New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
MISS WILLARD SPEAKS Up.
A LETTER OF ADVICE TO THE OMAHA CON
FERENCE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE W. C. T. U. URGES THE
RIGHT OF WOMEN TO A PART IN THE
CHURCA's DELIBERATIoNs-TuE
EPwORTH LEAGUE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribune

tBf TELEGRAPH TO THE
Omaha May 2I.-Frnnces F. willard the energetic
president Of the WOmen's Christian Temperance 'hoh'
was excluded from the last Methodist General Con-
ference In 1888, with four other women delegates, be-
OF her Two three false reports nave
been published OF her appearance OF Omaha. thoush
the preponderance Of sentiment at this Conference
with the women, who require no stronger aS'ocau's
than some OF the on the floor. The question
Is likely up nj any time next week. anu MISS
Willard has anticipated this action by letter to 1.-THE
omaha World Herald" she says in substance
"If did not believe that the covOring OF men ana
women as the lay Of the Methodist Church woulc be
70 The great advantage Of the Church a. whole shod
never have declared for that side In the great 'otlo
versy This goes without saying, think, on the part
Of all the good Methodist people who nave pcVo'ed
thought and effort the movement In the last years
have always believed that the word 'laity' meent
the mon and women who we're IN the Chuich ana
not ministers, and that an explicit
and clear explanation Of this definition was made IN
the Discipline. No augmentation has moved my nina
In the slightest degree concerning this view, ana
confident that IL will be held by historians when
the smoke and din OF the battle shall have cleared
away The common ethics of the outside world would
be sufficient to teach that 1t is not just for onethrd
OF church to exclude from representation In the max
Ing Of the laws by which they controlled the
other twothiIds. | have never doubted the outcome
in Church large orenhearted and clcar-headed
dS tHe Oh" lOuHNcu bN SuSlDna Wesley sun. IL u
only question OF time. and do not think that the
time is going TO be long, tokens every hand
to prove this and the Omaha Conference has given
not few already II Is nv earnest hope that the
Conference Will vote that the word lay' means. In
respect to delegates Just what II has always meant IN
the common acccptation Of the term. namely. those
members Of the Church who are not ministers This Is
the very simple reasonable and Just way ont
OF the present controversy. which to nv mind was
wholly is m 10 ed
except that II has caused great amount 81 reflection
and has procured an arrest II though' among
hundreds OF thousands Of wcll-intcntioned minds.
Yours for the Methodist Of the future. etc"
The popularity OF DR.. Jesse l.. Hnrbut. OF New
York the able secretary Of the sunday hoO Union
and Tract Society. again amply attested In the
Conference this morning. a day or tao ago everv
delegate in the hall seemed anxious to second his re
nomination, and to-day It appeared In long debate
that while he Il too valuable officer 10 ovorburdcn
with work. he Is nevertheless the best 10
with the official sccrearyshlp Of the Epworth
Lcague, which the Church is formally taking under
It's wing. DR.. Uurlbut was the ORIGINAL founder OF
the League. whose enormous membership IL a church
wonder and has acted its general secretary during
the last four years. The committees report to the
Conference presented tbs morning. offered
q form OF enabling act and general
constitution. 10 be embodied In additional
chapter of the Discipline. The constitution organizes
League chapters into presiding cdershps district
leagues and general conference. each chapter 10 be
under the control Of tho quarterly conference and the
preacher in charge Any young peoples society may
Become an affiliated chapter provided II adopts the
aims OF the League The Board Of Control is Ia con
sst Of fifteen members. appointed by the bishops ono
Of whom shall be bishop and shall act president
Of the League and OF the Board Of Control The Board
is to meet twice in each quadrcnnium. The general |
secretary and editor Of Tho Epworth Herald are
10 be elected ly the General Conference. and their
salaries fixed by the Book Committee and paid out |
Of the profits Of the League publications. The gen |
cal Office Of the League the report places al Chicago
As no agreement could be reached concerning minor
details, the report rccommittcd, and will be pro
sentcd again Monday.
Dr. Hurlbut made the principal address at n sun
day school mass-mceting this afternoon. which
Bishop Newman presided.
The tellcrs reported this morning that DR.. ". A. |
spencer and Dr. A. J. Kynett OF Philadelphia, had been
elected secretaries OF the board Of Church Extension.
The Committee on the Fr,emnn's AID society re
ported In favor two secretaries. Instead Of one for
nominees George ". Gray, VI. c. Is. Mason. Of
Georgia: J. ". Hamilton, Of Boston, G. y. Grandson.
y. c. aud }. &. IIartzeli Of Loui-iana. who Is the
ONLY white In the Louisiana Conference. Ir.
Iiaftzell and DR. Hamilton were Elected. receiving
a75 and ~ votes respectively. DR.. Giny received
315 votes and Dr. GmndIson 1913.
ID. W. Hayes. n cOlOrcd preacher nom Icnn'Sscc.
took exception I'm the Conference to-day 20 an edi.
coored delecn"s sometimes guilty of pcrtnacOus
loquacty. Dr. Joseph Pullman. u New York. cr-
pressed the conviction that Dr. Iarkhurt. the editor.
had been msintcrprct'd. ard the editor himself. IN
manly and dirnlhcd reply referred to his long record
rs an ardent friend Of the and said he re-
rrcitcd the paragraph had been taken 50 seriously
Tacoma. Wash. has t"legrnphei To- the Conference
Offering house worth $4,000 to any Methodist bishop
who will live there