The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-28

tied Elections Held-W. y. Martindale
G.. Lowther and w. III. Rose VIII Rep
resent the Ministry While James ALI
son and Thomas Hutto VIII Represent
the Lay Conference at Cleveland In Blay
Women Garry the Day by Large
Observation-Disclosures Transacted.
Yesterday was the great day of the
conference and more business was trans
acted than upon any previous day. The
great spiritual meeting of the day be-
fore had brought out a large audience
to the praise services which are held
during the first hour.
The devotional exercises were led by
Rev Stantper and when the bishop en-
tered the auditorium of the church his
face shone forth as he realized that he
was in the midst Of jealous and lively
Methodists.
The minutes Of the previous day were
read and adopted.
Reva Nusbaum, Daily and Jones
were appointed as committee on the
Kansas Childrens Home.
Revs. NJ. V. Wheney, Edward E. Rob-
bins, William Clapper, John K. Redrick,
w. L. Williams and Stephen B. Osborne,
the class to whom the bishop gave his
address the cay before, were admitted
20 the conference after answering the
usual disciplinary questions.
Revs. Berchfield and Johnson were
also examined as TO the discipline and
their case continued until today.
The constitutional amendments were
then called up by the bishop and explain
ed as follows:
The vote on the Baltimore and Colo
RADIO plans means thai the conference
is in favor Of so changing the discipline
of the church that TIE women shall be
eligible 10 De elected as delegates to the
general conference and was a direct
vote upon this question. Carried by a
big majority.
The vote on what is known as the
Hamilton amendment was intended TO
reach the same end by a different
method-that is by negative vote. A
vote to change the discipline so that il
would read that the delegates must De
men which they expected. Defeated by
large majority.
The vote on the change in representa-
tion means that the conference is in IA
vor of the general conference having
the authority to change the ratio OF
representation so that it may be from
fourteen to sixty-five instead of four
teen to forty-five, as it now is. Carried.
The election Of delegates to the gen.
eral conference then resulted as fol-
lows: w. ]. Martindale, 81; G.. Low
Their, 80; w. II. Rose, 81. Necessary to
choice 80. The three elected are all
presiding elders. Rev. f. c. Beach
end DR.. G.. W. Howes were elected as
alternates.
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and the character passed of the follow
ing members of the conference: w. H.
Cline, continued; n. Z. Harmon, con-
tinued; B. F. Wonder, continued; Joseph
Combs, continued; A. ]. BiXuer, trans
ferred to the effective; ]. w. Fox, trans
ferred TO the supernumary; c. n. Bait
hrop, continued; ]. n. Howard, Charles
Brown and ]. d. Botkin, continued.
The supernumary test was called and
the character passed of the following
members: Z. NJ. Stamper NJ. NJ. Ham;
I. n. BarteIs, VIM. Sibley, A. Hartman,
r. A. Goodrich, VIM. Hays, II. Lundy,
f. T. Riser, G. W. Aiken, ]. F. Nessly,
s. Price, f. =. Abbott, S. McKibben, q.
H Matthias, B. c. Swarts, T. Andes.
Drs. Cranston and Young were then
introduced to the conference and deliv
cred addresses.
A large number Of visiting brethren
from other conferences were present
and were introduced to the conference.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting Of the Womsn's Foreign
Missionary society was held and ad-
dressed by Mrs. Pollard Of Illinois, the
national organizer. There was a large
attendance and much interest manifest
ed.
Rev. c. s. Nusbaum conducted the
u III ha
DIV meeting was held.
Statistical Secretary Burns and his
assistants made their work almost COM
pleted and viii make their report today.
The various committees have almost
completed their work and viii be ready
to report this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
Last night was the temperance an
niversary and those who felt that the
bishop in his address had given the
cause Of Prohibition a hard hit in his
mastery address the day previous and
they selected for the speaker of the
evening DR.. BTumbaugh of Atchison,
Kan.
A more eloquent speaker could not be
found and his address was a mastery
effort againts the curse of the age, in
temperance. He drew graphic pictures
Of the great evil, and there was not a
person in the house but what agreed
with the eloquent and theoretical speak
er of the evening. His story OF life a :
TO how the curse of strong drink had
been forced upon him was touching and
brought tears to the eyes of his hearers.
He surely has cause to hate the traffic.
He did not deny a single proposition
made by the bishop. but for some pur-
pose read long extracts from the disc!-
pline TO prove that it was the duty OF
the Methodist Episcopal church to fight
tntemperance. He was extremely Sc
we're on governors who failed to execute
the laws. He used no new arguments,
but he clothed his pictures with a tint
of the choicest language and told many
touching and comical stories. It was
the address of the occasion, but as one
been told for the past twenty-five
years." He was extremely severe on
the Germans, and upheld political
preachers.
LAY CONFERENCE.
With a half hours devotional eXer-
else the lay delegate conference met at
the Congregational church yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock, Dr.. s. 4. Newhall
Of Newton was chosen secretary
chairman and J. f. Junkin of Sterling
temporary secretary.
The chair appointed R. p. Murdoch
s. A Marshall and James Allison
committee to wait upon the bishop and
request that he open the conference.
The committee reported that this would
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