General Conference Bulletin, vol. 5
GENERAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Fifth Meeting
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
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
| RESOURCES | |
| Real and personal property | $ 9,200 00 |
| Bills receivable | 116,598 02 |
| Office furn. and fixtures | 1,000 00 |
| General Conference | 21,146 01 |
| Echo Publishing Co. | 2,230 90 |
| Review and Herald (bank) | 1,861 02 |
| New Zealand Tract Soc. | 3,469 35 |
| Mission Board | 9,917 53 |
| Southern Union Conf. Assn. | 10,000 00 |
| Southwestern Union C. A. | 10,000 00 |
| Walla Walla Association | 11,000 00 |
| Accounts receivable | 1,611 14 |
| Cash in hand | 120 14 |
| Deficit | 7,434 84 |
| $205,408 95 | |
| LIABILITIES | |
| Bills payable | $203,671 91 |
| Accounts payable | 499 00 |
| Depositors | 1,237 05 |
| $205,408 95 | |
| H. M. MITCHELL, Treasurer. |
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
| Dr. | |
| Echo Publishing Company | $ 19,401 57 |
| Bills receivable | 4,200 00 |
| Australasian Union Conf. | 839 11 |
| Office fixtures | 899 47 |
| Library Fund | 69 96 |
| South African Conference | 97 97 |
| Map Fund | 37 23 |
| General Conference | 2,793 84 |
| Review and Herald (bank) | 3,141 80 |
| D. T. Jones Transfer | 534 15 |
| Mission and tract soc. accts. | 100,657 43 |
| Petty accounts | 1,149 09 |
| Cash in hand | 1,936 98 |
| $135,758 60 | |
| Cr. | |
| P. P. Pub. Co., Oakland | $ 688 28 |
| Gen. Conf. Assn. | 1,971 78 |
| Mission Board Fund | 45,413 78 |
| Int. Tract Soc., London | 998 19 |
| Ship Fund | 6,001 47 |
| Institute Sanitaire, Basel | 154 96 |
| S. S. Dept., Gen. Conf. | 139 16 |
| Scandinavian Relief Fund | 1,366 87 |
| Skodsborg Sanitarium | 37 08 |
| Friedensau School (Germany) | 503 89 |
| Nyhyttan School (Sweden) | 3,258 71 |
| Australian Fund | 67 57 |
| London Medical Treatment Rooms Fund | 181 72 |
| Petty accounts | 649 09 |
| Mission accounts | 16,745 11 |
| Depositors | 1,392 29 |
| Balance | 56,188 65 |
| $135,758 60 | |
| RESOURCES |
| Echo Publishing Company | $ 19,401 57 |
| Bills receivable | 4,200 00 |
| Australasian Union Conf. | 839 11 |
| South African Conference | 97 97 |
| Map Fund | 37 23 |
| General Conference | 2,793 84 |
| Review and Herald (bank) | 3,141 80 |
| Accounts receivable | 3,952 69 |
| Cash in hand | 1,936 98 |
| $36,401 19 | |
| LIABILITIES | |
| P. P. Pub. Co., Oakland | $ 688 28 |
| General Conference Assn. | 1,971 78 |
| Institute Sanitaire, Basel | 154 96 |
| Int. Tract Society, London | 998 19 |
| Scandinavian Relief Fund | 1,366 87 |
| Skodsborg Sanitarium | 37 08 |
| Friedensau School (Germany) | 503 89 |
| Nyhyttan School (Sweden) | 3,258 71 |
| Australian Fund | 67 57 |
| London Medical Treatment | |
| Rooms Fund | 181 72 |
| Accounts payable | 1,979 50 |
| Balance | 25,192 64 |
| $36,401 19 |