Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-10-26
MI. Il. CONFERENCE.
The Conn mieGees at work strong
Action to be Taken ON Race
Track Gambling and Rum
ainIfn mn sSiMmS.

Track Gambling ana Rum
Com mmfssiOns.
The Methodist Protestant Confer
ence Thursday afternoon reelected
Rev. Charles D. Sinkinson, of Cam
den, President of Conference.
The examination of characters was
concluded and all the brethren were
found to stand fair with out single
exception.
President Sink1nson appointed the
committees as usual, including a very
strong committee on temperance.
The committees appointed are: on
education, on church extension, on
Sabbath Schools, on temperance, on
church literature, etc
Thursday night an address was made
by Rev. G. D. Colbourn, Secretary of
the Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety, and collection was raised for
missions.
The subject of the Union of the New
Jersey and New York Conferences oc-
cupied good part of the attention of
Conference to-day. The New York
delegates were present.
FRIDAY MORNING.
AT nine o'clock the usual morning
exercises were held, followed by the
reading and approval of the journal
of the previous sessions.
Some sixteen candidates were re.
ferred to the committee on itineracy
and orders, part of them by the Presi-
dent for employment.
There was quite little interest
taken in the selection of a pace of
meeting for next year. Lake Como,
Atlantic City, Manasquon and Union
Valley were named. The vote resulted
Lake Como, 23; Atlantic City, q;
Union Valley, L; Manasquan, 16. Lake
Como having clear majority was de-
clared the next place of meeting.
A motion was made and seconded
that the President be required to
travel throughout all the District dur
ing the coming year, and as far as
practicable attend all the Quarterly
Conferences.
Rev. T. B. Appelgate. thought the
question was one that the conference
could not vote upon intelligently at
this time, and upon his motion the
matter was laid upon thetable.
SATURDAY MORNING.
The business of Conference yester-
day afternoon consisted largely In dis
cussion of the proposition to make
the President travelling President,
which was finally so ordered by Con-
ference.
A committee on Conference claims
was ordered, and was appointed by
the President, but not till vast
amount of discussion was had upon
this question. Rev. J. Hopkins was
made the Chairman OF the committee.
This mornings session began with
the usual devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Rev. James B. Nixon. The
minutes were read, corrected and ap.
proved.
The report of the Preachers Aid So
ciety was made by Rev. Thomas B.
Appelgate, for the Board of Managers.
This was followed by reports from
the other Societies of the Conference
which consumed the morning session.
The following resolutions regarding
the union of the New York and New
Jersey conferences was adopted:
RESOLVED, That this Conference
heartily endorses the communication
presented to the New York Conference
by the committee appointed by the
conference last year, as expressing the
views of this conference on the subject
OF boundaries and the proposed union.
That we have been pleased with the
presence of Rev. Alex. Patton, presi-
dent, and Revs. 6. A. Ogg, R. Tyson
and 3. Tamblyn, fraternal messengers
from the New York conference, and
we heartily reciprocate the expression
OF good will and esteem which they
have rendered. That we will lay the
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the conferences before our charges,
and will be prepared to consider such
action as our joint committee may
present at our next session. That Rev.
j. ID Alger and M. E. Grant are ap-
pointed fraternal messengers to the
New York annual conference.
Ex-president of conference, T. B.
Appelgate, made the following motion,
the reading of which was hailed with
enthusiastic applause.
II move that the committee on Tenn
perance (Which is the committee near
est allied to the subject), be author
lied to include in their report full
expression of the views of this confer
ence upon the subject of the evils of
race-track gambling, pledging our
ministers and members to full SYM
pathy and cooperation with the
efforts which are being made for the
repeal of the vicious legislation which
has made our commonwealth re-
proach In the land" The motion was