The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-24
FRAUDULENT BALLOTS
Cast in the Election for Bishops
of the Methodist Church.
AN OHIO MINISTER CHOSEN
On the Fifth BaIlot-Two Vacancies
Remain to be FfIled-Dr. New
mans Chances-FashIonable
Church ChoIrs Condemned.

New YoKK, May 23.-The election O
Bishops was continued this morning al
General NJ. E. Conference. The result
Of the fifth ballot was made known aftel
reading the journal. 1t resulted in the
election of DR.. l. W. Joyce, pastor of St.
Paul's church, Cincinnati, by a vote ol
326 out of 449 votes cast. Only 800 votes
were necessary to a choice, but DR.. D.
A. Goodsell fell II short Of the number,
getting but 2S6 votes. On the same bal.
lot DR.. John Newman received %.
Charles H. Payne l67 and Earl Cranston
ll9. Bishop Bowman presided and read
the result of the ballot. The devotional
exercises were led by Col. Ray of In
dianapolis.
The sixth ballot was ordered and the
vote was cast in less than half an hour.
While the tellers were out counting the
vote, the Committee on Revivals re-
ported several proposed changes in the
discipline. One Of these changes rela-
tive to the
RELATIONS OF CHURCH CHoIRs
to the government of the church occa-
stoned considerable debate. The pres
ent tendency to introduce operatic and
other "high-fa-lu-tin" music into the
church service was deprecated, and on
motion OF Col. Ray the item relating to
church music was amended so as to make
the music committee amenable to the
general conference.
On the sixth ballot 437 votes were
cast, Of which 292 were necessary to n
choice. There was no election. DR.. ].
P. Newman received 252 votes; DR.. G.
A. Goodsell, $50; DR.. Z. H. Payne, l45;
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.
The eighth ballot was taken u little
before noon, and when counted resulted
in no election. The same vote was cast,
but Earl Cranston gained %, DR.. New
man gained 8, and DR.. GoOdsell gained
4, while DR.. Payne lost 80.
FRAUDULENT VOTING.
Something of a sensation was created
when the tellers returned with the re-
suit of the seventh ballot. It was oc-
casioned by one Of the tellers announc-
ing evidences Of repeating. Two votes
were found on the seventh ballot that
were thrown out. 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 so that the two could be
east as one and then be separated in the
hat. The two pieces OF paper were
identical in size, had the same corner
turned down, contained the same
names and were in the same
handwriting.
A resolution commencing the action
OF the tellers in throwing out the suspic-
ious ballots was passed. DR.. Edwards
tried to explain how the suspicious bal
lOIS LulSuL nave Decu CilsL, DuL Ille SOu-
ference would not hear him. The ma
jority OF the delegates seemed to think
that fraud had been attempted.
On the ninth ballot DR.. Cranston
gained twenty-six votes, DR.. Newman
gained ten, DR.. Goodsell gained ten and
DR.. Payne lost thirty-seven. The re-
suit of the ballot was as follows: Num-
Der cast, 439; necessary to choice, 293.
DR.. Newman, 275; DR.. Goodsell, 267;
DR.. Cranston, 2ll, and DR.. Payne, 10.
When this ballot was announced the
time for the session had nearly expired
and the limit was extended by unanim-
Gus consent. The tenth ballot was
taken and the Conferenc adjourned.
The telIers 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 no
election. DR.. Newman, it is under
stood, has got as far rs he can hope to
go unless he and DR.. Goodsell combine.