The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-05-22
N 'CABE AND CRANSTON
These the New M. E Bishops
Elected at Cleveland.
DIR. HOMER EATON Is REELECTED.
n. Gets Another Term pn. ot ~"
Book Cancern aGenf- at N"w S',r"-N
Scheme to Reduce the Church tNtsr-
sinn society stan

CLEVELAND. May 20 The deadlock
In tho Methodist Episcopal general con
terence over the election of two bishops
la, beer, broken 10y the election OF Dr T
Charles q McCabe of New York ana
Dr Earl CranSton Of Cincinnati IL
was appareBt when rhT delegates as
scrubIed that they were tired OF the bal
lotiue aud were determined to hrlng
matters 10 an iSsne- The ball was set
rolling bv Rev G. l. Stafford of Iowa.
who moved that the election of bishops
h., indefinitely postponed This pre-
,.IpItated a lively discussion and tho
motto was defeated Then Dr. A. Il
Leonard Of Cincinnati moved that in
fntnre ballots tho name of no candidate
be announced who received less than
ten votes That motion carried and IT
smashed the deadlock From the first
the conference had hncn voting for two
candidates on each ballot. that is. each
delegate had two votes o. each ballot.
On every ballot from to 300 votes
were scattered among "a score on more
of candidates who had no chance of
election As soon it was decided
that candidates must receive more than
ten votes to bc counted the delegates
SAW that the time 10 do something had
arrived \ combination was quickly
formed ON the fourteenth ballot DIR.
McCabes vote jumped to 25S from 100.
what ne had received on the ballot
taken last night, and DIR CranSton's
from 2i5 TO 26l. That indicated clearly
who the leaders We're. and ON the fifteenth
ballot DIR McCahes vote rose to 344. or
eight more than were needed to elect,
while DIR Cranston pOlled 32S. or eight
less than We're needed. The next bal
lot gave the victory to DIR. Cranston.
and the west and east had both elected
their candidates.
Bishop Walden. speaking of the re-
suit. said it was an Ohio day Both of
the bishops elected are natives of the
Ruckcve state. and 6 of the rs bishops
now on the board were horn in Ohio
They are stephen NJ. Morrill,, John NJ
Walden Isaac w Joyce. Charles g
McCabe. Earl CranstOn and James Nj
Thoburn Bishop Foster, who was re
tired. is also an Ohio man
Nominations for agents for the West
ern Book concern at Cincinnati were
called for In both raSCs two were To
he elected Before the vote was taken
the result of the first ballot for New
York agent was received DIR. Homer
Eaton was overwhelmingly re-electcd.
and after taking the first vote ON tho
Cincinnati concern and the second on
New York the balloting stopped Both
votes will bo announced later
Some of the delegates are working tC
have the staff of the chnrch extension
society decreased This cropped ont al
"a meeting of the committee ON chnrcl
extension. The committee recon-
moudcd that work on state and ma
tinnal law. as it applies to the holdings
of chnlchcs. be included in the cnnrsf
Of reading of theological students il
was voted that where church asks air
in huilding and accepts it the huildiul
must conform with plans approved 10y
the church extension board
| There was "a hot discussion before the
| committee on missions ON the propOSi
| ton that persons may specify the pur
| poses for which special gifts to the
| church shall he used Bishop ThObnrI
| is exceedingly anxionS that this b,
| dome \ few days ago he said that !
| better support was not given the mis-
| sion work in India. one ont of every 81,
| missionaries there would he compelled
| To return home. He said that Will
that might not be the result a cOntinn
| ance nf present conditions might pre-
eeut his returning to India The chang
J proposed met with thc opposition of Di
| McC,ahe and DIR Leonard The matte
was hcld over
| The book committee recommends
snhsidies amounting to SIS. .2S0 per yea
to, several of the church papers.