Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-23
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Two BISHOPS ELECTED
By The Methodist General
Conference.
A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
To Further The Toilers' In
terests.
the DEMOCRATS OF MAINE
Demand Rum In Their
Platform.
the DEMOCRATS OF MANI
TWO NEW METHODIST BISHOPS.

TWO NEW METHODIST BISHOPS.
MR.. Vincent and Mr. Fitzgerald The
Chosen Ones-Three More To BE
Elected-Dr. Goodsen Polling Many
Votes.
house present this morning when the Meth
odist general conference was called to order,
all anxiously waitings for the election OF
bishops to begin. Not single delegate was
out of his seat when Rev. Dewitt G. Ohm
stead of the Wyoming conference began the
devotional exercises. After laying on the
table the report of the committee on mis-
sions providing for the appointment of a
missionary bishop for India, the order of the
day was taken up. Bishop Andre WIS an
nounced the te1lers as follows George S.
Chadbourne, E. NJ. Mills, b. w. Knight, N.
L. Ganot. John q. johnson, Alexander Ash
ley, w. h. Hickman, W. I. Coggshall, F.
W. Hoyt, A. G. Phillips, G. S. Walden, P.
Kost and John B. Green It was 1870
when the casting of ballots began. AS the
different conferences were called in alphabet
ical order the delegates arose and placed
their ballots in the hat presented by the tel
lers and remained standing until the tellers
the Foo Chow conference was called and Sea
Sex Ong arose and deposited his paper ballot
in the hat the entire assemblage applauded.
When the Texas contingency was called four
black men arose and placed their ballots in
the hat While the vote was being counted
the rules we're suspended to permit action be-
ing taken upon report of the committee on
episcopacy in reference to the districting of
bishops. The report recommended that the
bishops be asked to go arrange their work as
to minister during the next quadrennium to
the conferences contiguous to their residen-
ces. DR.. Gray moved to amend the report
by suggesting that the bishops be asked to
report plan for distributing their work for
the action of the general conference in 1892.
1t was finally decided to lay the matter on
the table to permit the report and
DR.. Gray's substitute to be printed.
The tellers came into the conference at a
quarter past one o'clock and announced the
first ballot for bishops as follows: Number
of votes cast AT; necessary to choice 1893.
No one having received the necessary NUNS
Der of votes there was no election. The can.
didates receiving over fifty votes were: J. b.
Vincent 215, j. N. Fitzgerald 1875, D. A.
Goodsell 1853, J. P. Newman 1856, J.W. Joyce
145, G. Fl. Payne 1870, j. M. King 1913, Earl
Cranston 1913, A. ]. Kynett 119, A. A. Butts
115, J. w. Hamilton SO, 7. G. Carter 63 and
s. F. Upham co. Among other prominent
candidates there were; j. R. Day 4S, G. G.
McCabe A, J. B. Nelly 81 and ]. NJ. Buck
ley 8. The discussion of the time limit of
pastors took up the rest of the time and af-
ter ordering a second ballot the conference
adjourned to meet at 7:30 pm.
The conference to night elected two out of
the five bishops to be chosen. They are Rev.
John Heyl Vincent, ID, LID, of Rock
River, H., and Rev. j. N. Fitzgerald, D. D.,
of Newark, N. J. Four hundred and fifty
nine votes were cast: 306 necessary for a
choice. Vincent got 81 and Fitzgerald $40.
Rev. Dr. Vincent was born at Tuscaloosa,
Ala, November %, 1882, but was educated
in Pennsylvania. He becSme a licensed
preacher in the Baltimore conference in 1850.
He WAS once General Grants pastor. Rev.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was born in Newark, N. J.,
Secretary Frelinghuysen and was admitted
to the bar. He was admitted to the church
thirty years ago and has been elder of the
Newark conference.