Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-26

vsncing the interests of the candidstss r whose names they bore, became simply , their death warrant.
 But as to nominating speeches. while vs
 do not have them in form, we surely ee,
 them in fact. Here is where the fine ar, ! of parliamentary procedure comes in. When the Western Christian Advocsts ? came up. and Dr. Chamberlain spranp ia his feet to say that Colorado threw its hat two miles high in behalf of David H Moore," followed by James N. Gamble. who seconded the nomination in behalf of all the lay members within the bounds of the Cincinnati conference, with much
 more of the same enthusiastic sort. Dr. Moore's nomination was, perhaps, quite as emphstically made as though it had been
 brought before the conference in half a | dozen set speeches So when Dr. Buckley
 was put in nomination by Dr. c. P. Mains
 for the position he has filled SO ably for a
 dozen years as editor of the New York Ad-
 vocate, and there were so many on their
 feet immediately to second the nomins-
 ton, that the presiding bishop asked in
 despair if he might not consider Dr. Rnck-
 ley named for the place unanimously,
 which he was allowed to do after few
 persistent brethren had insisted upon be-
 ing heard-here again the nominating
 speech was surely emphatic enough, though
 1t lacked little in formality. And these
 are but samples of how the thing was done
 in many other cases.
 Some of the elections are noteworthy,
 both on account of the great interests in
 volved, and in view of the overwhelming
 majority by which most of the men who
 have been managing these interests for
 some years past were given @ new lease of
 power. The Methodist Book concern, in "a n hrraoa sa
 the largest publishing house in the world.
 It is divided into two sections. The east
 ern section is continued for another quad
 rennium under the control of Hunt & Ea- | ton. In this election there were four hum | dred and eighty-two votes cast, of which
 number Dr. Hunt got all but nineteen, and
 Dr. Eaton all but twenty-seven. For the
 western concern Dr. Cranston walked of
 with four hundred and five out of four
 hundred and seventy-nine votes, and there ! Is no doubt that had the election not been complicated by an all round fight for the
 place of his partner, Dr. Stowe, his pro- | portion of the votes cast would have been even greater than it was For the
 second place in the western house Dr. | Stowe, of Wisconsin, went down, after 1 several ballots, before the superior staying | qualities of that fsvorite son of Chicago.
 the genial and able Dr. Lewis Curts Of course Chicago is bound to come of first best with the Worlds Fair so near st hand pr. Moore's vote for the Western was three hundred and ninety-fve, all but six ty of the whole number cast Dr. Buck ley lf cked just ninety mine of a unanimous vote. But this is a considerable gain upon four years ago, when more than hundred votes went to Miss Frances Willard. This time Miss Willard got only fifteen of the scattering votes. Woman is always in it when the election of Dr. Buckley fmpends, and this time the honor of walking of with some of his votes was divided by sev- eral of that charming sex, one being cast even for Amanda Smith, Q distinguished representative of the colored race For editor of the Methodist Review four hun dred and hfty-three votes were cast, Dr. Menenhall receiving three hundred and | ninety-nine of that number Chaplain McCabe, for missionary secretary, got all | the votes cast excepting sixty-seven, and | ot course his colleagues, Dr. Peck and Dr. | Leonard, went in, though by smaller ma- jorities, on the same ballot. Most of the | other elections were more closely contested, | but the whole matter turned out as nearly | in harmony with the schedule laid down | in advance in this correspondence as though the brethren, since laying on the | table the report of the commission on that | subject. had adopted our letters as their | constitution.
 This allusion to the constitution of the | conference moves us to consider the effect | of the conference upon the constitutions of those composing it. If any new dele gate came here expecting to rest, or to have time for visiting friends and seeing sights. how rudely must his pleasant an ticipations have been shattered. Either that, at least, or he must have found time for other things by the fragrant neglect of @r,s,- these lasting four solid hours, with numer- ous smaller conclaves between times, the | routine of engagements beginning after | early breakfast and lasting until about ten | at night-this has been about the average bill of fare so far; and if any man thinks | it is any picnic to be delegate to the gen. | eral conference he should try it. Doubt | less many would be glad to try it if they | could only get the chance. for it is the | same in this matter as in the scramble for | ecclesiastical office. The work may be | great, but willing laborers are by no means | few. Fortunately there are always st hand, both in the annual conference and in the general conference, those who are ready to sacrifice themselves for the good of the church.
 Still general conference involves no end of exhsusting work The scene when the body is in session is that of & perfect beehive of industry; and this figure would hold, perhaps, even as regards the bug zing; yes, and without excepting the occs- sional sting; for these religious folk, some how, can be as sharp and cutting in their remarks, when they want to hurt a man who is in their way, or stab a movement which fails 10 enlist their sympathies, as the rest of mankind. But overlooking | any of the weaknesses they may have, see | how these men laborl Of the bishops who | preside it is literally true that they more | than have their hands full One of them lost the head from his msllet twice at one session, and it was feared by some that Bishop Newman, who seemed bent on hay ing peace even if he had to fight for 1t, would not only break the gsvel, but split at the same time both the table he was pound ing and the ears of his brethren. Still he didn't; and perhaps his vigorous administration was just what was needed. The secretary, who was almost unsni- I monsly elected for the third time, is Dr. D. s. Monroe, of Altoona. Pa. He is 6 most efficient officer, and, fortunately. is blessed with a stentorian voice. How much work he has to do may be inferred from the fact that to get through with it in proper shape he has had 10 call to his aid no less than eighteen assistant secre- tsries. The Daily Advocate, whose cir culstion is about fifteen thousand, has 
 K. Sandford, with assistants to the num- | Der of perhaps a dozen. This paper gives daily a verbatim report of the proceed ings, besides 8 large amount of other | matter. The efficient business manager | is D. D. Thompson, of Cincinnati, and it | is an occasion of constant remark, that | with such limited facilities, the paper | should be so satisfactorily conducted. | Imagine, now. on and around the plat
 form, the tables necessary for all this work, and ss many more as gre needed
 by about seventy-fve representatives of
 the press, with all the labor involved,
 remembering at the same time that the
 scene closes in the conference room prop.
 CT, only to reproduce itself in great com
 mittee meetings at nearly all the church- | es, and at several of the hotels, and that
 all this goes on with scarcely any absts-
 ment for full month, and you will then
 have an idea of what e general confer
 ence is and of the burden 1t entails both upon the members themselves and upon
 the town which undertakes to sccommo-
 date 1t.
 Really 1t is too big an enterprise fer
 e city no larger than Omsha-The peo- pie have done their best, but the thing
 has been beyond their capacity. It WAS | with considerable miegiving that the com | mission, which had to decide the matter,
 consented finally to have the conference
 meet here. Such 6 body ought never to