The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20
BOOKED FOR THE BISHoPRICS.
MCABE AND CRANsTON ELECTED
BY THE METHODISTS.

The Former Chosen ON the Fifteenth
Ballot and the Latter on the Six
teenth-An Attempt TO Have the
Election Indefinitely Postponed
Defeated After Great UprOar-The
Election for Book Agents.
Cleveland o., May ls.-Bishop Bowman,
the venerable senior bishop of the Meth
odist church. presided over the general
conference. probably for the last time,
this morning.
This is the sixteenth day of the con-
ference. and none Of the great questions
to be settled by the conference have yet
been discussed on the floor. The great
questions of the time limit, lay represen-
tation, amusements, temperance, recogni-
tion of the Methodist Christian Endeavor
Societies, foreign Episcopal residences, 10
cation Of the Episcopal residences in the
United States, and many other import
ant questions are yet to come up.
Rev. Charles L. Stafford of Iowa put
the conference in great uproar by NOV
ing that the election Of bishops be indef-
nitely postponed. Il am satisfied" he
said, that we do not need those bishops,
ana the vote of the last few days looks as
though the conference thought so, too.
Any ten bishops in good health could at
tend to all the work-and we have four
teen, besides two that have been declared
non-effectiVe"
Rev. Or. Buckley said: care you sure
that the remedy offered is good for the
pauentH What is our situatOn2 Three
men have already had a majority Of
the votes cast, and one man came within
thirty or forty votes of being elected. To
postpone this election would make this
conference and our great church rdicu-
lous in the eyes of the world. In one
of the dioceses of the Protestant Episco-
pal church they have taken fifty and sixty
ballots and then adjourned for six months
to think over 1t without an election, and
yet the election of Methodist bishop
carries with IL more power than a dozen
Protestant diocesan bishops. The remedy
IS this; Let the voting go on until We
elect bishop, or until it becomes plainly
apparent that we cannot elect anybody"
Rev. James r. Mace of New Jersey
said: 4 hope the motion to postpone
will prevail. 1t is plainly apparent that
we have no Episcopal timber in the con-
ference, there Is no man who looms up
high enough to secure Endorsement"
Key. Hill said: The world is looking at
us this morning. l move as a substitute
for the motion that commencing with the
18th ballot we commence to drop men for
whom few are voting until there is an
Cries of mo" mo" and much confu-
sion.
Bishop Bowman ruled the substitute
out of order.
The motion to postpone the election of
bishops indefinitely was defeated.
Rev. DR.. A. j. Palmer started an eXcit-
ing discussion by reporting from the COM
mittee on the state OF the church a resO-
luton authorizing the licensing Of evan
gelsts, and for the placing of restrictions
| upon travelling evangelists.
Rev. DR.. Robert Forbes of Duluth, said
| that people were getting converted too
| fast. In some places all you have to do
| is to mold up your hand and shout Come
| to Jesus and you are saved. 1t will be
soon so that you may get saved by sending
| your cabinet photograph and having it
baptized. salvation will soon be on sale by
| telephone and telegraph"
The report was adopted.
The fourteenth ballot for bishops re-
suited as follows; G. G. McCabe, 25S; Earl
Granston 26i; }. w. Hamilton, l49; H. A.
Buttz, 123; 7. b. Neely, IL; J. w. e.
Rev. G. ]. North of New York. east.
renewed his motion to suspend the rules
in order to move that three bishops, in
stead of two, be elected. 1t was voted
down.
bishop on the fifteenth ballot, and Earl
CranstOn came within nine votes of cleo
ton. The announcement of the result
was greeted with great applause and
Necessary to a choice. 1886; c. c. McCabe,
344; Earl Cranston, 328; II. A. Buttz III;
]. w. Hamilton, 100; I. B. Neeley, 50; J.
Earl Cranston was elected bishop on
the sixteenth ballot. The vote stood;
Necessary to a choice, 1886; Earl Cranston,
T. b. Neeley, 10; scattering, 10.
1t was decided to proceed with the cleo
ton of book agents at New York. Nomi-
nations were declared in order.
Fifty men tried to get the floor a once.
Perfect bedlam prevailed, and Bishop
Bowman was unable to maintain order.
A ballot was ordered. As a majority
sufficient to elect the matter was much
more simple than the election of bishops.
On the first ballot Homer Eaton, the pres
ent agent, was reelected. Another bal
lot was then taken o. r. McGee, C. p.
Names and W. NJ. A. Windell are the lead
ing candidates. The result will be an
nOunced in the morning.
A ballot was taken for two western pub
fishing agents. 1t is altogether probable
that Dr. Lewis Curtis is reelected. There
are thirteen candidates, and the chances
to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation
of DR.. Cranston, lie between DIR. Curtis
and H. c. Weakley, ministers and George
p. Johnson, layman. The editorial posi-
tions have not been considered.
Tonight the anniversary of the mission
societies We're held.
LOOTTNG OF A BANK.