St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-20
SCORED FOR THRILLING,
A Philadelphia Delegate to
Omaha Lectures the
Conference.
Frivolity Evidenced by Bal
lots Cast in a Trivial
Spirit.
Election Of Official Editors
Again Occupies Most Of
the Day.
Opening Of the Presbyterian
General Assembly at
Portland, Or.

OMAHA, May 19.-BlShOp Merrill pre-
sided in the Methodist general confer
ence today, and DIR. George p. Mains
led the devotional exercises. For ed.
! itor of the Central Christian Advocate.
Hon. Jesse Bowman Young, Chancellor
G. E. Creighton, DIR. Masden, of st.
Louis; DR.. McElroy, OF Illinois; Rev.
j. E. Coke, DR.. r. w. Goodwin, of
Illinois, and DIR. W. L. smith. of Iowa.
were nominated. This election created
more excitement than anything that has
preceded in the election line.
Before the ballot was taken Bishop
Merrill announced the election of DR..
Arthur Edwards as editor of the North
western Christian Advocate. DR.. Ed
wards got 3O7 votes out of total of 45S.
The result appeared to be eminently
satisfactory to the conference. The
first ballot for editor of the Central
Christian Advocate was then taken. DR..
Shinkle'S scheme for balloting, by which
roll call was dispensed with, proved to
be veritable time-saver. DR.. W. G.
Smith was the only man nominated for
the editOrship of the PittSburg AdvO-
cate, and his election was practically
unanimous.
A report from the committee on the
consolidation Of benevOlencieS was shot
into the proceedings by suspension of
the regular order. 1t recommended
that the educational society and the
freedman'S aid and southern education
al society he not consolidated. The re-
port was adopted, and again the friends
Of consolidation suffered defeat.
Nominations were then made for
editor of the Northern Advocate,
Sawyer was the only nominee. Before
taking the ballot, Bishop Merrill an
nounced the result of the ballot for ed
itor of the Central Christian Advocate,
as follows: DR.. Young, gil; DR.. Creigh-
ton, 70; DIR. Coke, 81; DR.. Smith, 46; DR..
McElroy, 81; DR.. Masden, Sc; DIR. Good
win, 10; rest scattering. No election,
second ballot taken.
Rules and Time Limit.
A report from the judicial committee
was then run in on the question asked
by the bishops relating to the meaning
of the rules where they provided that
third of either order could call for
vote by orders. The question was
whether the rules meant third of all
the members. third of all present, or a
third of all the members voting. The
committee decided that the rule meant
a-third of all the members in the house
att the time of the call. whether they
voted or not. The report was adopted.
Then the regular order, discussion of
the time limit resolution touching the
itInerancy, was taken UP. Rev. E. j.
Grams, of Pennsylvania was opposed
to the adjustment of the five-year limit.
Il % hr: orH
tienaliSm, he said, and would break up
the whole plan of itinerancy. He said the
abolishmentoft the time limit might help
the better classes of the churches, but
would be hard on the weaker churches.
Itwould create an oligarchy deSpotiSm,
composed of the bishops and presiding
elders, he said, to abolish the five-year
limit. He therefore offered substitute
for the minority report, providing for
the submission of the question to the
question to the annual conferences.
Elder Shanke, of Nebraska, made
stirring speech in favor of abolishing
the limit on the pastOrate. He said tn
time-limit plan was a corpse.and should
| be buried.
The second ballot for editor of the
Central Advocate gave DR.. Jesse Bow
man Young the election by a vote of
800 ballots out of 462. For editor of the
Northern Advocate, DR.. j. E. G. SAWYER
| was elected by very large majority.
COlOred Brethren to the Fore.
i Now the colored people were IN it.
| The election of an editor for the South
western Christian Advocate interested
| them deeply. DR.. A. E. p. Albert, the
editor for the post four years, is a col
ored man-in fact, it is a paper pub
| lished especially for the cOlored MethO-
| dists. Rev. Shumpert nominated DIR.
1 a. E. p. Albert to succeed himself. The
| cOlOred delegates had the conference all
to themselves for half All hour. DR..
| Knox, of Kentucky. made a speech
that sailed away into the clouds, and
part of it never came down again. He
! nominated DR.. E. w. S. Hammond, of
| Kentucky.
The ballot was taken, and then Mr..
! Field, of Philadelphia, got the floor
during ballot which ensued and de-
livered searching little speech. in
| which he deprecated the tendency of
some of the delegates to trifle with the
matter of eleclng official editors.
| Votes had been cast, he said,
that could mean nothing but a
| joke. Delegates had voted for Am
and Mr.. Fields said he was mortified to
think any member of the conference
| would ridicule this good woman by cast
ing a trivial ballot with her name upon
it. He called upon the delegates to de-
sist from any such nonsense. He was
tumultously applauded. The election
/ of all editor for the Methodist Apologize,