Evening journal., 1922-03-15
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BOARD snail De elected by ballot an
nually by the said Wilmington An
nual Conference. and the lay mem
bers OF the board shall be elected by
ballot by the Board OF District
Stewards OF each presiding elders
district fof the term OF four years
and until their successors have been
duly elected as aforesaid" etc.
Paragraph $40. Section OF the
Discipline Of 1920. directs. Each
Annual Conference shall elect Con-
ference Stewards. who may be
either preachers or laymen. ar
ranged In classes. so that one-third
OF the members shall be elected
each year"
The Wilmington Annual Confer
ence since 1859 has followed the
plan as set forth at that time. and
al present the board consists OF
eight members-four ministers and
four laymen. the ministers elcctinr.
ministerial members and the laymen
selecting their members from the
laymen. The board at present con-
s.sts of the following: Ministerial
the Revs. +. C.. MacSorley f. II
Derrickson. l. f. Poole and f. W
Jones. Lay-R. NJ Cooper. W. J.
Downing T. y. Rawllns and F. p.
Gentieu.
Il will be noted that the above
arrangement gave the ministers and
laymen equal representation In the
handling OF church funds. and each
the privilege OF electing its own rep
resentatives ry resolution offered
BY District superintendent Vaughan
5. Collins OF TIE Salisbury district.
al tho session OF conference held in
Crisheld, Nd. one year ago. which
was unanimously adopted by the
conference hereafter the conference
will elect a Board Of Stewards con-
sisting OF nine members. five OF
whom will be ministers and four
laymen. BY this plan. Il laymen
are given a minority representation
on the board and are also deprived
or the privilege OF selecting their
own representatives BY the resolu-
uon. the membership OF the present
board holds on until the session OF
the conference which meets in Cam
bridge ,xt wednesday.
The Board OF Stewards. by the
resolution. was instructed 10 have
its attorney. Caleb +. Burchenal. OF
this city. prepare and have executed
amendments TO the 9gticles Of in
corporation that shall make the
charter OF the board harmonic with
the Discipline.
The action OF the conference ere
ated considerable feeling and led TO
the presentation of resolution TO
the conference by the Laymen's As
ISOLATION protesting against the ac-
tion, setting forth that TIE provision
referred TO as in the Discipline OF
1920 has. as a matter OF fact. been
in the Discipline for nearly thirty
years and that the Laymen's Asso-
citation, representing over 10000
laymen OF the churches In the Wi.
p mington Conference regard sucf
action OF the Conference as unwis,
and unjust and detrimental 10 the
future success Of TIE Conference
Claimant Endowment Fund" and
urged that the conference rescind
its action.
on motion OF DR.. J. W. r. sum.
walt. Bishop Mcdowell was asked &C
make a statement touching upon the
case. and District Superintendent W
A. Wise requested that he also make
a legal expression regarding the
whole situation.
Briefly Bishop Mcdowell stated
the case and confirmed the lega
right OF conference 70 the action. as
set forth in the Discipline. The
resolutions and the Bishops ruins
we're ordered spread upon the con-
ference minutes. but the question
was not discussed by the Conference
and the order TO tn. Board OF Stew
ards stood as passed.
II has now been learned that the
Board OF Stewards has not taken an,
action looking to carrying out tn,
provisions OF the Collins resolution
The lay members Of the Board OF
Stewards do not favor the proposed
change. and as % requires az leas
six members OF the Board accordinl
10 the State law. under which thu
charter OF the Board Is held. {,
make any change in the charter. &
would appear that the Board has n,
intention OF carrying out the instruc
tions OF the Wilmington Conference
When spoken TO regarding IN,
matter today Mr.. Burchenal sal,
that ne had taken no action In IN,
matter. as ne has not been so di
rdcted by the Board OF Stewards.