The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-14
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WOMEN SHUT OUT.
Methodist Conference Re-
fuses to Admit Them as
Delegates.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS DECIDED
Committees Denouuce the Trolley
Car and The Bicycle
Other Business.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS DECIDED
Especial to .AThe Jersey city News."J

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NEWARK, April IS. 1ss7s-While Bishop
Andrews and his cabinet were consider
ing the all Important appointments yes
terday afternoon. the rank and file of the
Conference held a business session in
Centenary Church and disposed of a large
mass of business, such as approving Of
reports of standin committees. These
were not of q particularly lively charac-
ter; but the ladies, crowding the gal-
leries, seemed to take a deep interest in
them and ~applauded them whether they
were favorable OF not
The Rev. H. A. Buttz, D. D., president
of Drew Theolcsisal Seminary, presided,
in the absence OF the Bishop.
Prior to tk- afternoons session a New
ark photographer who, year aftersyear.
photographs the Conference, induced the
Bishop. the secretary and presiding ell
ders to pose against the wall of a house
directly opposite the church, on Kearny
srs.t- Chairs were placed outside. and
the bishop sat in the middle and his
cabinet artistically arranged around him.
A few yards from them was the camera,
and behind it the photographer. an army
of small boys and pastors of the Confer
ence.
Now at the open window. directly
above the group, sat an elderly lady with
a sreen parrot perched on her finger, and
FOLLY was very Eauch interested in the
proceedings.
Now, gentlemen said the photog-
rapher. withdrawing his head from under
the black cloth covering the end of the
camera. Il will take two exposures, and
when I lift my hat remain perfectly
Tell them that you saw me- screamed
Polly, n even Bishop Andrews smiled
at the roar of laughter from the boys.
Just another, gentlemen" said the
and at the same time looking uneasily
at the parrot: 'the last was not good
now-all STILL" and snap went the cap of
the lens, while Polly whistled the first
cuses some one of only fooling. The
photographer himself laughed at the bird
and to please its owner took a snap shot
of the bird.
Directly the afternoons session was
convened. The Rev. Enoch Meachem of
Grace Church, Jersey City, presented the
report of the Education Board, which
nominated these visitors to the follow
Bordentown Military In~stitute-Revs. C.
s. Ryman and c. x. Hutchinson.
Centenary Collegiate Institute at Hack
eftstown-Revs W. Trumbower and C.
Women's College, Baltimore-Revs c.
r. Barnes and ]. H Timbrell.
Drew TheologicaI Seminary-Reys. W.
s. MCGOWAN and NJ. D. Church of West
Side avenue, Jersey City.
L. Hays, of Newark.
through the Rev. D. Haneron, Of Jersey
City, presented their report and to meet
a deficiency asked that the $4,000 neces-
sary for fund to widows of preachers
ed among the districts as follows:-Jer-
sey City, $3.50; Newark, $500; Paterson,
5000, and Elizabeth; $4,000. It was agreed.
The report of the Society of Bible Cause
SHOWED that in eighty years the Ameri-
can Bible Society distributed s61; 705. 900
BlDies, and for the year 1895 it had sent
y !, l5O, goo. The report said that the
81, 400 less than it a twenty-five years
ago, and it was urgedsthat the subscrip-
lions be doubled. The report was adopt
The Rev. DR.. j n. Bryan, the Rev. DR..
p R. Lowrie and the Rev. DR.. S. N.
Bebout were appointed the committee to
make arrangements for the coming camp
meeting at Mount Tabor, beginning Au-
gust IL and ending August % next.
The tendency of young people to ride
a wheel on Sunday drew out. a spirited
series Of speeches when little DR.. Bryan
ueplored the fact that the bike was grad
ually thinning the congregations and urg-
ed mo on the Sabbath observance.
Ine Rev. j.. R. Daniels thought the Con-
ference oughtn't to gf0wl at the whee
SAfO lAlCl1cClFSS QS6u ITOIlGX
cars, ferryboats n steam cars on Sun
day
Il would like to add we should preach
AGAINST the Sunday newspapers, which
are SO vile" exclaimed another brother.
Our people shouldn't read them
The Rev. T. G. Mayham, of st. Paul
Church, Jersey City, objected to the
Jects he ought to preach upon.
n bicycles are flooding US on Sun
days. said the Rev. Solomon Parsons.
and we ministers should set the young
people an example by never patronizing
steam cars on Sunday. AS for the troll
legs, / don't like them either, thoug
1 know that last Sunday / saw ministers
take these cars to come and hear the
Bishop preach" (Laughter.)
The Rev. c. S.. Kemble defended the
trolley and described it as the poor mans
carriage. He said. in answer to the last
speaker, that there was no harm in
using it on Sunday when it was needed
IN the discharge of Christian and public
duty. The subject was then dropped BY
the adoption of the report of the Sabbath
Observance Society, which recommended
sermons during h year for a more
strict observance of the Sabbath.
Conference then adjourned here and
rushed off to the COMPLIMENTARY
banquet at the Continental Hofel