The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-21
PEACE AND GOOD WILL
AMONG ME7HODLSTS

permanent fund; the interest from which
shall be annually paid to the benenciafles
under the sixth restrictive rules In oroer
that the entire amount appropriated oy
the government may be kept intact as
contemplated by some of the senators
and REPRESENTATIVES when they support
ed the claim. Finally, it is resolved that
this action be entered on the journal OF
the general conference as fnal dlsposi-
tion of the whole matter.
The resolutions are signed by 30 men,
bers of the conference.
The question then reverted to the first
resolution of the minority report DR..
IIoss moved to strike out the words
misleading and deceptive and to in
sert the words Ambiguous and liable
to deceive DR.. Briggs moved to lay DR..
Hoss' substitute and the resolution to-
gether on the table. The ayes and nays
were demanded and resulted Ayes 1872;
noes 112.
Second Resolution Tabled.
The second resolution was read, and on
motion 1t was tabled, 155 votes having
been cast in the affirmative. The third
resolution of the minority report, calling
for the return of the money to the gov
ernment, was read. A motion to table 1t
was made The ayes and nays were de-
manded and no dissent was offered. rs
this vote meant more of q test than the
first resolution, the interest increased
The motion to table was carried by a vote
of 159 to 105.
DR.. z. Walderson moved the previous
question on all the remainder of the mi
nority report. He later seconded a mo-
tion on the pending question. which was
ordered, and the next resolution was ta-
bled. The remainder of the minority re-
port was tabled in rapid order. DR.. Nc
Murray moved to adopt his substitute in
lieu of the minority report. The report
was read again.
An amendment to the McMurray substi-
tute was offered by DR.. James Adkins.
asking the United States Senate to de-
termine how much was due Major Stahl-
man and proposed to raise the difference
between what he received and what the
Senate thought he should have had, the
money to go into the church treasury.
Motions to table the amendment were
made, and Bishop Hargrove ruled that
the tabling of an amendment tabled the
original motion. DR.. Tigert appealed
from this decision and was overwhelm-
ingly sustained. The Adkins substitute
was tabled.
G. M Napier. a layman Of Atlanta, who
said he had drafted most of the McMur-
ray substitutes, spoke in favor of its
adoption. "A motion to adjourn until s
o'clock was defeated and consideration of
the McMurray substitute began.
DR.. Smith of Virginia offered an amend
ment slightly changing the verbiage. A
motion to lay the amendment on the ta-
BILE was carried. Another amendment
condemning Major Stahlman and the
book agents was tabled and the original
section was then adopted.
pI ,,t
stitute providing for the return of s25. 900
of the claim, which represents a private
claim and not referred to before, was Of
fered.
A motion to adjourn until o'clock to-
night was carried and created consider
able confusion.
E At the night session the resolution of
the compromise paper providing for rails
ing 100000 by the church to bring the
Congressional appropriation up to its or
iginal sum was laid upon the table
Examinations In the preamble that were
closely connected with the resolution ta-
bled, were next made. Other changes
We're made until little was left of the
original compromise paper Most # .he
session was consumed in speeches. Final
ly an amendment by Mr.. Jordan of Ten
nessee was adopted to the effect that the
general conference endorse the action of
the college of bishops in Offering to pro-
vide means for paying back the money to
the government, If the United States Sen
ate decides that this should be done; the
conference to make the act of the bishops
it's act and legalize 1t in all respects as
the action of the Methodist Episcopal
church South. The conference adjourned
until 9 o'clock tomorrow with the pend
ing business being to vote on the COM
promise proper as 1t had been perfected
by amendments.