The age-herald., 1902-05-17
TANGLE OVER WAR
 CLAIM DEEPENS Bishop Morris Says There is Too Much ParIia entaryLaw 22 POINTS OF ORDER MADE Resolution Proposes That the Entire Sum of s1os,ooo, Less $5ooo At
 torney's Fees, Be Used for
 superannuated Preachers.
22 POINTS OF ORDER MADE

Dallas, Tex, May 1.-The parliamentary tangle over the war claim which has en- veloped the conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since the open ing day was only deepened by the days work
 Bishop Morris of Kentucky presided and summed up the days work with the tart emphatic sentence;
 ''Too much parliamentary law"
 In the course of thirty minutes there were twenty-two points of order made. and there were four appeals during the day from the decision of the chair One question at issue today, the continuity of the service of the members of the board Of finance, was lost in the maelstrom or talk on tactics. Virginia introduced resolution which, while in seeming har- mony with previously outlined plans as to the disposition of the war claim fund, really brings up the material issue. This resolution held that as the Senate of the United States had allowed the claim as great charity" the fund to be used for the support of superannuated preachers. widows, etc, and that no portion of the amount beyond s5Oo0 the amount intend- ed by Congress, shall be paid an attorney as fee for procuring or assisting in pro- curing the passage of the claim. This means that the conference will be called upon to raise s1OS,0OO, less s5oOO which amount was paid Major Stahlman. A Mastery Move.
 
 the part of the faction seeking com promise. The resolution was referred and | will probably be before the session to- morrow or Monday when the strength Of the factions will be put to test. A bit of a breeze was raised by statement of a l delegate that the mountains of Kentucky | offered as fertile field for mission work | as China Several Kentuckians resented | this.
 The committee on church extension re- ported that there had been an increase in their fund from S55,2E in 1898 to S12- l 096 In 1902 that the donations exceeded by $15,3O4 those of any previous period; there were 3206 congregations still un- | housed and $92, ,S09 had been asked for congregations, only one-third of which l was given.
 Three papers on church insurance were | submitted The church has suffered | loss of $75000 on property uninsured dur l ing the present year The resolution was 1 passed that a board of eleven be appoint 1 ed by the general conference, members of which shall live In or near Louisville to serve four years and formulate plans | of insurance.
 The city of Cairo was transferred from the Illinois to the St. Louis conference.
 The China mission was enlarged to in | clude all of China and Corea.
 The Indian mission is to be divided into | two missiorj.
 Question of Deaconesses.
 The question of deaconesses lead to a considerable debate. Two reports were l submitted, c. w. White of Florida. claim ing that there was an equal division, the | vote really standing at 13 to IS. The re- | commendation was made that the of- flee of deaconess be created in connection with the woman's board of home mis- | sions, candidates to be regularly trained | and employed under the direction of the pastor in charge of the field of her mis- | sion.
 | A gavel was presented to the conference l by Dr. J. D. Walsh of the Methodist Episcopal church, Northern branch. It is made of sixteen pieces of wood, silver bound, the material taken from the l famous Masterson house near Lexington, Ky.
 The gavel has served two branches of Methodism for a period of twenty years.
 Dr. Tigert gave notice that tomorrow will be the last day upon which new bus mess may be introduced. Major Stahlman of Nashville. Tenn, ap- peared before the committee on publish | ing house interests last night and made | an extended talk. It Is claimed that sensational charge was made. | The general conference at the special night session heard fraternal addresses | from Dr. Wiseman of Birmingham, Eng land fraternal messenger from the Wes- leyan British Methodist church, and Dr. Bracken of Montreal, fraternal messen- ger from the Methodist church of Canada
 The auditorium was filled. Dr. Wise mans address was devoted mainly to the twentieth century movement and the raising of $20,000,000 to be used for the benefit of missions, orphans. education and church extension. He stated that the | Wesleyan Methodist church had practi- cally no debt.
 pr. Brackens address was much on the order of drawing a parallel between the Methodists of Canada and the Methodists of the South. He said the two churches were much alike. He pleasantly com pared the big debt of the Canadian Meth odists with the no debt of the Wesleyans
 Bishop Wilson. who presided replied briefly to the fraternal greetings.