The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-28
A wIDOwER's TICKET,
Warm Contest" for Trustees IN Tho
Church OF the Prohibition. Candidate
for the Lieutenant Governor,lip Of

for the Lieutenant Governor,lIip Of
New York. "T
NEW foRE, September 27.-At the last
session of the conference tho Rev. A. II.
Wyatt, who was then pastor Of the South
Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
brooklyn, was removed and the Rev. ".
ID. Boole, Prohibition candidate for Lieu.
tenant Goyernor, appointed In his place.
Mr.Wyatt, by therule Of the church was en-.
titled TO anotheryear in the pastorate there,
and number Of the members were anxious
to keep him, but the Bishop refused to nc
cele TO their request. The bad feeling
aroused on that occasion was In some
measure extended 10 tho new pastor, md
when the election for trustees for the year
came round, two regular tickets were put
In the field. Ono ticket bore the names Of
Peter Harknces, Sylvanus II. Hallelt and
John F. Withef5, and the other those of
James Lockman, Charles W. Sheshire and
Sylyanus Conkin. The canvass was made
lively by the report that The ticket headed
by Mr. Lockman was in favor OF dismiss.
ing Mr.. Doole at the end OF the year, This
was attributed 10 the other side, and Mr.
Boole, In his pulpit on. Sunday, without
mentioning names rebukcd those who start.
ed the story. The canvass had been going
on for some time, and tickets had been
sent through the mails in great quantities
to the members. Tickets headed by Mr.
Locklnan were sent out with "Anyone TO
beat Peter llarkness" printed on the ion.
The Lockman side declared that this was
none, OF their work. and said 1t was done
by the other side TO excite r u i.e in
their favor. Each patty accused the other
oil resorting 10 political dodges and wire.
pulling, and when the time for election
came there was m immense crowd in the
Sunday school room. A new and mixed
ticket appeared in the field when the yot.
ing began, which bore the names Of Peter
liarkness, Charles W. Cheshire and Syl.
vanus IL. llallett. 1t .was called the wild.
overs ticket, because ut the bottom was
printed:
For Trustees Elect there are wI,lowers three,
HarknesS, Cheshire uId HHllett;
II AL Oh one tlcket eicttc,l they'd he
By The whole Of the female ballot"
The membership OF the church is 7C0.
two.thirds OF whom are women, The sis.
tei1 did not stand solidly by the widowers'
ticket, and one OF the candidates, Mr.. Hal.
lett, wa7 defeated, but The OILERS were
elected. Two hundred aud forty.two votes
were cast, and the vote showing the numc.
rical strength OF the candidates was as fol.
lows: Lockman, 100; IIarkness, 1o7; Ches.
hire, III; Withers, lla; Conklirl, III; HAL
lett, III. Before the election was over
whatever ill.feeling there might have been
had passed away, and it was declared that
at no time was there any opposition to Mr..
Boole. The members wanted Mr.. Wyatt
10 remain, but ii they could not have him
Mr.: Boole was perfectly acceptable.
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There are twelve members, with Professor
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