The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-22
RELIGIOUS.
ELECTION OF BISHOPS BY
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
DRs. HAYGOOD AND FITZGERALD
The Presbyterian Assembly at Saratoga
DevOting Its Time to the Spiritual
Condition of the
Negro.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 19.-The session Of
the M. E. church, South this morning was
devoted to the election of two bishops.
!, After some preliminary business Bishop
Granbery presiding, called the special
order and requested the delegates to enter
1Apon the election prayerfully and with due
sense of the Importance of the occasion.
DIR. Rogers of Baltimore prayed that all
unholy ambitions should be forgotten,
that there would be no strife, that the
choice of the bishops be made for the good
OF the church, The following tellers were
appointed: R. NJ. Powers North Texas; A.
@. Miller, North Alabama R. B, Smart,
South Carolina; R. w Peatrose, Virginia
P. It. Dixon, North Carolina, and j.
Obranch, South Georgia. There were no
regular or formal nominations but each
delegate voted for whom he pleased.
There are 293 delegates in the conference
but only 272 votes were cast in the first
ballot, which was announced as follows:
A. G. Hsygood III, o. P. Fitzgerald 81,
David Morton 80, H. G. Morrison 80, P. A.
Peterson g. R. NJ. Stedd 25 B. NJ. Messick
20, w. A. Chandler II, E. E. Haas 16, V. D.
Barbee 16, E. NJ. Rounds II. Scattering
votes were also cast for about twenty other
persons. The announcement of the votes
was received with hearty applause.
The second ballot was as follows: o. P
Fitzgerald 96, David Morton 40, R. NJ. Stedd
35, III. G. Morrison %, P. A., Peterson Is, e.
"A. Hass Is, B. NJ. Messick IA, w. T. Harris
8, w. A. Gambler 7. There were also a
number of scattering votes. AS it required
l37 votes to elect, the third ballot was
taken which gave hr. Fitzgerald 135 votes,
still not enough to elect
The fourth ballot was taken as follows:
.. ?. fitzgerald 159, R NJ. Sledd 81, David
Morton 10, W. T. Harris 8, H. G. Morrison
l, G. G. Andrews l.
Concerning the successful candidates, the
talewing brief statement is furnished by
,&-Ss5nent members of the conference. 1t
ss--tttte0e remembered that DR.. Haygood was
elected to this Office in 1882, but declined
because he could not then lay down the ed
EDUCATIONAL work he had in hand, being at
the time president of Emory college, Ok
ford, Ga. He has been CONSPICUOUS ad-
yocate of the education and evangelization
of the colored people of the south, being the
q thor of a book called "Our
SS,her 1885, agent tn of DaG Tie john sateT iaee
fund for the education of the freedom of
the South. He received today the largest
majority ever given in the election Of
Methodist Bishop. He is the second man
in the history of American Methodism who
has been elected to bishopric twice hav-
ing refused the first offer of the office, |
S-shua Soule being the first Dr. Haygood |
PINOT a member OF the general conference, |
and his elevation to the Episcopacy under |
all the circumstances by one of the most |
representative religious bodies in the |
United States is very significant
DIR. Fitzgerald has for twelve years past |
been editor of the Nashville Christian Ad- |
sen service in the West, having been for |
years leader among the Methodists of |
California. He is native of North Caro- |
lima, of Irish extraction and is most
genial gentleman and popular writer. His
books have obtained a wide circulation,
and under his administration the Christian |
Advocate has advanced from circulation |
of 1000 in 1878 to 10000 subscribers in 1880. |