The biggest leadership issue back in the 1890's had some similarities to Korah's revolt.
Moses was God's prophet. God spoke to Moses and Moses relayed the messages to the people.
In the 1890's Ellen White was God's prophet, but during that time several prominent leading figures started to cast doubts upon her prophetic gift.
The crisis years weren't just about theology, they involved a challenge against the prophetic gift as well. In fact one of the reasons EGW was sent to Australia (where she worked for several years) was because the "brethren" wanted her gone.
Has this changed?
Or is there still open revolt against God's last day prophet?