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TWO BISHOPS ELECTED.
Chaplain McCabe and Earl Cranston
Chosen by the Methodists.
NAMED AFTER MANY BALLOTS


in the General Conference at Cleveland,
Ohio, Us to the Postponement of the
Whole Contest---Spirlted Words by
Delegates---New Bishops Introduced.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 2o.-On the af-
teenth ballot at the Methodist Conference
yesterday Chaplain G. c. McCabe was elect
ed Bishop. Earl Cranston was also elected
Bishop after further ballo:tng.
Bishop Bowman, senior Bishop OF the
Methodist Church, presided over the Gen.
eral Conference, probably for the last time.
1t was the sixteenth day Of the conference
None Of the important questions to be set
tied by the conference has yet been discussed
on the floor. The questions of time limit.
lay representation. amusements, temperance,
recognition of Methodist Christian Endeavor
Societies, foreign Episcopal residences. loca-
ton of Episcopal residences in the United
States and many other equally important
questions are yet to come up.
Rev. Charles L. Stafford, Of Iowa, put the
conference in great uproar by moving that
the election of bishops be indefinitely post
poned. "I an satisfied" he said, "that We
do not need these bishops, and the vote Of
the last few days looks as though the con-
ference thought so, too. Any ten bishops In
good health could attend to ali the work
and we have fourteen besides the two that
have been declared non-effective."
Rev. DR.. Buckley said: care you sure
that the remedy offered Is good for the pa
have already had O majority Of the votes
,ast, and one man came within thirty or
iorty votes Of being elected. To postpone
this election would make this conference
and our great church ridiculous In the eyes
Of the world. In one of the dioceses Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church they have
.aken fifty and sixty ballots and then ad-
)ourned for, six months to think It over
without an election. And yet the election
Of Methodist bifhop carries with 1t more
power than dozen Protestant diocesan
bishops. The remedy Is this: Let the voting
30 on until we elect bishop or until 1t be-
comes plainly apparent that we cannot elect
anybody"
Rev. James R. Mace, of New Jersey, said:
NJ hope the motion to postpone will prevail.
II is plainly apparent that we have no Epis-
ropal timber In the conference-there is no
man who looms up high enough to secure
Endorsement"
Rev. MIR. Hill said: "The world Is looking
for the motion that, commencing with the
fourteenth ballot, we commence to drop men
for whom few are voting until there is an
election"
Cries of "No. ""No," amid much confusion
were heard, and Bishop Bowman ruled the
substitute out Of order.
Rev. DR.. A. J. Kynstt, of Philadelphia: "It
Is said that the situation Is unparalleled. I
DO not think so. We are transacting our
business, and 1t will not matter If this con-
test goes on for days"
The conference decided amid much con-
fusion and noise not to suspend the rules,
and the motion to postpone the election of
bishops indefinitely was defeated.
Chaplain McCabe was elected on the
S..teenth ballot, the second one taken dur
ing the morning. There were 504 votes cast;
336 were necessary to choice and Chap ain
McCabe received 944. Tremendous ap-
plause greeted the announcement. The
new bishop was called to the platform, but
he declined to make any remarks.
Earl CranstoD, Of Cincinnati was chosen,
the second bishop to bc elected, on the six
teenth ballot.