The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-04
ORDER IN CONFERENCE
Sergeant at Arms Made Neces-
sary to Maintain It.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE METHODISTS.

The Presiding Officer Gives the Delegates a
Lecture ard Says Order in the Confer
once Must Be Preserved-First skirmisn
won by the Laymen-Committee ON
RULES Appointed-The Episcopal Adj
dress Read by Bishop Warren.
CLEVELAND, May At was Blshop
FOSTERS turn to preside Saturday morn
ing at the general NJ r. conference He
called the delegates to order and DR.. T..
w. Parker of India opened the session
with scriptural reading. The presiding
oillcer was forced TO allude to the confu.
sion and disorder which characterized
Fridays proceedings and suggeJted that
the business be transacted in an orderly
manner. and added that quiet could not
be sustained without the co operation of
the delegates. He said delegates should
give their name and conference before be-
ing recognized. Bishop Foster then gave
aiecture'on order and IL was evident that
h did not desire repetition of Fridays
disorder
Officer to Maintrin Order.
DIR. Walsh Of Kentucky introduced a
resolution for the appointment of SER
8 'ant-at-arms To maintain order in the
rear of the auditorium. The resolution
was amended TO have the conference bear
the expense and was agreed to. Mr.. p.
H. Swift of Chicago desired that COM
mittee on Epworth League be appointed
10 consist of one member from each an
nual conference. 1t was passed against
opposition. A committee of seven on
rules was appointed. Then DIR. Neely
moved an appointment of a committee of
eighteen on constitution, fifteen to DO by
districts and three at large. This is one
OF the greatest questions which will come
before the conference and the broaching
of the question caused a decided furry.
Amendments were offered. The first was
for the committee to consist of two mem
b,rs from each district conference Of the
general conference. Mr.. Bentley of Mis-
souri, moved that the committec con sist of
nine, to be appointed by the bishops.
This was violently opposed by l.. M.
Shaw of Des Moincs.
Laid ON the Table.
a great deal of confusion prevailed un-
I'll finally DIR. Payne of New York moved
to lay the motion for committee of
lllile OH IHt tuDlt, anu ~ WIS promptly
done. DIR. Teter shut off debate by NOV
ing the previous question and the motion
was carried. Chaplain Z. g. McCabe read
a telegram stating that DIR. John NJ. Reed
is at the point of death. The conference
ordered a telegram of sympathy sent to
Mrs. Reed DR.. Leroy NJ. Belt of Ohio
brought a measure of the laymen on the
floor. As the church stands at present
nine separate collections are taken up
each year for tho benefit of certain benev-
olenccs These are too frequent, think
the laymen, and they also desire to con-
solidate some of the papers. DIR. Belt
moved the appointment of a committee OF
laymcn and clergymen from each district
and three at large to consider the feasabil-
ity of simplifying benevolences. DIR.
5 NTH moved that all papers and resolu-
ti1ns on this subject be referred I'd the
regular committee on temporal economy.
Won by the Laymen.
DR. Rclt would not permit this, and DIR.
Smiths motion was laid on the table
The first skirmish was won by the lay.
men. Mr.. Hynett wanted TO add one
Clergyman and ono layman from each So
ciety to the committee. DIR. Buckley OPP
posed this and made a humorous and Wig
orous address DIR. Hynett's amendment
was laid on the table and DIR. Belts mo-
ton was carried. All information on
this subject was ordered referred into
this committee. At half-past 10 o'clock
Bishop Warren of Denver commenced
the reading of the Episcopal address 1t
was 1000 words in length and was in the
nature of report on behalf of tho board
of bishops to the conferences 1t embodied
an exhaustive review of the work of the
conference during the past four years.
Reports were contained concerning the
missionary work, Sunday school, church
extension, Freedmens Aid bureau work
and on the subject of discipline. At the
conclusion Of the address the conference
adjourned.