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Show INSURGENCY IN M. E. CHURCH CONFERENCE "Standpatters" Want Few Bishops Retired While Iniurnents Urge Retirement Re-tirement of Large Number. Minneapolis, May 10. Two leading questions before the quadrennial conference con-ference of the M. 13. church, which Id In session here, probably will bo decided de-cided lato today when meetings of the episcopacy come and tho commlueo which Is deciding the fato ot the famous "paragraph 2C0" of tho church discipline will be held. The latter paragraph deals with tho amusement question. In tho last week tho episcopacy committee," com-mittee," which practically decides tho high elective positions ot tho church In that It names tho number of bishops to bo chosen, has been holding hold-ing executive sessions. At u meeting Wednesday night which lasted until early Thursday morning, It Is suld tho committee was deadlocked on the number of bishops that should bo retired re-tired ut the nresent session, 'atani' patters", In tho organization, it Is said, favoring tho retirement of only a few, while the "lnBiirgpnts", urged the retirement of a large number. At an unannounced meeting held yeeterday, it is said, practically It was decided that but one bishop should i:c retired and that only tour should be elected and one of these may be a missionary bishop. There are approximately approxi-mately 200 candidates for bisho,). Four bishops havo died since tho conference con-ference at Baltimore and If this plan is followed the church will have one lesi bishop than four years ago. If tbe committee report is completed complet-ed at tho meeting tonight it probably will bo presented to the conference tomorrow and balloting on Bishops will be begun Monday or Tuesday. |