Show iits SURPRISE i N STORE I Methodist General Conference Confer-ence Will be Shocked I I PUBLISHING MOUSE REPORT It I Ii t i I Eastern Establishment has PermItted I Permit-ted Its Capital to Become Exhausted Exhaust-ed of All Methodist Educational Institutions Submit a Protest Aimed at Bishop Hurst Conference Abolishes Time Limit on Pastorates Memorial Asking Passage of Polygamy Amendment I I Chicago May 3Agnt Mains rep 1 rcsentallvo of the Methodist publishing publish-ing interests In New York was kept I I busy for an hour today explaining certain cer-tain portions of his quadrennial report t to the committee on book concern Chairman Frank Arter of the subcoin I mltlee to which was referred the report re-port of time publishing agents In the East submitted a statement which will In all probability cause a sensation I when It reaches the general conference confer-ence enceIt It calls attention to the fact that the Eastern publishing house has permitted permit-ted Its working capital to become exhausted ex-hausted while It has loaned Its credit to outside enterprises One use of the kind l referred to In the report Is that I of the International Ulbk society According Ac-cording to the report this concern or I its representatives has ocd the publishing pub-lishing house 551000 for several years and apparently no effort has bin made to adjust the account The report also stated that the Eastern house had paid large dividends I I and subsidies without reducing liabilities PROTESTS AIMED AT HURST The committee on episcopacy tonight I considered a protest signed by the presidents of all I the Methodist rdina tiqnal 1 Institutions of the country and aImed at Bishop ITurbt and his American Ameri-can unhcrslty demanding that steps be taken to check tin general l superintendents superin-tendents ot the church In their l tendency tend-ency lo n < 5i the episcopal olllce as a club to force subscriptions tor the benefit bene-fit of colleges In which they were interested in-terested The protest was rofei red to a special committee of seven which met after the aMIuiirnnient of the I main body and will report tomorrow EPISCOPAL RESIDENCES Another matter of importance was the report of the subcommittee fixing the eplbcopal resld nis for the coming qua rnnium Much disaffection developed devel-oped at time Hpjrt and after some dls eUf lon further consideration was deferred de-ferred until tomorrow Uiri Is the list as submitted to the committee tonight Boston Xeu York Philadelphia Buffalo Buffa-lo Cincinnati Chicago Detroit St Louis Topcka Minneapolis San Francisco Fran-cisco Portland Oo and Chattanooga with the committee undecided whether to report In favor of Washington or Denver The indecision in regard to the continuation of an episcopal residence I in tho Capitol city was regaided as another an-other blow to Bishop Hurst TIME LIMIT ON PASTORATES The conference voted to abolish the time limit on pastorates The vole was J3J ayes to 21S nays The majority report re-port of the committee on itinerancy as adopted reads as follows Section 3 paragraph 173 of the discipline disci-pline Is amended by striking out subsection sub-section 13 of section 3 i and inserting therefor the words lie the bishop shall appoint the pnachers to the soy eial pastoral charges annually TO PROHIBIT POLYGAMY At the afternoon session Dr J M King submitted a memorial to Congress Con-gress asking for the passage of an amendment lo the Constitution of the United States disfranchising all persons per-sons practicing polygamy and barring them from the I prillge of holding pub llcr olllce It was read and adopted without discussion BOOK DEPOSITORIES Chairman Shaw called upa report of the commIttee on book concern recommending recom-mending that time book depository be removed from St Louis to Kansas City and that the Central Christian Advocate Advo-cate Omaha Christian Advocate and tho Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate Advo-cate be consolidated Delegate Van Treose opposed the change and presented u minor report hut It was tabled The majority report was adopted after a spirited debate The conference also adopted a report from thc committee on book concern consolidating Iho t San Frnnrlsco book depository and the California Christian Advocate The latter will be allowed a subsidy of 7200 for the coming quad rcnnium |