The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-23


Charges of Unfair Treatment-Th Com.
ing Fight over the Tobacco Habit-Pro.
posed Retirement of Bishop Taylor.
CLEVELAND, May %. - The Methodist
general conference occupied itself yester
day in electing editors of church papers
and secretaries of church societies. Very
little remains now in the way of elections
When Rev DIR. J. NJ. Buckley was over
whelmingly elected editor of the New
York Christian Advocate there was an i'm
mense ovation to the popular New Yorker.
Resolutions were adopted favoring arbi
tration and will be copied into foreign
languages and sent to rulers of nations
throughout the world. Bishop Goodsell
was excused from further attendance upon
the conference, as he must go abroad.
Portland, Ore. was selected as the six.
teenth episcopal residence, and rules to be
followed by the bishops in selecting their
stations from among the residences pro.
vided were adopted.
In the afternoon several Of the committees
met, certain of them for the last time, since
they have accumulated enough reports to
keep the conference busy for the rest OF
the month. The bishops met in the after
their residences, but did not reach CON
clusion. In the evening "A meeting in the
interests of the deaconesses' work was held
and number of deaconesses were conse.
Grated
Rev. A. G. Bowdish, of Springfield l..
l., preferred formal complaint against
Bishops Fowler and Fitzgerald before the
committee on episcopacy. He claims that
in 1894 Bishop Fowler, while presiding
over the New York conference, transferred
him. without his knowledge or consent,
from New York TO the New England con-
ference. He says he went to the New Eng
land conference, then in session, and that
Bishop Fitzgerald declined to receive him,
on the ground that he already had more
ministers than he could use Mr.. Bow
dish went back to New York, but the con-
ference was ended and he was left without
occupation. He asks for $3.50 for house
rent and furniture. Bishop Fowler says
Mr.. Bowdish wanted to go to Boston and
that he supposed he had n call from a
church there. The case was referred to a
subcommittee.
The committee on episcopacy held an inn
pOrtant meeting last night The request
that a missionary bishop be elected for the
colored people of America and Africa was
temporarily tabled. The proposition to
cut India into two conferences was tabled
| but another missionary bishop to assist
| Bishop Thoburn in India was recon-
mended. A missionary bishop was also
recommended for South America. The
committee decided TO report the non
effectiveness of Bishop Taylor, Of Africa,
who is rs years old, and recommended
that Il missionary bishop be elected to take
| his place. The retirement of Bishop Tay-
! lor was considered when the cases of
Bishop Bowman and Bishop Foster were
considered, but action was deferred owing
! to the unfinished condition Of financial al
fairs under his management.
| There was a hot debate in the commit
tee ON itineracy on the proposition that the
bishops be directed not to appoint at an
nual conference officers addicted to the
use of tobacco. The vote stood 24 yeas and
20 nays, The fight in the general confer
ence on this matter will be even more
/ lively. The proposition that bishops be
| guided in appointment of ministers by the
| wishes of the majority of presiding elders
was very quickly killed.
| The committee on state of the church,
after much discussion, decided not to take
action on petition requesting that section
| 25 be stricken out of the discipline This
section relates to certain passages of scrip
| ture which recommend that women do not
wear precious stones and fine apparel.