The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1901, Page 1

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t _VOLUME XC-NO. 139, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OOTOBER 17, 1901. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. EPISCOPAL CONVENTION CLOSES THIS EVENING WHEN PAST ORAL LETTER IS TO BE DELIVERED REVEREND DR. CAMERON MANN IS ELECTED TO A BISHOPRIC Question of Courts of Appeal Is Not Acted Upon, Owing to Nearness of Adjournment. HE “House of Deputies assem- | stitution would allow the missionary dele- | offered up by the entire congregation, led by rning and proceeded at once ss of the daj r the reading of the min- utes of the previous day, they nt announced e orders of the com- Reformed the romptly at 10 yesterday | gates to vote. 1hey had not been dis- | the reverend chairman, previous to the reading franchised, as had been stated. The right | of the report. The Rev. Mr. De Rousset, chair- of representation of the delegates was ‘ man of the comum!ittee, then read the report, the simflar to those of residents in the Terri- | *fire convention standing. : torles of the United States. He hobed | pan sns sy oy oo following clerey- that the districts Would do au In their | o o e o PULEE Of the church had died In the last three yenn power to become self-supporting and thus | - be changed into dioceses. i Continued on 1"’~E~ Five. Episcopal Drs. Carey of Al- o TR A g constity Rev. Dr. Hick to striking from ords “Protestant tion of Mr. Ma to pre g the nstitution tter of Mr, to relative The report fon of the commit- ed with the Bish- » N 40, relative to the f article 1, section 2, 1 of the second line rising there: ne. The house con- ment® ed, and the from™ in t curred in adc The committ bouse voted the amen ll!e constitu g the rigt w Bishop his district is e report of S to the con- the 2 mis- districts the right to vote In the . except the right to The committee recom- of the report. New Mexico earnest plea for the adoption of nt. He urged that many were larger and and therefore presentation in the of cts Long Island opposed the reason that the were not really part hurch and the different. The part of the were vas composec led attention | tion of one i thought the mis- perfect right to Convention. | esota opposed ‘ id it had alwaysl en brought up. He hirk that the canons and con- nvention only recog- | Deputy Evans of Pennsylvania felt con- | strained to vote against the measure, and | thought the missionary districts had no | | re right to vote than did the Territo- | ited States in Congress. CANON DENOUNCED AS UNJUST ries of th i1 The Rev. Mr. Martin of Texas pleaded | [ for representation of the missionary dis- | ‘ ricts. The ac. of voting possessed by the dioceses was a bribe held out by the dio- | ‘ es to induce the clergy to leave the | missionary fleld and accept a charge in | | v diocese, he sald. What would have been | | thought If St. Paul in returning to Jeru | atern had been told he had no right 10 | seeiee — talk in the general convention of the because he was “only a mission ary”? the speaker asked, The Rev. Dr. Winchester of Missourl argued arnestly for the rights of the missionaries to representation In tha conve that | they constituted a large part of the clerical | representation of the church ion, saying 1t was nothing but an aat of Justioe that they shauid be stves | Episcopal Church of the United States will terminate. representation in this body, he sa ek 5 ; s f ( i B e A ot Deahan ,,Imh“ This morning the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will assemble at ro in argued on the same side, saying: ‘‘Many of | Trinity Church, holding separate meetings, for the dispaich of business. us were originally in dioceses, and for the | Both o il jt . advantage of the church misslonary urisdic- | oth houses will adjourn at 1 p. m. and meet agam at 2:30 p. m., when the fmal work of tions were formed aut of thote dioceses Is | the convention will take place. it falr or just that we should be disfranchised | because we happen to be carved out of exist- ing dioceses? I look upon it as an act of In- | | e and I ask you to right this matter. The Rev. Dr. Penrick made a vigorous piea on the same side, saying: ‘T happen to know of my own personal knowledge that the dis- of missionary dlstricts is keeping | | out of the missionary fleld th stalwart | men of the church, the only men worth stand- 1 ing-room in the field, the only men who can ever make it other than missionary. Human nature being what it is men of brain and Bishop Dudley of Kentucky. franch strong, EPISCOPAL CONVENTION ENDS TO-DAY ITH the sessions to be held this morning and afternoon the Gemeral Convention of the At 5 p.m. the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will asscmbh’ in Trinity Church, awhen service will be held and the pastoral letter wwill be read. Bishop, Tuitle of Missouri will conduct the service,‘and the pastoral letter will be delivered by The Bishops will wear their robes of office and march in procession from the wvestr y-room | | of Trinity Church along Bush street to the main doors of the edifice on Gough street. The servire will be similar to the one held at the opening of the present convention. brawn will not hasten to be shorn of thelr | right of suffrage, a pight which is vouchsafed | to the weakest dlocese in this land. They will Dot basten to submit to an unwarrantable, un- just, unressonable, senseless discrimination, and bence our miesionary Bishops cry in vain, cry til] they are sore of throat and sick of heart f0r the manly thought necessary for the | winning of their hard fields, but the men come Dot The debate was continued at length, Delegate | W. H. Lightner of Minnesota speaking against Dre Baker of New v, Evans of Pennsylvania and Martin of | w Mexico in favor of it. A vote by orders was taken on the proposed | amendment to allow the missionary districts the right to vote in the Genmeral Convention, except when votes were taken by orders. The amendment was adopted by the following vote: Clerical. Lay. the measure and the Rey 3 ESTERDAY'S proceedings of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church were impor- tant because of the amount of business transacted by the Ayes La 34 House of Blshops and the House Noes 15 16 | of Deputfes. Divided 5 1 The House of Deputies accepted a roso- lution, after a debate, which provides that missionary districts shall have the right to vote in the conventions of the church, TRIBUTE TO DEAD mm The report of the commjttes on memorials of deceased members was received., praver being except when votes are taken by clerical and lay orders. The house also accepted the nomination by the upper house of the Rev. Dr. Cameron Mann of West Missouri as Bishop of North Dakota. An impressive scene was witnessed in the House of Deputies when the memorial on deceased members was read. The en- tire gathering knelt in prayer, previous to reading of the memorial, a solemn Invoca- tion being delivered by the Rev. Dr. Lind- | ! — DEPUTIES HONOR THE MEMORY | OF THEIR DECEASED BROTHERS ‘Much Work Is Done During Closing Hours by Pre- % lates, Clergy and Laymen. say, chairman of the house. During the reading of - the' names of the deceased members the deputles stood. The cere- mony was brief but was deeply Impres- sive. “The house allowed the committee on courts of appeal to continue its work un- til the next convention, there-not.being sufficient time in which to take up this important subject. % The deputies also discussed the pzoposal [ = | PRE 'Vote of Thanks introduced by Bishop and adopted by a ristng vote: The Bishops, separating after this s the house as part of the General ¢ | of the churen, but marked by exceptional attendance and by the accomplishment of an unususl amount of work, take this mothod of expressing to thelr brother, the Bishop of California, thelr loving appreoiation of the warm generosity of which ho has boeen the instrument and the inspira- ton, The Bishops add to this the expression of | thetr admiration for the power and pertactness | of the provisions which havo made so effeotive, | not merely the accommodation and conventence of the Biehops, but the missionary meetings, noticcably the meeting i the Mechanics' Pa- vilion, the conduct of which must stand con- #picuous among the great missionary gather- | ings of this church for Impressiveness and in- | Muer.ce. A yote of thanks was also given the of Albany lon of nvention which has been brief In time, | ful excursion on the bay. The Bishops concurred with. the House | of Deputies on the amendment to the con- | stitution providing for deputies from mis- slonary districts. The amendment to the constitution re- | garding the election of a presiding Bishop as received from the House of Deputles | | was found to have a clerical error and a for a joint commission to confer on the change of name of the church and the gmmission will be appointed to-day. The House of Bishops and the House of Deputies concurred in the selection of the new board of managers for the Board of Missions. Despite the victory won on Tuesday by the Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York in securing a favorable vote in the House of Meputies for an amendment to the con- stitution to allow a Bishop to give spirit- | ual . oversight to congregations not in union ‘ with- the Episcopal Church the House of Bishops yesterday refused to concur in the measure. A conference com- mittee will be asked for by Dr. Huntlux- ton 'to consider the subject. The House of Bishops expressed its ad- mass-meeting held in the Mechanics’ Pa- vilion and the general reception accorded the members of the convention and tgn- dered a vote of appreciation to Bishop Nichols of California. LATES PLEASED WITH RECEPTION | Southern Pacific Company for the delight- | miration -for the remarkable missionary | Is Tendered to Bishiop of California. T its session yesterday after- | committee of conference was appointed to noon the House of Bishops | cr the mistalke took occasion to show its ap- | The Hunt mendment was taken preciation to the Right Rev. | up by the 3 11 A to pass, It William Ford Nichols, Bishop | was an amendment to article X of the of California, for the courte- [ constitution and provided for the spiritual sles extended to its members. | oversight by a Bishop of differing congre- The following resolution of thanks was | gations mot in unton with the Bpiscopal | chureh | At the request of the Right Rev. Dr. Kinsolving, who Is known as the Bishop in Brazfl, his title was changed to the | B ishop of Southern Braail. [ s House of Bishops also agreed to | appoint & commission to meét with de- nominations with a view toward securing uniform laws on marriage and divorce, The Bishops of Albany, condjutor of Rhode pointed. Tho following Bishops, presbyters and laymen were appointed a board of man- | agers of the Domestic and Forelgn Mis- | stonary Boclety: The Right Reverends Doane, Whitaker, Niles, !Dudla)‘, Scarborough, Seymour, Potkerin, Pot- | ter, Worthington, Talbot, Gaylor, BSatterles, | Brewster, McVicker and Whitehead. The Reverends Hugens A. Hoffman, J. H. | Becleston, George W. Smith, Wy R. Hunt- ington, Octavius Applegate, David L. Greer, Willlam H. Talbot, Henry Anstice, George Me- “Fisk, e F. Alsop, James de W. Reny, Henry W. Nelson, Rudolph H. McKim, Ernest M. Stives and Edwin S. Sims. Meesrs. Willlam G. Low, Jullan T.' Davis, Alfred Mills, Gordon King, Elihu Chauncy, Henry L. Morris, George C. Thomas, Arthur Ryerson, James J. Goodwin, Berton Mansfleld, | John J. Thompson, Altred T. Mahan, Rath- | bone Gardner, Georgs 'W. Pepper and William R. Butler. Maryland and the Island were ap- BISHOP WEED AND WIFE TENDERED A RECEFTION Mrs. E R. Ellis Entertains the Bmi- nent Prelate at Her Residence on Sacramento Street. A reception was tendered Bishop Weed | of Florida and his wife by Mrs. E. R. | Elts 1ast night at her residence, 2716 Sac- ramento street. Mrs. Ellis also came from | Florida and while sojourning in that State was numbered among the friends of the | Bishop and his wife. Although the recep- tion was entirely informal an enjoyable | time was had by all present. The evening | was passed in soclal converse and vocal | and instrumental music. | There were between sixty and seventy guests present to greet Bishop Weed and | his wife and among the number were many distinguished prelates. Among these who attended the reception were: The | Bishop of Georgia, Rt. Rev. Bishop Hor- | ner of North Carolina, Rt. Rev. Bishop | White of Michigan City, Dr. Winchester | of St. Louis and Dr. Knight of Tennessee.

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