The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-05-06

DIR. Buckley against admitting Mrs
Lydia A. Trimble, of Foo Chow, China,
to the conference as delegate.
Yesterday afternoon a mass meeting
was held at the armory and Bishop
Fowler delivered an address
CLEVELAND, May 5.-The Methodist
general conference was called to order
Monday by Bishop Merrill, of Chicago
Rev. j. S. Hurlbut, secretary OF the
Sunday-school union, read the Script
ure lesson and offered prayer. A reso-
luton instructing the committee on
consolidation of benevolence to report
not later than May 16 was carried.
Rev. D. H. Muller, of Cleveland, Of
fered resolutions advocating the es-
tablishment of q permanent tribunal
of arbitration between English-speak-
ing nations. The resolutions were
unanimously adopted, and copy will
be sent to President Cleveland.
The reading of this memorial was
unexpected, but the report of the COM
mittee on eligibility was called for,
which left the struggle just as it had
been, and when Chairman Kynett, OF
the committee, stepped upon the plat
form and read the majority report in
favor of the women the fact that the
women had withdrawn seemed to cut
no figure whatever and the fight pro-
ceeded in earnest.
DIR. Kynett made an eloquent speech
in favor of admitting the ladies, and
Rev. 7. b. Neely, of Philadelphia, read
the minority report against admission.
Rev. George Names then addressed the
conference in favor of the minority re-
port. He was followed by Rev. j. II.
Potts, of Detroit, in advocacy of the
majority report, and DR.. Sargent, of
Indiana, and DR.. Little, of New York,
spoke against the women.
Rev. w. A. Knighton, of Los Angeles,
provoked great laughter by beginning
his address "Mr. President, brethren
and sisters of the general conference.
He held this to be the great question
which the conference would settle. lie
closed with a strong plea for the wo-
men, who were, he said, the largest and
best half of the church. DR.. Robert
Forbes, OF Duluth, followed against
the proposition. He began by saying
that God made man and then he re-
pented. He then made woman and
neither God nor man had rested since.
He favored the admission of women in
1892, but he does not believe the pres
ent time is proper. He opposed it be-
cause the German conferences are op'
posed to it.
BY this time the great flow Of oratory
had exhausted the delegates and it was
decided to adjourn the debate until to-
day. The list of committees was
handed up and Dr. Monroe began read
ing it. The list consists Of nearly 9, coo
names, and it was ordered printed
The question arose regarding the
names submitted and the nomination!
were approved without reading. The
roll of committees was called and thu
places OF meeting announced. Th'
conference then adjourned for the day
At meeting of the permanent com
: mittee on temperance and prohibition
a resolution indorsing the American
Anti-Saloon League was defeated. Th
report to be made by the committee t
the conference will say that they deer
legislation against the liquor tratfi
advisable, but adds that they did nc
recommend that the members of tn
church should feel it obligatory
1 affiliate with any particular politics
: party.
In the evening a reception was tel
! dered the fraternal delegates, at twhic
Rev. j. j. Lewis, of New Zealand, tn
representative of the Australasia
Wesleyan conference and Rev. j.
Morris, of Nashville, Tenn, the repre-
4 sentative of the M. E. church south
t mnde addresses.