The Portland daily press., 1872-05-22
NEW YORK.

NEW. YORK, May 2.-To-day was set apart
for the election of Bishops in the Methodist
General Conference and in consequence of the
immense audience in attendance, a resolution
not to count the ballots cast for candidate to
less than eight was tabled. se tFs
DR.. Sheer said that thirty years ago at the
election OF Bishops there had been ballot stuff
ing. He hoped if such thing was discovered
here the vote would be taken over again.
An Indiana delegate demanded that the laity
and clergy vote separately for Bishops.
The motion for separate vote was lost. Tire
mendOus shouting.) M -rr..s .l
tions of the audience and moved that the gal
leries be cleared. (Hisses from the galleries J
Bishop Ames asked the police if any present
to clear the galleries. -. -s
The Conference then proceeded to vote by
ballot for Bishops. The process was very tedi-
GUS and otter the tellers had retired to count
the vote, Bishop Richardson of Canada, was
introduced and addressed the Conference.
Dr. Carleton then moved that the rules be
suspended to receive a reply from him to Dr.
Lanahan's report. Adopted. t L.rI
The paper was then read. 1t declares that
the report of DIR. Lanahan seeks to convict
Goodenough of completely with Porter in the
purchase of paper and that said report is a
wicked SANDER of an honest man. The paper
refers to Lanahan' s reports as creation of
feverish dreams of the assistant agent and de-
MES that Lanahan was ever refused access to
papers of the Book Concern. The paper fur
Their declares that the allegations that the. Off
GERS OF the concern we've engaged in oil specula-
ton, as baseless as they are base. 1t further
charges that the accountants whom Lanahan
employed to ferret out the alleged wrongs of
the Book Concern We're of doubtful reputation,
and that DIR. Lanahan had a conference with
certain secular papers the evening before the
publication of the offensive articles
AT 800 o'clock the tellers returned with the
following as the result of the first ballot:
w. S. Harris of Central Ohio, go; r. S. Fos-
ter of New York, 232; Thomas Foreman of
Iowa, 1913. These three were elected Bishops
There were 408 ballots cast; necessary for a
choice 205. Only the three above mentioned
had majority. % EgEaE0
Other votes We're as follows: Jesse Peck of
Central New. York, 161; J. w Wiley of New
ark, 10; c. II. Foss of New York, So; 7. N
Eddy of Baltimore, 1O6; S. M. Merrill, 40:
Reed, Ill; j. p. Newman, 102; j. NJ. Waldron,
80; G. H. Fower, "a; H. I. Craig, 80; J. Cum
mings, So; DR.. Cobleigh, &c; Moses Hill, 70,
and others less number of votes.
The report of the Committee on freedman
was adopted.
The Conference proceeded to vote for five ad-
ditional Bishops.
On the report of the committee on the state
of the church being read, Mr. Slicer of Balti-
more protested against it, as being milk and
water report as too indefinite and not providing
for bringing the young people to class meeting.
He said: 1--WE have big country now, almost
big enough to break in two and the danger was
of the church becoming too diffused the young
people losing sight of the old landmarks of
the Methodist way to Heaven"
The second ballot for Bishops took place,
when j. w. Wiley and s. M. Merrill, were
elected, leaving three more to be chosen. ,77
sn The Stokes Case. s4grsb ln
1t is expected that Stokes will be brought in
to court tomorrow morning to plead to the in
dictment against him. The District Attorney
and counsel for the prisoner will then endeavor
to decide on a day for the trial. lr7i.
.u Impure MILK
The Tribune this morning publishes the
names of large number of persons who it al
leges adulterate their milk and gives figures
showing that 1900 gallons of swill milk, are re
ceived daily, and that "a 800 gallons are swellet
to 81, 500 gallons by the addition of water. ~
"a MIR. esreeIey's Letter of Acceptance
Official notice to Mr. Greeley of the Liberia
Republican nominations 100 f sla .ishra
l.} f CINCINNATI, May 3, 1872.
Dear Sir:-The National Convention of thu
Liberal Republicans of the United States hay,
| instructed the undersigned, President, Vic,
| President and Secretaries of the Convention, t,
| inform you that you have been nominated a
the candidate for the Liberal Republicans TO
| the Presidency of the United States We ais,
| submit to you the address and resolutions lnan
| imously adopted by the Convention. BE please,
tr signify to us your acceptance of the platform
and the nomination, and believe us, :. RI l
a f.-. 81 Very truly yours, .l7ai 81 al.fH
c. ScHRUz, President, lfl.
| GEORGE w: JULIAN, Vice President.
| VIM s. McLeOn, John G. Davidson, and j. H
| Roades, Secretaries. f- Fl 70. .-.--r-a,.r
Hon. Horace Greeley, New York city.
81 The following is Mr.. Greeley's reply: age4s
5.,.a'. - 20" New York, May 90, 1872.
| Gentlemen:-I have chosen not to acknowl
| edge your letter of the Sd inst till could lear
| how the work of your Convention was receive
in all parts of our great country and judg
| whether that work was approved and rattle
| by the mass of our fellow-citizens. Their re
| Spouse from day to day has reached me thrOug
| kilograms, letters and the comments OF joul
nalists independent of official patronage an
indifferent to the smiles or frowns of powel
| The number and character of these upcon
strained unpurchased, and unsolicited utteranee
satisfy me that the movement which found e1
preston at Cincinnati has received the STAN
of public approval and been hailed by majol
| ity of our countrymen as a harbinger of be
ter day for the republic. l do not misinterprt
this approval as especially complimentary
myself, nor even to the chivalrous and justl
esteemed gentleman with whose name / than
your Convention for associating mine
l receive and welcome itas spontaneous an
deserved tribute to that admirable platform {
principles wherein your conven tion so tersel.
so lucidlyyso forcibly set forth the conviction
which impelled and the purposes which guide
its course, q platform which casting behind
the wreck and rubbish of worn out continuor
and bygone feuds, embodies in it fit and fe
words, the needs and aspirations of to-day
Though thousands stand ready to condem
your every act, hardly syllable of criticism {
cavil has been aimed at your platform, of while
the substance may be fairly eptomized as fo
lows
First. The political rights and franchise
which have been acquired through our la
bloody CONFUSION must and shall be guaral
teed, maintained and enjoyed and respecte
evermore.
Second. All political rights and franchise
which have been lost through that convulsio
should and must be promptly re-established
that there shall be henceforth no prescribe
class and no DISTINGUISHED caste within the lin
its of our Union whose long estranged Peep
shall reunite and fraternze upon the bros
basis of universal amnesty with impartial su
frage. 4 fl II glslEi1N sE u
Third. That, subject to our solemn constit
tiOnal obligation to maintain the equal rights
all citizens, our policy should aim at local Sc
government and not at Capitalization. That Il
civil authority should be supreme over the mi
tary; that the writ of hdbeas corpus should I
jealousy upheld as the safeguard of person
freedom that the individual citizen should e
JOY the largest liberty consistent with the pu
lie order, and that there should be no fede1