The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-01

He said that he always tried to eneour-
age that. and when in Germany he was
friendly with North Germans, hamburg
ers. Pl~attdeutschers and Frankfurters."
The slip created roars of aughter, in
which the Bishop Joined. Bishop h. q.
Andrews came in at the moment and he
held his sides with laughter. When order
was restored Bishop Andrews was intro
duced and the conference honored him
with a hearty clapping Of hands: Bishop
Goodsell. in presenting lin, satd:-
IF | had known that Bishop Andrews
was present l would have hidden my di-
minished head
The Rev. James R. Day, d. D., Cham
cellor of Syracuse University, was next
introduced in d ten minutes speech
praised the university and told the breth-
rem what a remarkable institution 1t was
and what a remarkable faculty 1t pes
sessed, and what a remarkably clever lot
of people he and his colleagues were and
wouldnlt the pastors send their sons and
daughters to the university to be trans
formed into remarkable people?
The order of the day was next taken
up, and this was a discussion on the
overture of the Rock River Conference.
ILL.,, for equal lay representation in the
General Conference, and recommending
such a. change in the constitution of the
church to be voted at the General Con-
ference of 1898.
The Bishop nominated tellers to take
the vote of the brethren. The Rev. S. ii.
Jones of Hackensack said. he hoped
speeches would be permitted. but the
KEY. q. craig Sdlu IL WAS q WdStS u
time, since every members mind was
made up. He practically moved the pre-
vious question, and the Rev. ID. Boswell
commended that such a motion was illegal
because. under the rules, a previous que5-
ton could not be moved to prevent debate
but to prevent further debate. The Rev.
DIR. Craig's motion to proceed to q vote
was put and lost by one. Debate was,
therefore, in order, and Bishop Andrews
tool. the chair.
The Rev. S. H. Jones opposed the
equal lay representation resolution, be-
cause, he said, it was unfair to give
laymen the balance of power. The pastor
should not be hanpered.
Rev. DIR. ]. l.. Hurlbut said he opposed
the plan last year. but he would vote for
their equal representation this time. Lay
men paid the bills Of the church, and it
was only right that they should be repre-
scented equally with the minister. CAP
Rev. W. C. Snodgrass said it was absur
that our pastors should %outyote. 600 people.
should nave five delegates to one lay TIL
laity should be equally represented, since
they pay the bills. In the General Con-
ference the laity exercised the greatest
Rev. j. /. Boswell insisted tina the lay
men didn't do all the money part. In
pastors contribute larger sums to the
work than laymen. But, said the speaker,
he would vote for the representation. al
though the layrnen hadn't time to attend
=
Rev. Daniel Halleron pleaded for the
resolution and praised the work OF the
laymen. Having admitted them to the
Conference they had q right to stand on
equal footing with the ministers:
Rev. Charles R. Barnes, of Lafayette
Church, Jersey City. upheld the plan:
Larger representation was necessary and
officialism would be diminished. he said.
Over-wesning power in the Conference.
would be weakened by admitting more
laymen. In giving five delegates instead
of one the laity would be more representa-
tive. The more laynen that get into the
General Conference, politics will get out.
sNfr. Bishop" said little Rev. John L..
Hayes, the funny man of the Conference,
II had a speech which / would have liked
to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. | don't know
where | put It. Now, I don't want to
choke off any brother bubbling over with
e~locuence. but | will move the previous
question and forego the pleasure of en-
/ Tightening you with a speech. tRenewed
laughter.)
The previous question was carried by a
| two-thirds vote and the Conference pro-
ceeded to vote by ballot. The vote was:-
For 156 and rs against, and loud cheers
greeted the announcement. Wniie the
tellers were out the Conference took up
| another constitutional change, suggested
by the Maine Conference, that the min
| isterial number of delegates to the Gem
| eral Conference be reduced. This Dues
ton didn't reach the ballot stage and was
ing counted. This was the vote:-For, 2;
against, 147. The session adjourned at
noon.
This afternoon will be the anniversary
Of the Women's Foreign Missionary So
| ciety, when the ladies will enjoy them
pocket handkechiefs for the starving re-
concentrates of Cuba.