Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-11
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Doings of Board at Important Los An.
geles Session.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 1O-Addressrs
from ffaternal orders were the order.
today. at the Methodist General con,
terence. Blshop SpinCe of Switzer-
Land, presided. The addresses wera
made by Rev. VIM. Didson, d. d., Rev.
Charles Ii. Crookshanks, Max Ireland
and Rev. j. c. kilgo, D. D., Methodist
Episcopal church, president of Dur-
nam College. The final report of th..
book committee to the general confor
cncc is il. the hands of the delegates
in pamphlet form. 1t is a detailed re-
! Grt Of the business transacted nv tsc
book concerns during the past auadron-
MUM and of the various funds unG.r
the supervision of that committee
The report shows that the total Sales
nf III" book concern of New York fu:
the past four years amounted to S5.550.
G1S, ard the Western book concern for
tn" same period. $4,G50,S 500.
The Episcopal fund for ministerial
%uppnrt SHOWS cash balance OF S12--
l3l, substantial increase over the 20
tal at the close of the previous uual-
/ Cnni,im. The report makes ONLY casual
allusion to the important question of
uniiioation of the publishing houses.
as ti:e matter is fully covered in Il
special memorial by the book commit
tee to the general conference in which
II members favor the postponed plan
and five disapprove.
III" treasurer, today, recommended
tn" payment Of the expenses of the del
"%%trS TO the Conferences upon tho pres
cntati"n Of audited accounts. Trcls-
urcr oscar i. Miller irtimated that
$loo."00 would be paid out by the
church for the expenses OF the dele
gates during their stay in Los Angeles.
The chairman of the committee on
the state of the church has announced
th2 appointment of six sub-committees,
to which Will be referred the various
coming under the jurisdiction
of this committee. Thirtyfour memo
rialS from as many annual conferences
have hecn received on this subject.
Other memorials pertain to changes
in the probation time limit. the ques-
tion of brotherhood, ratio of represcn-
tation in tho general conferences, COM
position of lay electoral conferences,
tha social problem, licensing women to
preach. the election of professors in
Methodist institutions of learning,
election of stewards by the member
ship, hymns in class meetings. ordina-
tion of deacons, entire Sanctification
and organic union of MethOdism in
Japan.
Before the committee on itinerary
there are now SO memorials and petit
tions from annual and quarterly con-
ferences on the subject of the pastoral
limit. Many of them favor the restor-
alton of the limit.
The subject is now in the hands of a
Of Is, which will, on
Friday next. report back to the COM
mittee on itinerary with recommended
ton for action on the subject.
Everything indicates that there will
be Il vigorous contest on this question
which is likely finally to be fought ont
on the tlCor of the conference.
The colorcd delegates, through Rev.
Hammond of Tennessee put themselves
on record in strong protest against
the action Of certain Los Angeles
hotels and restaurants in refusing 70
entertain colored guests. Rev. Ham
mond presented n resolution condemn
ing the attitude of these places, which
WAS adopted by the conference.
The i,ublic school question w#S again
brought up in Il resolution hy Rev.
w. u. IInrlctt of Mississippi asking
that the general conference petition
Congress and that all other Protestant
be asked to join in the
movement to secure the enactment of
an amendment to the constitution for
ever prohibiting the use of the public
school fund for sectariin purposes.