Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-02
The Action Regarding the Sunday
Concert Approved.
ElSSACRED BY TIE KlCKkPoO INDIANS
Fight Between Oyster Dredgen
and the Police.
RESISTANCE TO TAXATION.
BY THE CONFERENCE.
Methodists Approve the stand Of CLEVELAND
and Noble on the sunday Concert.

Methodists Approve the stand of CLEVELAND
and Noble on the sunday Concsrt-
Special Dispa.ch 10 Tn. Evening st.-.
HsoEksTowS, Mn, March 2-Bishop New
man opened the second DAYS session of ,hs
Baltimore conference % the NJ r. Church with
lecture 20 the Young men on m, thods Of study.
The devotional exercises we're conducted by
Rev. c. Herbert Richardson Of Baltimore
Presiding Elder II. T. Navlor of the Washing.
ton district presented . memorial from Ham,
line Church. Washington. asking that the parch-
ments OF Philip 4. Crist. aformsrs socs n preacher,
be restored. Rev.J. Wright protested against thu
restoration of the parchments CT even the an
pointments OF committee 60 look into tho
case. He said that this claim had been made
twice before, in 1889 aud ia 1890, aud hAs each
time been disallowed.
Bishop Newman added his voice in favor of a
reconsideration Of the case. aud in courtesy 10
the bishops wishes Mr., Wright withdrew his
objections
The woman question. with which the church
mas been wrestling for the past four years.
came up IN the form OF two vigorous protests
against voting IN accordance with the now
famous Hamilton resolution which was
adopted by the omaba general confer
ence or last MAY. and which proposes 70
admit woman 10 the general conference by indi-
recnon Tho conference had voted on chs nging
hAtf AFAhAA-lg 70 nenlnersnln lu
the general conference. but a suficien,Iv Isrgs
majority had not beon obtained to make the
change.
This failure was due in some measure 90 a
large number OF the conferences failing 20 vote.
The amendment proposed to interpret tbs
word 'laymen" TO mean either men or women
Dr. Hamilton proposed resolution by which
the word 'laymen" ~ iuterpret.d ts
mean persons of either sex and which
provides that the Law representatives in
general conferences must be males. A failur.
TO carry this by thrse-foarths Of the annual
conferences and two-thirds Of the general con-
ference will admit the women
RESOLUTIONS protesting against voting on the
matter In this way were presented by Rev. Dr.
Jno. +. Goucher, president OF the womau's
College, and Rev. C. Herbert Richardson. and
were made the special order for tomorrow
BRUISED TO ADMIT Mr.. LAScELr.
BY an overwhelming vote Of i2i to IL the
conference refused to admit Rev. John 4.
Lancely Of Toronto, who had been invited "a
become pastor OF Mount Vernon Place Church,
Presiding Elder Edwards submitted Mr..
Lancelys credentials and his application for
his sdmittance. After these had been read
DIR. Edwards moved his admittance.
Vigorous speeches Of objection were made
on the ground that private Arrangement had
been made between the congregation of Mount
Vernon Place Church and Mr.. Lancely and
that this was especially condemned by the con-
stitution Of the church.
Had he come in to take his chance. with ths
rest OF us," said Rev. W. ". Davis I'VE wouid
not vote against him. The matter as Il is i.
unmethodistical and will tend to break down
our itinerant system"
DIR. @. II. Corey Of the MetropoIitan Church.
Washington, has not sppearedin in the conferences
as yet.
ABOLITION oF THE SUNDAY CONCERT APPROVED.
Rev. Clarkson OF Baltimore requested the
secretary to read the press dispatches which
announced that president-elect Cleveland
had discountennnced and Secretary Noble
had forbidden the use of the pension building
for a concert next Sunday as q part OF
the inaugural ceremonies This brought
out great deal OF applause. and resolutions
we're unanimously adopted thanking Mr..
Cleveland and Secretary Noble.
-snR THOMPSON MAY BE RryKcrrp roo.
Rev. Hrgh Thompson Of the Metropolitan
Church OF Toronto has been invited by the
congregation Of Metropolitan Church Of Wash
ington to succeed Rev. nr. George II. Corev.
Ii is understood that he will also be refused ad-
mission when he applies for admission Tie
conference cannot consistently admit him after
refusing admission to Mr.. Lanceley.
This will bring into play Bit Of church poll
tics
Both these preachers NAV be admitted TO
conference in which objection would be
made. and they could then be transferred 10
the Baltimore conference by the presiding
bishop In spite OF the conference protests