The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-21
METHODTST RIaHOPa.

lAal IN the 6YEH1N6 NEWe OF February
End that there will probably be three or
four bishops to elect az the session Of
the geneTai conference Of the n. Z.
church 70 be held in Philadelphia In
May next. Your article - evidently
written IN the interest of DIR. John II.
Waldens Of Cincinnati, and you say that
whatever may happen TO the other dis
tinguished names you mention In this
connection, and who will probably be
voted for, DR.. Walden's election is
practically conceded % and you close
by saying that DIR; Wslden will IN
doubleday have the enthusiastic support
of lbe delegates from Kansas
Dr. Walden was voted for 81
the session of the general con
ference held at Brooklyn in
1872, but although eight bishops were
elect,d at that session Walden failed to
have the requisite number of votes to
elect The writer of this article we'll
reuembers OF OyeIhearing u oOnyersa-
rion on the morning of the day when all
but one bishop remained 20 be elected,
in which DR.. Walden stated TO a friend /:
The west has been slaughtered"
Coupling the two declarations to-
gethef-"The west has been slaughter
ed, and election practically concsdsd. !"
ana anyone ordinarily familiar with the
ways of the world would infer that the
Doctor Is reasonably conYersant with
the use and purport of the phrases ofthe
ward politician, if not of his ways.
Ia ths ceremony of Conservation of
Methodist bishops Gle CT, two elders pres
ent the candidate t. the officiating
bishop, using these words: I'VE present
unto you this holy man TO be cousecrated
| a bishop"
Then the bishop shall say to him
that is tt Ire con>ecrated. Are You per-
suaded that you are truly called to this
| ministration according TO the will of
he ord j sus Christ p"
So you see that if there Is any posi-
ton in this world that should seek the
man" it would be that of bishops of the
! Methodist Episcopal church, and it is
/ seriously questioned by very many
whether any person should be elected
To this high and responsible office WHIT
upon his own notion" is a candidat
| for the same Ii IS to be devoutly
hoped that the time NAV never come
when the annual conferences DAY and
ministerisD will De successfully manip-
ulated IN the interest of any particular
man for bishop, and whenever or by
whomsOeVer the a tempt shall be made
that the result will prove fatal to him
who shall be 81 unmindful of the fit,
ness of things as to make il.
METHODIST.
In the above our friend is unnecessa-
rily alarmed The communication looks
to us just like an attempt to set up q
man of straw to show how nicely he can
slap it over Let US assure him we did
not represent or speak for DR.. Walden
in cur item ON the I'd, The first part Of
The paragraph was merely news item
what we call q "A )ater, and we do moi
now remember what paper we clipped
it from. In copying 1t we took occa-
| sion to add a few seatt nets comp1i
men,ary to man We admire for his
many good qualities. That is, we ad-
mired him when he lived in Kansas
and We have no right TO believe, seeing
he o occupies very exaltt d position il
the NJ. E. church, that he is worse now
than he was then. We have never
seen DR.. Walden since he left Kansas
nor never have had any Communication
With him in any form. The InsinuatioI
of Methodist" that he sought the puff
at our hands is entirely gratuItous
\ lie probably never cav what we sand
and does not even know that we said it
We regret to say that SO good a mar
does not take THE NEWS. We do no
even know whether DIR. Walden is 1
candidate for bishop, and the statement
IN our Item of February Dad, that hs
would probably have the enthusiastic
support of the Kansas delegation, wa
mere GU .ss work on our part. We ar,
of the opiuion they could not supper
Q better man, the judgment o
"Mtt lodIst" to the contrary, nptwith
sta ding. We hope III, Sc assurances OF
oar part will allay any further alarn
cur item may have created that W
have unholy designs on tn
general conference which meets in Phi
adeIIhis, or that there is any plot o.
the part of THE News and DIR. Valdez
to capture that organization by "way
that are dark and tricks that are vain
We are satisfied that Brother Valdez
/ would not countenance any such mean
, to success.
We want to say another thing entirs
ly on our own hook. aud that is tina. !
. Methodist" is so unsophisticated as nc
: to know that conferences src often ''mar
a ipulated," he is not we'll ported as W
took him to be, and We can easily under
stand that it was Dr. Walden
knowledge tn this very point tn
{ led him to exclaim at BROOK
Ign that 1.-The west had bee
slaughtered" Conferences are compose
L of men of like passions and ambition
!, with other men, and our limited obse
+ walton is to the effect that people an
Q measures often get slaughtered there's