The Washington herald., 1908-05-24
.QUAYLE NEARS GOAL
Probably Elected Bishop Oh
the Tenth Ballot.
VOTES COUNTED ON MONDAY
Lacked Only Five on Ninth Ballot,
and Friends Are COnndent-Dr.
Goodeu Admits Divorce story, but
Claims He Was Acquitted of Any
WronEdOing-Dr. Hingeley Loses.

'iNNi"A " Inc NaehAlkltu EtIhla
Baltimore. Nd, May 23.-Friends OF
Rev. DR.. William a. Quayle, OF Chicago
are confident that he was elected a mem
Der OF the episcopacy on the tenth ballot
taken to-day. before the adjournment OF
the Methodist General Conference. Their
belief is strengthened by the fact that
DR.. Quayle led the ticket on the ninth
ballot taken at the morning session. and
came within five votes Of being elected.
The tenth ballot will not be counted
until Monday morning in time TO an
nounce the result when the conference
convenes at $50 O'Clock When all had
voted for their candidates the seven hun
dred or more slips We're placed under
SEAL which will not be broken until the
time FOR counting.
In case DR.. Quayle is found to have
been elected II VIII mean that his sup
porters and those Of Rev. DR.. E. H.
Hughes. president of De Pauw Univer-
sity, had patched Up their differences be-
fore the tenth ballot was taken. and that
the latter threw their support to the
Chicago divine. In ali probability this
burying OF the hatchet will also mean
that DR.. Hughes viii eventually be ele-
waited to the episcopacy. and possibly on
the eleventh ballot.
DIR. HinEeiey Loses Votes.
strength Of any Of the candidates hap
pened in the case Of Rev. Dr. Joseph 3.
Hingeley, secretary Of the body. and
easily one Of the most popular men in the
conference. on the eighth ballot Dr.
Hingeley received go votes. while on the
ninth the total number of ballots cast
for him was lse a falling of OF b3, This
cut is claimed to be due to number OF
kilograms sent 10 delegates by Col. Frank
NJ. Joyce of Minneapolis. Mimi. son OF
the late Bishop Joyce of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. which stated: Mime
apolis conference was astounded at the
prominence given TO Joseph B. Hingeley
on the ballot for bishops"
The circulation OF the kilograms Is
roundly denounced by the friends OF Dr.
Hingeley. who charge that it is nothing
but a move 10 injure any chance that
their candidate might have Of election
They say Col. Joyce is endeavoring tC
create sentiment against DR. Hingeley by
recalling difference Of opinion that ex-
isted between him and the late Bishop
Joyce with relation 10 church policies. and
particularly the holiness belief. OF which
IL is said the deceased bishop was a strong
advocate. IL is claimed that DR. Hinge
ley and Col. Joyces father were always
friendly. and that their opinions on church
subjects never altered their love and re-
spect for one another
Telegram May Prove Boomerang.
Or. Hingeley's friends strongly assert
that the reaction will occur: in fact,
has already occurred, and that he is now
sure OF election.
Rev. DR. William S. Lewis, OF Sioux
City. Iowa, who led the list OF candidates
on the eighth ballot, dropped TO second
place on the ninth. his vote on the latter
being 4S0. thus showing a loss OF four
votes. Friends Of the candidate. however.
are by no means alarmed and say TIM;
the tenth ballot VIII find him up among
the leaders.
The leaking OF the divorce proceedings
Of Rev. Or. c. L. Goodsell, OF New York.
still drives him down the list On the
eighth ballot he received ia votes, while
on the ninth he only received l52. a loss
OF p votes.
GOOdseII Admits Divorce Charge.
Rev. Dr. GoodseT. when asked about
the truth Of a dispatch from Providence.
r. l., that he had been named as CO.
respondent in the divorce suit of Theo-
dore W. Foster VS.. Mary T. Foster. on
December Is. 1856. replied that the report
was correct. The case was heard before
Justice Durfee and Justice Stiness in the
Supreme Court OF Rhode Island. and was
held for advisement. One week later the
case OF Lonella NJ. GoodseH against
Charles l. GoOdsell was heard before the
same judges. DR.. Goodsell at the time
denied all the allegations made in his
wife's petition. Later he was acquitted
by his conference OF wrongdoing. and
his standing was thoroughly established
in the church. but the courts granted Mr..
Foster divorce.
On January l. 1857. the decision Of the
Supreme Court Of Rhode Island in the
two dtrorce suits was made public. II
was that in the case OF Foster VS.. Foster
the charge is sustained and the petition
granted. while in the case of GoodseIl
VS.. Goodsell ''the divorce is denied, and
the petition dismissed, because the con-
duct Of the petitioner has been such that
she is not entitled to it In the interval
in which the case was taken under ad-
visement Rev. DR.. D. A Gordon. pre-
siding elder Of the Providence district.
called an ecclesiastical council. which re-
manned in session two days. ard on De
cember 81, 1886. announced that Il "unani-
mousiy acquitted Rev. G. L. Goodseu OF
the charges and specifications of immo-
rality."