The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-19

eeIvsd with ApplauSe-Oth Othsr ImPortant
Business Transacted.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 1s.-BIshop
Newman presided at to-day's session OF
the NJ. r. general conference. AS soon
as the reading Of the journal was COM
pleted a motion was made to take the
ninth ballot for bishop. DR.. Buckley
at once opposed this on the ground
that many OF the ministers who went
out of the city to preach on Sunday had
not returned and the voting was made
q special order for 10 o'clock.
In the meantime, the routine pro-
ceedIngs began with continuation of
the consideration Of the report OF the
committee on itinerary. A brief In
terruption was made to introduce DR..
]. C. Morris and A. B. Perkins, OF Tex
as. fraternal delegates from the n. E.
Church South. 1t was DR.. Morris, con-
cerning whom an unfortunate compll-
cation arose at the time OF his Hrst visit
and he has returned in order that the
conference may redeem itself Tho
gentleman was shown scant courtesy
on the occasion of his previous appear
ance at the conference a day or two
after 1t had met here. Both gentlemen
were received this morning with ap-
plause.
The time until 10 o'clock was fully oc-
cupIed in a discussion Of the report OF
the committee on itIneracy and at that
hour the ninth ballot was taken. Nearly
IN hour was consumed In counting the
vote, but Immediately after the. recess
the tellers entered the room. The re-
port OF the Bible Society was being
read and the customary applause broke
out, but Bishop Newman promptly sup
pressed It. The ninth ballot was then
announced, but there was no choice.
The result OF the ballot proved to be q
great surprise and bore out the runlor
OF break to Seely and Hamilton and
the result OF the ninth ballot was await
ed with Intense interest The vote was
taken when DR.. Teter. OF Iowa, moved
to defer all further ballOting for bishop
until the next general conference IN
1900. No second was given and great
laugh was caused and the tellers retired
to count the vote.
The report OF the committee on re-
vISals was then read. II showed no
change other than minor matters OF
routine, which were recommended.
The tenth ballot resulted rs follows:
CranstOn 2Ss; McCabe 22S; Butts 1888;
Hamilton $50: Neely 81; Bowen u. Nee
cSBary for choice, 3tl.
= Before the tenth and lRst.bailot- Of the
morning was announced, rumors OF q
CrRnston- Hamilton combination began
10 gain circulation. This union OF the
east and west seemed TO be certainty,
when the result was announced,
1t was gain for Hamilton OF twen-
ty-one, for Cranston Of tWenty-three,
for Neely OF twenty-four. and a loss to
McCabe Of fifteen. to Bowen OF i've and
TO Buttz Of twenty-five. The combined
vote wns going to cranston. while so
far as the east was concerned 1t divided
between Eeely andHamiltOn. Should
the next ballot show the Cranston-
Hamilton combination to be non-efrec-
tive, a trial OF Cranston-Geely combi-
nation will probably be made, as the
friends OF Cranston are determined he
shall win, II possible.
the conference recessed until 2:S0
o'clock,
When tho conference re-assembled at
$50 o'clock, the result OF the Eleventh
ballot was announced as follows: Nc
Cabe "a; CranSton 2I4; Hamilton l91;
Buttz ia; Neely l3l.
The twelfth ballot was then taken and
another adjournment TO $50 o'clock fol-
lowed. When the conference again
convened the ballot was announced. II
was as follows: McCabe 1927 ButtE lSSi
Cranston 230: Neely 1853.
The thirteenth ballot was then i'm
medIately taken. Aften which the con-
ference adjourned until 40 o'clock In
The thirteenth ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Cranston. 2I5; McCabe, 1870: Ham,
jlton, 1855; Eeeley, 1I2; Buttz, l25 and
Bowen, "a The evening session was de-
voted to Il reception to fraternl dele
gates.
that a deadlock will occur over the
election Of two now bishops. Five bal
lots were taken to-day without choice
and the election Is apparently az far
away as ever. It Is evident that there
ig n strong element In the conference
onposed to the Clction OF more bishops
and this element iB believed to have
bcen voting In a scattering way for the
purpose Of precipltAting deadlock.
The features OF to-dny's ballOtlng
wore the losses Of DR.. Butts and Or.
McCabe, two OF the strongest cnndl-
dates in the race. and the surprising
gains OF DR.. CrRnston, DR.. Hamilton
and Or. Seely.
II is apparent that combination has
been formed by the friends OF Drs.
Crnnston and Hamilton, while n large
eastern contingent which Is opposed 10
the election OF either DR.. Butte or DR..
NcCRbc Ia supporting DIR. Neely.
The committee on state OF the church
decided to-day to recommend that IL
cenEed locnl preachers he given author
ity 10 perform the marriage ceremony.
Tho committee on temporal economy
voted 10 fnVor the election OF church
irustcoH by tho congregation, but
thought that the stewards should be
chOge4l as they now Hre. The commit
TOO on temperance drew up report
fnyorinE prohibition as ngninst license
and tax restrictions and endorsing the
nntI-Faloon league. There was n long
debate in The committee on epiHcopacy
UpOn the proposition to have n sub
committee report upon tho places 10
which bishops shall be assigned. That
E,IRgcstIon WnB finally defeated and the
bishops, M heretofore. will choose their
own ilcldE OF labor in the order OF their