The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-18

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but also hold that the plan has been in
dorsed by the constitution in the restrict
i've rules" Applause.
DR.. Hughey of St. Louis held that the
plan of lay representation had never been
. part OF the constitution, and he was
glad that ii had never been. He hoped
that no such abortion as that plan should
ever be migrated into the constitution OF
the methodist episcopal church. 1t was
unfair and unjust to the laymen. He
wanted to see . more equitable plan
adopted.
Mr.. Field of Philadelphia. the first lay
man to speak on the subject, then took
the floor. He said that the constitutional
commission has kept its work wonderfully
secret. They had retired to the classic
shades of Chautauqua and then to the
more quiet shades of Indianapolis, and
finally they bad come before the confer
ence with prodigious big black book that
looked like the ark of covenant great
laughter and clappin0 of hands and
wanted the conference to make these rad
icsl changes in the constitution without
sufficient time for consideration. Mr..
Field therefore moved that the whole
discussion of changes in the constitution
be postponed until the next general con-
ference. His motion was put and lost.
DIR. Hartzel and several others called for
Bishop Merrill upon the subject, but en-
account of the fact that the hour for adj
iournment had almost arrived il was de-
cided to postpone Bishop Merrill's speech
and explanation of thework of the consti
tuition com mission until tomorrow. DIR.
Carman, fraternal delegate from the
methods. church OF Canada, was pre-
scented to the conference. after which adj
journment was taken. An effort is being
made to bring the church North aud
South together and communication has
already been opened with the officers of
the church South by the committee on the
state of the church.
The committee on the Chinese exclusion
bill held meeting and prepared a report.
1t is in keeping with the resolution intro
duced the other day in which the total
exclusion of the Chinese from the United
States was declared to be an outrage upon
modern civilization. This report
will probably be adopted with
whirl. The impression seems
to be gaining ground that there will be
bishops elected this session A mass
meeting was held tonight in the interest
of the deconess movement and the hos
pital wards. Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer of
Chicago, Bishop Newman, Bishop Tho
burn and others delivered addresses
The following telegram was sent to
Vice-President Morton and to the congress
Of the United States by the committee on
the Columbian exposition of the methodist
conference:
OMAHA, Nsb, May 10, 1884,
To the Vice-President OF the United States,
Washington:
you TO the house of Representa- tives the ador-
ton of the following resolutions:
The general conference of the methodist
episcopal church, here assembled, represent
ing two and half million members and ten
million adherents, heartily approve OF the
Columbian exposition and the worlds fair ap-
preparation bill now pending before congress-.
provided expressly, that the appropriation by
congress shall be conditioned on closing the
exposition on Sunday.
Sent by order of the conference.
THOMAS Ii. PEAME,
President of the Conferences Columbian Expo
sition Committee.
JAMES T. EDWARDS, Secretary.
similar telegram was sent to President
Harrison.
OMAHA. Neb., May 11.-Bishop joyce
occupied the presiding officers chair in
the Methodist episcopal general confer
ence today. The devotional services were
the New York conference. The rules were
suspended to hear a report from the com
mittee on centennial of the general
conference OF the methodist church.
The report recommended that special
service be held on the evening of May II
as 9 centennial service. The report also
recommended that efforts be make to col
lect the facts connected with the confer
ence OF 1892, az the official journal of that
conference was lost. The report was
adopted. DR.. Kynett moved that com
mittee be appointed to meet the delega-
ton to the Presbyterian general
assembly. who pass through Omaha
tomorrow, on the way to Port
land. Ore. and invite them
to visit the general conference. Carried.
DR.. +. j. Gray of Pennsylvania introduced
a resolution to change the rules so as to
give the different boards authority to elect
the official editors, secretaries of the auxil-
iary department, superintendent OF the
book concern and other officers usually
elected by the general conference. He sup
ported the resolution in a very practical
speech. He said as most of the candidates
were unknown to majority of the dele