The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-20
BENNETT and CANNON ALSO REPROYED.
They Must Cease Printing Pcr.ona,,,,c. i'm
the Christian Advocate and Mctho-
dist kccordcr-Thc Carter Case
Concluded. but No Report
Msdc-tppointncnts to
he Read To-Day.

stand
The great and absorbing interest was
IN the expected reports I'm the cases Of
Cannon and Lanerty and Rev. j. X.
Eriiith. and those who came I'm the an
ucipatiod OF hearing these reports were
net disappointed. for Immediately after
Tie opening exercises both were present
o.
Ia addition to these subjects OF pub
He interest the spectators were treat
ca 10 an exciting passage Of arms, not
down on the bills on the subject Of the
Virginia Colportaec Board. Ia which the
principal contestants. Rcvs. A. g. Brown
and H. N. Hope. ably sustained their
sides Of the question.
The devotional exercises were conduct
ed 10y Rev. j.. e.. Reed, who read the
FORTY sixth Psalm ana oucitd prayer
alter which bishop Galloway declared the
conference open Tor business.
Immediately after the conclusion OF the
reading OF the minutes OF the Monday
session. Dr. ". y. Tudor, chairman
Of the Committee OF Nine appointed to
investigate tho CaunOn-Lancriy cOntrO-
Vcrsy, advanced 10 the front OF the altar.
carrying iu his hand roll OF paper, and
announced that ne was ready to present
the report of his committee.
There was stir all over the house az
ton all leaned forward 20 hear the re-
port 10 WAS as follows.
LAFFERTY CENSJRED.
Your committee appointed to .nvesti-
gate the question between Il. II. Bennett
and James Cannon. Jr, on the one part.
and j. j. Lancrty on the other, beg
leave to report.
After an honest. prayerful, and thor
ou,h Investigation. we fnd that Dr.
Laifcrty. i'm the late unhappy contro-
Norsy. has made statements the truth
Of which has not been sustained before
US. but We desire TO say
First ina our judgment Dr. Lancrty
has not had the intent TO tntufe the
good name Of the late Rev. Dr. W. ".
Bennett
second. I'm our Judgment. the unveri-
ned statements Of Or. Lafferty are due
not 10 deliberate and wlfu design 10
misreprescnt facts. but 10 the pr)m,-
uence of self in his mental habit. ana TO
The fact that the glory of self Is the n r.
dunn through which. without meaning 10
injure others. and without conscious cis-
honesty. he views the history of mis-
connection with the Richmond Christian
Advocate and the questions that rave
arisen out Of 49,.
Third. We condemn the Irritating
utterances which have marked his con-
duct Of the controversy. and for tais
reason and by this reason of the utter
unprontablcness of such personal CON
troVersy as We have had conducted in
public. and its liability to cngender bitter
itss and provoke harsh 'Xnrcssions. the
Virginia Conference Shout, require, ana
dees hereby require of him mat all such
matters of personal controversy snail
hereafter be excluded from the columns
OF It's organ, i'm issue of its regular CT
eXiCa.
We desire 10 add that. in our judgment.
r. "a. Bennett and James Cannon. Jr.,
under provocatiou, have made Incorporate
personal utterancos In print, which ere
open TO reprOOf. and We would hereby also
require OF them not TO Introduce such
personal matters hereafter into the col
umns a. the Methodist Recorder. the or
san ~ the Farmville and Lynchburs dls-
tTicts.
Finally, we recommend that m the
matter of the inquiry committed TO us
no fur,hor proceedings are necessary.
". ~ ~ DOk.
". T.. TlILEII,
". j. lOtNG,
H. b. BETTY,
.r MN. SIMPSON.
RICHARD FEIGJ son,
j.. CARSON WATSON,
". ". LEAR
j. NJ. Bt ltION.
The report was received ana unanimous
Is adopted.
Rev. d. u. Hank. chairman Of ihc
committee of three appointed 10 inNcsu-
lato the case of Rev. j. X. griffin OF
luncoteague. reported that. after "a re
tu investigation. they considered trial
necessary In reply TO ulestions ny the
Bshop MIR Hank stated tnat charges
and specifications had been drawn rr,
and counsel selected for each side. Mr..
Hank then asked the committee TO n,ct
him al once i'm the basement OF ih-
church.
THEIR CHARACTERS PASSED.
The Bishop then called rinute question
No ~ for the purpose Of passing the
characters OF Rcvs. James Cannon, Jr,
and r. II. Bennett and Dr. J. j. Lat
f,rtv. When the question was cdiei,
Dr. Lamerty rose and said that ne Nas
under the impression that his c''iractet
had passed among the list of elders, ana
il was. therefore, unnecessary TOT III"
To Doe called again.
Bishop Galloway replied that such was
not the case; that the communication
from Mcssrs. Cannon ana Bennett, asking
for an Investigation had been read before
conference prior 10 the calling ~ min
ute question 30. and that when ne came
10 Ir. Lamcrty's name lac hat passed
II over as ne had also done those OF
the names ina allegiance pending The re-
port OF the committee Dr. lA'iuiy
rNpresscd himself as satisfied with the
Bishops explanation OF the matter ana
said he had been mistaken. Ihc names
of the three contestants were then read,
and their characJrs declared passed.
Dr. W. '. Tudor presented the Bible
cause report ~ showed that during the
year passed the society had circulated
l.G2 volumes valued al $i,N22.
report No. OF the Committee on
Publishing Interests was then prese .ied
hy the chairman OF the committee. Rev.
DR.. George n. Ray. The supplemental
report calls attention TO the places
where books and the Church periodicals
may be secured. and closes with the fol-
lowing.
Resolved third. That We deprecate the
personalities which have appeared IN the
Methodist Recorder ana Richmond Chrls-
tlan Advocate during thss conference
year. aud w hope in the future there
may be nothing IN the columns or either
that may seem TO reflect upon our be-
loved Mcthodism by INDUCING IN puoli-
cations of such character.
In presenting this report, Or. Ray said
that since the report 81 the i.aficrty-
cannon committee mad been presented. ne
did not think this thrd section was