The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
Special Committees Re- port is Adopted.
COMPASSION TO BE NAMED
Will Confer With Other Branches
 of Methodism.
Committee on Itineracy Asks to he Dis- charxed From Further Consid- eration of the Subject of Six
 Years for Presiding Elders.

Birmingham, May 14.-By .ote Of is1 to 107 the General Conference or the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. today declared itself in favor of the creation of a commission to prepare as new statement of faith A majority oi the clerical and lay delegates was nec- essary to make the report of the spec ial committee recommending the com mission a law and separate votes were taken. The final result showed: Ayes. Clerical. s3; Lay. ss. Nayes' crciicai' bs; Lays. 51.
 There was no demonstration when the result was announced.
 The adoption of the report of the special committee composed Of w. F. Tillett, Dean of Vanderbilt University' W. R. Lambuth, and c. W Carter. means that a special commission or nve members, one of whom shall be bish- CD, shali invite other branches Of Methodist to unite with the Southern church in the preparation Of such statement of faith and such state ment of the doctrinai system as IS called for in the twentieth century
 Discussion on the proposed new statement began last Friday and was resumed today.
 The vote was then taken on the amendment of the Rev. H. M. DuBose to have a committee of the Southern Church to draw up a new Etatement. This amendment was lost and the vote recurred to the main question. which was adopted.
 Richmond Is Favored.
 Airesolution was presented to the effect that the next General Confer ence be held in Richmond, Va.
 The tenth business session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, was called to order promptly at g o'clock by Bishop man of Baltimore led the devotional ex- ercises and prayer, taking for the les son of the day Hebrew x.
 For the second time of the confer ence. Bishop A. W. Wilson was the pre- siding oft1cial
 the cali for reports of committees. The Committee on Itineracy asked to be dis charged from further deliberation on that part of the memorial from the Methodist preachers at Nashville re Iating to presiding elders, Ie being sought "to change the discipline so as to read: To choose the presiding elders Sor their stations and chanbe them when he judges it necessary, provided that he shall not allow any elder to preside in the same district more than six years successively"
 The committed recommended non- concurrence in memorials from Missis- sippi and Missouri annual conference. St Louis. the Alexandria and Poplar Bluff district conferences, requesting legisla- ton authorizing and controlling con- ference evangelists. The recommends tions looking to the appointment of men to do such work under the con- trol of annual conference and Board of Missions, made by another committee xxrtTy al f~A~ quirements.
 A non concurrence was recommended on memorials looking to enlargement of presiding elders districts
 The Revisal Committee recommended non concurrence on three small items in reference to minor changes in the discipline.
 Matter of Unionism.
 The committee on publishing inter ests recommended the adoption of res olutions that the conference reaffirms the action of the committee on pup fishing interests of the general con- ference of 1902, in reference to the pe- tition of the International Typograp1i- cal Union seeking to unionize the pub fishing house at Nashville, Tenn. In regard to the memorial from the typo graphical union in regard to the mat ter, the committee says that 1t does not come within the province of the committee to take action thereon.
 Non concurrence was reported on memorials looking to consolidation of the Quarterly Review with Christian Advocate; to give to one of the book agents duties now performed by the book editor; printing of Psalms select ed ss part of the order of worship.
 Non concurrence was recommended on memorial to reduce the lay repre- eentation to one delegate from each presiding elders district. concur renee was recommended to the memo rial providing for the appointment of travelling preachers to the temperance work and appointment of preachers to the '. M. c. A. work.
 Non concurrence is recommended to resolution providing for the election of two publishing agents. The memo. rial looking to the removal of the headquarters of the extension board from Louisville, Ky, to Oklahoma City. was concurred in.
 Vic-President's Coming.
 Advices received here today are to the effect that Vice President c. W. Fair banks, who is a fraternal delegate to the General Conference of the Mtho- dist Episcopal Church. South. in ses- sion here now. from the Methodist t Episcopal Church. will arrive hero Thursday night from Washington and he will deliver his message on Friday evening, that date having been set aside in the convention. The Vic- President will arrive here Thursday night and will be received by a com mittee named by the Commercial Club of Birmingham. Col. W. F. Aldrich and a large committee of the Scottish Rite Masons will also meet him. Fri day afternoon it is intended to have an open air or auditorium meeting at which the distinguished visitor will deliver an address to the people. An other meeting will be held at night at inc Hillman hotel after the address at the conference has been delivered if the Vice President is able to stand the strain. During the morning, Fri day. it Is likely that a reception will he given him at the Masonic Temple. The various committees. those of the conference, of the Commercial Club and of the Scottish Rite Masons, will get together between now and then to arrange for the entertainment of the distinguished citizen and ascertain as far as possible just how much the visitor will stand for in the way of public speeches and entertainment.
 Bishop E. E. Hoss tonight gave out