The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-05-04
THE ME7HoDTSTS.
Organizing for the Work of the
Great Conference.
MANY O0MMITTEEs APPOINTED.

A Minority Report of the Con-
stitution Committee Favors
Women Delegates-A Commit
Etee ofOne III to Consider Pro-
bibition and Temperance.
OMAHA, Neb., May 3.~-When Bishop
Bowman raped to order the first bust
ness session of the twenty-first general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church the immense auditorium of the
Boyd theater hardly sufhced to accom-
modate the immense throng of delegates
and visitors attracted by the meeting.
1t is estimated that in addition to the
500 regular delegates present there are
fully 1000 visitors in attendance The
six tiers OF boxes We're occupied by the
wives and families of the eighteen
bishops Of the church.
The conference was opened by scrip
tural reading by Bishop Newman, fol-
lowed by prayer by Bishop Foss.s
At conclusion of roll call the confer
ence proceeded to the election of secre-
tary. DR. S. d. Monroe, Of Pennsylva-
mia, the former secretary and DR.. Marley
S. Hard, Of Wyoming, were candidates
for the position. When the result of
the ballot was announced DR.. Monroe
was declared elected secretary by a
nearly two-thirds majority. He imme-
diately announced as his assistants Man
ley ). Hard, OF Wyoming, and Charles
Hudson, of Indiana
A motion to seat lay and ministerial
delegates ia separate parts of the hall
produced a lengthy discussion. The re-
quest was granted, the vote on the ques-
ton being: Ministerial, yeas, 1852; nays,
1856 Laymen, yeas, 1906; nays, 81.
OMAHA, Neb. May 4.-The task Of sat
isfyng the clamoring seat hunting del
egates finally became too heavy for Bjsh-
OPP Foster, and being appointed to resasd.
the Episcopal address, which contains
10000 words, he yielded the chair to
Bishop Andrews in order to save his
voice, which was fast Failing him. On
motion of DIR. Smith, of Iowa, it was de-
cided to postpone the reading of the adj
dress. When everybody had been seated
DIR. Nicely, of Philadelphia, offered the
following plan OF organization:
The shall be twelve standing COM
mitees, as follows Episcopacy. itinerary,
boundaries, revisal, temporary needs of
the church, missions, education, church
extension, Sunday schools and tracts,
freedmen's aid, aud work in the south.
The first six of these committees will
meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, and the last six ON Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Adopted.kH
An invitation from Lincoln, Neb., to
visit that city May IA, without expense
to the delegates, was presented by
Chancellor Creighton, Of the Wesleyan
university, aud was accepted. Special
trains will be run free of charge.
Bishop Foss presided over the deliber-
atoms Of the afternoon sessions, held at
the First Methodist church. The first
business was a committee reference of
the question of the payment OF expenses
in the case where delegate did not APP
essfesi - las place. IL was an awkward
question and finally went to commit
tee of nine.
Dr. Nicely, of the constitution COM
mittee, to which the revision of the con-
stitution was referred at the last quad
riennial conference in 1888, appeared
with pamphlet report of the commit
tee which recommended many changes
and gave several interpretations not
heretofore thoroughly understood. The
reading was long, and to some tedious.
Colonel Ray, one of the members of
the constitution committee, had a mi
nority report which was also printed
The minority report went to the extent
of recognizing women as lay delegates.
Committees were appointed on tenn
perance and prohibition, circulationsof
The Christian Advocate and reception
of fraternal delegates. After some dis
cussion as to the composition of the tenn
perance and prohibition committee it
was decided that committee of one
member from each conference delega-
ton be appointed, thus making the com
mittee consist of III members.