Show THE METHODIST exciting election of bal 4 lois cast without result cleveland ohio may 15 the interest in the M E conference centered in the election of bishops eshop fitzgerald presided the floor wag cleared of all delegates while the bal lota were being counted the regular business waa taken up dr J N fradenburgh of the erie conference presented a resolution which recited that as doubt exists regarding the constitutionality of the restriction of popular amusements the committee on judiciary should be requested to present a report on that point the resolution was adopted the elret ballot for bishops resulted in no choice there are fifty candidates the vote was as J W E bowen colored 0 0 mccabe earl cranston JW hamil ton dr buckley 72 one of the most interesting thinea in connection with the first ballot was the extraordinary lead obtained by the col ored candidate dr bowen the vote was certainly a eur prise to choso who do not wish a colored bishop the second ballot swept chaplain to the head of the field and added twenty eight to dr bowana figures thus making the probabilities appear to be mccaba and bowen tho votes were 0 0 mccabe J W E bowen earl cranston J W hamilton H A bultz ag T B neely 45 J B aday 27 J F goncher 26 0 W smith 21 S F upham 19 there being no election a third ballot was taken and the tellers instructed to report after tho reading of the journal tomorrow morning the conference then adjourned |