New-York tribune., 1908-05-23
METHODISTS DEADLOCK
Conference Unable to Choose Sir
Remaining Bishops.
rHv telegraph to The Tribune

at
-, ,~.soronce here tonight. -Four ballots were
- A., with no results. DIR. w S Lewis
- tr the contest The vote at the seventh ballot
inoe the voting began follows: Total number of
~sctive ballots. 767; necessary TO a choice, 5l2.
Evils sse Qusyle. $50; Stuntz. s2d; Smith. 49:
-5hes 4os: Downey. Ss5 Mcintyre. SO: Hingeley,
o Jennings. 1873; Goodell, lsi; Cooke, 1856
reformation tonight is TO the effect that the
eighth ballot resulted in no election. but shows the
Rev H. c. Stuntz the Rev. Wilson S. Lewis and
the Rev ". a Quayle in the leading places in
in fhe order named
DR. NJ. c. Is. Mason, of Cincinnati, the negro
candidate. withdrew from the contest to-day. He
told the delegates that when he put forward
II was with the distinct understanding that if
elected his work tc be confined his own
race He believed that black could better
understand The problems of the negro people. He
said the negro members. appreciating the situa-
tion in which the Germans had found themselves.
supported their candidate. and he glad they
had been successful.
The chief feature of the first two ballots to-day
was the drop of the Rev. Charles /. Goodel. pas
Of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, New
York City. from the fifth the tenth position. with
loss Of 15S votes from the last preceding ballot
This believed be due the publication Of
story that DR.. GoodeH was a divorced DR..
Goodel in a statement attributed his loss of
strength to that fact, and also admitted the truth
OF she charge against him. but added that he
divorced his wife statutory grounds and did not
remarry until after the death OF his first wife,
which he understood had occurred Dr.. Gooders
statement follows:
am assured by those who have led this move
rTent against that there is no reflection in il
upon my moral character.
divorced man That is true But the divorce
W. M s 6 en ne & ETf"q a the fe Of
my second marriage my first wife was dead For
q the Methosist Episocpai a church and have ed
1sreesi Methodist FpiscoIai church in the world
The bringing of this charge at the moment when
gard political move which Is below the dignity
the average political convention The fact that
il was brought al so late a moment that 1 could
not meet it END that ! ! am not member 17 Of the the
floor viii carry its own lesson TO all right minded
people and / think that the end it viii prove
& boomerang in the camp of those who have
hagled it,
DR.. Goodeli said that he obtained the divorce at
Providence in 1856 while in charge of a church
there He asked for and obtained church trial.
the result of which. he said, a vindication of
his in the matter.
The substance of the report Of the committee
IN church union. to which referred all over
lures. resolutions and amendments bearing upon
the subject. which adopted by the confer
eEce. follows:
Thai We express our affectionate esteem for the
brethren Of the Congregational Church and for the
for church union but that We deem il inadvisable
a. this tine TO send back the ''act Of union" for
revision.
The general Interpretation Of this clause is that
II practically eliminates the Congregatonalsts from
The proposed arnalsamation. and that the issue
IS the re5lniting Of al Methodist bodies and the
United Brethren into one denomination The re-
port continues:
That we respond heartily TO the proposal Of the
difficulties be overcome before satisfactory con-
as rapii i'm in &c coRsnmating universal Methodism
as the iii neres and j9t@sry q Of our Gn 1 den2Ps fT 4s
1UI realization Of their and cur hope
be appointed by this conference for the purpose of
meeting with like commission Of the Methodist
Church South and of all other Methodist churches
Inay be possible the reunion Of Methodists in
Thai since We have had such assurances from the
United Brethren Church Of their cordial feeling for
b h enc e@noyr I1s his Commission 10 meet with like
commission of the United Brethren Church. with
the view Of promoting organic union with them
and enlisting them in this nc. n9yenneIt; ; . 49, -o,-
General Conference.
Des Meines Iowa. through Senator ]. P. Dolliver,
invited the General Conference TO hold its next
ouadrennial session in that city
Consideration of the report Of the committee on
education on 1ne division of the board of educa-
ton. freedran's aid and Sunday schools was con-
1inued to-day, ana another section Of the report
dealing with the reorganization OF the three ooaros
was adopted.
An ATTEMPT was made by Judge William L.
Nooecocl, of Altoona, Penn, by amendment, 10
change the name Of the Board Of Freedmen's AID
70 that Of the Southern Education Society Mr.
woodoock said the name was a relic Of the ClVli
War and offensive the brethren Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. Cries OF NO, NO,
from all parts Of the hall were uttered at TINS
statement Judge Woodcock declared that II the
name could be changed itsrould help 10 bring to-
serher the Northern and Southern branches Of the
Church.
The Rev. Dr. J. D. Walsh of Paintsville. Ken
denied that the term was offensive, and opposed
the amendment on The ground that the Negro race
was stll freed race and that the name OF the
society was a powerful factor in raising the funds
for negro education DR.. Walshs statement met
with the approval Of the conference, and the
amendment was tabled.
Piiishurg Nav 22-At the Methodist Protestant
General Conference here today the report OF Inc
committee recommending the appointment OF a
commission 10 meet a similar commission from the
Methodist Episcopal General Conference to con-
sider co lsoIidation WAS adopted.