The herald., 1896-05-20
End the Suspense by EIecting
Two Bishops
M'CABE AND CRANSTON WIN
Amid howls Of Delight From Conference
Delegates
Tho New Members Of the Episcopal Board
Have War Records and Are Men
Of Ability
Associated Press Special Wire.

ballots for bishop had been taken when
the M. r.. conference assembled this
morning and the convention was prac-
ticaily in deadlock. Rev. c. l.. Stat
ford of Iowa moved to postpone indefi-
niteiy the election of bishops, saying
large number were opposed to increas-
ing the episcopal board. DR.. j. M. Buck
ley opposed the motion. The committee,
ne said, recommended three bishops and
the conference by majority of twenty
five substituted two. He reviewed the
conference of 1888, when eight ballots
were taken. To postpone Indefinitely
would make the conference ridiculous
in the eyes of the world. DIR. Buckley
said the difficulty now lay in the fact
that individuals who had no possible
chance to secure the necessary two
thirds vote still permitted friends to
vote for them.
Rev. c. D. Hills Of New Hampshire
presented a substitute which provided
II no election should result on the four
teenth ballot, the lowest one to be
dropped each succeeding ballot. Bishop
bowman, presiding, ruled that the mo-
tion was out Of order
The motion to- postpone was defeated
by large majority. An attempt to Sc
cure suspension of the rules in order
to present a substitute to elect three in
stead of two bishops was defeated.
Then the fourteenth ballot was taken.
Five hundred and four votes were cast,
making 336 necessary to a choice The
vote was Cranston 261, McCabe, 258, Ham
ilton 149. Butts 124, Neely 112, Bowen,
81, scattering 10. The fifteenth ballot
was at once taken. There were 5o4 votes
cast: necessary to choice 336. OF these
c. G. McCabe of New York received
S44 votes. electing him by eight votes.
The delegates stood yelling and wav-
Ing handkerchiefs: Calls for "McCabe,"
song, Speech" rose from all parts
Of the hall. In the first lull the motion
to invite Bishop McCabe to the platform
was carried with a whirl. AS DR.. Nc
Cabe walked down the aisle the demon
stration was repeated, but DIR. McCabe
begged to be excused from saying any
thing or singing.
The fifteenth ballot showed a gain for
Cranston of 81.
The sixteenth ballot resulted in elect
ing DIR. Cranston as the second bishop;
504 votes were cast; necessary to
choice. 1886. Cranston received 366 thus
electing him by 80. The conference went
wild again. Handkerchiefs were waved
and the noise continued several minutes.
while DR.. Cranston walked forward and
bowed. An attempt by Judge Caples of
Oregon to make the elections unanimous
was howled down.
The conference then took up the elec-
ton of two book agents for New York.
Among the nominees was John D. HAM
mond of California. On the first ballot
Dr. Homer Eaton of Troy, N. Y, was
overwhelmingly elected. The nominal
tions for two agents of the Western beck
concern at Cincinnati were made. After
taking the first vote on the Cincinnati
concern and a second on New York the
conference adjourned. The vote will be
announced in the morning.
THE NEW BISHOPS.
Bishop-elec Charles McCabe was born
on October II. 1886, at Athens. Ohio. In
1852 he became chaplain in the 1920 Ohio
volunteer infantry. At the battle of
Winchester, Virginia, he was captured
and taken to Libby prison, where he re-
mained captive over four months Af
but with broken health was sent back to
the hospital at Washington. Since the
war he has been in the service of the
Ohio Wesleyan university and board Of
church extension. In 1874 he was elec-
ted Missionary secretary. Through his
once prophecy,is Is now one of the bright
est facts In the history Of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Dr. Earl Cranston was born on June
27. 1910, at Athens, o. He enlisted in
the UnitedStates service and rose to the
rank of captain. His first service in the
church after the war was in the Ohio
conference. He was finally transferred
to Denver, Col, where he was presiding
elder. Since 1884 he has been book agent
at Cincinnati. He is pulpit orator of
the highest rank.
Bishop Walden, speaking Of the re-
suit. said it was an Ohio day. Both Of
the bishops elected are natives of the
Buckeye state, and six Of the sixteen
bishops now on the board were born in
Ohio. They are Bishops Merrill. Wal
den, Joyce. McCabe, Cranston and Tho
burn. Bishop Foster, who was retired,
is also an Ohio man.
Some of the delegates are working.to
have the staff of the church extension
meeting of the committee of church
extension today. The committee recon-
mended that a work on state and inter-
national law as it applies to the holdings
of churches be included in the course of
reading Of theological students. 1t was
voted that where church asks aid in
building and accepts 1t the building
must conform with plans approved by
the church extension board.
There was hot discussion before the
committee on missions on the PROPOSE
tions that persons may specify the pur-
poses for which special gifts to the
church shall be used. Bishop Thoburn
is exceedingly anxious that this be done.
A few days ago he said that if better
support was not given the mission work
in India one out Of every six mission
aries there would be compelled to return
home. Today he said that while that
might not be the case. a continuance of
present conditions might prevent his
returning to India. The change pro-
posed met the opposition of DR. McCabe
and DR.. Leonard. The matter was held
over. The book committee today recon-
mended subsidies amounting to SIS, $50
per year for several Of the church
papers.
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