The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-03
THE LAY
DELEGATES
CAUCUSSED
Elected Represent
atiYeS of the Church
Membership
Conducted With all the In
tereSt That Attaches to
a Political Con-
VeutiOn

The delegates of the Oregon con.
ference of the Methodist church to
the general conference, which meets
in Los Angeles next May, consist of
the following
Ministerial-Rev. T B. Ford, of Eu.
gene; Rev. L. f. Rockwell.
Lay--T. S. Daniel, of Portland; r.
A. Booth of Eugene.
The lay electoral conference met
yesterday afternoon, when permanent
Organization was perfected by the
election Of DIR. J. L. HILL of Clatskan.
lie, the temporary chairman, who was
elected permanent chairman, and ]. p.
Newell of Sunnyside, was chosen sec.
retary. The conference was at once
ready for business, and the first mat.
ter claiming attention was the raising
Of fund OF sac, to pay the lighting
contract for the Woman's College at
the University. There seemed to be a
hNllt uitNu III lht lhuNtSit anu ~ Il
Flegel. of Portland, prominent can.
ddate for delegate, took up the mat
ter of securing the needed funds,
pledging a goodly portion of 1t himself
The fund was completed before the
opening of the ballot, and the an
nouncement of Gen. W. II. odell that
the University would hereafter not go
in debt for anything. and that eny
moneys not raised by the conference
would be provided by the people of
Salem, was met with loud cheering.
The 5alIotlng.
The ballot for delegates was finally
taken. after a spirited discussion of
the manner OF taking It, One faction
desired an informal ballot, which, If
1t gave any one candidate a majority,
could be made formal The others de
sired a formal ballot taken at once.
but the first named plan was finally
followed No nominations were made,
every delegate voting for his choice
There we're 65 votes cast, of which
number T. s. McDaniels had SS; r A.
Booth, 33; w. c. Noon, so; Gen. w. II.
odell, s; A. f. Flegel, 2; the balance
scattering. Messrs Mcdaniel and
Booth were declared elected dele.
gates, and on motion, Mr.. Noon and
Cen odell were declared TO be the
substitute delegates (alternates)
This completed the important work
Of the convention, and after a few
minor matters, such as the printing Of
the minutes, and the provision OF
funds for that purpose, had been dis
posed of, the lay electoral conference
adjourned.
Conference Notes.
The conference Of lay delegates re |
sembled political convention In many |
respects. and SO generally was this OBJ
served, that a facetious minister tack |
ed up a placard near the door to the
lecture room Of the church, where the
session was held. bearing the sugges
tive warning: Don't swear" There
was, OF course, a great difference from
a political convention, for there was
no tobacco smoke hanging In the air,
and cuspidores were not required.
But the presence Of number OF well
known politicians. such as A. r. File.
gel. Of Portland; Hon Isaac Edwards,
and Senator w. Kuykendall, Of Ecu.
gene; Gen. w. H. odell and Prof. w.
c. Hawley. OF Salem, did much toward
lending a convention air 10 the confer
ence, and this was accentuated by the
great activity OF a number Of the can.
didates.
The ministers are not supposed 10
take any part in this part Of the con.
ference. but they can not stay away.
and number Of them were crowded
close up against the rows OF chairs
occupied by the delegates.
The chairman OF the convention
when a motion had been made and
passed providing for four tellers. one
from each Of the four districts. rep
and two Of them 10 be ladies,
calmly drew memorandum out OF
his vest pocket, and stated that he
had expected such a contingency and
had therefore selected the names dur
Ing the noon recess, and asked that II
the names and Initials we're not cor.
rect some one would please set him
right The whole Was so like the
Brownell according TO program" cpl
sode in the famous Eugene convention
Df last spring. that shouts OF applause
and laughter were barely suppressed
Guy Davis. r. Klinger and Marry