The Portland daily press., 1896-05-23

part of all, with the feeling than an &C.
olesiastical deadlock was serious thing
and with ever growing uncertainty as to
when or how this tangle OF difficulty
would finally be unravelled.
OF the breaking of this deadlock the
wires have told. 1t occurred very sud
denly on Tuesday morning. 1t was not
brought about ty combinations; othel-
wise it would have been broken Monday
morning instead OF Tuesday; for the
| eighth ballot was announced Saturday
and the good brethren had the quiet and
rest of an entire Sabbath 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 Monday, with the figures
Of the thirteenth ballot as basis. But
| there was nothing accomplished even
matter, and really, the seriousness of
the situation would have justified almost
anything not positively wicked. The
fact remains, however, that nothing
which occurred Monday night had les
sened the current fear OF postponed
election or had Influenced sentiment in
suoh way as to affec5 decisivsly the first
ballot that was taken.
AS usual it was DR. @. Buckley who
broke this deadlock, that marvellous
tactician ana DICTATOR who makes or
breaks SO many things in this conference.
| IulS &6uGl6Iudu ID UD6 one man III OUU
whom all the rest, including the bishops,
recognize as pre-eminently fitted to ooun-
sci and lead this body, particularly so
when snarl arises. Judge Caples of
Oregon In his speech on the woman
question, made humorous break, which
caused everybody to laugh. He was
favorable to women, and wanted to show
off oEr-hats to the ladies' AT least
hats" was what be intended to say,
but what he did say was we all take off
our heads" to the ladies. DR.. Buckley,
however, never takes off his head to any
one, nor in any situation. He always,
on the contrary, has 1t on, we'll screwed
| down, too, SO as to be level and steady,
oiled and cooled as to be capable of any
strain. Repeatedly has it been remarked
here, that If any one has a cool head on
the day of Judgment it will be the leader
of this General Conference, and that 1t
will be a marvel If the irrepressible Doc
tor is not called upon at that time to as
sist somewhat in directing the proceed
ings
To this great tactician, with DR..
kynett to ably assist him, is the Con-
ference indebted for the great deliyerance
it had last Tuesday, and for the fact that
the two bishops being in, it is progress.
ing now with its other elections, and is
measurably free to apply itself for a few
days to the serious business Of legislatng
for great church. In saying this your
correspondent gives In sentence the
long and short of this whole business;
literally so, for DR.. Kynett is certainly
the longest man In this Conference ami
DIR. Buckley decidedly one of the short
est. With their little speeches these men
did it. Someone had moved to indeh-
nitely postpone. The motion was greeted
with applause. A good speech by the
| proper person might have carried 1t.
| MIR. Chairman" shouted DR.. Buckley
from his seat in the extreme rear. Bishop
| Bowman was presiding; so little does it
mean for Methodist bishop to be de-
clared tnon-effectiye." OF course the
They all do 1t, almost everytime though
frequently 30 others are clamOring for
| recognition, and the Conference is al
ways pleased.
"To indefinitely postpone" he said,
| would make the Conference appear
ridiculous. We must rise to the moral
Of the situation. 1t is quite possible out
| of the five 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 honored men
who finally went in. At any rate these
two were helped by this remark of the
| Doctor. as the election was also hastened
by still another femark. Our only
course" he said, with significant and
very deliberate emphasis, lis to vote
right on un til it becomes evident that
| there are men here who will block US in
our effort to elect. Then let us stop and
let these men 60 out with the full respon-
| sibility upon them" This, doubtless,
certain candidates. If they could not get
| in themselves, would manipulate their
support in such way as to prevent
others from going in 1s
! But if DIR. Buckley was fter the OBJ
structionists, DR.. Kynett was on diff
! erent tack altogether. He evidently was
after votes and it soon TRANSFERRED where
in particular he wanted these votes to go.
Noble pen, he said, were all these lead
ers In the contest pending. One of them,
he declared, had served the church for 20
years as no other man had done; and he
was proceeding, but brother called him
to order. "This Is no time for election
eering." said this gentleman, and DR..
Kynett fnis he'd, and brought down the
house as he did so, by retorting, 81 am
not eleotioneering-I am stating facts"
as undou btedly he was, and fact, too,
which all the friends of Chaplain Nc
Cabe will thank him for getting in at
the moment to all others, when it would
do the worthy Chaplain the most good.
tInIueuldG6ly Uu6u UHllOE was taken,
this serving, however, only to put the
Chaplain in his old position as running
mate with DR.. Cranston. But the next
sent him straight home. with 344 asvotes,
| the largest muber ever cast up to that
| time for Methodist bishop. So that he
was not only winner, but record
| breaker. And so, also, on the next ballot
was Bishop Cranston. for. whereas, on
the other, he had been is votes behind
Bishop McCabe, he had now increased
over him by %, his grand, all-reUord-
breaking total being 366.
Speaking of records, here are a few
more. For eight years DR.. Cranston
ranked as the man who had received tue
highest vote for bisIopric Of all who
had ever been voted or without being
elected to that Office. His record was 200.
AT this writing DIR. H. A. Buttz holds
t hat rank, with total of 291, DR.. J. W.
Hamilton coming next with 191 votes
According to the precedent established in
the case nf Bishop Cranston, these men
may be the next two to go in. but it is
such bad year forlprophetsathat I refrain
from conmittin g myself.
Another record was made that memora-
| BILE day. After Bishop MoCabes election,
and while the tellers were counting the
| vub oh bad in, Richpn Granston