Show WILL WAGE WAR ON POLYGAMY s I Conference to Adopt Adept Resolution R n Aimed at a mons mens Asking to Mike Make Enactment That Will wm l Prevent t as ii OS ML 8 May Hay J 24 The Moth th L dist geral eMt conference hold two r ten tong sessions one tay The rho are part of the te day Itay was up I in speechmaking lq incident to Sung firing the places of Iopal n At the mornings sea ses session skin sion editors lor for ten church lions tion were elected the h Her Herald aid ald being omitted from the list lint Ii t It will cult Int u foi tor it j lt t iii 1111 after aft II r the rf if of th Ii Kp E 1 nil di Lf l urup lull com shall hall have r t i hd to it the conference There was very ery little interest In the election of ot editors as the held field had hd been thoroughly canvassed ana sed by th thE representative candidates s and in lii most cases cassi ase there was vaS but bu t one nomination I for each Beh t office effiI The western Christian I lamu Adv ct 1 V it Iii UI J at a t Noti Orleans furnished the time only contest and ami andU It U took two ballots ballota to elect R E EJones Jones to the editorship of that publication publication cation The committee recommends that the several bt shall hall be lit COi l it tv L i i r h fl lowing corporate names 1 The TIle board of foreign missions of the Methodist it Episcopal Ep church hurch 2 1 The board of missions and church 1 in if t i i T E aI hUl II 3 The board of ni education of time the Methodist Episcopal al chui U Ii 01 em tl o board of education ed Ilea tio s aid id sad and s of ef 11 th It eo church c as aa the general confer couter uIe ma may determine J 1 0 Considered tit in u 1 Ii deeral matters of or material ma te tonal Rl import importance pott alice ance to Methodism have h ve been beton passed I j upon URn by the standing committee on 1 I of the church and its it i nfl on aim the th subjects II will nill w iii be bore re rei i ported to the ht t I on fp where hr in III i II all alli 1 i y V they will b bP bi fully all ii l hj by y a n of f the e t dole dele d tf I II I j eaten P I I j t important of these the e many man mat m mattern i t i i tern tera are those of divorce Romanism the Bible in the public Imbi i ij II j I schools and regulation of church mem j I I b The question as to tu what ha hal hali I constitute the recognized pr Hin is fr r I II j I divorce di on va 55 the cause U P of f 1 i t I nil in ill the 1 he I D in which om sone of at the tile ablest abt delegates in the th conference ce took active part patt After I I II I hours hou of discussion during which argo meats ments were ere made urging the sanction sanctionIng log Ing of ci two tH ur or th e distinct di diet cau au ah i fur fill I hr rh a voted to make the I crime of adultery the sole BOle legal lecal rea tea I son for fo separation to be recognized by bythe bythe the church Final Pinal desertion and ex cx ext t cruelty y vero Pro eru the Hlf a i I j jun z un v h ut a r t 1 I IO O 99 C a pert part rt of the th discipline u ow ou rage j C q To It AI II It y Continued from Pate Pa 1 1 which a majority of the committee op pp opposed posed V Resolution on OD Mormonism Ja The Tue resolution on Mormonism which will be presented present 1 to the th conference for t r passage is brief and asks congress conesa to 0 enact a constitutional amendment that t will make impossible certain peso practices rae tices U of ot in any part of the United States or in any country sub subject subject j to its jurisdiction Another reso resolution resolution resolution lution denied the charge that the teaching of ot the Bible in Iii the public schools without note or comment was wasa a sectarian act and deplored the re ye reputed efforts of ot the Roman Catholic church to secure a division of f the pub public public lic lie school fund along sectarian lines as a menace to the public school aye system tern tem and called upon congress to pro provide 1 vide an amendment to the federal con constitution constitution which would forever make impossible the accomplishment of ot such s sp su b ban an p object The resolution also pro PIC provided provided vided for the extension of every aid id and support to Methodist missionaries f engaged in the propagation of of the i Protestant Pr faith in Roman Catholic countries A re resolution regulating the member membership mem V r I ship of the church was also ad n ed edIt It provides old that those t who tall fall in their duties of attending services and pay INY paying payIng I ing ins their share toward church eh expenses may be dropped from the roll of at teem mem membership t by y the pastor p stor of the church I after attel he lie has made due investigation with the provision that tb at on demand they may receive a regular trial The lat latter latt ter tr t r resolution evoked considerable de debate e bate e but hut was finally accepted File standing tading committee commit on episco episcopacy episcopacy pacy has haa under Und r consideration its rec recommendation to the conference cont rEne on the I subject of selecting the places of reel resi residence I Iden dence deriEce den Ce of the newly elected bishops but hut the preparation of its it report has baa not been finished d and no reliable information mation Uon as to what Its Ita final recommendation dation on this subject will wW be is ob oh obtainable tamable t The proceeding of t the epis episcopal episcopal episcopal copal committee are secret eret Editors Are AN Irma The for editors of church pubU publications excepting the Herald resulted as follows Methodist Review W V y Kelly eIb Christian v n M calt of ot New York Western Christian Gilbert GUbert V V Northwestern C Advocate AdvocateD D D Thompson Central Christian A v C B 8 Spencer Pittsburg Christian W Smith 8 of Pitts Southwestern Christian E Jones V VV V Pacific Christian D Advocate eD D L 1 I Rader Bader of Ta Tacon Christian Apologist A J 7 Net Nap t Editor of ot Haus HU and ae Frederick Fre k kens Dens ens ensA V V V A special report from Ute the tI episcopacy committee recommending the following flowing f places place pJ ea as the episcopal residences for tor forthe the sixteen 8 teen bishops bih w w taken p up 4 i this t ls afternoon OD New York t Phil Philadelphia P u adelphia alphia Nashville Buffalo Bu Cincinnati Chattanooga St Louis Chicago Che Min Minneapolis Mm n neapolis Denver Portland San II sn Fran Francisco deco cisco ci o Zurich Zuri h Buenos Ayres and Shanghai Objections were raised ral ed to Philadelphia Nashville Buffalo Bu Jo Cin Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Cl Portland and Buenos Ayres Philadelphia PJ I is i Opposed 4 There was a warm and prolonged debate against the flung fixing of Philadel Philadelphia Philadelphia phia as the place of residence V of a member of the episcopal board bol as u a was w leo the case fh In regard fd i iid to Cincinnati There T was a strong sCott effort ort made to sub substitute I port Fort ort Worth for Philadelphia and when this failed the th championship of the Texas city sought to have it sub substituted substituted in place of Buenos Bueno BU Ayres AyreL Y Both oth failed however and ana in the end Ild the re report Fe report port of the episcopacy 1 y committee uee was waa I adopted adopt without t change The places adopted are V as follows New few York Boston Bost n Philadelphia Nashville Buffa Buffalo Bu 10 lo Cincinnati Chattanooga St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Heaver Denver Port Portland land hand San Francisco o Zurich Switzer Switzerland land Buenos Ayres and Shanghai The TIle episcopacy opa y committee will report tomorrow its IUs recommendations r n ns upon i iI the assignment nt of the e t sixteen teen bishops to these places 1 I The Tie judiciary committee t made a special special special cial report re port late today t y upon the ques question qu lion tion as u a to whether thy th a Philippine field 14 could conid c be treated as all a foreign territory t reference to the missionary bishop situation The rhe judiciary committee de do c that Ut it might be so o treated It Jt Itis ItIs is possIble Ible that the be episcopacy e y commit CI committee tee will win recommend a missionary bishop for this t field but scarcely probable able pr at I this late stage sIege of the conference |