The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-10
GENERAL CONFERENCE BUSY WITH MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE

two-thirds vote of the annual confer ences ask the annual conferences te pass resolutions on memorializfng tns
 general conference of 1910 to ainene article twenty-three so as to allow TOT eign conferences to substitute tht
 names of their countries for the Uni | ted States"
 Many Memorials Presented. | l The following are among some
 the memorials presented at toda.s { session:
 From Abingdon district. Holston con. | ference, asking for an increase in ths number of bishops; to enlarge presid- ling elders district; for a reunion ol | the missionary societies. union of the Juvenile missionary societies and ths
 Junior League; for combination oi | the various conference organs.
 The following resolutions were in- l troduced today:
 By Louisville conference. to except from time limit pastoral superintend-
 ents of hospitals.
 By Eacinc conference. seeking to raise the expense of the general con ference concerning the Pacific Metho-
 dist Advocate.
 l By c. w. Everett and others, con-
 cerning church certificates and trans fer of church membership. | By New Mexico conference, on boun- darios.
 | By Mississippi conference. to change paragraph 2U4 of discipline Of trustees. | The report of Bishop E.. E. Hoss, the | fraternal delegate to the Wesleyan Met. odist Conference held in Sheffield, | England, July. 1904. was read to the | conference and made part of the pro | ceedings.
 The Rev. W. s. Mathews, fraternal delegate from the Methodist Episcopal Church, arrived today and was intro duced to the conference. He Is from Barkley. Cal. After memorials, resolutions and other things had been disposed of. the calendar reports were taken up. The | first was that of the committee on ed ucation relating to an increase in the membership of the Board of Education, from fifteen to seventeen members. | This was adopted.
 | Report No. 1, of the Committee on | Missions was adopted. It pertains to d meeting of conference missionary 1 secretaries tos be held annually. Re- ! port No. 2, with reference to sugges- | lions made by the College of Bishops, | was concurred in and adopted The | reference was to the publication of Methodist literature In Portuguese. Report No. of the Committee on ] Epworth League was presented for ac- | ton. was LdhCh up III " | first having to do with the acquiring or property. 4. | James Cannon said he thought the conference delegates should have time l to make a study of the question lie l asked for more time.
 | After considerable discussion mo- | tion was made to postpone me Item | until Thursday morning. The motion I prevailed and the second item was tax en up, The second item provided Tor | a reduction of the Epworth League {, Board from thirteen" to seven" mem- bers. a<
 Item of the report of the committe. I reads as follows: PaFagraph -ei fourth line. after the word junior | add -and of Boys League. | This item caused considerable discus sion. sa half dozen or more delegates telling what they knew about boys.
 The concurrent report to establish { .ovs' League in the Epworth Leagc' Society was adopted by the confer 1 ence. ~
 The next item had to do with ths working order of the Junior League, Il | was deferred for final consideration 1 until the report or the board ol MS | sions Is submitted.
 Non-concurrent report No. Of 'tat | Committee on Finance on memorial | from the Mississippi conference. was | adopted It had to do with the chang ing of the distribution of funds to su-
 perannuated preachers and the widows and orphans l The next taken up was report NO. of the Committee on Itinerancy. II was a non concurrent report on res | olution proposing certain changes Tn l the discipline. The first paragraph oi the resolution asked for the amending Paragraph 7S so as to allow an annual conference to arrange a program Tor l the conduct of its business Frank Richardson of the Holston | conference, spoke in favor of annual conferences being allowed the privilege | of preparing programs. When put to | A vote, the on-concurrent report with reference to Article A was adopsad 1 Article "B" was then taken up. IL reads: Amending Paragraph 99 So as to forbid the transfer of preacher from one conference to another with out the consent of the conference to
 which the transfer is made. With a view of getting the confer. ence 10 vote down the non-concurrent report on this proposed limitation of the powers of bishops. the Rev. Frank richardson, of Fountain City. made a strong speech. He ridiculed non- concurrence, saying it had killed many a good thing.
 
 spect for the high office of bishop and had travelled along for many years
 without making a complaint. He said that bishops were subject to criticism
 in a general conference.
 Dr. Richardson then told of the re-
 suits that would be derived from the
 amendment. He declared 1t would in-
 sure a new preacher to any conference
 a warm welcome. Conference "Hands OR."
 After Mir. Richardson had complet-
 ed his talk and other delegates had
 spoken pro and con. the matter was
 put to a vote and the non-concurrent
 report almost unanimously adopted.
 This means that the conference i>
 hands off" so far as limiting the DOW
 CTS of the bishops is concerned.
 Owing to the importance of Article
 ''C" of the report. also non concurred
 in by the committee. 1t was decided to
 postpone action upon it until tomor-
 row. The paragraph reads: Amend ing paragraph 99 so as to prohibit the appointment of a preacher to a charge during the session of an annual con ference except in the presence of eley-
 en or the presiding elders fin attend ence."
 Frlor to adjournment a number of announcements were made. Attention was called to the address that will be ueIVereo at the First Methodist Church sonlsnt oy the Rev. Shepard, fraternal oelegate from the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
 owing to the fact that BIshon Charles B' GALLOWAY will deliver a lecture to- morrow night at the Jefferson theatre on h G. Lamar. the fraternal mes