The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
THREE ADVOCATES CONNECTED
Central Christian Advocate IN BE
Issued at Kansas City. the New
Home of the ncpoSitoIV-
Time Limit Abolished.

dap.eHtd! features of the t.E"sa1t - stem OF
the Genom.ra:iun.
Hereafter. according Il The am 'ndInent to
tho Discipline adopted to-day. Il preacher
vii! he appointed annually by tie HlsnniS'
with no time Emit II tie nuraAr' u years
q pastor may serve ORR cons.ssai."I. cN-
cept the :ilajt inpused bv his p~H ARMY
and popularity %IJh LIS congregation
Tie will still be d pilgrim and a stranger
but now may tarry Longer tnaE i've y'sis'
Fraterual greetings were exchanged Win
the Presbyterian General ASSEMBLY now ii
session at 81. Louis.
With the election OF bishops and the i'm
portart question " aunlJsIns N':H,li 10
the General CGn.-r2n , diai""se: ~, iN'
Methodist General ConferelIre to-day 49,
stunned the discussion OF tn p.hs.uiaie Time
limit.
Discussion this morning WAS mainly over
the Ininerity report OF the committee. when
provided Tor u n~Ve-yeas extension 81 ii;e
paStorate only on a threc-:oLrias vote "
Il quarterly conference. which one speaker
declared 10 Toe a Vicious proposition, anu
an amendment offered by Secretary ID. 5.
MtnToe. substituting the word "thtee' for
fly IN SECTION 3 OF paragraph l'S or the
Discipline. thus returning 10 the t1ree-year
time Limit, uu- Wlsn the provision that tn
lastoiate may b. extended for periods Of
~ : DIS - II Ai4dIy.tNs hN.C-% "a [H~i
terlE conference.
Doctor J. ii. Buckley advocated as a
Compromise measure the adoption OF the
minority report with d majority vote Of Il
qu-rtc..y conference, instead Of three
tou;ths as d requisite tor extension.
The previous question was ordered by an
overw Ae!mii;s vote, and Doctor > i. Up
ham. chairman OF the Committee on Timer
anCy, CLOSED The debate III q speech fire.
4ueEtiy interrupted By hand-cIsUpluS lie
warmly advocated the majority report.
AmIa uuCh confusion a motion was made
TO lay on the table the substitute uninor-
orttyb report ana oil amendment. This
brought things to Z crisis, and a standing
vote waE called for.
TIE minority vote is laid on the table by
Il vote OF 56j TO zsS," announced Presiding
Bishop FosS. amid great applause. Substi-
-a:es offered b raE-Cs delegates were
novied down. DemaCas for d vote by or
der5 nom DDth ministers and l4yInen wers
voted Gown, bur d yea and nay vote was
Ora-red.
The majority repor; Of the Committee
on IIinerancy. as adopted by the confer
enCe. reads as follows:
Section 3. ~.aragragH l.3. OF the ptct-
pine, is aneGtea BY striking cat substitute
section 3 dEI inserting therefor the words
H tthe 5lS.cpl s!aL appoint The preach
f s. 80 tbs several pastoral charges annual
Doctor NiccoIIs Received.
PanGing comparison Of the vote by the
SECRETARIES the conference listensd TO an
address nf greeting by the Reverend Doctor
SarnLel ]. Niccolis Of st. Louis. fraternal
delegate from the Presbyterian General As
sembly at ST. Louis. lie was given Az en-
tsuslastic greeting.
Reso!utions were adopted expressing
pleasure over Doctor Niccol!s's address and
insJructins the Beard Of Bishops TO appoint
two fratainal delegates. = minister ana a
layTraE, to represent he Methodist CHURCH
isa.
The vote on the majority report Of the
Committee on Itinerancy was announced
by Secretary Monroe. as follows: Ayes. 4as:
dist Church. whereby a minister has been
able to remain IN one passionate but five
years. was abolished. The conference then
took a recess until afternoon.
At the afternoon session Doctor J. N.
Kin Submitted a memorial to Congress
asking for the passage Of an amendment
TO the Constitution fisfranchising all per
sons practicing poll and barring them
trcm the privilege OF holding public Office.
II was read and adopted without discus
sion.
Doctor Buckley called up the report of
the Episcopal Committee, recommending
Zurich. Switzerland. ard Shanghai. China.
Doctor T. b. Nicely opposed the report an
legal -,ounds. He said the sending of
step toward ccumenical Method SIN.
No worldwide ecC.esiastica government
a substitute leaving the matter of providing
homes for the general sup.rintendents TO
tine discretion of the Board of Bishops.
Doctor Mann Of North Germany wanted
the European residence located NJ Frank
fsrt-on-Mnin but the conference rejected
the proposition and included the recon-
uendations Of the committees report.
Chairman Shaw called up a report Of the
Committee on Book Concern, recommending
ST. Louis to Kansas CITY, and thar rhe Feh-
tIaf Christian Advocate, Omaha Christian
Advocate and the Rocky Mountain Christian
Advocate be connected.
Delegate Van Trce-s spoke on the change
and on the minority report But 1t was
tabled.
The majority report was adopted after a
debate. The conference also adopted a re-
port from the Committee on Book Concern
tory and the California Christian Advocate
The latter will! he allowed a subsidy az
Bishops elect Moore and Hamilton were
rendered an informal reception by the
at the Leland Hotel tonight. Two hundred
persons attended.
Finances In Queer Shape.
Agent Mains representative of the Meth
ndisi publishing Interests in New York. Was
kept busy for an hour to-day explaining
certain portions Of his quadrennial report
to the Committee on Book Concern. Chair
man Frank AFTER Of the subcommittee. TO
which was referred the reTort of the pub
IiSling agents in the East. submitted 4
statement which Will, in all probability,
cause a sensation when II reaches i:e Jcn-
erai Conference.
1t calls attention 20 the fact that the
Eastern puh~liShirg-houSe has permitted us
working capital 70 become Exhausted. whiie
II has loaned its credit to outside enter
prises. one case Of the kind referred 20 IN
the report is that cf the international Blhls
Society. According 10 the report, this con-
Germ or It's representative has owed the
publishing house 81 600 for several years.
and apparently no effort has been made TO
adjust the account.
Agent Mains explained that the Western
and Eastern houses were partners IN the
manufacture OF Bibles for the in;ernatlon-
al society hut the laws of the state OF
New York prevented the two corporations
from combining. SO that one corporation
could not settle its accounts VITA 'ne S'nei,
Mr.. AFTER did not appear satisfied with this
explanation and condemned the system OF
bookkeeping in use. After an exciting dis
clssion I; was decided to redraft the re-
port in spite Of Mr.. Arters protest. The re-
port also stated that the Eastern house
had paid large dividends ana subsidies with
OUT reducing its liabilities.
Editors Are 0~verPaid.
The subccnTnittees on periodicals sub
nsitted q report recommending that the sal
aries of all educators he reduced from
81. 5gt to 800 a year. After a long debate
this was tabled and a substitute adopted
directing the Book Committee to carefully
duciion in the compensation paid editors.
4 proposition to revive the position of book
editor. provid I for in the book OF dis
ciplinc. to read manuscripts for the official
books of the church, was voted down.
The Committee on EpiScopacy considered
action on neither OF them. First vas a pro-
test signed by tho presidents Of all the
Methodist educational institutions Of the
country and aimed at Bishop Hurst md his
American university, demanding that steps
be taken to check the general superlltend-
ant 20 n hrrra l., hot fapdane - ~ .,GA