The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22

binRGd In this matter by their partIcu-
lar situation nj the moment Dr. Buttz,
who on the sixth ballot needed only
forty.elght, In addition Ia his 20I, to
elect him, had fOllcn at that time TO
las; but Or. Hamilton had touched his
highest notch just then, having n poll
Of 1871 votes. AT this time, too, DR..
Necty's figures were climbing toward
high water mark; 30 that he also must
have been palpahty convinced Of DE-
vine leading: while Drs. CrHnston and
McCabC, both OF whom were Just then
suffering from TepctSGB, might well
have been excused had they felt, dur
ting this hymn. that tho Divine hand
was temporarily withdrawn.
OF the breaking OF this deadlock tho
wires have told. II occurred very sud-
denly on Tuesday morning. It was
not brought about by combinations;
otherwise 1t would have been broken
Monday morning instead OF Tuesday:
for the eighth ballot was announced
Saturday, and tho good brethren had
the quiet und rest OF an entire Sab
bath In which to come to terms with
one another. But they didn't do It.
An arrangement would also have been
possible after the adjournment Mon
day, with the figures Of the thirteenth
ballot as q basis. But there was n9tf-
ing accomplished even then. What was
attempted Is another matter, and real
~, the seriousness Of the situation
not positively wicked. The fact re-
mains. however, that nothing which Oc-
Curred Monday night had leRseHed the
current fear OF postponed election or
Ind Influenced sentiment in such a way
ms IL affect dCcislVely the first ballot
that was taken,
As usual Il was Dr.. Buckley who broke
this deadlock, that marvellous tuCtIclan
and debHter who makes or breaks 81
many things in this conference. This
gentleman Is the one man IN 500 whom
AL the rest, including the bishops, rec
OEniGc as pre-Uminently fitted to cOun-
sci and lead this body. particularly 30
when a Snarl arises Judge CaPles, OF
Oregon, tn his speech on The woman
question, made Humorous break,
which caused everybody 10 laugh. He
was favorable to women and wanted to
show II. "Of course" he said, 1--WE oil
take OF Our-hAtS to the ladies'" At
least that's" was what he intended To
say, but what he did say was. we all
take Oft our "heads" to the ladies. DR..
Buckley, however, never takes OIL bis
head to any one, nor In any situation.
He always, on the contrary, has It on.
well screwed down. too, 80 as to be level
and steady, and with all the Internal
machinery 80 oiled and cooled as to be
capable of any strain. Repeatedly has
It been remarked here. that II any one
mas Ocol head on the day OF judgment
II wifi be the leader Of this general con-
ference. and that It will be marvel II
the irresponsible doctor IS not called
- 49, Lao uaN a. RFNktF In
directing the proceedings
To this great tactIctan, with DR.. KY
nett to ably assist him, IL the conference
indebted for the great dGttverHnce It had
last Tuesday. and for the fact that, the
two bishops being in. K Ls progressing
H3eaSuEAbly FREE 70 apply itself for a
few days to the serious business Of leg
isiatinE for a great church, In saying
this your correspondent gives in q SEN
tence the long and short Of this whole
business; literally 10. for DR.. Kynett Is
certainly the longest man in this con-
ference and DR.. Buckley decidedly one
OF the shortest. With their little
speeches these men did II. Someone had
moved to indefinitely postpone. The
motion was greeted with applause, A
good speech by the proper person might
have carried Il. "Mr, Chairman"
shouted DR.. buckley from his seat In
the extreme rear. Bishop Bowman was
presiding; 80 little does It mean for
Methodist bishop to be declared mon
effective" OF course the good bishop
heard DR.. Buckley's call. They all do Il,
almost every time, though frequently
nifty others are clamorlnE for reCogni-
ton, and the conference Is always
pleased.
"To indefinitely postpone" he said,
would make the conference appear
ridiculous. We must rise 70 the morale
Of the situation. It ID quite possible out
Of the Ave men before us to get two
men with whom we can look the whole
church in the face"
Who these two were he did not say:
presumably they are the honofed men
who finally went in, At any rate, these
two were helped by this remark OF the
doctor. as the election was also hast
ened by still another remark. 'our on
~ course" he said, with significant and
very deliberate emphasis, "is 70 vote
right on until Il becomes evident that
there nre men here who Will block US
In our effort to eject. Then let Us stop
and let these men EO out with TIM full
responSlbIIIty upon them" This, doubt
less. had reference tO the rumorS afoat
that certain candidates, II they could
not get In themselves, would manlpu-
late their support In such a way as to
prevent others frUm going Ia.
/ But Il DIR. Buckley was after the OBJ
structIOnistE. DR.. Kynett was on dtt-
fercnt tack altogether. lie evidently
was after votes and It soon trHnEptred
whore In particular he wanted these
votes to so. Noble men, he said, were
all these leaders In the contest pend
Ing. One of them, he declared. had
served the church for twenty years az
no other man had done: and he was
proceeding. but brother called him to
order "ThIs is not time for election
eering," said this gentleman, and DR..
KyRett finished, and brought down the
house Ms he did 80, by FetortinE, II am
not ciectIoneeriRE-I am stating n
fact;" as undoubtedly ne was. and
fact, too which alt the friends Of Chap
lain McCabc Will thank him for get
ting in at the moment, OF all others,
when It would do the worthy chaplain
the most good. Immediately then u
ballot was taken, this serving,
however. only to put the chaplain in
his old position Rs a running mate with
Dr. CrnnstOn. But the next sent him
straight home. with $40 votes, the iarG-
est number ever cast UP 10 that time
FAR a MHfhn1lak hlRhOO so that ne WINS