| Show methodist conference drw ilay I 1 the general conference con terence of 01 episcopal church opened its session this morning in the opera house long before the appointed hour the capt auditorium commenced to 1111 M ith delegates the his n seats oil the stage the apis ga lerick and boxes were crowded with ladies and gentlemen bishop bowman the senior presided and conducted the exercises the number of ministerial delegates elected is and the number of lay delag tea among the lay del gates are sit w e n ry territory in thom un I 1 r epta and there are delegates from canada mexico texico tex ico china japan africa taly az inan sweden 1 d and bishop bowman appointed avro committees to consider the elio fly of and the fore n delegates the protests against lie adi aMiOn of women are first op tle aroun 1 I that their adais sion implies and compels a viti interpretation br this toly f a ian not enacted by t ie geneal conference alone but which was ordained constitutional process and second because their admission modified the construction of the general conference in a manner and to an extent not con tom plated by those m ho gave the latter its delegated power the foreign delegates are objected to on the that they do not reside within the bounds of the conferences whose certificates they bear from tike conference is objected to on a ground that lie was elected by a n f erice in accordance with the plain provision of discipline both as to time and place NEW bonx airy 2 the second days sension of confert ence opened at 9 with bi shop stephen in the chair bishop JU errill read the address of the bishops extending to the delegates an I 1 aldress is colial greeting and blessing the reviewed eed the revival work that had been going on in the church since the laa conference four years since then not less than son adois had been brought into the church the has increase ed froba to |
