Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-24
VOTING FOR BISHOPS.
THR METHODIST CONFERENCE SPENDS A
DAY IN BALL0IING,
And Only One Lucky Doctor Gets ln-JOyos, Of
Cincinnati, the Third BishOp-Ths Conference
at a Dsadlock-Nswman and
Goodsell Lead.

NEW YORK, May 23.-The election OF
Bishops was continued this morning at the
General NJ. E. Conference. The result OF
the fifth ballot was made known after
reading the journal. II resulted in the
election of DR.. /. W. Joyce, pastor Of st.
Pauls Church, Cincinnati. by q vote OF
326 out of 449 votes cast. Only 800 votes
were necessary to choice, but DR.. d. A.
Goodsell fell fourteen short Of the number,
getting but 2s6 votes. On the same ballot
DR.. John P. Newman received 237, Chss.
H. Payne 167 and Earl Cranston 119.
Bishop Bowman presided, and read the re-
suit of the ballot. The devotional exer.
clses were led by Col. Ray, Of Indianapolis.
The sixth ballot was ordered and the vote
was cast in less than halfa an hour. While
the tellers were ont counting the vote, the
Committee on Revisals reported several
proposed changes in the discipline. One
of these changes, relative to the relations
of church choirs to the government Of the
church, occasioned considerable debate.
The present tendency to introduce operatic
and other bigh-fa-lu-tin" music into the
church service was deprecated, and on mo-
ton Of Col. Ray the item relating to church
music was amended 80 as to make the
music committee amenable to The general
conference.
RATI oTTSa without CHOICE
On the sixth ballot 437 votes were cast,
of which 292 were necessary to choice.
There was no election. There was no cleo
tion. DR.. J. p. Newman received 252
votes, DR.. G.. A. GoOdsell $50, DR.. G. II.
Payne AS, DR.. Earl Cranston 1873.
The vote for DR.. Newman when an
nounced was greeted with an outburst OF
applause, which drew a rebuke from the
presiding officer, Bishop Bowman.
On the seventh ballot there was NO cleo
ton. There were AL votes cast, OF which
294 were necessary to choice. Drs.
Newman and Goodsell each received 253.
Dr.. Cranston 156, DR.. Payne 13o.
The eighth ballot was taken little be-
fore noon and when counted resulted in no
election. The same vote was cast, but
Earl Cranston gained %, DR.. Newman
gained 9 and DIR. Goodsell gained a, while
Dr. Payne lost 80.
Something of sensation was created
when the tellers returned with the result
of the seventh ballot. 1t was occasioned
by one of the tellers announcing evidences
of repeating. Two votes were found on the
seventh ballot that were thrown ont. One
consisted of slip of paper nearly torn
through the center into two strips. The
names of two candidates were written on
each slip in the same handwriting. The
other seemingly
FRAUDULENT BALLOT
consisted of two pieces OF paper with the
corners turned down no that the two could
be cast az one and then separated in the
hat. The two pieces of paper were iden'
teal in size, had the same corner turned
down, contained the same candidates
names and were in the same handwriting
"A resolution commending the action ol
the tellers in throwing ont the suspicious
ballots was passed. DR.. Edwards tried to
explain how the suspicious ballots might
have been cast, hut the Conference would
not hear him. The majority Of the dele
gates seemed to think fraud had been at
tempted On the ninth ballot DIR. Cranstor
gained 26 votes, Dr. Newman gained 10,
DR.. Goodsell gained 10 and DIR. Payne lost
81. The result OF the ballot was as fol
lows: Number cast 439, number neces
sary to a choice 1903; DIR. Newman 272
Dr.. GOodsell 267; DR.. Cranston 2l1 and
DR.. Payne 40. When this ballot was an
nounced the time for the session had near
ly expired, and the limit was extended by
unanimous consent. The tenth ballot was
then taken and the Co. Fsgce adjourned
The tellers took nearly an hour to com
plete the canvass Of this ballot, and de-
MED any information whatever as to the
result 1t is probable that there was ne
election. DR.. Newman, it is understood
has got so far as he can hope to go unles'
he and DIR. Goodsell combine.