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Show METHODISTS fti jl AFTER MORMONS I Will Ask Congress to j'j j I Pass Law. : l Amendment Proposed to , Make Impossible Prac- j j ' ' tices Mormonism. ; 1 r H Question, of What Shall Constitute I;i 'IH I Grounds for Divorce Causes a ! , ' Spirited Debate LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 24. The I ' , Methodist general conference held , two long sessions today. ' The I- ' 'I greater part of the day was taken i' (' ' up In Bpecch-maklng, incident to fixing p ;', IH the places of Episcopal residences. At ,' ' the morning sessions editors for ten church publications were elected, the ? ; f j Epworth Herald being omitted from the fri , list. It will come up for special action 1 . i after the report of the Epworth league ft ' ' committee shall have been presented to 3.' , . 1 the conference. There was very little V, Interest In the election of editors, as the field had been thoroughly canvassed by V ' IH the respective candidates, and ln most jv , JH cases there was but one nomination for . $ , JH c-ach office. The Southwestern Chris- !?: 1 JH tlan Advocate, published at New Or- j leans, furnished the only contest, and ) 1 1 IH It took two ballots to elect R. E. Jones f. ) j IH to the editorship of that publication. h (jM Editors of Church Publications. 1 1 The call for editors of church publl- - 1 cations, excepting the Epworth Herald, resulted as follows: Methodist Review, J U IH W. V. Kelly; Christian Advocate, J. M. (i , Buckley, New York: Western Christian : 1 1 ' Advocate, Levi Gilbert; Northwestern lj' 1 Christian Advocate, D, D. Thompson;' I , ' Central Christian Advocate, C. Ji. Spencer; Pittsburg Christian Advocate, ", 1 C. W. Smith, Pittsburg; Southwestern : , Christian Advocate, R. E. Jones; Pa- h J clflc Christian Advocate, D. L. Rndcr, i; -jl Tacoma; Christian Apologist, A. J. u j Nast; editor of Haua and Herd, Fred- 1 , IH erick Muenz. j I A special report from the Episcopacy committee, recommending the following " , ' places' as the Episcopal residences for , I I IH the sixteen bishops, was taken up this j ! afternoon; New York, Boston, Phlla- delphla, Nashville, Buffalo, Cincinnati, . ) , IH Chattanooga, St. Louis, Chicago, Min- , ' neapolis. .Denver, Portland, San Fran- tl ; I . . 1 Cisco, Zurich, Buenos Ayres and Shang- 1, M( hoi. Objections were raised to Phlla- '.T ,! ' J delphla, Nashville, Buffalo. Cincinnati, ! - ' St,- Louis, Chicago, Portland and . ? I !'j 11 Buenos-Ayres. The conference heard ,:i , 'H speeches ln favor of and opposed (o i jH those cities. The Individual assignment 11 of bishops has not been made public. ' i ; 1 Recommendations of Committee. n. r 1 Several matters f material Import- P ' 1 a nee to Methodism have been pasfeed y ( upon-by the standing committee on the ? j state of the church, and its recommen- f t' dations on the subjects will be reported T' to the conference, where ln all probabll- V ity they will be fully sanctioned by a ' l'JH majority of the delegates. Most Iin- j portant of these many matters are , lil those of dlvorco,. Romanism, Mormon- t ! 'IH Ism, the Bible ln the public schools and regulations of churcrTmembcrshlp. , The question as to what shall const!- r, ji tute the recognized grounds for divorce ' jH was the cause of a spirited contest In , 'H the committee. Jn which some' of the ' ' . i ablest delegates ln the conference took . IH active part.' After hours of discussion , ll during which arguments were made ll urging the sanctioning of two or three h ll distinct causes as legitimate grounds il 1 J IH for divorce, the committee finally voted to make the crime of adultery the solo 1 legal reason for sepai'Utlon to be recog- j nized by the church. Final desertion j I and extreme cruelty were the. additional j 1 grounds which were urged for adopllon . 1 as a part of the discipline, but which a 1 K , majority of the commltloo opposed. t . 'The resolution on Mormonism which i1 1 will be presented to the Confcrenco for i- - ( passage Is brief and asks Congress to ' ( IB enact a constitutional amendment that ' VM I will make Impossible certain practices fc. , of Mormonism in any part of the United L'v ! States or ln any country subject to lis jj j ' jH ! jurisdiction. 4 i I ( Catholics and Schools. T' 1 Another lesolutlon denied the charge I that the teaching of the Bible In the . publlo schools without note or comment jH was a sectarian act, and deplored the ?-j jl reputed efforts of tho Roman Catholic -jj church to secure a division of tho pub- -11c school fund along sectarian lines as ; j si menace to the public school system, and cnlled upon Congress to provide an ( amendment to the Fedei-nl Constitution J? , ( which would forever make imj)osslble V the accomplishment of such an .object. ji The resolution also provided for the ex- t-, 1 tension of every aid and support to , F Methodist missionaries engaged in the ' propagation of the Protestant faith in W 1 Roman Catholic countries. j A resolution regulating the member- t ship of the church was also adopted. It provides that those Avho fall In' their I ( duties of attending services and paying , their share toward church expenses , may be dropped from the roll of mem- , bership by tho pastor of the church.. after he has made due investigation. t j with tho provision that on demand thcy . may ixcelve a regular trial. The latter t , resolution evoked considerable debate, f. ( but was finally accepted. j. |