The sun., 1900-03-24
lAY CONFERENCE 1IE VOTE
Chief Justice Lore Elected by
AcclamatiOn as a Regular
Lay REPRESENTATIVE.
5. II. BAYNARD ALTERNATE
A Deadlock Existed For a Time in
Lay Conference Over Election of
- Provisional Delegate---The
I1our Presiding Elders are
Ministerial Delegates.

Ministerial Delegates.
heated contest over the election OF
lay delegates tn the general conference
which meets in Chicago i'll May, took
liac4 at the afternoon session yesterday
ot the Lay Electoral Conference in
Epworth Church.
There had been much talk about the
log rolling and wire pulling nd OF letter.,
s,fciting votes having been SET out, aud
this use Of the methods Of practical poll
tics was condemned by many delegates
in attendance at the conference.
IL IL Pasons OF Parsnnburg. who had
letter from Presiding Elder Martindale,
who desired adlnittanee in place OF
delegate who WIS unable TO be present as
we'll as his alternate. He was not rec0g-
niz d, however.
John w. Fletcher, OF Cambridge, said
thst according to custom the two regular
delegates ou9hb to go to Wilmington and
Eiston districts.
it was suggested that the regular and
provisional delegates be elected at the
came tima. DE-. l. +. Cooper sail some
confusion might be caused if this were
done and it was fiualy decided to fret
elect the two regular delegates.
j. game NJ inning nominsted Chief JUS
tlce Lore, who said he did not want to
20, which remark was greeted wish cries
of "Ba5 You will CO." aud Thomas
Hammond nominated Samuel Ii. Bay
nlrd.
Judge Lore by Acciamation.
The latter, however, withdrew in favor
OF the chief justice. The latter was elect
ed unanno lsly by rising vote.
For the Easton district Walter Tbomp.
son nominated G. q. Moore, of Talbot
county; G. A. Cpxe, Gideon f. Hukill,
of Middleto wn; David s. Clark, of Ken
ton; Joseph Smithers, OF Smyrna.
Or. Cooper desired chat Mr., Hukiil be
elected in the same manner as Judge
Lore, but this was not agreed to.
w. Ewing G. Jefferson, John Heyd
and T. A. Nelson were chosen tellers.
1t was decided to elect by majority
vote.
On the first ballot Hukil received 50;
Moore, 81, and Smithers, %. There was
no choice and second ballot was or.
dered.
On the second ballot Hukill received
90 votes; Moore, 3d. and Smithers, II
votes. and still no choice.
Mr.. Smithers then withdrew his name
Deadlock Broken.
Ga the third ballot, Hukill received 13
votes and Moore, 6S. Mr.. Hukill was
declared elected.
The election of provisional delegates
was taken up. These were given TO
Doyer and Salisbury districts. For the
Dover districts the nominations vert :
]. w. Fletcher, of Cambride; Thrs. M.
Rawlins and j. E. Holland, of MILFORD.
For the Salisbury district .the nqmna-
tions were: G. A. Coke, Fairmount, Md. /;
F. q. Elliott, of Delmar; Senator L. p.
Dennis, OF Crisfeld, Md and j. E. Elk
good, of Salisbury.
1t was decided that if there was no
choice on the first ballot, all candidates
should then be dropped except those
having the two highest votes; aud the
ones next to the highest We're to be
elected alternates.
Mr.. Moore was tie next highest on
the Easton district and was declared
elected alternate. The Wilmington dis
trict had already been passed but on mo-
tion of Thomas Hammond, Sam lel Ii.
Baynard was declared alternate from that
district.
On the first ballot the vote stood
Dover dstrct-Fleicher, so; Rawlins, .
Holland, 50. Salisbury Coke. 81.
Elliott, 4; Dennis, 26; Ellegood, II.
Rawlns was dropped in the Dover
district and another ballot ordered.
Coke was declared elected in he Sa is-
bury ulstricG and Dennis maue aier-
nate.
A second ballot was taken in the
Dover district when Holland received 81
votes aud Fletcher 81 Holland was de-
clared elected and Fletcher made alter
nate.
Cause For Thank fnlncss.
G. w. Todd on behalf OF committee
on resolutions presented the following
resolutions:
''Ai We stand upon the turning point
OF the centuries We feel that we have
great cause flr thankinne,s to the God
of hationslor the many blessings that
have come TO us in developing our re-
sources and eevatng us To the highest
place among the nallons OF the eartn aud
lJr the wonderful achievements wruu1hl
Ill cArstlanHDg aud c,viiizn5 uis,ant
parts ui the World ing the Ninettenth
Century and rejoice that we as the
Methodist Episcopal Church and as
American citizens have in his providence
ben privileged to share prominent
part in the great work accomplished.
And nov as we approach the Twen-
titth Century, we are not uDmindful OF
the l0cr aseu fesponsiDllltles OF properly
caring for and chrlstaniz ng the people
who have recently become the words of
cur nation and guarding the moral and
spiritual welfa,e Of the thousands of
youug men who have left their homes
anc tnii { d in our armies.
Army Canteen Condemned.
As isyman of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and tz~ns OF Christian Re-
-i.,i !, VIZ zee. that We can not conscien-
tip isly reir4 from making our-utter-
an ;e III .,st emp asic, and therefore re-
ave iiiat we ,ndeInn in the strongest
Ia,gt age possible the institution Of tt'