| Show BIG Sf SENSATION SATI AMO b MfT Bp HP It U It Day Da Eighth and anu Last Bishop Elected Re Hc Resigns Resigns signs ALL COMPLETELY SURPRISED An n Unhappy Incident Was Largely the time Cause Granted Permission to Kc Re Retire tire to Syracuse c Is Js Angeles Cal May 23 James It n Day the tie eighth and last In t bishop elected by by the tho episcopal board hod by b the he present Methodist general con conference conference ference resigned hla hit hii place upon that hut board thin hits lil morning und Uld naked asked i alon Ilon lon of oC the conference to retire from further attendance th resignation of or Bishop Day fur CUI furnished furnished the tho most moot profound sensation of ot the Conference tItus thus far It I canto as IS a 1 i complete surprise to 10 every one Ile a u 1 tots few friends with wih whom he lie had consult consulted consul ed regarding his hla determination and huts hil statement which preceded his tile action nUon wits wan Wil listened to by tim b the delegates nail crowded od galleries s with Intense Interest When Font Foes who Whit was tillS IS Ing I ni n asked time the conference to hem heat a 1 statement from from Il Day as os a n matter of at personal privilege the lie ni appeared to tl divine that some something lomp thing out Olt of the lie usual order was 11 about to happen and Immediately grunted granted d Dr Day who d DIY n mu 1 seat scot among the time bishops on 01 the Ibo ho platform came to 10 the tho hue front of ot the tho stage and In him Ina II hima a 1 tense temise and Impressive tone ot 01 gan his hil statement DH IR DAYS DAYI STATEMENT I do not believe said Dr Or Dy lint any II man lan In this conference will wi charge me with wih disloyalty nl to my amy IY conscience and to my lY God GOll 1 that every everyone one mile OlO wilt will wi concede that lint I am 01 actuated by ly honest homiest motives and amid that 1 I am tuu fulfilling dul In Iii time tho action I 1 my amy I duty taking Illon am nl am about to 10 take Ilke I 1 h to make It clear that there has been beon no 10 coercion by Ity b tho lie board of or of or my university and all that t hi ii t material iii ti t cnn i t do not In i it any ni way tiny In enter Into lute this IhlA matter 1 I um cia acting solely on the tho dictates s of my m con conscience COl science 11 mind have arrived nt at lt a tu 1 conclusion don sion only after oter two of ot earnest and prayerful consideration lon during which n time hue I 1 have hl vo left lof my jay room only 01 fur for my icy meals macala and did not seek cek time tho advice or counsel coun el pf any of o my 1 friends until I had hu fully uly made mado up my mind Dr Day then read n a formal rOlla document 11 to 10 the thu addressed 0 general conference his lila an mis 11 bishop elect of the Methodist church After thanking the tue conference for tor its Ita Ii In Iii hearing hid ImI prefatory kB he said Ind In part Ills JUS 18 When hen I came caine to this oilS general confer conference cOlte conference ence I 11 told by some of my may friends that lint I would bo be voted soLed for tor amid ond possibly elected nt nE a n member mol 1 of ot the tIme episcopal Jo board I 1 determined to keep ko p my icy mind open on lit al the lie subject and amid Ild nt ot no 10 time i cached a 1 conclusion ns as ni to 10 my mily I duty In Inthe time the matter until titter after tho the third hunt ballot I I 1 then felt tl at ot liberty to withdraw my may I name celtic ale and amut 1111 did MO so o In I a spite of ot this thil my mimy lY I friends kept my lily name before time tho con lon frence mind amI when on 01 Saturday morn morning most unhappy Incident occurred lug leg a 1 I os n to sro see votes going to me 10 1 I wished then Ihen to 10 tomake make Ilke public a withdrawal ui of my Iny iii y name 1111 nit inc hut but was WaR earnestly besought by h my icy friends not to 10 do so EO Shire my 1 election I 1 have thought of nothing but hit my icy IY duty to tim the church of ot which you 01 art aro nr the tho representatives I nm omit not nol Influenced by b material considerations hero are ne lell factors In II my problem 1 I must mu t return to the Iho work ork of ot Christian education I 1 do not feel myself called l r to 10 take mike up ill 11 Ito tho work of ot a 0 bishop I hereby tender my icy I resignation nation Inton of tho the olce of at bishop and IHk the confidence of ot this general confer conference ence elce A OP OF There Won Wan aR a murmur of ot surprise tho the delegates which uns WIS stilled In n a moment by b the voice of at Dr J M I Buckley Huckle seeking recognition of oC tho the chair Dr began by hr rending the tho paragraph In n a statement to the lie conference e by Dr Iny DI on lat concerning a newspaper nr ar 11 artick tick which had h I to with wih nn on alleged altercation between Dr Dr Day Da anti and Pi Prof of Alexander Hoddle ns as 01 follows ellens I stand upon those principles nut ut I did not after aCter having given you 01 title this Incident ft after ft or having appealed to your our kindness and cur I nm om amnot not capable ot of permitting you 01 to vote voto for or me mo for tor tho the episcopal olce I most certainly would not havo have any ono one In h time tho remotest hint or thought bought feel fed that 1 I would ur any such Buch Incident to pro promote iro mote myself to that lint high Dr stated that ho humid had hail lma hn no n conversation with OrVI until Sun Hun day evening oven In then had bats endeavored In every way WiY to Induce him to abandon his hil determination to resign resI nut flut saul said Dr Ir when I a aman man puts his action upon his and duty to lad argument Is futile and nent neat If It Insisted upon becomes Impertinent 1111 rl Dr then quoted n a 1 paragraph of ot tic tho IJ to slain show sho that Dr Day was Wil not desiring tho ho office OrCQ of bishop but only tho eligibility to that as 1 he h had hEr ha not lot yet el bo bel besim n consecrated He Ott II 1 that t time the conference had bath a 1 per feet right to 10 nullify the ii I net act of hi his elec sloe thou mill that was 11 I In iii the thA caso of or Snow SIO who re resigned 10 resIgned signed Igner after hil electon election nt at the general conference ot Ho Ito 10 moved that Dr Days lon be lie accepted The i wad cile 11 put without debate and an I iI WIS corrie carried en Dr Burklo thereupon moved time that t L the th conference proceed to ballot t for tor a n I LI bIshop hilon to tv sic the Ih Ir Dr Pay Day D y In ii I older ceder to carry cury out nut olt the Ih lm t tor ot or the th eight I now neus nel Dr Wi m ved ns its 1 r i substitute for or this hits motion motol thud that the further cruise election of ot genera superintendents b bis Indefinitely postponed Till hue was urns WI d antI and Is taken to mean menn that hut timers there will 11 be hE no 10 more superintendents chosen by b the time present confer canCer diet ence Dr Pr J S R Ii I Day lay asked askel permission of the th conference to tl retire to hue his hil horn ham At nt R Syracuse t and Ild it tirl this nas 11 promptly grunt grant ed cd The vote ote for or threw three missionary bishops was wal announced this morning anti and re resulted rl as nl follows For Par Africa It HIV Ite v I J In Jn III n II Scott 1001 for or southern Asia Ala William P 1 Oldham and Ind John K B I Th The fhe this morning rescind rescinded ed sit 11 Its 11 action of itt o Saturday by hy the representatives thI of or n 1 i local newspaper Wort pre trout from privileges It I also fixed Thursday evening renn May ln 25 20 ns mis ni the Iho tine time tom for to consecrating new no bish bishops oils ops The Thir hl remainder of or the days lies ses session sion sian was II taken tip till 11 In iii II memorial services In tn honor of if hosi bishops who han died I 1 ii ii mm g the timo II lii s t ad iii |
