West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-31

General Conference shall be- appoin-
ted by the Bishops, with the con
sent OF the majority of the confer
ence and If there be no bishop
present, the General Conference
shall do it by majority Of votes,
or the oldest Annual Conference,
who then shall give the other
Annual Conferences duo notice oil
the time and place"
The Buffalo Conference OF 1887,
fixed the time for the Conference OF
1891, but had no place to go to,
therefore one of Domef's fuction
put q motion before the Conference
that the Cburch's Board of Publ.
cation be authorized to ix the next
place of meeting. Domer's loader,
X. Dubs, was in the chair when the
motion was made and with the unan
imous consent of all the members it
was declared 10 be so, even those
eleven who afterwards refused obc-
djence, agreed to tins action, so
things passed on from 1887 to the
2Sth day of Feb, 1891, when the
East, Pa. Conference or part of
them thought themselves vested of
the power to- oveiturn the unani-
mons action of the iSuprcme Court
Of Ian OF our church which assem-
bled in foil power IN 1887, and
appointed different place from
what the Board of Publication had
already appointed.
The action Of the General Con
ference of 1887 was confirmed by
all the % Annual Conferences in
1883, and accordingly the Board Of
Publication met and appointed
indianapolis, Indiana, MS the place
of meeting for the General Confer
ence eff 1891, and one of the
Annual Conferences Crexasl elected
IT'S delegate TO go to indianapolis,
but five months after all this was
done IN accordance with the regula-
tlons OF the General Conference,
the East Pa. fractional Conference
appointed Philadelphia ns place
for their adherents. 1t will also
be remembered that in their Phila-
delphia Conference was a majority
of those eleven who refused obedi-
ence to our church law. The
action of Domer's faction in
appointing tins latter place of
meeting is based upon the assump-
ton that us the General Conference
did not fix the place of meeting it
devolved upon the oldest Annual
Conference. Remember, the Gen
eral Conference fixed the time and
through the Board of Publication,
fixed the place, and all done By
Unanimous consent of Conference
and no objection was made 10 Its
action by any person or Conference
until 1891. This action was taken
to shield themselves after they
openly avowed not to obey, vet
promised to obey, and after ti.ey
all agreed how it should be done
and of themselves made the motion
and agreement, turn and violats
all. Who will dare say they are
acting faithfully and honestly?
On the other side the "majority''
have complied with every require
ment made by the Buffalo Genera
Conference. They said they would
obey-they have obeyed.
A comparison Of the meeting o.
the two General Conferences.
AT the General Conference Il
indianapolis, Indiana, there wa,
assembled one hundred men, rep
resenting the Evangelical Associa
ton Of N. A. They we're from
three continents and FIVE distlnc
Goyernments-the United States
the British Dominions, the German
Empire, the Swiss Republic, an,
the Sunrise Kingdom two Presi
dents, one Queen, an Emperor, an,
a Mikads. Every general interes
OF our church was rcprcsente,
there, aud, no where else beside 2,
Of the rs Annual Conferences ha,
their representatives there, and al
the general church officers wer
there except r. Dubs, who wa
expelled from the church. At tb
Philadelphia gathering there wa
but as representatives from tw,
conferences and Eve divided ones
and only one general church officer
and we're insufficient to have
quorum. besides they roprese,tfe,