New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-19
nrADtOCKED OVER BISHOPS.
rp1rrTLEss BALLOTS AT CLEVE'
LAND.

,v Of THE METHODIST CoNfLnNNoN DE-
.xrn BY INABILITY TO ELECT THE
,s,,ops- MODERATION IN THE
TEMPERANCE DECLARATION.
,,p,RApH TO THE TRIBCNE1
...,ond. May 1s.-The Methodist "e,ie'a, III"
CeVea"s ,oors 10 be IN deadlock over the election
ference apP' ,oree number OF candidates, the
Of os"op "a he elected and the requirement OF
small i, ,o,a TO elect combine to create sltua-
t"o Lnovn In a previous General Conferences
non hollots had been taken without iesu'' w"
Eie',,oi session called for 2;So O'Clock inns a''e
tne aiourned 10 meet again at GOV ~ I!'"i ~
noon a"' .ha twelfth ballot and to take the thir-
return, Jyben Dr. Buttz rose to 29l on the sN'h
teenth co,urdav needing only forty-eight votes
paHo' ,o,ion his success seemed TO be assured
for as "a no the Eastern man ana the only quos
nc W." Who would be the western man. bu' VII
uo' w., ballot his column began 10 met away
inc ,ha close OF the special session TINS arc ooi
ana a. - ~ ia a loss of H. and he was fourth
1t nau - first The last ballot on SATURDAY leit
irs'eau ~ load with ESQ., McCabe second, with 2'o;
Butt1 ~ 49, with 963. and Hamilton fourth, with
Cranston '"''N'
Trsrs was much talk at the ho'e's SUNDAY az,
lhei0 o,,np Of a combination by which HAM
MOO" o. come TO the front Everybody was IN
wv W. 70 be prepared for surprise nc SUI o,o
uea " tho decrease of the Butte column TO ZlS
came " ,,Caha vote to 23S, and in the increase OF
No
Gno ~. ,s strength 10 159 The reason Tor THESE
Ham rohody seemed able to guess Inc cahdi-
enAesauselves protested 10 be at sea- hViueh'iy
~ aus manoeuvring TO prevent the leau'"s @a
w from gaining too fast. Dr. l. d. Nicely
0A o,a had been forty-seven on the hrs' pai'ot
r~a fallen TO seventeen. received d DOOM "Hie"
- MIN Nd TO ffty-seven on the hih'h odiio'
sneu 20, IN the eleventh. Here was fourth
aiu " nan contending for the prizes. Hamilton
New-E England representative adVahceu ~
~"' .o,n OF ninety-one, on the thirteenth oaio'
''' wccabe another Eastern man, aitnous"
'S =, his support comes from the west Ios' my
m'' and Buttz. another Eastern man. ios'
siA W .,x Cranston, the Western man. lost Oh 'ie
hhe" toad on the tenth and lost again on the
hi"''' h.uo, There were more scattering votes
80 4, any preceding day, indicating heSita''o''
=. aonceptrae any particular candidate. mere
-. various opinions to-day as 10 the '''u''
CIV 80 IN favor of abolishing the two-thirds RUE
s'me v,,o o majority TO elect. But II is manifest
sAs 80. ,,opld give an unfair advantage TO the
u 10 hanpened to have the largest vote wheh
.,onge was made. Others would increase 'he
s,,sr N be elected to three or four; many "ou'u
,, mt 10 elect anybody. DIR. Isaac r. ie.e' "a
w. conference moved after the tenth ballot
~. ,hs election Of bishops be indefinitely posi-
"a hi, the motion was voted down ooHe oe
,,., Crans,on commands the position with MS
49,. and steady column. and that until ne ee's
s,o.sssarv two-thirds, he will prevent any one
M ,,oro being elected. 1t Is not generally peie.0u
,ss, Neelv has much chance of success ana Ne-
CHS prospects are also said to be poor
,,.o,g the reports adopted to-day was one iroi"
A'rv"e an the American Bible Society, DR..
CARROLL chairman recitng the history OF the soo'e1'
\, ~. nas, four wears and recommending that III
creased collections be made for H.
The Committee on Revisais reporter iui nc
changes in the discipline, by which hereafter MINIS
.,, received on trial and into full membership are "
IN q
1--WE written instead cl oral answers 10 INC q
whs,her they are in uebt or use tobacco. here.o-
49,. 49, heon questioned by the bishop In the
..r.. ~ tho conference and requested TO promise
10 abstain from the weed >ro,,
The Rev W. L. Watkinson. fraternai ueies".e o
the WESLEYAN Methodist Church OF EhsIano' eo
Ms farewell, expressing his qualification al ms COZ
dial reception. and his best wishes ior 'he iu'N'
he Methodist Episcopal Church -. him
Bsbop Newman, who was PRESIDING Ddoo nm
Men in the name of the Conference in most
6ans for bishops is 1sa'yy t6er ELECTIONS
sfs We, 70 be held. and comparatively few repoas
Pc hnnN agents are to be elected nine secre;
tares Of societies and twelve editors one new
book agent is to be elected, fill vacancy ana
one new missionary secretary. These vacahcles go
r rs.ary Peck If McCabe and Cranston are elected
bishops two additional vacancies VIII De cred.ei;
one obA rr h oce Of secretary Of the Missionary
Societv NJ Ney-York The prominent candidates for
book agent at New,York are u George @ 4 IN M X
OF BROOKLYN Dr. J. VI. King, OF New-1o FORK DT. WIZ
Jam Swlndels. of Philadelphia; DE- w W. hVa "a
OF the Central Pennsylvania Conference ah9
Charles r. Magee. OF Boston. Dr A. D. FdIme'' Vi
New-York is also mentioned. . .
The General Conference Will not give so extreme
deliverance temperance as previous General on
ferences have made. At least the report OF the COM
mttee on Temperance Will not be or an extreme
character. Four years ago the committee reported
so radical uterance as 10 give party Pr9nlDitlons
lists ground for the claim that 1t condemned both OF
the old parties and, In effect asked the voting
members Of the Church TO support the third party.
The committee this year contained many third party
men, Dr. Charles H. Payne. VINO is understood to
have strong leanings toward the Prohibition parry,
was made chairman. and Samuel ID. Dicke. chair
OF the National Committee Of that party. secre-
tary subcommittee Of nine. including these
men, several who strongly sympathized with the
men, with DR.. II. X. Carroll. DR.. Harris and
UP the report on principles and recommendations
for representation TO the General Conference The
:uocommlttee drew up the same extreme view as
that Of four years ago. and denounced the system
OF license and tax laws as making legally right
what Is morally wrong. and declared that State,
county and municipal governments promoting such
II also contained paragraph intended to condemn
both the Republican and Democratic parties There
was long discussion, but the report was carried
and presented 10 the full committee Then Dr.
SaroI renewed the fight. and offered substitute
ioi me Objectionable sections. There was long
sna not discussion, ending In the rejection OF the
substitute and the adoption Of the report The mi
n nny gave notice that they would present mi,
norlfy report One accordingly prepared and
many signers secured for IT, Preparations were
nAae Tor contest on the floor of the General Con-
,esnce The majority, fearing that their report
%nmttee and finally agreement was reached
smch the paragraph relating 10 political parties
Was Ss a9d o sections
expected. therefore. that the committee VIII