The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-05
Six Bishops Are Scheduled For
Election at Big Meet.
NAMES ON A PREFERRED LIST
The General Conference Of Methodist
Denomination Brings Out Some
interesting Information.
From Saturdays Daily.

FROM saturdays Oaiiy. -....
Ii now seems certain that the
question of districting bishops will
get into the Methodist general con.
ference at Minneapolis in May.
Nevertheless bishops will be elected
this year under the old plan. How
many new ones may be chosen no
one can tell, but there being many
vacancies it is stated the number
will be as great, perhaps, as at any
Methodist conference ever held.
Some say the number may reach ten
even if the change be made in
their Jurisdiction. Constitutional al
terationS require two general con-
feTences, and at least six new bis
hops will be chosen for work during
the coming four years under the
old plan. .,. ... ..
Those in Line For Positions.
The Rev. DR.. David G. Downey,
corresponding secretary of the board
of Sunday schools; the Rev. DR..
Homer C. Stunz. corresponding sec.
rotary of the foreign mission board;
the Rev. DIR. F. J. Mcconnell, presi-
dent OF the De PAW university; and
the Rev. DR.. r. ]. Cooke, official
book editor, seem by general con.
sent to be four of the six or possibly
eight new bishops who will be chos-
on. Perhaps there is less certain
ty felt that the. Rev. DR.. Cooke will
be among the elected men THIN Of
the other three. K a
Other Names Mentioned. -.
There are however, a great mum.
Der of other names before the church
at this time. These include the
Rev. DR.. ]. %. Hingley. secretary Of
the general conference; the Rev.
DR.. Herbert WEIGH of Ohio Wesleyan
university. the. Rev. DR.. f. p,
Robertson Of North Dakota Wesley
an university the Rev. Dr. w. o.
Sheppard of Chicago: the Rev. DR..
Charles B. Mitchell. Chicago; the
DIR. Naphtali I.uccock of Minnea-
apolis: the Rev. Dr. Matthew Hughes
of Los Angeles; and the Rev. DR..
Henry c. Jennings of Cincinnati.
OoWney An triShmdn. -.
The Rev. DR.. Downey, one prob
able new Methodist bishop is an
Irishman by birth, a Wesleyan uni
versity man by education, and has
been in Sunday school work since
the last general conference four
years ago. The Rev. DR.. Mcconnell
is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan,
and has been at De Paw University
for three years. He is only little
past forty years of age. The Rev.
by birth, and won distinction as n
missionary, first in India and then
in the Philippines. He was among
the first to plant Methodism in Man.
lila, and give it the commanding
local position it now holds there.
Or. Cooke New Yorker.
The Rev. Dr. Cooke is Il New
Yorker but has spent much of his
life in Tennessee and the southwest.
A man of larger personal acQuaint-
ance among Methodists north and
south it would be difficult to find.
Annual conferences, spring dates,
have now been going for a fort
night. The question of the restor-
alton of the time limit to pastorates
has come up in all of them, and
is prepared for representation in
practically all whose meetings are
just ahead. In most of them the
sentiment in favor of restoring the
limit is large enough to carry with
out difficulty. Along with the dis
tricting of bishops, it is now GER
tain to form live wire contact at
Minneapolis, where the general
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