The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-12

Letters similar in form were presented
by the other visiting ministers and eld-
ers.
The following committee was chosen tn
furnish the Friends in attendance from
other yearly meetings with returning
minutes if the way should open for it !:
William o. Newhall Alfred H. Jones.
Eliza E. Park, Mary E. Kimber, Esther
Macomber, Horace NJ. Hall, Ruth S.
Murray, Anna M. Hall, William E. Pink
ham.
AZ a committee to audit and settle the
accounts of the treasurer and to propose
a Friend for treasurer, another for treas
urer of the boarding school funds at
Providence and one for treasurer of Oak
Grove seminary at tassalboro, these We're
chosen Robert p. Clifford, Cyrus Jones,
William P Macomber, Lewis M. Douglas,
Isaac Steere, William III. Gates, Samuel
Buffum, Levi Jones, Silas I'll. Garland.
T he following changes were announced
as having occurred in the several quar-
terly meetings during the year:
The Rhode Island quaterlry meeting
reported that it unites with the Rhode
Island monthly meeting in acknowledge
ing the gift and appearing in public
ministry of Exile Estes and Mary h. Kim
per; with the Greenwich monthly meet
ing in similar acknowledgement of
Elizabeth Ann Tucker and in the ap-
polntment of Joanna Peck to the station
OF elder; with the Swansea monthly
meeting in the appointment of Sarah j..
Macomber and Parthenia Underwood to
the station of elder; with the Providence
monthly meeting in the appointment of
valentine Meader to the same station.
Inc Salem quarterly meeting unites
with the Boston monthly meeting in the
appointment of Samuel I. Hainsworth
OF Lawrence to the station of elder.
Joseph Peele, minister, has removed
from Salem to his, home in North Caro-
lima.
The lSmithfield monthly meeting united
with the Smithfield quarterly meeting in
the appointment of George T. Varney
to the station of elder; with the Bolton
monthly meeting in the appointment of
Samuel Wheeler and Alfred Dow to the
same station
Vassalboro united with the China
monthly meeting in the appointment of
j.. Albert Jones and Ida G. Jones to the
station of elder
Dover quarterly meeting and the Dover
monthly meeting appointed Julia E.
Meader to the station of elder; in con-
Junction with the Berwick monthly meet
ing the quarterly meeting appointed Al
bert c. Buffum, Hulda S. Buffum, Sam
the station of elder.
The Fairfield monthly meeting and the
st. Adams monthly meeting acknowl-
edge the gift and the appearing in public
ministry of Lindley HI. Magoon and ap-
pointed William P. Winslow to the sta
ton of elder.
The Parsonfield quarterly meeting and
ed Elizabeth S. Hoag to the station of
elder.
Requests from quarterly meetings were
next considered Dover was granted the
privilege of changing the hour of its
meeting. Its request for change in APP
pointment was referred to the representa-
tives
Fairfield asked that the selection of
representatives in the annual meeting be
made on a basis of representation. This
proposition was discussed at some length,
and, at the suggestion of DIR. Trueblood
of Boston, was referred to a special COM
mittee nominated by the meeting as fol-
lows: Augustine Jones, Benjamin f.
Trueblood, William Hawkes., j. Hacker
Hall, Harriet d. Collins, Hannah j.
Bailey E. Wheeler Swift, Alvano G. God
dard, Exile Estes, Phebe S. Aydelott, Will
liam 0. Newhall, Ruth S. Murray, Almi-
"a F. Buffum.
i1iO IAClO IaVOUlllS 6tlSSGSUlOn UlldU
people sent to the yearly meeting be
termed delegates, instead of representa-
tives, to obyiate the confusion with the
special term representative, was referred
to the same committee.
The announcement was made that all
the quarterly meetings have paid or d.
rected their treasurers to pay their repre-
sentative quotas of yearly meeting stock
There was some discussion over a propo-
sition to allow each quarterly meeting to
nominate its two representatives ON the
standing committee on nomination. One
of the brothers disapproved of the idea
of pushing so much responsibility on
| to the quarterly meetings. He said that
such action would tend to lessen the in
terest in the yearly meeting. Some spoke
in favor of the old plan, and others pre-
ferred the new. The matter was referred.
AT this point Isaac Steere was moved to
express his gratitude at being permitted
to attend this annual gathering, and he
made few comparisons between Friends
meetings and the conventions of other
religious bodies. He recently attended a
convention of churches held in his town
and was surprised to witness laughter,
hand clapping and other noisy demonstra-
tions in response to stories told by speak
ers. He could not then help comparing
that assemblage with the dignified, quiet,
prayerful meetings of his own society.
IniS cOmInlUUee was appointed TO sum-
Marie the replies to queries, and present
the summary at future sitting: Henry
H. Goddard, Vassalboro; Charles W..
Earle, Rhode Island; Susan H. Meader,
Salem; Anna G Wood, Sandwich; George
H. Far, Falmouth; Paul A. Randall
Smithfeld; Asa G. Tuttle, Dover; Clara
e. Bower. Fairfield; John B. Garland,
Parsonsfeld
Augustine Jones, Charles Fl. Jones and
Ruth Murray were chosen a committee
to whom was submitted communica-
ton in the hands of the clerk.
collection was taken to assist in
clearing the debt from mission in
North Carolina
At ~ O'Clock the meeting adjourned till
4 O'Clock.
At the reassembling in the afternoon
prayer was offered by one of the visiting
ministers and then the following nomi-
nations were reported and approved:
Clerk of the mems meeting ohm Ell
wood Paige Lynn; assistant, Daniel G.
Maxfield, Amesbury.
Clerk of womens meeting-Alice W.
Maxtield, Amesbury; assistant, Deborah
P. Atherton, Uxbridge.
Nom inatiDnI comm rloc w