were taken for editor OF
the Central Adrocate, and the second
gave DR.. Jesse Bowman Young the
election by u vote Of 900 ballots out OF
;4622.
Bishop Merrill announced the result
OF the ballot for editor Of the Northern
Adrocats. DR.. ]. Z. Sawyer. was elected
by 4 Very large majority. Isl
Now the colored people were in it.
4Ihe-alsetion of an edito. for the South
.1restern zChriStidn Adtocdte, which is a
paper published especially. for colored
Methodist, interested them deeply Dr..
A. i. P. Albert, tho editor for the past
four years, is colored man. Hc was
renominated by Rev. Shumpert. NJ.
Knox, of Kentucky, nominated DIR. L.
W. S. Hammond. The ballot was taken
and Mr.. Field. OF Philadelphia, got the
floor during ballot which: ensued and
delivered scorching little speech, in
which he deprecated tho tendency of
some OF the delegates to trifle with the
matter OF clecting official editors. Dele
gates had voted for Amanda Smith, the
colored evangelist, and Mr.. Field said
he was mortified to think any member
OF tho conference would ridiculc this
good woman by casting trivial ballot
with her name upon it. He called upon
the delegates to desist from any such
nonsense. He was tumultuously ap-
plauded.
The election OF an editor for the
Mritodia Apologete, the German paper
published at Cincinnati, was taken up.
DR.. Wm. Mast, for many years editor OF
tho ADologete, has decided to retire from
the editorial chair. His son. Prof. a.
j. Mast and DR.. J. j.. Kestler were
nominated 1or the position. Prlor TO
taking tho ballot, Bishop Merrill au-
nounced tho result OF tho ballot for the
Southwestern Adr0cats. L. w.: S. Ham
mond got 2i4 votes and DR.. Albert o27.
Hammond was elected.
The committee on church extension
brought in q report favoring the cleo
ton OF an additional secretary for the
work. A minority report also came in
recommending that three assistant sec
retaries be elected. After some debate
it was finally decided that the matter
be laid over until the next day.
\. J. Mast was announced rs the sue
cessiul candidate in the election for edi-
tor Of the Methodist tapologete. DR.. Hart
was elected editor OF the HrNi Undherd,
another German paper. DR.. G. Fl.
Payne was nominated as corresponding
secretary OF board Of education. DR..
.BrldSeman and Dr.. 4. D. Neeloy woro
also nominated. The ballot was taken
and then tho conference adjourned.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
The General Body Convencs ut Portland,
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