The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-06-02


SlucsftOn-TO TO Settled Eight Years
Hence PoIy.amy ,u.ie
of the Church Temperance.
Have Finished Their Work.
The over hadow.ng fight cf III, last
day of the Omaha conference was the
woman gu, sion. Eev. DR.. Buckley's
speech was unique. He crowded into
five minutes more than anoth r man
could into fifteen minutes. When he
fin shed he was roundly applau ted by
al. .Fo!ln Field. of PHILADELPHIA. made
n telling speech. He sad that il The
women came into the confe .ence an |
thereby c'oSdcd Gu III, men. to them
would tc due the res Its. Mca did not.
rs rule, care to mc1dle in the church
business, and the best thin. to force
them out was for the women TO take
hold of the government. This would
leave nothing for the men to do. and
the women and preachers could run the
church to su themselvt 5.
The other acts OF note during the da-
We're as follows: The conference
!opted Il r.p,rs con,lemuing ro,ygamy
i'll any nation, and demanding, that no
one. lie he in India. China or Africa.
who practices po!yra ny be allowed 10
rar.akc Of e, mn union.
Endowment to cole &c; of post
graduate work was asked by he cdu-
cational committee. and the conference
joined in it by adopting the rtpart.
1t was deri!ci to appoint |; committee
to organize an ins.runc, company,
somewhat on the pal OF the British
Wesleyan, and report TO the next gem
cral conference.
4 e7olrt:ol was heartily adopted
congratulate NJ the House of Eeir, sent
atives on its recommended. ion TO aid the
Worlds Fair on condition OF excluding
intoxicating liquors. At 2:2D in the
afternoon the cen 'e-cn"e ad ourned
cine die.
Work OF the Inference.
The work of the conference ha, been
productive of much o ID says an Orla-
ha dispatch. The most inro: tant qucs-
tons coas derei duri & this session
We're the report OF tie Constitutional
Committee en- the rev sion OF the con-
stitution and scipline. After four days
this important matter was indefinitely
postponed, and IS no comm ssion or
committee WIS appointed before ad-
journment, II thing will be done toward
revising tn" laws of the ch irch be ore
the next general conference in 1896.
The next important question, which, by
the way was settled as far as the gem
eral conference is concerled, was equal
representation OF lay AM ministerial
del gates. 1t now requires two-thirds
vote of the annual conferences 10 carry
into effect the action of this body.
While the final action is far off many
warm friends of the laymen predict that
two-thiIds of the annual conferences
will not inGo-se the pan. 1t is said that
the German and African conferences
will be against it, together with the
weaker conferences, which, being now
equally represented, would not be ben
Gifted by it.
Victory for the Women.
The next important step was the WON.
an question. which, after hard
fight, resulted in a 81 ght victory for the
ladies. DIR. Hamilton is the Moses who
led the women out of the wilderness of
ObScurity. His resolution requires that
in order to constitutionaiiy settle the
matter proposition be referred to the
annual conferences whereby the words
who shall be men only shall follow the
words lay delegates Ia or or to in
terpret the words in that manner In ee-
fourths of the annual conft rences must
SO vote, then two thirds of the next gem
cral conference must concur In that in
depreciation. It viii thus be seen that
the women, who control majority of
the conferences, will win the day in the
next general conference, although they
will not hc able to be seated unit! eight
years hence.
Another important piece Of legisla-
tion was the refusal to rem ,ve the time
limit on the location of preachers The
provisions remain a, they were enacted
at the last general confer. II 20, five
years the maximum Location. The re-
fusal 10 Increase the number of bishops
or to lO@ate re sidcnce in Europe and
Japan were other features Of Importance.
The powers Of the bishops were cur
tailed in two instanc *. The conference
is given the power of zee ing the ap-
pointinent of iu ulieiary committee
which passes on appeals. nd the bsh-
ops were denied the right to appear be-
fore the book committee to argue in fa-
vor or against an apl ointment to fill
vacancy. The proposed chsnge in the
discipline relating to amusements died.
failing TO be brought before the confer
ence, rs also did the resolution of Dr.
Han on asking the church to put itself
on record in reference to it's position on
the controversy bt tween capital and la
Dor.
that the church has no place in politics
TIE conference adopted the rerort Of til,
Committee on 1ntemperance, which
pledged support to all organizations
banded together TO supprc SIS the liquor
traffic. Later on a res olutiOn declaring
that the conference did not construe it's
adoption OF the report to bind it TO any
political party a7sed without dissent
The practice of lo,ygamy was de-
nOunced in Unmistahlc language, and
the Federal Government asked to in
crease the duty on opium to such an ex-
tent as to prohibit traf1i, in it.
The church put itself on record as
favoring the Worlds Fair and favoring
appropriations only on condition that
the gates should be closed on Sun lay
and that no intoxicating liquors
shoull be sold on the grounds. It
further appointed commission to de-
termine the advisability 0: participating &
in a general relg Gus exhibit and to en-
gage in one if found practicable.
Union of Methotiist> Nortl, and South.
A commission to meet the Methodist
Episcopal Churo h South to negotiate an
organic union Of the two was appointed.
The bishops were given authority to
appoint ministers to the pu'pits OF
churches, who's, doctrines and laws are
the same as the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Two Secretaries instead of
one of the Church Extension Society
and Frccdmcns Aid and Educational
Society were elected. The Epworth
League was made cons itutional part
Of the church, and is now the only rec
ognized society of young PEOPLE in the
church. Its headquarters will b, in
Chicago, where the oflic al organ, the
Epworth Herald, will be published.
The Rocky Mountain and Nebraska
Advocates were authorized to lecome
official papers OF their patronizing con.
ferenccs. A message was sent to the
President demanding that he refuse tc
sign the Chinese exclusion act, The