New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27
CONFERENCE NEARS ITS END
EDITORS AND SECRETARIES CHOSEN.
yHAScEs A. WILLARD GETS THE COLD SHOULDER
MORE BISHOPS THAN EVER BEFORE.

MORE BISHOPS THAN EVER BEFORE.
The last day of the third week o! It's session was
devoted by the Methodist Episcopal conference 10 'ho
election of the secretaries AMI editors OF its pcroa
Gals large amount of business has been dispa,cieu
during the week. and delegates expressed the opinion
Yesterday that everything would be completed Dy
Friday somc of The delegates thought there might
be a possibility of getting through ;he WORK on iucs
day This Is the day appointed Tor the co'SecIa'o"
of the Bsleps but II Is not believed that all 'ho w
norris can bs disposed of in Mondays session. as Sow
eral import ant questions have yet 10 be discussed.
,,,e 81 those Is In relation to Episcopal Districts
over which each OF the Bishops shall PRESIDE Jour
years There are eighteen Bishops OF the Mc'no"-
tst Church, tie lsrgcs, number has ever hah i"o
NJ these arc Missionary Bishops, and are by thcir
Offices restricted 10 their respective EpScopa'eS-
Africa China and Malaysia Bit the remaining sixteen
nisbops of the Charch determine among themselves
each year their own apport.onmcnt. The pIcvalihs
opinon IS now that further change VIII DC hlaae W
this Conference in regard TO these Bishops A. he'
been proposed 10 increase tho tern OF prscIns oiU
and many OF the delegates are Inclined 10 1aVor s
action, and thr report on inns SUBJECT u "h''' "
. wide disc oss.Gn. -,
One of the features O. yestc days discussion was 'o
presentation OF the name OF Miss FRANCES a. ""
as q candidate for ediorshlp oil ono on inc pci''"'
Ii was not thought that her none was piesc"'ou 9'
Susly but It received first vote OF 'Oo' "ioS.l! -
those who favored the admission Of women as
"a tho Camera, Conference DR.. Hare. OF Nc"-1orA'
succeeded in getting into the Conference YESTERDAY
memorial relating 10 the recent dhcui'S III 'no 10
,toeuih Street Methodist Church OF his Guy nv nv
MORAL was referred the Committee on hpsoop"0' %
its contents we're nOt made public, but IL "dS ""uo
stood from rumors calculated that IL con'aino"
charcox of msadministralion against Bishop fo""i
The trustees who resigned from the Eighteenth sroo'
Church say that Bishop Fowler made promises ~ NJ
IN regard to the assignment OF their PASTOR "0h no
subsequently refused to carry oui. bshop W.
Ia
he had never made any promises to the chuicn, anu
that as a Bishop he had no power 20 MAKE inc Proni
tees they sneak or The memorial, 1t was SAID ycS'cr
day would be examined by the Committee U" Hp'''
pacy but would probably never be reported Oh pS IT,
,c,I,NcE FOR THE COLoRED BRETHREN.
A majority report ON the Freedman Aiu 00o "
favored the appointment Of an additional secre'arS
vii Tyr pust' who IS becoming advanced In years
minortv report was opposed to more than one secre-
tnrv Ibe report of the majority was warmly sup
norted by tho southern delegates and the colored meh
bcrs Of Conference expect il 1t Is passed. u ""'0
coorcd man elected one OF The SccictaiIos
Wien Conference assembled Bishop Warren VINO
csscd AZ once announced that the ballot for secfe
tary made on Friday night was ready Chapialll MO
Cal received OF this ballot 900 votes OUT vi $40 anu
was elected: Dr. j. o. Peck 1923; J. W. Hamilton Iao
A Il Leonard, 1O7; 5. Il. Nceley, 100, anu D. W.
Reid no. On tho second ballot DR. j. o. fcch re-
ce,yur ao3 votes and Dr. ~ H. Leonard, 1o4 were de
clared elected Chaplain McCabo was elected MIS-
sonary secretary by the ato General conference LII
peck Is known In the Church one OF the most sue
erSstll evangclis,s lie recently retired from inc
siunson street Methodist Church, OF BrOohlyI OH Az
eo,nt Of ul-healh and he has held charges In BROOK
,vn baltimore New Haven and Chicago. DE- Lconaru
&c A member OF tho Cincinnati Conference ana prom
rent Pohilitlonst Last year no ran On tue ITO
Ll,dtlen ticket Tor Governor Of ONO.
,ftcr the result on The vote for these secretaries
had hccn announced, Conference, on motion Oh
Gc1icra. Clinton H. FISK. elected Dr. James NJ hc'u
honorarv secretary of the Mission Society in recos
ntol OF his sixteen years services the hc Chuicb
4 J. Kyneit was reelected secretary of the Chulen
Ly,rnsinn Society and DR.. J. L. lIurlDurt, asesIa,
scrrcarV of The SnndaySchOOl and Tract society ",S
ciccted secretary 10 I'LL the place OF Dr. Johh H.
Vincent.
THE TAFT. OF THE PERIODICALS.
When the occon Of the editors OF the Ohuroh
ncriodcals was called DR. J. W. Mendenhail Oh
No,bet, Ohio was elected Editor OF g. The Methodist
Cuattorlys tho place formerly held by Dr. curry.
The cIccou of an Editor of The Christian Advocate
called out applause for the of Dr. Buckley VINO
ha, hell that Office for eight years. The name Vi
MISS Frances A. Willard was presented lor tho on'o
and called out much laughter Dr. buckley recei'ou
ss4 out of 305 votes and Miss Willard loo Dr D.
IT, uayIiss was reelected Editor OF inc western
Christian AivocGtc7; Miss Willard receNeu siA'co"
roics fu this Office. The Rev. d. smart, Vi bc.iu',
stated thai he had received from MISS iiaIu e,
ssLlnr that her should not he uscu lor any o
mi IN The next ballot for the EdtOr OF nc ~
n.,stn - rstian Advocate she was again Noieu lor
nv several delegates The Rev. Df. Atnul
-; hicaTo WHO has been Editor of The NorthWestorn
Christian ADV ocac" for sixteen years. "@9 ro0'o'N'
and Conference adjourned I'LL Moiua1'