The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-20
DEADLOCK IN THE CLEVELAND
CONFERENCE BROKEN ON THE
FIFTEENTH BALLOT.
DRS. cRANST0N AND M'cABE.
THEY ARE THE MEN SELECTED TO
REPLACE THE RETIRED
BISHOPS.
INDIA MISSIONARIES HARD UP
Bishop Thoburn Says They Must
Have Aid or Else They Must
Come Home.

CLEVELAND, o., May 1s.-The deadlock
in the Methodist Episcopal general confer
ence over the election Of two bishops was
broken today by the selection Of DIR. Charles
C. McCabe, of New York, and DR.. Earl Gran
ston, of Cincinnati. IT was apparent when
the delegates assemh ed this morning that
they were tired of the balloting and were de-
termined to bring matters to an issue. The
ball was set rolling by Rev. c. l.. Stafford,
of Iowa, who moved that the election of
bishops be postponed Indefinitely. This pre-
cipitated lively discussion and the motion
was defeated. Then DR.. A. B. Leonard, Of
Cincinnati, moved that in future ballots the
name of no candidate be announced who re-
ceived less than ten votes. That motion car
ried and it smashed the deadlock. From the
first the conference had been voting for two
candidates on each ballot that is each dele
gate had two votes on each ballot. On every
ballot from one to two hundred votes were
scattered among a sccre or more of candi-
dates who had no chance Of election. AS soon
as it was decided that candidates must re-
ceive more than ten votes to be counted the
delegates saw that the time to do something
had arrived. A combination was quickly
formed. On the fourteenth ballot Mr.. Nc
Cabe's vote jumped to 258 from 100, what
he had received On She ballot taken last
night, and DR.. Cranston's from 245 to PSI.
That indicated clearly who the leaders WERE
and on the fifteenth ballot. DR.. McCabe's vote
rose to S44, or more than were needed to
elect, while DR.. Cranston polled S2S, or eight
more were needed. The next ballot gave the
victory to DIR. Cranston, and the West and
East had both elected tneir candidates.
Bishop Walden, speaking of the result, said
it was an Ohio day.. Both of the bishops
elected are natives Of the Buckeye state, and
six of the sixteen bishops now on the board
were born in Ohio. They are Stephen NJ.
Merrill, John M. Walden, Isaac W. Joyce.
Charles c. McCabe, Earl Cranston and James
M. Thoburn. Bishop Foster. who was retired,
is also an Ohio man.
After the election of the bishops the confer
ence took up the election of TWO book agents
for New York. DR.. Buckley obtained the floor
and moved that nominations be made on a call
of conferences. The motion to nominate Dy
conferences was carried. Nominations for
agents for the Western book concern, at Gin
cinnat, were then called for In both cases
two were to be elected. Before the second
vote was taken the result OF the first ballot
for the New York agent was read. DR.. Homer
Eaton was overwhelmingly reelected, and
after taking the first ballot on the Cincinnati
concern and the second on New York, the
conference adjourned. Both votes will be an
nounced in the morning.
Some of the delegates are working to have
the staff of the church extension society de-
creased. This cropped out at a meeting of the
committee on church extension today. The
committee recommended that work in state
and national law as 1t applies to the holding
of churches, be included In the course OF
reading of theological students. 1t was also
voted that where a church asks aid in build
ing and accepts it, the building must conform
with the plans approved by the church ex-
tension board.
There was a hot discussion before the COM
mittee on missions on the proposition that per-
sons may specify the purposes Tor which spe-
ciaI gifts to the church shall be used. Bishop
Thoburn is exceedingly anxious that this be
done. few days ago he said that If better
support was not given the mission work in
India one out Of every six missionaries there
would be compelled to return home. Today
he said that while that might not be the re-
suit continuance Of the present conditions
might prevent his return to India The
change proposed met with the opposition of
DR.. McCabe and DR.. Leonard. The matter
was held over. The book committee today
recommended subsidies amounting to $1S $50
per year for several of the church papers.