Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-09
CONFERENCE At MINNEAPOLIS
RECEIVES MANY EXPRESSIONS
OF OPINION.
FAMOUS AMUSEMENT PARA
GRAPH OF GREAT INTEREST
Little Doubt That Section Will Be
Amended Leaving Questions to Con-
science Of individual! Members =
Many Objections to Change Of Pre-
siding Elder Title.

memorials are pouring into the general
conference of the M. E. church in ses
sion here, and probably before the final
adjournment will appear before the
conference for final action.
Far in the lead Is that relating to the
famous paragraph 260 Of the church
discipline, which prohibits dancing
card playing and kindred amusements
That this section will be amended at
the present session to leave the ques-
ton to the conscience of the individual
member Is the belief of many OF the
delegates"
Don't Like New Title.
Another memorial which has ap-
peared frequently in the church record
is that changing the name of the dis
trict superintendent back to that OF
presiding elder" The latter was in
use until the change was made at Bal
timore four years ago, and it is claimed
by many that the new name has not
proved satisfactory.
That there is a suffragette movement
in the church has been shown by the
introduction Of a memorial which asks
that women be licensed to preach. A
number Of years ago rule was adopt
ed forbidding the ordainfng OF woman
minister, but it is probable that that
question again will be discussed at the
present session.
Approve Order Aimed at Catholics.
Commentator OF Indian Commits
sioner Robert G. Valentine for his or
der directing that in government
schools all insignia of any particular
denomination be removed and that
those wearing a distinctive church
earb Law such aside while engaged In
government duties was given in res
olution adopted by the quadrenniaN
conferences OF the Methodist Episcopa
church.
The resolution urges that "as the
president at the solicitation OF certain
ecclesiastics directed that the order OF
the commissioner be suspended pend
ing a future hearing which hearing
was held on the Sth of April, when the
denomination which chiefly offends In
the matter of sectarianism In the gov
ernment service made a strong plea
for the revocation Of the order. Sec
retarv of the Interior Walter Fisher
nut the order into immediate effect in
stead of Withholding his decision un-
til Aug. 1, as he had announced:
No Tobacco for Officials.
Included in work done by the con-
ference are:
Adopted resolution preventing cleo
ton to any office of the general con-
ference Of any man who uses tobacco
in any form.
Adopted Rice resolution declaring
that Methodist Episcopal church would
prosecute mission work in so-cal'ed
Roman and Greek Catholic countries
despite action of ecumenical missionary
conference at Edinburgh.
Went on record as favoring union OF
Methodist Episcopal churches and
Methodist Episcopal church South.
Ordered reconsidered" by committee
in order to be made more drastic reeo-
luton concerning Kenyon Shepherd bill
now before congress. which prohibits
introduction of liquor into prohibition
states
Deadlock Over Bishops.
The episcopacy committee Of the
church, which has been holding execu-
tive sessions daily and which political
ly is one of the principal bodies Of the
church, in that it recommends the
number Of bishops to be elected, is said
to be deadlocked on the number which
will be superannuated at this session
of the conference. On the number
which will retire to a great extern de-
pends the number Of new bishops to be
chosen.
Bishop William A. Quayle lectured
before the conference at the night ses-