The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-19
GRlNSTON IS LEADING,
5aIIoting for Bishop 1.-THE Meth
odist Conference.
80 RESULT on ELEVENTH BALI0r.

ihe Friends of Cran,ton Form Comblpa.
tions to Try and Have Him Elected
hishop-Iiamilton and Nicely Have an
Increase In Their Note-other business
Transacted While the BaIIots wer, sse.
ing Counted-Bishop Newman Presides.
CLEVELAND, May 19.-Bishop Newman
presided at Mondays session Of the Meth.
odiSt Episcopal conference AS soon as
the reading of the Journal was completed
motion was made TO take the ninth bal.
LOT Tor bishop. DIR. Buckley at once on
posed this ON the ground that many OF
the ministers who went out of the city to
preach ON sunday had not returned, and
lhc voting was made special order for 10
O'CLOCK In the meantime the routine pro-
ceedings hegan with continuation of tho
consideration of the report of the commit.
tee on itineracy. a brief interruption was
made to Introduce DR.. j. C. Morris and A.
r. Perkins Of Texas, fraternal delegates
from the Nj. e. church south. It was DIR.
Morris, concerning whom an unfortunate
complication arose at the time of his fl tst
conference may redeem itself.
Received with Applause.
The gentleman was shown scant cour-
tcsy ON the occasion of his previous ap-
peannce before the conference a day or
two after it had met here Both gentle
men were received Monday morning with
applause. The time until 10 o'clock was
iully occupied in discussion of the report
OF the committee on itinerancy and at
that hour the ninth ballot was taken.
Nearly an hour was consumed in counting
the vote, but Immediately after the recess
the tellers entered the room. The report
OF the Bible society was being read and the
customary applause broke out, but Bishop
Newman promptly suppressed it, The
ninth ballot was then announced. The
whole number of votes east was 800, max
ing 34 necessary to a choice. The result
on the leaders was as follows: c. c. Nc
Cabc 23S, Earl Cranston 2]6, II. A. Buttz
2iS, j w. Hamilton l59, T. b, Nicely 81,
j w. +. Bowen II. No choice.
Gain for Hamilton aud Ncely.
The result of the ballot proved to be u
great surprise. The loss for McCabe was
thirty-two, Cranston twenty-seven, Buttz
sixty-two, Bowen twenty, while the gain
for Hamilton was fifty-nine and for Nccly
forty. This bore ont the rumor Of q
break TO Nccly and Hamilton, and the re-
suit of the tenth ballot was awaited with
intense interest The vote was taken
when DIR. Tctcr of Iowa moved to defer
all further balloting for bishop until the
next general conference in 1900. No sec
ond was had, and II great laugh was
caused and the tellers retired to count the
vote. Bishop Newman at this point pre-
sented Rev. W. l.. Watkinson, fraternal
delegate from the British Wesleyan con
ference, who said few words of farewell.
Bishop Newman's response was gem and
called forth most prolonged applause.
The report of the committee ON rcvisals
was then read. 1t showed no changes
other than minor matters of routine were
recommended.
RumOrs of a Combination.
The tenth ballot resulted as follows;
Cmnston 259, McCabe 223, Buttz 1913 Ham
ilton $50, Nicely 81, Bowen II. Necessary
for choice 81. Before the tenth and last
ballot was announced rumors of Grams
on-Hamilton combination began to gain
circulation. This union Of the east and
west seemed to be a certainty when the
ballot was announced. Ii was gain for
Hamilton of 81, for Cranston of 23, for
Nicely Of q and "a loss to McCabc Of 10, to
Bowen OF and TO Buttz Of p. The com
bincd vote was going 10 Cranston, while
so far as the east was concerned it divided
been Necly and Hamilton. Should the
next ballot show the Cranston-llamilton
combination tn be non-clfective trial OF
Cmnston-Ncely combination will probably
lee made, as the friends of Cranston are de
tcrmincd he shall win if possible. The
eleventh ballot was taken and the confer
cncc recessed until $3.50 o'clock.
There was no choice on the eleventh bal
LOT Cnnston was in the lead with 245.