The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-28

clergyman, ana the an OF dignity anu
refinement which Is always ABOUT hini
make him marked man, ana VIII IN"
duubtvdIy be great help L. him IN ihe
administration % hia great W'HiionAiN
bl9hopric AT the moment OK nus electio0
there was a touching scene All teiN
that be was making greAt SNcrlhcuS
and had undertaken great lhd haH'
rdnus work. He VS. escorted 10 Lhs
platform by Bishop Andrews. aud all
Inc bishops pressed forward to offer
greetings Bishop William Taylor, nus
heroic predecessor, now retired, WAS
amongst these, and IN RESPONSE 10 loud
calls for u speech, remarked that ne
merely wished to say, Amen; from
which 1t Is Inferred, however, that nc
la pleased with the man chosen 10 sue
coed hini, ard Will put no obstacles IN
his way.
The last Scenes.
The conservation service being nm
ished. the delegates and spectators, the
latter Numbering several thousand. are
Nl!ug across the platform to give TO the
three new bishops the warm hand OF
Methodistlc Ecd-spced, There We're no
Incidents. The bishops are assisted
in c0nsecrating their new colleagues by
ministers who are selected by the candl-
dates; presumably, their special triends'
some OF them very aged, like Dr, Rust
for Instance. who helped In the setllnS
apart OF Bishop yCranston. ana Fro,
fSsgOr McCabe. of Delaware. who laid
his hands on theheatH Of his distinguish
ed relative. the champion bishop OF that
name. The new bishops kneel upon
footstOols. Eight years ago, when i've
yer, consecrated Mt New York Bishop
Newman took his foot before kneeling.
and. by a dlgnihcd Jerk, knocked the
faotstool away from him. preterrtnS 70
put his marrow bones upon the hard
noor. This in penltenual memory,
perhaps, OF the long struggle 1t had cost
his friends to get him elected, But
there was no such Incident this time.
10 speak al the new bishops makes
me think Of their wives. What strain
these women were under during the
four days deadlock! But they sat
bravcly through every session Mrs.
Cranston, who is less than forty, n
charming woman, with Madonnalike
face. was an object OF special lnlerset
ma she sat from day to day, IN the iront
row OF q private box. watching FOR tle
return If the trllers, and listening TO
Inc announcements which might doom
her 10 disappointment pr make her
the wife Of great Methodist btsheh:
After the election beautiful basket OF
flowers adorned the front OF the box
sbe occupied, placed there by warm
admirers from Cincinnati. Mrs. Nc
Cabe went through the ups and downs
u the halloting as brnvely as her sol
lier-husbnud enduring the vicissitudeS
Of army life, and It IS questionable II
she was, any more pleased when the
chaplain was made bishop, than when,
long years ago she welcomed him home
from Libby prison.
The new officials. elected, other than
the bishops, are the two missionary sec
rrtar!es. Drs A. j. Palmer and w. T.
smith. the former one OF the most
pollshed products OF Eastern Meth
Sdism, prlm and distinguished looking,
With features of the kind that seem
specially made to set on with dainty
glasses. and the latter fuli-hodted.
wh6ic-aauled, strong faced representa-
tive OF tn, type OF ministers who nave
planted the flag OF Methodism on the far
western praIrirs. Very properly, the
eastern book concern has for us new
agent man OF the east, and this Tor
,nnnte individual is DR.. George T.
Mains, a favorite son OF the churChes
ot Brooklyn, who'll looks count Tor any,
thing. viii surely be quite as successful
In mis- business position as he has al
WAYS been In the passionate. In the Yves
tern Book Agency Bishop Cranston is
succeeded by Or. II. c. Jennings,
substantiai. whnlesbme-looking minis
tor haling from Minnesota. He Is
Jifghtiy lame az present; but think OF
man with spralned ankle walking
away. rs Or. Jennings did, with the
tther numerous candidates for THIS
Mace If. with such handicap, he could.
10 so well In the race for this position,
what may not be- expected OF him in
he office itself? DR.. Jennings Will pre-
aide oyer the Chicago house, and the
3anlpr agent. DR.. Lewis Curtis. will re-
move to headquarters at Cincinnati.
striking Personalities.
This reminds me that Chicago Is the
home OF DR.. Luke Hitchcock, u retired
book agent Of this church, and man
whose venerable and distinguished
form has attracted more attention
than that Of any other on the platform
Amongst the delegates, seen and not
heard, there are few who have so
striking a face, clcrically speaking. ms
Or, Y. n. williams. OF Buffalo. DR. Mills
Of E.lmira, and DR.. Luther Wilson, OF
baltimore, have also attracted atten-
ton. Both par THEIR hair In the middle,
but, spite OF this. they both have brains
and seem to know how 10 use them
Next To that OF Dr. Buckley no voice
has been heard with more effect than
that OF the stalwart Dr. Leonard, the