Evening journal., 1896-03-21
THE DOCTORS VICTORY
Mr.. Corkran Caught His Foes
Mapping,
AND POILED HIS LIMIT, IT, TO-DAY

Fourth Ballot. Corkran Was Elect
ed General : Conferences Delegate.
other Affairs OF the Conference Session
at Dover-Thc Laymen at Work.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March 2i.-Lke his distin
guished predecessor. DR. J. A. B. Wilson,
Presiding Elder Wilbur f Corkrsn Of
Salisbury district. .riumphed to-day, for
he WAS elected this morning as the
fourth ministerial delegate from the
Wilmington NJ. f. Conference to General
Conference.
After long struggle in which four
ballots were taken. DR. Corkrsn mansged
to get back to him his full strength OF
yesterday and, rs there was nothing like
full vote, when he at last amassed
his II votes Of yesterday the victory
was won. The full vote.hsd dwindled so
that Just seventy seven votes were
necessary for q choice on the fourth ballot
snd the Oorkranites moved forward as
one man and just carried him over the
line.
Special correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March 2l'-The question OF
Episcopal power Is one OF the most I'm
portsnt before the Wilmington Confer
ence, and the members have not been
long In adopting resolutions favorlpg
the restriction OF the came. and giving
preachers the right to elect presiding
elders.
The resolutions will be presented TO
the General Conference. and II the ques
tion Is decided favorably there. will be
referred 10 the annual conferences for
concurrent vote OF three fouIths Of those
bodies. The resolutions In full are:
mo pastor shall be appointed 10 a
charge By a bishop without the concur
rent vote Of majority Of the presiding
elders
"The annual conferences should an.
nuslly nominate the presiding elders.
Our delegates to General Conference
are instructed to prepare a memorial
embodying these resolutions for presen-
tRtlon to General Conference. and by voice
and vote recommend a change Ia the
Discipline TO secure the desired result.
The conference was 30 favorable TO the
question that only one address was made
on the resolutions, that by Rev Vaughan
s. Collins, Of New Castle, the father Of
the paper.
Mr.. Collins said ''It is not our purpose
to cast any II hsctlon on the present pre-
siding elders or on any others. It a
question Of right as We see it. Our
church has grown from a system OF
superintendents TO a board OF full.
fedged bishops. From meeting houses
we have grown to churches and csthe-
drAls Our book concern Is the greatest
Of It's kind ia the world We have or
gAnizsda splendid missionary society In
every other line have we had progress
except in the appointment Of pastors to
their work
"This change Is not q radical one. It
casts no reflection on the episcopacy.
Appointments are made on facts and we
must get at the facts inside or outside
the conference. Extra territorial In
formation will not do for the bishops
Neither san they depend altogether on
the statistics OF the churches
'Of course we know the presiding
elders give the bishop the most OF his
information, and / believe. rs has been
said by bishop Of our church. that few.
II any. Of tho appointments are made
without the concurrence Of two-thirds of
the cabinet. But there Is not law In
the church for this method OF appoint
ment Give the presiding elders the say
and let the bishop abide by what they
say.
1--WE do not want an office that ie not
backed by the brethren. The Methodist
preacher is the most bossed man on
earth. We want show somewhere.
OF 2l0 delegates elected 70 the General
Conference at the Fall conferences only
ninety eight were preachers" ..its
Rev. Tomkinson's Restriction.
Rev. w. e Tomklnson proposed to
further restrict the powers Of the bishop
and bis cabinet by providing in reso-
luton that the triers OF appeals shall be
elected by the conferences and not be
nominated by the cabinet. The paper
was lost after Mr.. Tomkinson stated his
reasons for desiring the change, as the
nominators might themselves be tried.
and should not have the right to select
their own jury.
Rev. DR. George E. Reed, president Of
Dickinson College. spoke Of the value OF
his institution in connection with the
Dover Conference Acsdemy aud Drew
Theological Seminary yesterday morning.
He paid a high tribute 60 the intelligence
Of Peninsular lsymen and women
Rev DR. Homer Eaton, agent Of the
New York Book Concern, reported an an
nual dividend Of 1925, 600 for the concern,
Of which 81, $50 came to the Wilmington
Conferences
Mlllard E West, Henry g Budd John
II. Bsauchamp aud Fred K Mckenzie
were passed to deacon's orders and re-
csived to full membership In the confer
erce
In the afternoon the anniversary OF the
Woman's Home Missionary Society WAS
celebrated Mrs O. o. Browne was chair
man Rev. Dr., Merritt Hulburd delivered
an address
Veterans anniversary was celebrated
last night. Chief Justice Charles B.
Lore. Of Delaware, made an address, as
also did Walter H Thompson. Rev. @.
T. Sheppard was chairman
The Lay Electoral Conference.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March 81 The lay electoral
conference is now hard at work In con.
junction with the Wilmington Annual
Conference. Much interest centered in
the election Of two representatives to