The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-05-23
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Hamilton Also Made Good Showing In
the BallOting at the General Confer
ence-New Bishops Selected for South
ern Asia.
CHICAGO, May 22.-The west and the
last were close together and close to
victory in the sixteenth ballot for bishop
ut the session of the general Methodist
conference. According to the state
ments made by delegates who claim to
know, the findings of the tellers, the
west, as represented by DR.. David H.
Moore, of Cincinnati, editor Of The
Western Christian Advocate, led the
east, as represented by DR.. j. W. Ham
ilton, of New York, senior secretary of
the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Edu-
cation society, by about dozen votes.
The result of the sixteenth ballot, as it
was officially given out, is as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, 657; nec-
essary for choice, 43S; David H. Moore,
425; J. W. Hamilton, 43; j. z. Day,
1893.
DIR. Henry Spellmeyer and DR.. Nicely,
it is said, gained a few votes, and the
list of scattering votes was increased.
Many delegates were of the opinion
that the first ballot today would concen-
trate the votes of the conference on Drs.
Moore and Hamilton and effect the cleo
ton of both, thus obviating the execu-
ton of the suggestion that the confer
ence postpone the election.
Several propositions to fix an age limit
for the retirement of bishops were voted
down in the committee on episcopacy.
a minority report of the sub-com-
mittee, presented by Delegate ]. c..
Mage, recommending the life tenure,
remains unchanged, as finally adopted.
Foreign episcopal residences were To-
Gated at Zurich, Switzerland, and
Shanghai, China, during the ensuing
quadrennium. Bishops Joyce and Grams
ton, it is said, will be assigned to these
districts by the conference.
The episcopal residences in the United
States will be decided upon at an ad.
iourned meeting of the committee called
for today.
The committee on itinerancy will re-
port to the general conference in favor
of an amendment to the third restrictive
rule, which will provide for the nomina-
ton of presiding elders by the annual
conferences.
Rev. L. w. Parker and Rev. Il. w.
Warne were elected missionary bishops
to Southern Asia by the Methodist
general conference.
CHICAGO, May 21.-Mcthodist bishops
and ministerial delegates i'll attendance
at the quadrennial conference at the
Auditorium occupied numerous pulpits
in this city. Among the most interest
ing addresses was one by Bishop Warren,
of Colorado, at the Auditorium, which
incidentally disclosed the fact that the
recent action of the conference in de-
claring that it is not necessary that sup
plants should kneel while at prayer
is not so popular as was supposed at
first.
"Nor did God limit the degree of
power he will give" said the bishop.
"Puul's prayer was May He give you
according to the riches of His glory
To obtain such power bend my knee,
Paul's customary position in prayer
usually is adopted when men pray Paul S
prayer" When this utterance fell upon
the audience there was a chorus of
"amen" from all parts of the big assem-
blage.
A message of fraternal greeting from
the Presbyterian general assembly, now
in session at St. Louis, was read before