The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-15
ORDAINED.
Bishop Foss Receives Five
New Elders and Six
Deacons Into the
Newark Con-
ference.
FIGHT OYER WOMEN DELEGATES
Wording of the New Consti-
tuition Leaves Loophole
for Their Admission.

siveness Bishop Cyrus D. Foss ordained
five young men as elders and six as dea-
cons of the Newark Methodist Conference
in First Church, Hoboken. yesterday af-
ternoon. The church was crowded. The
elders were:-Arthur D. Berry, Merbe N.
Smith, c. ]. Hoyt, George Whitehead and
F. E. Adell, from the Kansas Conference.
The deacons were:-victor A. Wood, D.
B. Tempkins, A. w. Wileber, P. R. AL
len, Samuel Jones and o. ]. Shoape. They
occupied the seat fronting the Commun-
ion rail. In the Bishops address to them
he enjoined them to study daily the
Bible, follow the discipline of the church
and labor persistently and faithfully in
the work of conversion of souls.
There were many disappointed pastors
this morning in the ante-rooms of First
Church, Hoboken, where the Newark
Methodist Conference is in session, and
the cause for this was the receipt Of the
news that certain transfers had been
held up by the New York and other con-
ferences, and no progress could be made
until the Bishops of each conference had
conferred. One peculiar case affecting the
Newark Conference was that of the Rev.
T. L Coultas, now pastor of a church in
Morristown. Before his transfer here,
five years ago, he had charge in Terre
) Aaute, Indiana, where he built three
churches. He has been called to build
a fourth; the people so requesting him
to go again West, having raised $4,000 for
that purpose. His desire is to go there,
as all his relatives live in Terre Haute.
The difficulty which confronts the confer
ence is that the young man now serving
in Centenary Lnurch, Terre Haute, is not
acceptable to the Morristown Church,
and he naturally doesn't want to ex-
change unless the Newark Conference
gives him assurances of a charge There
is another hitch too and that is the
Indiana Conference doesn't meet until the
fall, and the interregnum complexities the
situation. Just what Bishop Foss will do
in this deadlock is not known.
The transfers affected by the New York
and New York East Conferences are of
minor Importance and the differences
will be, it is expected, adjusted this after
nion- The Bishop and his cabinet will
be locked up all afternoon and evening
1t viii be news to the people of Linden
Avenue Church, Greenville, to hear that
Rev. E. c. butcher will not return to
that charge and young man has already
been selected as his successor. His name
will be announced tomorrow. Mr.. butcher
will go to a larger and more important
charge.
Quietly but rapidly the work of the corr
ference is being pushed to ensure final
adjournment on Tuesday afternoon.
Bishop Foss rules with an iron hand,
gioved i'm velvet, and his decisions have
convinced the garrulously inclined breth-
ren that time is not to be wasted in
words, words, words. This course of the
Bishop has so far resulted in discussions
not marked by any lively features be-
yond funny speech or two from the
wits of the conference.
But as some of the preachers who keep
In touch with current events say, there
will be a warm passage at arms when
some time, either today or tomorrow, the
brethren get at the proposed new con-
stitution. The General Conference of 1900
by vote of 542 to "a, passed brand new
set of regulations governing the church
and ordered it to be submitted to the
general conferences with this string to it.
that if these annual conferences should
concurr in the recommendations of the
constitution by three-fourths of all mem
bers present and voting. @In this new
constitution there is nothing to prevent
a woman being elected lay delegate
since the language of the proposed article
in reference to the laity says 'lay dele
gate" and not "laymen" as heretofore
The opponents to admitting women are
preparing to resist the change and a
tussle is looked for
At this mornings session a large mum.
Der of students were advanced in theil
course of study and their character
passed. On motion of the presiding elders
the following appointments were made:-
Rev. F. r. Daniels. Conference evan
gelist and member of the Perth Amboy
Quarterly Conference.
Rev. w. T. Helms, chaplain in the u. S
Navy and member OF the First church
Railway, Quarterly Conference.
Rev. G. FL. Whitney, president emeritus
of Centenary Collegiate Institute anc
member of First Church, Plainfield Con.
ference.
Rev. T. H. Landon, principal of Borden.
town Military Institute and member Of
Holding, Jersey City, Quarterly Confer.
ence.
Rev. ;. w. Young, Secretary of Com
mittee on Apportionment of the Mission
ary Society and member of Emory, Jer
sey City, Quarterly Conference
Rev. II. A. Buttz. President of Drew
Theological Seminary. and member o.
Madison Quarterly Conference.
Rev. S. L. Baldwin. Recording Secretar,
Of Missionary Society of Methodist Epis
copal Church and member of Monclail
Quarterly Conference.
Rev. ]. r. Dodd. Assistant Secretary
of Missionary Society of Methodist Epis
copal Church. and member of Roseville
Newark Quarterly Conference.
Rev. c. F. Sitterly, Professor in Drew
Theological Seminary, and member o.
Madison Quarterly Conference.
j. A. Gutteridge, Financial Secretary OF
Syracuse University, and member of Rose
Vile, Newark, Quarterly Conference.
Rev. Albert Mann, Professor of Biolog,
in Ohio Wesleyan University, and mem
Der Of st. Lukes, Newark, Quarterly
Conference.
Rev. NJ N. Smith, Registrar, and Pro
fessor Of Elocuticn in Drew Theological
Seminary, and member Of Madison Quar-
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