The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-14
ARMENIAN oUTRAGEs DENOUNCED
Vigorous Demand for Action by
the Methodist Conference.
Fhe RESOLUTIONS Referred to the Apathy
OF christisn Governments IN Europe
and America. and Asks That This Gov
ernment Act With European Powers
In suppressing Turkish Atrocities.
Other Matters Before the Conference.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 1s.-The
Methodist Conference was opened 20.
day with Bishop Vincent in tho chair.
The devotional services were conducted
by the Rev. R. E. Gillum, q colored
minister from Central Missouri.
The arst resolution offered denounced
In the strongest terms the Armenian
'outrsges and massscres, and referred 20
tne apathy OF she Christian govern.
menta OF Europe and America. IA
closed By calling on Congress to pass
joint resolution authorizing the
PRESIDENT to enter into negotiations
WIN the european powers most directly
interested, with the view of interfering
ana preventing further msssacses. The
resolution also provided that copy OF
the resolutions should bs sent to both
houses OF Congress. II was referred TO
the committee on state of church with.
out discussion.
Inc proposition to change the time of
holding the general conference from
May to the first Wednesday in Nav
aroused discussion on the point of
constituttonslity OF the action, hut the
vote stood 397 yeas and 10 nays. The
next general conference Will, therefore.
1900. oS'
A proposition was presented by Rev,
~ Il. FISK, OF Detroit, to mold the con-
ference each ak years. Among the
aeasons given was that 1t would save
$500 per day and would save time. "a
under the present arrangement $40 men
are out of chuch work four weeks or An
aggregate Of forty-fve years. II was
referred to the committee on the state
OF the church.
Ohsplhfn McCabe presented q consti.
tuttonh amendment, which forbids anv
missionary society from appropristiur
any sum In excess OF the income of the
year previous. This was to call a halt
on the appropriations which have been
made In excess OF the income.
largely euloRistic resolution re-.
gard1ng the work OF missionsries WAS
the hrss thing presented after recess II
seq tuesday, May 10. ct IL o'clock, as
she day on which missionaries, deacon-
nesses, etc., are to be presented 20 the
conference. The resolution was then
adopted.
When the committee on episcopxcv
was called, DR.. Buckley reported that
the committee Is unable TO report a.
present on the number OF bishops, but
he promised TO do 80 the first thing to-
morrow morning.
report In which change was pro-
posed In the matter OF baptism caused a
prolonged debate. The proposition was
to the effect that those who were
sprinkled In infancy. could II desired,
De Inn mersed when they grew older
This was opposed by DR.. Leonard and
others on the ground that it was dis
eliminating against infant baptism, and
after prolonged discussion the report
of tho committee was recommitted.
The committee on book concern made
an adverse report on the recommendn-
ton to establish . Methodist daily
paper; 1t also made like report on the
recommendation that the Western,
Northwestern and Central Christian Ad.
vocates be consolidated into one paper
for the Mississippi Vslley. The report
was immediately adopted.
Another report authorized the book
concern to publish certain books and
periodicals OF the Methodist Church in
the Spanish language.
After announcements hsd been made
the conference adjourned.