Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-30
MEETING or MErhop,srs SETS
RECORD ~ LEAVING MOTH.
ING UNFINISHED.
BISHOPS SALARIES RAISED
TO $500 AND EXPENSES
coiorsd Members Secure Recognition
in Final Rounds-Many Commissions
Created to Promote Unity Of Work.
Review Of Important Changes in
Government Of Church.

Minneapolis, May s0.-The genera
conference of the Methodist Episcopa
church, which has been in session sine
May l, adjourned yesterday afternoon
4 vast amount of routine and dis
culinary work was accomplished, thu
secretary, DR.. Hingeley, aEnouncin:
that for the first time within his mem
DRY the conference had closed withou
leaving unfinished business. BY ap
plying a two minute rule to speeche:
and a three minute rule to chairman
| and accepting summaries where no de.
| batable questions were involved, re-
| port after report was disposed of.
| Excitement stirred the conference
| chiefly when the question of submit
| ting a constitutional amendment to the
| annual conferences was proposed ir
/ the interests of different nationalitie:
and races.
Delay Final Adjudication.
| The colored delegates were prepared
| with addresses and scores were on the
! floor seeking opportunity to speak. The
! proposition was carried by vote OF
! $50 to As on one section Of the repor,
and with 112 in opposition on another
part. The question can not come UP
{ tor hnal adjudication until the next
general conference.
! A lively discussion arose over in
creasing the salaries Of the bishops 10
| cover clerical hire and household ex-
| penses The decision was reached to
make the allowance $500 and travel
| ing expenses.
Work Done by Conference.
Some of the things that the confer
ence did were the following:
Established limit for the retire.
| ment of bishops.
Requested the bishops 10 plan for
residential and presidential supervision
Of conferences, looking toward the SUI
rervision by bishops of territories
contiguous to their episcopal resi-
dences. providing also for the presider-
tial supervision for thirty days before
and after the conferences by the bisnop
in immediate charge of the conference.
Created q general deaconess board to
have authority over all deaconnesses.
Ordered that 20 per cent OF the col
lection for education in all confer
ences should go to general education
/ fund.
Authorized federation with other
| protestant churches.
| Placed spiritual affairs more fully
| than formerly under control of annual
conferences.
| Created a commission TO cons der the
consolidation of three colored churches.
| Created a comm ssion of evangelism
Condemned James Wilson.
Condemned by resolution the secre-
tary of agriculture James Wilson be-
cause he accepted the honorary chair
! manship of the national brewers con-
gress.
Adopted a resolution approving arbi-
tration of trade difficulties.
Endorsed President Taft's attitude on
international arbitration.
Demanded interstate laws prevent
ing the Introduction OF liquor into pro-
hibition territory.
Adopted resolution looking toward
more reyerential observance Of
| Memorial Day.
Petitioned the United States govern
ment to recognize the Chinese repub-
lie.
Approved the work Of the Anti
Saloon League and pledged support to
the work.
Aid to Temperance Work.
| Provided for the church temperance
! work by providing for fund of s50,o3o
an Establishing headquarters in To-
peka.
! Denounced the white slave traffic,
child labor. and the liquor traffic.
! Approved order Of Indian Commits
sioner r. G. Valentine barring clerical
garb from government schools.
| Refused the proposal to create 4
court of appeals, to be organized sep
arately from the general conference. to
determine all questions Of law referred
TO it by the conference.
Repealed section 2so Of the ritua:
which places ban on certain specified
amusements
Reduced tho size of the general con-
| ference. and returned to the time 'limi,
for pastors.
! Planned to consolidate church peri
odicals. .s
| Passed proposal to give lsymen rep
resentation at annual conferences
| without a change in the church consti-
| tuition. =.