Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-14
DEL, to meet with them next year, were
presented, and after strong speeches in
favor of each Laurel was selected by 1903
vntas nnt of l3l

pfeSentetit anu hittr sblDhB specSucs "a
favor of each Laurel was selected by 10S
votes out of 1871.
PocoMoKE Cry, Mn, April 11.-After
six more ballots to-day the Maryland
Methodist Protestant Conference succeeded
in electng its full quota of delegates to the
General Conference, which will meet in
May in Westminster, Md.
Ten ballots were necessary before the
principals were elected. One ballot for the
alternates was taken, and more will be
necessary. The first ballot of yesterday
morning, which was the first Of the SEES
sion, resulted in the election of w. u.
Coulbourn, lay delegate from Trinity
Church, Marion, Judge. of the orphans
ballot Rev. Frank I. Little, of Starr
Church, Baltimore, and Mr. Joshua Miles,
layman of Marion and q lawyer, were
| elected.
Nobody was elected on the seventh bal
| lot On she eighth DR.. Murray, agent of
| the Tract Society, and T. r. Cayton, lay
delegate from Alexandria, We're elected,
| The ninth ballot resulted in the election OF
two laymen, Samuel Vannert, the Demo-
cratic brother of the recently-defeated Re
publican candidate for governor, and a
| prominent farmer of Kent county, and DIR.
| s. S. Ewell, physician of Vienna, Dor.
chesteE county, and brother of Rev. ]. Il.
| r. Ewell. Rev. DR.. e. I. Drinkhouse,
editor of the Methodist Protestant, was
elected on the last ballot. 1t was decided
that three ministers and three laymen
would be sufficient number Of alternates
and on the one ballot taken, Rev. D. i
Greenfield of Chestertown, formerly Of
Lafayette Avenue Church, Baltimore, was
elected.
motion was made to permit the secre
tary to cast the conference ballot for thos'
receiving the highest votes for the tw,
ministers and three laymen yet required
but this was objected to by some who hat
not become tired of voting and the pro
ject fell through. The complete ticket o
principals elected is as follows Minister
Lawrence W. Bates, j. ID. Kinzer, I. II
Lewis, r. T. Tagg Webster NJ. Strayer, W
S. Hammond. Frank 4. Little, J. I
Murray and Il. J.. Drinkhousc Laymen-
DIR. J. w. Herring, Daniel Baker, John i
Grant, W; J. 9: pulany W. q Coulbourn
Joshua Miles, ]. r. Gator, Samuel Vanner
and DR.. S. S. Ewell.
/ The report of the committee on bounda
, ries proposed the following importan
changes in arrangement of appointment:
! which were adopted Adding Ashland az
i pointment to Queen Anne circuit; that {
3eulah on Grove circuit, and Secretar
/. Creek to be attached to Hurlock Mission
! that Frederick charge which has been i
| GndlHc Ol IGiLOil -hissluDt bG Stl Oti 10
mission that Dovers charge be set o
. from FELTON, as a mission.
! PocomoKE Cry, Mp, April 12.-That I'll
q wife ought to obey her husband, or at lea
y promise to do SO when she marres hin
+ was the verdict given to-day by the Mar,
: land Methodist Protestant Conferenc
! This phase OF the woman question WI
y brought up in the consideration of the r
/ port of the committee on ritual. This cor
: mittee submitted form for all servic
used in the Methodist Protestant Churc
: which was adopted, after making Il nur
: Der of mendments and which will be !
commended to the coming General Co
ference for adoption During the discu
II sion Rev. ]. w. Charlton OF Pipe Cree
Y and ardent advocate Of woman suffra
Y moved to amend the form Of the Maria
y ceremony by emitting the word obey
y the clause wilt thou obey love hon
y and keep him in sickness and in health
Y &c. DR. John J Murray, chairman of I
m committee, opposed this and read d nul
7, Der Of passages from scripture to suppt
le his position. Rev. ]. NJ. Yingling
y Warwick, spoke in support of Mr., Cha
y tons motion.
y One Of the incidents of the day was
y presentation of a bill for about SIS by X,
y John Bailey Jones Of Cecil, for copies
~ the discipline presented to the new me
az bers of his church. He said he intend
" to make a present of the bill to the CO
" ference, so that it would be at no expen
~ Conference concluded its balloting
alternates to-day, electing w. l.. Lass
NJ and Walter K. Graham as ministerial alt
mates and j. n. Warfield, G. A. Benjan
~ and w. ii. Silk lay alternates.