The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-26

\ LOUISIANA. as missionary biShop for
Africa, to succeed Bishop Taylor who was
] retired, was the incident of the morning
session.
The conference decided today to hold
/ TWO session daily until the adjournment
IN order that the business might be dis
posed of.
FOSS IN THE CHAIR.
The conference opened with Bishop Foss
! IN the chair The first business of the
conference was to limit the speeches of
/ delegates TO five minutes, and the time
OF chairmen of committees to speak was
limited to ten minutes
Bishop Foss had diffisulty in receiving
parliamentary courtesy but he welded
the gavel with determination and main
! tanned order.
A suspension of rules to allow the
committee on boundaries to make a
special report was granted. After much
discussion it was decided to hold two
sessions a day hereafter.
Inc order of business of the day-the
election of missionary bishop of Africa.
was called for. An effort was made to
| open the old fight by moving that the
| vote by which it was decided to elect a
missionary bishop be reconsidered. 1t
was promptly tabled. Another motion
was made to postpone the election OF
missionary bishop until the committee on
judiciary had reported on some of the
legal points 1t was promptly tabled. 1t
was decided to elect by ballot without
anu INdI d IWO-IllTuS uld-
Jorrty was necessary to elect.
THE FIRST BALLOT
was then taken After the first ballot
committee on constitution was sub
mitted. 1t did not recommend any
changes of note, but recommended a
reference to the annual conferences and
the minority report, signed by l.. NJ.
Shaw, John z. James, R. S. Tenant, E.
j. Sawyer and ]. E. Maxfield, all laymen,
| recommended that the matter also be re-
ferred to the lay electoral conferences in
order that the laity of the church might
have something to say about the adop-
ton of the report. Dr. Kynett made a
strong plea for the minority report.
l.. b. Syartout, lay delegate, made a
strong plea against the entire report He
complained of an autocratic government
of the church.
The first ballot on missionary bishop
was then announced as follows: Total
vote, All. j. B. Hartsell 22S; c. B Mason
81; H. n. Moore. 70; j. w. Hamilton, 10;
George o. Cue, 10; scattering vote, 46.
Another ballot was taken before re
cess Fred d. Grant and Bishop F.
Arnett of the African M. E. church was
introduced to the conference and re-
cess was taken. After recess the second
ballot for missionary bishop was an.
nounced. 1t resulted in the election Of
Rev. ]. B. Hartsell He received $50
votes.
The argument of the report of the
committee on legislation was taken up
SECTION BY SECTION
and debated When the section which
provided for delegates TO lay electoral
conferences was reached an amend
ment was made that members of the
lay electoral conference be chosen di-
rectly by the people. 1t looked like the
old fight of the laity against the minis
tiers. A motion TO lay it on the table
was lost by narrow margin.
When it came to a vote, the amend
ment was lost by vote of 1873 to 1872
, The conference proceeded at the al
ternoon session with the consideration
of the constitution. First came section
4, providing for the election of lay dele
gates to the general conference in the
manner at present followed, giving two
lay1nen from each annual conference,
except from such as have only one min
lister. in which event there is but one
lay delegate. Alexander Ashley of
Washington, offered an amendment,
the effect of which was that there be
as many lay delegates in the general
conference as ministerial delegates In
a moment the conference
WAS IN AN UPROAR.
Several hot speeches were made. The
most sensational was that of Rev, j.
D. Graw, of New Jersey. He said the
laymen were in the control of the quar-
terly conferences. They could. he de-
cfared. choose their ministers, tell what
kind of houses they must live in, what
kind of clothing they must wear. and
even what they must eat.
Il object, he cried, Ito this amend
ment, and I will die fighting If need
be, to maintain our authority in the
general conference"
The ministers loudly applauded this.
4 motion was made to table Mr.. Ash
leys amendment Bishop Hurst, who
was in the chair. put it, and it was
carried.
Mr. Ashley asked for a separate vote
by ministers and laymen. Bishop Hurst
said he was too late, as the motion to
table had already passed.
Mr.. Ashley. in indignant tones, de-
clared he made the request before the
motion to table was put, and that the
chair recognized him then.
The conference was in a state of
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
The lay delegates clamored for the
recognition of Mr.. Ashley's protest and
ministerial delegates shouted points of
order and calls for the previous ques-
ton. HenrysFrench of San Jose, Cal,
voiced protest in clarion tones, which
could be heard above the confusion.
Bishop Hurst told him to put his pro-
test In writing. but DR.. French still
protested. He declared il was disgrace
full and a blow at the welfare of the
church to stamp on the laymen as was
being done.
Delegates were on their feet, loud
aalking and clamoring for recognition.
Finally Rev. L. b Wilson, of Balti-
more moved that the vote to table be
rAconsidered. Rev. DR.. A. j. Kinett
raised the point that if the new con-
stitution went to the annual confer
ence with section four amended as
Mr.. Ashley desired it would surely be
rejected Therefore, while he favored
equal lay representation, he thought
the work of eight years in preparing
the constitution should not be killed
to win recognition ON this one point.
Mr. Ashley promptly withdrew his
amendment, saying he would raise the
issue later in some other form. The
section was then adopted.
Rev DR. Nj. c. Mason (colored, of
Savannah, Ga,) was elected cores
ponding secretary of the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Educational society.
AN OGDEN ROBBERY.
Especial to The Herald!
OGDEN, May PA daring ROBBERY
occurred late tonight in this city.
Five hundred and seventy dollars were
taken from small store. The money