Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-22
Moore d HIpil.en Chosen Bishops
md hodist Church.
RESULT OF bEVBEfEEBfH BALLOT
Ddegat to Conference.
skEr&Es bF NEW BISHOPS

| uhiiotilS Will END the fOnS-oFhWH-oul Hpis-
copate contest attracted large audience
to the Methodist general conference today.
Nearly every sat In the Auditorium Thea
| ter was occupied when Bishop H. w. War
| rem raped for order. After devotional ex-
ercises. conducted by Rev. w. F. Oldham
of Ohio. and the reading of the journal. the
result of the sixteenth ballot. taken yester-
day, was. announced as follows: D. H.
Moore. 426; J. W. Hamilton. Al: J. r. Day.
1873: H. Spellmeyef, 90: J.. F. Berry, IS; +.
| B. Neely,s45: = Necessary to a choice, 43S.
| AT $50 o'clock the seventeenth ballot was
taken. with prospects favorable for re-
| suit.
| Consideration of changes in the organic
law of the church. interrupted several days
| ago by the debate over the pastorate time
| limit. was then resumed.
various changes recommended by the
committee on revision were adopted. with
| little debate, until DR.. Buckley reported
| that the committee was unable to agree
| upon any recommendation as to sections
l and 5, article 3. These involve the ques-
ton Of admitting, women to annual confer
| er,ces. but recess cut of debate.
| Election on Seventeenth Ballot.
During recess rumors were current that
an election had been reached, and at the
conclusion of the recess the seventeenth
/
''Dr. D. H. Moore received 534 votes and
l.: elected" announced Bishop Warren. and
great applause ensued DIR. J. W. Hamil-
| ton received $40 votes and is elected and
| again the hall rang with applause.
Bishops-elect Hamilton and Moore were
escorted to the platform. and amid applause
and the waNaSr -handkerchicfs were in
! troduced to the general conference. The
| final ballot was as folfaws: D. H. Moore,
524 J. w. Hamilton, 80; J. R. Day. 104:
| H. Spellmeyer, 1t; T. B. Nicely. Al; ]. F..
| Berry. -. Necessary to choice, Al.
| sketch of DIR. Hamilton.
| John William Hamilton was born in
| Lewis county Va, March 3. 1915. He was
graduated from Mount Union College, Ohio,
! in 1867 with the degree of A. B., and from
the Boston University in 1879. with the
degree of d. d. During his career he has
| been financial agent of Mount Union Col
| lege. pastor OF a church at Newport, Ohio,
| and at Maiden. Mass For twenty-five
years he ha4 seen prominent preacher
| in and near Boston. In 1892 he was elect
| ed corresponding secretary Of the Freed
| mans Aid and Southern Education Society
| and has held that position ever since. He
aHao and tbs the old E works
Church Pulpit. Lives of the Methodist
| Church Bishops" and "Fraternal Greet
| ings, the Ghurchyin ireland and England -
| DR.. Moore an Ohionn.
| David HI Moore of Cincinnati editor of
| the Western Christian Advocate was born
near Athens. Ohio September 4. 1895 He
| was appointed to the cambridge circuit
| as junior preacher in 1860. having been
| graduated from THE Ohio University. In
| 1861 he was stationed at Marietta Ohio
but year later entered the Union ranks
as priv$se so'sier. He was elected cap
tain of CdsnbsnX n. 9th Ohio Volunteer
| Infantry We w do. nriS
| pers Ferry. buES@Fa Exchanged and later
assisted in forns4hF tFe 125th ohio volun-
| teers. in which,, hs rose to the rank of
| lieutenant col4Tel. he followed Sherman
on the march to the sea. AND at the con-
| clusion of the war returned to his minis
| terial duties. During his career later he
| served president Of Wesleyan College
| for Women at Cipcinnatt as chancellor
| president of Colorado Seminary as chan
1 cellor of the University of Denver and as
| editor of the Western Christian Advocate
to which he was elected in 1884, He is
| recognized as one of the greatest. pulpit
| orators Of the church. and in the present
| conference came out a cha mpion of the
rights of women in the general conference
Women to Be Admitted.
| Debate over the question of the admission
of women to the general conference con-
| tinued at some length Judge Chas B. Lore
| Of Baltimore. DR. James H. Potts of Michi-
gan. DIR. A. D. Rich of Erie, Dr. John
| Handley of New jersey, State Senator Nc
Clelland of New York, President J. W.
Bashford of Ohio Wesleyan University and
many others taking part in the discussion.
/ The majority of the speakers favored the
| admission of women. Dr. Chas. w. Smith
| of the special committee closed the debate
| on the question which, he said covered
! a wide range. from the Garden of Eden to
| the day of judgment" Amid tremendous
| applause the motion to substitute the words
| LAY member in sections one and five OF
| article three for the word "layman' was
| adopted and question which has been
| agitating the Methodist Church for gen
| Grafton was settled in favor of the women.
| This was the last point in dispute in the
| report on the organic law of the church.
| and after short debate the report of
| the commission amended during the past
| few days adopted by more than the
| necessary three-fourths vote. The con-
| stitution as approved by the general con-
ference will now go to the 124 annual con-
| ferences for final action The conference
| then adjourned for the day.
| The report of the committee on itinerary,
| involving the question of pastorate time
| limit, will probably be disposed of tomor-
| row.