The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-24

Only ID Out of 175 Against the Change
Mayor Denny's Work Commended.

Only IL Out of rs Against the Change
Mayor Denny's Work Commended.
The first hour Of the morning session Of
the Methodist Conference was given to the
further examination of the ministerial can
didates who have taken the examination.
When the name of Rev. Mr.. Hinshaw was
reached by a motion he was continued on
trial and his case was referred to the pre-
siding elder of his district. Two men were
discontinued. In the case of one OF them
a man arose and said he had little faith
in a man who took a lifetime to get started,
and accused the man referred of spelling
circuit "serkit.' tta.
There were many women who hurried
through their work and We're at the church
early. There was a subdued excitement
and one woman was prepared for an emer-
gency with a pair of opera glasses. The
woman question was to come up and
they all wanted to be on hand for the be-
ginning as we'll as the end Previous to the
question it was decided that all lay dele
gates must be members of the church. In
the Baltimore Conference one of the amend
ments read: .'said delegates may be men
or women" This recommendation of the
Baltimore Conference was adopted by a
vote of 100 to Is, Rev. Mr.. Tevis OF this city,
being one who wished 1t understood that he
voted against it. When the vote was an
nounced there was tumultuous applause.
A peculiar kind of back door, legislation
was shown in the Hamilton amendment,
which was in effect that those who We're
in favor of the admission of women should
vote mo- and those who were against ii
should vote yes" BY motion of Rev; {.
n. Sims the irreguiarity of the Hamilton
amendment was disapproved by the confer
ence Tho conferences Of Pennsylvania,
admission of women and the three confer
ences OF this State are now on record as
for it. .r...ss
A second question which came up was to
change the ministerial representation in
the General Conference from one for every
forty-five TO one for every. sixty-five minis
Wrsn There wsre Sas few assen nax
decided there were many of the women OF
the audience who left. for that was all they
had come to hear.
this year have been separate corporations.
In view OF this fact committe of five,
Messrs. Curtis. Sims, Ford, Poucher and
Judge r. n. Lamb, was appointed to settle
the question of incorporation of the united
A memorial was read which calls for the
better support Of the isuperannuated, wild
ows, etc, placing them equal basis
with the bishops. This was adopted. The
delegates were instructed to present all
such claims to the bishop or presiding elder
The temperance question was brought up
by w. w. Snyder, who commended the
Union, Roosevelt and Parkhurst, In New
York, and Mayor Denny and cabinet in
e comm mend sht to municipaiities There was
lively discussion pro and con as TO the pro-
priety of alludng personally to any one.
Inc conference cannoi aHoro 10 put user sell
one reason given. but the report was finally
adopted q STOOD
A memorial from the State Soldiers
Home, at Lafayette. was read. The NJ. E.
Church was highly fomplimented for the
work it had done on the battlefield ard the
association made an offer that if the church
placed over the door with an inscription to
that effect The memorial was denounced
oy one member as a scheme to have the
church build the chapel and it was finally
tabled.
The nominating committee at this point
srogght fd IN its Esl9s The nominations
Children's Home and Aid Society-Revs.
Buchtel. Lathrop Sargent and Hyde.
sunday-school Union-President. A. W.
tary. NJ. Mechlen. managers, 7: w. Culmer.
w. r. I.athrop and W. b. Collins.
Freedman's Aid Society-President. H. a.
King vice president, Charles Hester: Sec
rotary, w. T. Davis; managers. NJ. l..
Wells. r. R. Bryson- and j. W. Troyer.
Tract Society--President- A. S. Moore;
vice president II. ii. Allen: secretary. Z.
b. Rawls; managers, James Hixon, G. c.
Clouds and c. Z. Asbury.
The committee on Sabbath observances
denounced the dissertation of the day and
especially the keeping open of ice cream
parlors and cigar stores. The committee on
the state OF the church reported favoring
no change in boundaries: also that no man
be elevated to the Office of bishop who is
not a man of large experience. The report
of the Sunday-school Union was approved,
especially the new methods of house-to-
house visitation and home class work. Mr.
Charles F. Coffin. president of the Sunday
school Union, was called for and came for
ward to the PLATFORM He said there were
sixty thousand children in the State who
were not in Sunday-schools and that the
work of the Union IL to get them in. AT
1:45 the conference adjourned.