Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31

The report Was amended 10y making
the number If bishops Ia be elected {,
he two instead e ,hr,S. iii. rrpnr;
was then adopted,
t.ENELANn, o., May Bishop Jas.
\. Fitzgerald, president of thu FL,
worth League, presided ~ IA, session
81 the M"th"''''i general conference
ir''i''y ratcrnal greetings were or
Hcred sent from the conference to tho
general conference - ;he Methodist
Protestant church, which met at Kan
sa- City Friday.
The order of the day, the 'i-r'Tin of
bishops, was taken 4.
DR. Gurhlvy, of New York. asked
Unanimous consent that the presiding
officer might appoint one of IN" hish-
ops 10 offer up y brief praNrr. ~ mn
of any length h" stanm'r,'d arsii.r.
atclv, n the dcl"s'trs l.inCd in gen.
crsl la"g~ al ms expense.
\ ballot for bishop was taken. Two
thirds Of all the vust east are necessary
To election. The first ballot resulted
as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, A2t
necessary To choice, S4s A. 'cast 81
candidates received Votes. !. W. Ham
ilton received 100; Earl Cranston rs
4 q. McCabe, 14l; J. W. L. Bowen,
lcolorcdl. ll1.
The result Of the vote twas iccciycG
with grea, epplau-5 Another ballot
was ,al"r. J. h. Grow moved to al.
lo'Irn Ia 3 p. m. Ia receive the report OF
The tellrrS. I'm the mid>, "f mu,'' 49,.
fusion DIR. Burkl", minated that
ths teller vauld not keep tn,
halle, 10 themselves and moved
Ia amend 10y making 2:2o u. a. 'hr
hour of meeting INSTEAD VI H. m. Rev
Dr. Leonard sa,d il WAS disgracefuI
that the tcilrrs could not NJ trusted !,
do their duty. Tr", had been tested
and tho ,'phfcrcncc must place conf
dCncc in them. II was decided that
the conference meet at go y. M. 10 Ne,
ceivs the result of the last ballot
The second ballot resulted as fol.
lows; 4. q. McCabe, 2ls: J. W +.
Gcwen, colored, 1s5; Earl Crauston,
l67; A. W. Hammond, l6l. Conceded
that c. C. McCabe will be elected, with
a struggle between others. Third hal,
lot was taken and will he announced
saturday morning.
CLEVELAND, q, May lS.-Thc Meth.
odiSt general conference was called "a
order saturday morning by Bishop
Joyce, rf Chattanooga.
Secretary Monroe announced the re-
suit of the third ballot for Bishop as
Z F..Nl -
Bowen. 1876; Earl Cranston, 1871; j. W.
Hamilton, l3S; II. \. Butts, 1873; ncces,
sary To choice, $40. The ballot showed
n gain for McCabe, Cranston and Butts
and loss for Bowen, the colored man,
,-3nd J. w. Hamilton, the women's
champion. Another ballet was ordered.
A telegram was received announcing
the death of Rev. DIR. !. NJ. Reid, OF
New York, honorary corresponding
secretary of the Methodist Missionary
society. lie was formerly editor of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate. Rev.
DIR. kynctt said that he had been de-
tanned ON important conference bus,
mess. and he asked permission 10 cast
his ballot for bishops.
Rev. Dr. Buckley opposed the re
quest. lie said that if there was any.
body whom he would be willing to
grant so unparalleled a request it was
DIR. Kynett, but he would move that
DIR. Kynett withdraw his request.
nr. kynctt did not think his request
was without precedent, but if il was
he would gladly withdraw H. at is
Withdrawn" said bishop Joyce. Rev.
w. j. Martindale, of Kansas, intro.
duced resolution asking congress Ia
pass a law prohibiting the issuance of
licenses for the sale of liquor in the
state where they have prohibitory
law. Adopted.
The discipline was so amended that
the persons who have been baptized in
infancy may be rebaptized if they de-
sire it.
Maj. Mckinley visited the confer.
ence. lie was received with great en-
thusiasm. The conference rose to its
feet and with much waving of hand.
kerchiefs and loud cheering welcomed
him.
The fourth ballot for bishops re-
suited as follows: Whole number votes
cast, 5l2; necessary to choice, 3i2; C. c.
McCabe, 243; Earl Cranston. PA; J. w.
+. Bowen, colored, lO9; J. W. IIamil-
ton, l4l; II. A. Butts, 233; T. b.
Medley. 30.
The conference took the eighth bal
lot Saturday afternoon and adjourned
until Monday. The eighth ballot re-
suited as follows: Butts. $50; McCabe,
go; Cranston, 26S; Hamilton, 100; Bow
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