GENERAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Fifth Meeting GCB April 1, 1903, page 37

G. A. Irwin

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1903, 3:00 P. M.

G. A. Irwin in the chair. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.1

Prayer by L. A. Hoopes. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.2

The Chair: The Advisory Committee recommended that the Nominating Committee for the General Conference be selected by the several Union Conference delegations, each Union to choose one member. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.3

On motion, the Conference took a recess of a few minutes, to allow the various Union Conference delegations time to comply with this arrangement. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.4

After recess the secretary read the minutes of the third and the fourth meetings of the Conference, held 3 P. M., March 30, and 10:30 A. M., March 31. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.5

L. A. Hoopes: I have no special objection to offer to the minutes as read, but I have been wondering whether these are really the minutes or not. According to the motion made the other morning, it will be difficult to ascertain whether what the secretary reads, or what is printed in the “Bulletin,” is the official record. You have asked the secretary to make a general statement each meeting. Is not this imposing upon him a useless burden, unless you have what he reads printed in the “Bulletin,” as the official record of the proceedings? I therefore move that the record of General Conference proceedings as published in the “Bulletin” be the official record of the Conference. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.6

The motion prevailed. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.7

The Chair then called on the Advisory Committee for their report on the standing committees for the session, which was read by G. B. Thompson, the secretary of the committee, as follows:— GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.8

STANDING COMMITTEES GCB April 1, 1903, page 37

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On Delegations—S. H. Lane, J. M. Rees, J. N. Loughborough. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.9

On Institutions—C. H. Parsons, W. T. Knox, S. H. Lane, L. R. Conradi, W. D. Salisbury. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.10

On Nominations (the names are given in the order in which the various Union Conferences handed them in)—S. N. Curtiss, G. F. Watson, M. H. Gregory, G. A. Irwin, J. W. Collie, A. J. Breed, W. J. Stone, C. M. Everest, E. J. Waggoner, L. R. Conradi, J. D. Gowell. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.11

On Plans and Constitution—H. W. Cottrell, E. T. Russell, P. T. Magan, D. Paulson, C. W. Flaiz, W. C. White, W. T. Knox, E. H. Gates, G. E. Langdon, C. N. Woodward, E. J. Waggoner, Smith Sharp. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.12

On Credentials and Licenses—Wm. Covert, L. R. Conradi, R. M. Kilgore, W. A. Spicer, E. H. Gates. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.13

On Distribution of Labor—The presidents of the Union Conferences. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.14

Publishing Committee—W. C. White, E. R. Palmer, C. H. Jones, J. H. Kellogg, L. R. Conradi, W. D. Salisbury, A. G. Daniells, P. T. Magan, W. A. Spicer, J. E. White, C. P. Bollman, J. B. Blosser, A. F. Harrison, S. C. Osborne. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.15

On Finance—W. T. Knox, C. H. Parsons, S. H. Lane, L. R. Conradi, W. D. Salisbury, R. T. Dowsett, Miss E. M. Graham, P. T. Magan. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.16

On Education—L. A. Hoopes, M. E. Cady, E. J. Waggoner, E. A. Sutherland, H. A. Washburn, J. S. Osborne, S. M. Butler, R. C. Porter, E. K. Slade, Mrs. I. J. Hankins, and any other state church-school superintendents who may be in attendance at this Conference: GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.17

On motion of C. P. Bollman, the report as a whole was adopted. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.18

The question being raised as to which member of each committee was to be considered as chairman of the committee, the Chair stated that was understood that the one whose name appears first will take the liberty to call the committee together, when they can organize themselves for business as they see fit. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.19

The Chair then called for the report of the treasurer of the General Conference Association. The treasurer, H. M. Mitchell, being absent, S. H. Lane, the president, submitted the report as prepared by the treasurer, as follows:— GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.20

Financial Report of the General Conference Association, Dec. 31, 1902 GCB April 1, 1903, page 37

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A. G. Daniells then submitted the financial report of the treasurer of the Foreign Mission Board. GCB April 1, 1903, page 37.21

Financial Report of the Mission Board, Dec. 31, 1902 GCB April 1, 1903, page 37

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