Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-24
EDITORS CHOSEN FOR
METHODIST PAPERS
Sn;r;ted Election at the General
Conference Session in Des
Moines.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening

DEs MONIES, IA, May y.
The General Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church has elected the
following editors of church papers:
Christian Advocate-James X. JOY,
New York City.
California Christian Advocate-F. Nj.
I.arin. San Francisco.
Central Christian Advocate-C. Il.
Spencer. Kansas City, Mo.
Methodist Advocate Journal. VI.
NIelcar. Chattanooga, Tenn
Northwestern Christian Advocate
T.. II. Soaring. Chicago,
Pacific Christian Advocate-E Lard
Mills, Portland, Oregon.
Pittsburg Christian Advocate. >.
Wallace, Pittsburg
Western Christian Advocate =.
Warning, Cincinnati, Q.
Epworth Herald-Dan B. Brunch,
SUNDAY School Periodicals II. ii.
Meyer, Chicago.
The ballot showed contest for editor
ship for the Methodist Review and South
western Christian Advocate and another
ballot was taken.
Rev. Carlisle l.. Hubbard of Whining
ton is at the seat Of the conference,
Reports FIVE, seven and eight OF the
Episcopal committee have been adopted.
Number five was a reply to memorials
asking that the appointive power OF the
bishops be placed in the hands of Il ma
jorty of the district superntendents.
The committee recommended non-con-
currence, which was adopted without
debate.
No term of wears for bishops'was grant
ed under report number seven which also
was adOpted without debate.
The theory that a bishop when ne
retired should retire within his own annual
conference and become a conference
claimant and share with the rest Of the
ministers in the fund, was not adopted
by the committee in report number eight
Central conferences IN Southeastern
Asia, Latin America and South Africa
were ordered stablished through the
adoption of three reports from the commit
tee on foreign missions.
\ member IN good standing in the
Methodist Episcopal Church IS ono
against whom there Is no formulated
complaint or charge and minister has
no right 10 withhold certificate Of MEM
hership unless such complaint or charge
has been filed or the minister has knowledge
that such Is to be filed, IS the opinion
of the judiciary committee and its re-
port was adopted.
Rapid progress in the election Of board
secretaries was made. when the frst
ballot filed every office. Two Of the pub
fishing agents for the Methodist Book
concern were also chosen on the first
ballot. leaving but one place to be hlled.
4 second ballot was taken, with II. i.
Jacobs of Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence leading the various candidates ior
this office but 81 short Of election. the
board elections resulted as follows
Board Of Foreign Missions, secretaries,
+. NJ. North and 5. Earl Taylor.
Board of Home Missions, secretary.
D. d. Forsyth.
Board Of Education. secretary, \. "
Harris.
Board Of Sunday schools secretary,
" ;. Bayard.
Board OF Conference Claimants, sec
retary, J. B. Hingeley.
Board OF Epworth League, secretary,
G. +. Guthrie
Freedmen's Aid Society. secretaries.
p ]. Alaveety and / Garland Penn.
J. H. Race and E. r. Graham, present
publishing agents Of the Methodist Book
Concern, were reelected on the t1rst
ballot. The second ballot showed Il. L.
Jacobs lacking 81 votes from being elected.
NEW B,sHo rs coNsEcRATEn.
The II new bishops were consecrated
Yesterday, with impressive ceremony.
in the great auditorium Of thee Coliselun.
Al the close Of the ordination ceremonies
All of the 43 bishops present with Their
families went to the First Methodist
Episcopal Church wherethere was 8 private
celebration Of the holy communion.
The residence of the bishops old and
new will be determined by the committee
today and announced to the general
conference tomorrow. Great interest cen
ters in that announcement owing 10 the
fact that about fourteen Of the bishops
will be sent to foreign fields and no one
can guess at this time the names Of at
least eleven Of these men.
The first theological discussion Of the
whole session took place on Saturday
afternoon. 1t was a hot one. It arose
over the legaiitvof the question, which