The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
CHOSE DELEGATES
TO CONFERENCE
Work of MethOdiStS at
Pacific Grove.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 9.-The ses-
sion of the Methodist conference to-day
was given over largely to balloting for
the remaining four delegates and three
alternates to the coming General Con-
ference. An executive session of the
body was held in the afternoon. Quite
division among conference members
existed regarding the proper persons TO
elect as representatives from this body
to the general body, and votes were
badly scattered, necesstating the TAX
ing of four ballots to elect the requisite
number of delegates. Considerable
electioneering was noticeable about the
vestibule and ante-rooms of the church
before the conference convened and
often during the session, but on the
whole men elected are very satisfactory
to the conference.
The first ballot was taken at $50
this morning, 173 votes being cast, max
ing 81 necessary to elect. DR.. L. Nc
Clish. chancellor of the University of
the Pacific, received 130 votes and DR.
F. D. Bovard of Santa Rosa III. Both
were declared elected. On the second
ballot DR.. L. r. Ollie of Oakland was
elected, receiving 119 votes. The third
ballot resulted in no election, E. P
bennett and j. n. Beard tying, and on
the fourth bennett received the ma
jority.
This makes the complete list of dele
gates as follows:
]. D. Hammond, Eli McCIish. F. D.
Bovard, E. r. Ollie, f. 2. bennett; al
ternates, Robert Bentley, ]. N. Beard
and E. D. McCrary.
Business was carried on while ballots
were counted, the presiding elders re-
ports being continued from Thursday
DR.. NJ. c. Harris reported for the jap
anese district, DR.. f. j. Masters the
Chinese district, DR.. S. G.. Gale the
Napa district, and DR.. John Kirby the
Oakland district, all of which appear
to be in prosperous and furnishing
condition. During the morning session
committee from the lay electoral con-
ference and the lay association pre-
sented greetings to the conference and
Bishop Ninde responded on the part Of
the conference, speaking of the interde-
pendence of the laiety and the ministry
of Methodism and the fraternal bond
that connects the laymen with the
clergy of the church.
The committee announced the names
Of the delegates elected to represent
the laiety Of this conference in the
General Conference, as follows: Rolla
Y. Watt, George D. Kellogg, and pro-
visionally if equal lay and ministerial
representation is allowed in the coming
conference, T. B. Hutchinson, Chauncy
H. Dunn and James A. Johnson
On motion of the presiding elders,
the body voted to change the relation
of e. A. While, J. r. Wolfe, G. c. Wal
ters, Esdras Smith and w. F. Warren
from effective to superannuate, and at
his own request to make DR.. John Coyle
Of Berkeley supernumerary for one
year. At p. m. an executive session
of the conference was held for the pur-
pose of looking into the question of debt
and other matters connected with the
maintenance of the University Of the
Pacific. The debt of $5S,000 now on the
institution is to be lifted by bonding
Six thousand shares were subscribed
for to-day. The question Of making
the institution interdenominational was
also discussed, but no conclusion was
reached
The evening session was devoted to
a meeting in the interest of the Twen-
tieth Century movement. DR.. A T.
Needham Of Oakland presented the
subject with reference to liquidating
church debt and DR.. F. McClish of the
University of the Pacific with reference
to education.