The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-14
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RESOLUTIONS or METHODTSTS
Closing of the Conference in Springfield
Took Place Yesterday.

Closing of the Conference in Springfield
Took Place Yesterday.
Springfield, April 13.-The centennial
conference Of the Methodist church,
this city, came to an end late this eve
ing, with the reading Of the appoint
ments. In the morning the only busi-
ness of consequence done was to vote
on the admission of women to the gen
eral conference. 1t was known that a
majority favored this, and the only
matter of interest was whether the
Hamilton resolution, which presents
the issue in negative way that women
should not be admitted, should prevail.
The committee on the subject, of which
c. Il. Rice of Cambridge was chairman,
reported against putting the amend
ment in this form, or rather protested
against it, and recommended that mem
bers be allowed to decline to vote and
to have their refusal recorded. The
committees protest was defeated, but
the resolution as to allowing refusals
to vote to be registered prevailed. The
Hamilton amendment was defeated by
a large majority, only four voting for
it. Then the Baltimore and Colorado
resolution, stating the question affir-
matively was also sarried as was also
the resolution in favor of reducing the
basis Of representation to / to 81.
The afternoon session opened at 230
O'Clock, Rev. DR.. l.. e. Ella presiding.
Rev. N. T. Whitaker introduced reso-
lutions condemning the Armenian
atrocities and eulogizing the Red Cross
society's work. Four were voted as life
members of the Massachusetts Bible
society and one to life membership of
the American Bible society. Reports
on the work of the Seamen's Aid socie-
ty, Preachers Aid and various other
branches of the work were read. 1t
was voted to recommend to the general
conference the elction of stewards and
trustees by vote of the members of the
quarterly conference over twenty years
of age.
Memorials of the deceased of the past
year were read. Bishop Foss proposed
to the conference to finish the business
that evening if they felt so disposed.
1t was decided to do SO, and it was
also moved that after adjournment the
conference assemble at 7:30. Various
reports were read and a resolution to
the general conference adopted calling
for firm and dignified action in regard
to national rights and deploring both
sycophancy and iingoism
The officers and managers of the mi
nor societies were then. elected and at
$50 the conference adjourned.
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detail business. the only sensational
feature being the discussion on the re-
port of the committee on Romanism,
which was presented by N. t. Whitta-
ker of Lynn, his associates being Hugh
Montgomery and A. H. Herrick. In the
preamble it was stated that the Cath
olic church has succeeded in securing
the political contest in a, large number
of cities, giving strength to the sup
position that it is the object of the
present pope to secure temporal power
again. The report closed with the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That we, members of the
New England Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, do urge all
Americans to be alive to the lessons Of
history and not to be absorbed in the
advancement of personal interests as to
fail to oppose the aggressions of polit-
ical Romanism.
2 We are unalterably opposed to all
appropriations of public monies for sec
tartan purposes.
3. We commend the national house
of representatives for it's refusal to
make such appropriations.
4. We earnestly request the United
States senate to ratify this action of
the house of representatives and Grover
Cleveland, our president, to give to it
his sanction
+ 5. We affirm our hearty support of
the American public school system.
g. We commend most heartily the
Roman Catholics, who are faithful in
temperance and other moral reforms,
who accept as the truth Gods word,
when interpreted according to the die
tation of their own judgment and while
taking their religion do not take their
politics from the pope
Mr.. Whitaker spoke in support of
the resolution and Frederick Woods of
Boston gave sharp reply, in which
he said that the attack on the Catholics
was dllylhS tue MeInOdlSt cnufcn WITH
the A. P. A. and that the chairman
of the committee Mr.. Whitaker of
Lynn. had given an address why every
man should be an A. P. A. The at
tack. he said, claimed to be only a
political Romanism," that was not
true. The papers teemed with abuse
of Catholics and it was heard in the
conference last Friday. His speech
was received with mingled applause
and misses, and the report was accepted