Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-19
METHOD|STS WANT
EIGHT BISHOPS
Five Will Be Elected to Take
Place of Retired Ones.
MAY TAKE VOTE WEDNESDAY,
Many Names Have Beer Mentioned
for the POsitions-Matter of
Amusements to Be
Taken Up.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 16.-Sunday
a welcomed by the delegates to the
Methodist general conference as a day
of rest, after a week of continuous
Sc sions, either of the conference OF
Of the various committees. While
enough visiting bishops and ministers
volunteered their services to the pull
pit supply committee to fill every pull
pit in the city and suburban towns, at
both morning and evening services, the
great body of delegates rested and
talked over the events of yesterdays
session of the conference. Sermons by
the following bishops were preached
Sunday:
BY H. w. Warren, at Boyle
Heights M. E church; Bishop D. H.
Moore, Centennial M. e. church; Bish-
op F. w. Warne, Boyle Heights, evn-
ing; Bishop H. J. Vincent, Vincent M.
E. church, where dedicatory ceremonies
were held; Bishop Earl Cranston,
B%lanchard's hall; Bishop Joseph G.
Hartzell, First M. E. church, Pasadena.
All other Methodist pulpits in the
city and many other denominations
were occupied by visiting clergymen.
At the First M. e. church, this city,
DR.. Joseph Barry led a large a
gelistic mass meeting, and at Simp-
sons auditorium, DR.. Frank Mason
North, George P. Eckman and j. w.
Bashford made addresses to a large
crowd.
Hazards pavilion was crowded to
overflowing to listen to a sermon by
DR.. Waddy Moss, fraternal delegate
land, and at the same place there was
a meeting of the Women's Home Mis-
sonary society.
The happenings at Saturdays ses-
sion of the general conference, when
a vote was taken on the retirement OF
five bishops, furnished a live topic Of
discussion among the delegates Sun
day. The general opinion of the dele
gates is that when the report is given
out Monday morning it will show a
decided majority in favor of the re-
port of the episcopacy committee rec
o%mmending the retirement of Bishops
Vincent, Walden, Andrews, Mallalieu
and Foss. The prompt and determined
manner in which the subject was put
through the conference Saturday, in
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definite action until Monday, was much
commented upon. There are a certain
number of delegates, especially among
the laymen, who are disposed to criti-
else the manner in which the five aged
bishops were deprived of their high
offices; but the leaders seem to feel
relieved that the most unpleasant duty
of the conference has been performed,
and that the way is now clear to make
up other pressing and important legis-
Iation.
1t is quite likely that the election of
eight, possibly more, bishops will take
place during the week. The day has
not been decided upon, but it is gen.
orally believed it will be Wednesday
or Thursday.
Other matters that will come before
the conference this week are: Action
of the Methodist church upon divorce.
consolidation of the various branches
of the book concern, limiting the ten
ure of pastorate, placing the church on
record in the matter of amusements,
viz: dancing, card playing, theater
going, etc., and many other matters
that have been brought up in me
MORALS from different conferences
The number of candidates for bishops
grows daily, and, no less than 35 names
are now mentioned in this connection