Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-05-02
GENERAL CONFERENCE!
OF Methodist Church in SESSION
al Cleveland.
Called TO order by Bishop Bowman
This Morning.
Names Of Women delegates Are rlated
on the RUil.
All THI WORLD REPRESENTED

Cleveland ohio. VIA, Three thou
Hdhd p'orl" wrf" pte-rn, this morning
When the great puairrnnlAl conference
Of III" Methodist Episcopal church was
called I" order 10y Bishop b,wman
when the namr NJ lNdla rfimhlr was
called delegate Wa immediately un hl-
t""t, anh made u motion that ihi, name
hr omitted until the rnn,mittrr deter
min" whether her election wa- legal
F"f a uuuwnt II l,-,kr,i ~ II the hght
had started Bishop ltwulAn. huWrNrt,
refused to entertain the motion. ~ h, lie.
clhrtd Us" convention WA not urganlzrd
b" tumnliu"I- appliance which ful.
lowed the ruling ~ the chair Indicated
III" strength 1T the woman -ufItag. tac.
tlon al the delegation
This was the liI~t -kirml, h aud a. other
names II women drlrgatr, were called
10 exception WA taken.
The secretary continued to call IA. roll
anu the conference drcld,Sl tn hll the va.
cancirs from the reserves and H. adupt
the rules ~ the last conference.
The tight over the rights NJ M,mrn on
the ii""f was precipitAtri T., no"iaIs of
india, who pr,~rnird resolutions claim.
ing right tu rhpr.. the committees un
which liz will serve IN the same manner
H. ministerial delegates have male choice
~ the committees un which thry will
Ser>e,anN previous arrangement nutwilh.
standing
When the tumut following the presen.
tAtiun W these resolutions had subsidized.
Bishop bowman ruled them ont II order,
still contending that the organization ot
the convention had not heeu perfected.
N"arl. every couutr! on the globe IL
represented
Bishop bnwuHn announced that the
Bible which hr used ~ the -rrNi ices wa-
the same one which WA used b, John
W--lr! In his study In r. gland This
historical treasure was presented a. the
conference SoInr years ago.
Rev. Dr, l'pham brew, of the theologi.
cal seminary. cl"-ed the devotional ser.
vices.
II was n notable a-s-nhlagr that the
venerable Bi-hop Thomas Bowman, II ~
l0ui- confronted when he APPEARED upon
the platform Of the magnificent new
arnnry at y o'clock this morning. and.
with touch of his ga,rl. declared that
the twenty eighth quahrrnnial session of
the general conference of the Mrth"dist
Episcopal church was formally oprnei,
Before him In the body ~ the hail sat
between six and seven hundred ~ the
m,~t distinguished di'incs aud la,mrn
of the denomination, gathered from every
state aud territory ~ the niun, H. Veil
IA from India and china, Japan aud
South America, Mexico, Emrlm aud treat
Britain.
There were millionaire business men
aud bankers. lawyers "f fame, teachers ~
trnuwn, merchants and manufacturers.
f"rmrI- nnd physicians. rryivalists ami
-ttii philosophers Theological writer's Of
world wide rrpntr, and representatives ~
nearly every profession and branch of ia.
dnstry.
Many questions ~ supreme import.
ancr Ia the denomination, and action
uInn which will h- awaited with Intense
interest l., Mrthodists the world over.
will be acted upon during the months
session of the general conference, chief
among these Is the question oi admitting
women delegates.
The proposition to change the basis of
ministerial representation from one dele
gate fur every f0rtS.iiyr ministers "a une
for every sixty five has been lost
The question ~ ab"li-hing the time
limit l. alsn an lmpnriant one. VI pres
pastor ut one church f"T more than live
consecutive years.
This IL based "I the "ll itlncrAnt
theory - The denomination, and It II
now proposed tn ahrll-h the tim" limit,
II /, duubitul. hnw,Nrr, II ihr prop'|i
ton will rarTl,
An effort will b. mair Ia nlpiity the
rules ~ di-ciplnr adopted lay the confer
enrr ot 1872 against hnring. card play
lug. thrairr going, attending ciTcusrs
aud horse races ~ palronlZing dancing
schunl-.
II l. cnnlruri,ri that theAe rules have
barred cut frum the denomination tens
~ thousani- nf Young people who other