The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-23
BLECFTNG THB bishops.
An Exciting Day in the MethO-
dist General Conference.
TWO CANDIDATES ELECTED.
The Candidates Almost as Numer'
Gus as the voters-The Presby'
tcrlan General Assembly
Mt Philadelphia.

NEw YoRK, May 22.-For the fins
time since the General Methodist Con
ference began, every seat in the vas
auditorium of the Metropolitan Open
House was filed to-day when Bishop
Mallalieu opened session.
The question of missionary bishop
to India came up Immediately after the
reading of the journal, and DR.. Flood
made an eloquent appeal for such &
bishopric.
DR.. Lanahan opposed it and marveled
at the Sudden conversion Of some Of
the brethren" He believed in sudden
conversions, but held that conviction
must precede it. He could not under
stand how it was possible for the breth'
rem who in one breath opposed such an
appointment should in the next turn
around and advocate it.
The result OF DR.. Lanahan's opposition
was that the matter was temporarily laid
ou the table. General Fisk moved to
hold special session of the Conference
on Thursday evening, for the purpose OF
considering the report OF the Committee
on Temperance and Prohibition, which
was passed. :,
Bishop Bowman prayed especially in
reference to the order of the day, after
which the election Of bishops began:
Four sections OF tellers, consisting OF
three each and one at large, were an
nounced by Bishop Andrews, and took
their places in the aisle: Before the
voting commenced much time was taken
up in settling the question as to whether
ballots containing less than the required
number of names should be counted or
thrown out. After much discussion it
was decided to count them, and the
voting began in earnest.
The total number OF votes cast on the
first ballot was HI. The number neces-
sary to a choice was 29S. The votes cast
for the leading candidates were rs fol-
lows: Dr.J. II. Vincent, 2l5; Dr.. James
n. Fitzgerald, 1876; DR.. J. W. Goodsell,
l5s; DR.. ]. P. Newman, l56; DR.. J. w.
Jovce, l45; DR.. Payne, l30; DR.. S. James
VI. King and Earl Cranston, l2S each;
DR.. Kynett, ll9; Fl. A. Butts, ll5.
There were twenty candidates who re-
ceiyed less than 100 votes and over fifty
who received but one vote each. On
motion the time. in which to elect
bishops was extended.
At the evening session balloting was
resumed. Neither OF the two afternoon
ballots had secured to any candidate
enough votes, but on the third ballot at
the evening session two Bishops were
selected, but there were l, ,+59 votes cast,
and 306 were necessary for choice. The
vote was, Vincent 81, Fitzgerald $40,
Goodsell 255; Newman 227, Joyce 26O,
Payne l4S, Kynell los, Butts Ill, king7l l.
The others were scattering. The two
Bishops elected were, therefore, Rev.
DR.. J. II. Vincent, OF the Rock River
Conference, and Rev. ]. W. Fitzgerald,
of the New Jersey Conference.
DR.. Vincent was born at Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, November %, 1882. In 1888
he moved to Pennsylvania. He was
educated at the Milton and Lewisburg
Seminaries and at the Newark Wesleyan
Institute. He was q licensed exhorter
in 1919, and in 1850 local
preacher in the Baltimore conference,
From 1851 TO 1857 be had charges in New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. He estab'
lished in Illinois in 1865, the Northwestern
Sunday School Quarterly. In 1858, he was
elected Secretary Of the Sunday School
Union, a position he still occupies
In 1874 with Lewis Miller be establish
ed the Chautauqua Circle. He was At
one time the pastor Of General Grant
Rev. ]. W. Fitzgerald is fifty
years of age, and was born at
Newark, N. ]. He studied at
the Newark Academy, and then
at Princeton college. On leaving col
lese he studied law with Chancellor
Bnnyan and Secretary Frelinghuysen,
and was admitted to the bar. He was
admitted to the church thirty years
ago.
Whilethe third ballot was being taken
resolution was carried making the
term limit five years.