The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-14
''HFRFSY" PROVES
HARD TO HANDLE
Pending Charges Stir Up Com
motion In the Methodist
Conference.

Los ANGELES, Cal, May 13-The
Methodist general conference today
resumed consideration of the revision
of the rules of order. The work of
formulating the official rules has been
fraught with many clashes between
the opposition parliamentary leaders
who sought to secure the adoption Of
rules that would tend to give their
particular faction an advantage in the
work of legislation. The general body.
however, has been watchful, and the
rules as finally adopted have been
framed with a view to unity and fair
ness.
The report of Missionary Bishop
Warner, of India, was the order of the
day Immediately after the morning
session.
The charges of heresy made by DR..
Munhall and the others against the
Garrett Biblical Institute and the Bos-
ton School of Technology continue to
occupy the attention of the committee
on education and to be the absorbing
topic among the delegates.
Report Is Sent Back.
The subcommittee of five having in
charge the investigation of this mat
ter has made a report to the full com
mlttee, but the attacks of DR.. Munhail
and other supporters of heresy charges
We're so spirited that the committee
resolved not to accept it. but to re-
submit 1T to the subcommittee to give
1t more careful consideration. The
subcommittee reported that there were
eight memorials before the committee,
only four purporting to come from an
nual conferences; that three of these
mad been signed by a total of thirty
i've persons, and that two of them
We're in the form of a printed circular.
This the report said, seems to be
the total result of an attempt to stir
up the conferences of the country on
the subject
An acrid debate took place, in which
the report was characterized bv DIR.
Munhan and his followers as an at
tempt to whitewash the accused insti-
tutions.
Retiring Bishops.
The first taste of stirring debate par
ticipated in by the conspicuous figures
of the conference was given the dele
| gates when the report of the episco-
| pacy committee upon the matter of re-
firing bishops and fixing their subse-
quent relations to the church was
taken up.
The paragraph that provoked discus
sions reads:
"A superannuated general superin-
tendent is relieved from the obligation
to travel through his district at large,
and may choose the place of his resi-
dence. He shall not be assigned to the
presidency of annual conferences nor
make appointments, but if requested
by bishop presiding he may take the
chair temporarily III a general or an
nual conference, and at the request of
the bishop presiding in the annual con-
ference he may ordain candidates pre-
viously elected to orders.
Substitute Not Accepted.
DR.. A. b. Leonard offered an amend
ment to strike out all after the word
residence" and substitute: HE may
perform temporarily, upon invitation
of a general superintendent, any func-
ton that belongs to general superin-
tendent except to make appointments"
This amendment was supported by
Judges Lahr and Warner lay dele
gates, and Drs. A. B. Leonard and Ly-
tie.
Two speeches only were made in ia
vor of the adoption of the report as
presented by DR. Buckley, president of
the episcopacy committee. They were
by DR.. J. M. Buckley and DR.. r b.
Nicely. While at first there seemed to
be strong sentiment in favor of DR..
Leonard's amendment, when DR.. Buck
ley finished a speech in favor of the
adoption of the committees report the
vote was practically unanimous in ia
for Of it.
A rule was offered by the board of
church extension and adopted by the
conference depriVing certain congre-
cations owning churches costing more
than $4,000 of the right to apply to
that board for financial assistance.
Pastoral Time Limit
The conference heard report of a
subcommittee on the matter of time
limit on tenure of pastOrates. The re-
port favored leaving the matter where
it is at present, that is, an unlimited
tenure. The sentiment of the entire
committee seemed to approve this rec
ommendation. 1t seemed to be the
opinion Of the committee that the pres
ent system had not been given a fair
trial
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