Evening journal., 1916-05-17
NETHOD|STS VOTE
FOR NEW BISHOP
No Choice, Reported After
the First Ballot is
Taken
CONFERENCE MOVES
FOR CHURCH. UNITY

SARATOGA SPRINGS, n y, May
1.-THE General Methodist Episcopal
Conference took its first vote for the
1ew bishops today. but as far as
'ould be learned last night there was
10 choice. None Of the candidates re-
,eived the necessary twO-thirds vote
IF the delegates attending the confer
nee.
An unofficial report late last night
)f the result Of the first ballot gave
he following as the four leading can
lidatcs for the Episcopacy; Dr.
Thomas Nicholson. of New York, sec
-etary of the Board OF Education; the
Rev. Matthew S. Hughes, Of Pasa-
lena. Cal; the Rev. Franklin Hamil-
ION. of Boston. and Adna W. Leonard,
)f Seattle
The committee on 1piscOpacy won
Is point on the second presentation
5f its report and the recommendation
Tor seven now bishops, with three
missionary bishops, one Of them for
Malaysia and the other two for
Africa, was accepted. Under ruling
IF the General Conference none of the
secretaries or tellers were permitted
give out Information, and nothing
official will be known until the an
nouncement is made today.
The conference reached its emo
tional climax yesterday when the re-
port OF the committee on Church
Unity was adopted This report was
read TO the delegates by the Rev.
John r. Gouchor OF baltimore, presi-
dent emeritus of Goucher College II
laid down the tentative principles
upon which the Methodist Episcopal
Church was willing TO join with the
Methodist Episcopal Church South IN
the formation of new world church.
and recommended a new commission
10 complete the negotiations possibly
in the next four years.
Bishop Hendrix senior Bishop OF
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South. was the special guest of the
conference for the occasion. Another
notable spectator on the platform was
DR. Thompson n. Landon, of the New
ark Conference, who was a personal
witness of the break between tne
Methodist Episcopal Church ana the
Church South in lS45.
Bishop Hendrix ascended the dals
near the close OF the service and he
and Bishop Earl Cranston, senior
bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. clasped hands. Bishop Hen
drix is 60 years old and BishoI
cranston is as. and the picture OF th'
two gray haired men. backed by tho
Board of Bishops. plunged the audi
ence into an ecstasy OF religious an'
emotional fervor.
Bishop Cranston Honored.
At the suggestion of Doctor Gouchei
thc conference had instructed the Boar
of Bishops TO appoint Bishop Cransto'
chairman of the commission 10 carry ol
Tho Anal negotiations with the Churcl
South, and Bishop Cranston's Volc
shook with feeling when he acknowl
edged the honor.
"This has been the supreme momen
of my life since God called me- he sad
"You might have continued me IN tn
effective relation for eight years more
# YOU had been so msposed, but yol
could not have given me the gratiiica
tion of my soul which is mine this mo
mcntn
Bishop Hendrix. taking the hand O
Bishop Cranston, said;
81 am taking the hand Of my vcner
able friend and colleague as an eNpres
sion of that deep and abiding fratema
friendship which ] know TO exist bC
tween the two great American Method
isms. In the dark days of the war ]
has hccn my constant prayer that the
I. uffrFlnH0Fn
here and here today has been achieve
a marvellous result Once again th
areat audience lost itself in fervor q
emotion and applause, and 1t was sev
cral minutes before the remarkabl
demonstration had spent itself. Bisho
Edwin n. Hughes. the Rev. Timothy
FROST of Evanston. H.. and the Re-
Arthur Stalker assisted in the service,
iged Delegate Drops Dead.
The sudden death this afternoon o
The Rev. John Jenklin Marker, o
Athens. Tenn. father-in-law of Johl
A. Patton, who died with equal sud
leness in Chicago three weeks age
shocekd the delegates. The Rev. MI
Manker had been editor OF the Meth
1dist Advocate Journal for twelv
years. and appeared before the bool
committee to argue against an at
tempt TO consolidate the publication
OF the State. The proposed consoli
dation included the Advocate Journal
and il is supposed the excitement wa
too much for Mr.. Manker, who wa
76 years old. He was addressing tn
committee at one OF the local churche
when in the midst Of a sentence. h
suddenly reeled and fell 10 the foo,
Death was attributed to heart failur,