The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-25
AGENTS OF BOOK CONCERNS
Elected by the Method st Conference
Adjournment Tuesday.

Chicago. May 24-This was day Of
elections. attended by extremely lively
debate, in the Methodist general confer
ence Agents fthe eastern and west
ern book concerns were named, the cleo
tons for western agents resulting in the
retirement Of DIR. Lewis Curtis Of Chi
cago, over whose management OF the
office considerable controversy has taken
place Following the general plan Of uni
fication and consolidation which has pre-
vailed throughout the sessions, the con-
ference today abolished the office Of sec
rotary of the Epworth League and re-
fused to allow another secretary for the
Sunday school Union. It did, however.
reconsider its action of a week ago in
abolishing additional secretaries Of the
various church benevolences so far as the
Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education
al Society were concerned. The debate
resulting in this action was quite bitter
at times, the race question being brought
out prominently, and once in the discus
son one angry delegate accused another
of utterng a falsehood. The convention
at this became involved in an apparently
hopeless parliamentary tangle. and Pre-
siding Bishop Hinde, in the afternoon
session, admonished the delegates not 70
turn the conference into a debating SO
ciety The general conference voted to
adjourn sine die at $3.50 p. m. Tuesday
next.
Election Of eastern and western pub
fishing agents TO superintend the Offices
Of the Methodist Book Concerns az New
York and Cincinnati, over which a lively
contest had been anticipated. was on the
program Of the general conference this
morning Previous to the election. how
ever, the conference got into a parlia
mentary tangle over the report Of Gov
ernor Patuson. chairman 81 the special
committee appointed 10 change the CON
stitutions Of the various church societies
- conform to the action OF The general
conference last week IN voting but one
secretary and one assistant secretary for
the Church Extension, the Missionary and
the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton societies. After a sharp debate. a
motion TO reconsider the action Of The
conference as regards the cutting Of IT
the additional secretary % the Freed
mems Aid and Southern Educational So
ciety, was adopted
The records we're demanded. and after
being produced Presiding Bishop Waieen
ruled that the whole matter was before
the conference for acton. A deluge y
substitutes. amendments and motions 70
pos tp0ne followed and despite the zp2ea5
% delegates agslns. allowing the color
tine TO be touched b. the Hetbo5lsi boy.
there vas not lite heated 6iscasasaa
over the possible electi0n x . coiored Sec
rstzry Tor the Freedmsn.s AID sseasfy
~ l. znf2ir for - 70 draw ms c510r
Ire. There are men who ara afraid we
are going % elect 2 coiored secretary .
this society sad President ~. =.
Crawford % Allegheny college
Lar Delegate weich. . wyomlsg.
flashed with anger, a. oacs arsse ar
Prasieenf. submit i Is gntasr - Any
nan &c tha< 1lasf n 70 rake Fzra 3
statement say Il & faizs.. b sasg1ee
Wen wiihdraw ihst statement - sas
a. s. aEects sho4e VIC s1r's sess faas
war" sasd President Crswsss8. zaIz
iaughse-.
\ raotson wsfh zhs ehsscz y posssengz<
tx w-zo.e natter fcr 1sag ysarF was
tAsEet ans zfter tz-tasr sxssasse gs.sfs.
sae zaen6Ezszf e@s-ed b Dxlega.e
agegeh * wyszsag excfs,saK sas ~ 80
n2n'x AS seesefy = n TIE g-ezssas a.
1905 q ire eanfsreaes tAas s. or "a
s3eaesr sas se-rsss-sss. sas ssossea
TIE c-enfs~eee sea 81 assara SRA
&c a. z.aa ses9ek TaeeaaY Es9
TBS esse7a - xasssf@ nAs wefsra
ssss &geaEs SO fsea hesaa mrsssea !
wese Ea1s ~ seig~s