The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1901, Page 2

FRANCISOCO CALL, FRIDAY, OUTOBER 18, 190 Rev. De. Huntington of SCENE OUTSIDE TRINITY WHEN THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH MARCHED IN PARADE TO CLOSING SERVICE. DEBATE FOLLOWS A PROPOSAL TO DIVIDE KANSAS DIOCESE Resolution Finally Prevails and New Missionary Dis- ~ trict Is Erected by the House of Bishops. a for adoption to the General Convention at ext triennial meeting in accordance with | Article II of the constitution,’ and provided further that nothing in this article shall be he opening of the afternoon on of the House of Dep- lutions thanking the ities resc press for its excellent reports | construed as restricting the authority of the nd to the Brothernood of St. | Bishope of this church to take such orlers &8 it 5SS Bk htee = | may be permitted by the canons of the Gen- for its courtesies to members of the convention ndrew th eral Convention for the use of special forms of worsh! were pass ““Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, B S e o at the | That it is ‘the sense of this convention that An announcement was made that the | Jtgi o, o0 o churon has the Tishit to take n’s Auxiliary would raise the sum | under his spiritual oversight any congregation « 90 to be devoted to a memorial to| of Christian people not in communion with the late Mrs. Twing. | this church that may desire him so to do, Rale Mrn. Twink and that it is the further sense of this con: Davenport read a number of vention that the use of th chureh. prayer is not obligatory book of common under such circum- their readin, nces; provided no such congregation shall s Angeles of- mitted into union with the diocesan con- L AREERS, 0F 1 it has been organized as parisn : M . 0. ¢ this church in accordance Chamber of Commerce and vestry and congregation of St. | James Church, Fresno, for the kind invi- with all c requirements and until it hag been duly certified that the book of com- mon prayer is the use of such congregation.” Rev. Dr. Fulton took the platform and said: ““There are three points in the report of the conference committee. In the first I fail to nything further than a stipulation that in Article X of the constitution de- s the Bishops of certain rights. this provosed amendment we have a n ‘two parts, one Of which is a be passage of the resolution | construction of the article. -Now the construc- tion this article by this convention is not worth the paper it is written on. It iz a mere exy ion of opinion. ““The third part of the report seems to me | to be most dangerous because it is in effect 3 | what every lawyer knows to be a dangerous incement was made that the dele- | thing—legislation by resolution. When legisla- om Connecticyt had voted to contrib- | tion is carried it ought to be in the form of Several deleghtes objected that the | a statute or in our own convention by canon.” was putting a pressure on_delegat: the rector, tation extended to attend the consecration of its church bod While the convertion as a cannot attend, it is hoped that indi- members will accept the invit as offered with the use Mow take cash g good’ the deficit of 25 3 presture on 4 | Mr. Saunders, a member of the committee P et hie resci tion ovet | on_conference, followed and gave a clear out- ng that his resolution con- | Jine of the pi 3 - { Voluntary personal contribg. | L€ of the DUrport of the proposed amend Bisconed Dr. Hopkins of Chicago was the next In part he said: bare majority for the speaker. Dow Dusiess. . 1t requind taaed ihat. being | "7 incerely hope this convention will mot passage ling 10 receive that was inst - | take action in this matter as it is not for * | church unity. I hope if will be defeated by this house because it does not meet the in- tention of the Lambeth platform. I do not think these two points have been brought out in the discussion of this case as clearly as they might be. I beg to remind this house that the Lambeth proposition was not ad- dressed to discontented individual congrega- tions. Jt was no such approach to sporadic cases of disgruntlement. It ‘was no such un- dignified premium upon the maintenanee of the division of Christendom.” The vote was taken on the resolutions sep- arately by orders and dloceses. The Arst pro- vailed by the following vote: Clerical—Ayes, 30; noes, 19; divided, 5. Lay—Ayes, 31; noes, 12; divided, 4. The second was defeated, receiving but 26 DR. HUNTINGTON IS [ VICTOR ONCE AGAIN committee of conference on the proposed enament to Article X of the constitution hat they had met the membeérs of ittee on the part of the House of nd had agreed to report to the house sption of the following resolution: Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Article X of the constitution be amended by adding thereto the following words ‘and that the same be sent to the secretary of the convention of every diocese to be made known o the diocesan convention at its next meeting affirmative votes from the clergy and 30 from the laity. A message was recelved from the House of Bishops notifying the deputies that it had adopted the report of the joint committee on conference on article 5 of the constitution. The deputies concurred in the message. A message was received from the House of Bishops informing the deputies that it had concurred in adopting the resolution contained in message No. 93, and had not concurred in adopting the second resolution in sald mes- sage, relating to ministers officiating in dio- ceses and districts other than those in which they are canonically resident. DR. HUNTINGTON WIiLL RESIGN LEADERSHIP At this point the Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York rose to a point of privilese and hav- ing secured the floor asked for a reconsidera- tion of the vote by which part of the report of the conference committee on his amend- ment to the constitution had been defeated. In addressing the house the reverend speaker created a sensation by announcing that he would resign the fight to secure spiritual over- glght for differing congregations to other ands Dr. Huntington spoke slowly and clearly, but it was noticed by all who were in the church that his voice trembled with emotion. After an adverse vote was taken on the motion to reconsider Dr. Huntington left the church and was not present to see his defeat turned into victory some moments later, when it was pointed out that parliamentary law did not allow a report of a conference committee to ba amended, and a subsequent vote resulted in favor of the adoption of the entire report of the committee. The speech in Which the Rev. Dr. Hunting- ton resigned his leadership in the fight he has waged for ten years is published in another column of this paper. Rey. Dr. Davenport proposed- a _vote of thanks to Major Willlam B. Hooper, chairman of the local committee, for his unwearied and efficlent labbrs for the comfort, convenience and entertalnment of the members of the con- vention. The motion was adopted with hearty unapimity. Major Hooper made a feeling and grateful speech of acknowledgkment. He also read the minutes of the first meeting of a Protestant Episcopal church in California. A_message was brought in from the House of Bishops at this moment that created a tan- gle that was only straightened by a vote by dfoceses and orders. The message stated that the Bishops had adopted the report of the committee on_conference, which was partly defeated by the deputies a half hour before, Mr. Randall of Maryland arose to a point of order that the House of Deputies could not Continued on Page Three. DEPUTIES END ‘ THE TRIENNIAL BIG GATHERING Continued From Page One. had four lines of railroads running nort east, south and west. That's my answer The ballot on the proposition to divide the dlocese was taken by orders and dio- ceses and carried by the following vote: Clerical—ayes 63, noes 4, divided 1; lay— ayes 42, noes 10. A message was recefved from the House of Bishops informing the deputies of the adoption of a resolution for the appoint- ment of a joint committee of two Bish- 9ps, two presbyters and two laymen with the 'board of managers to arrange an or- der of work for the next meeting of the Misslonary Council, and that the Bishops had appointed on the committee the Bish- op of Washington and the Bishop Coad- jutor of Connecticut. ~ On motion the deputies concurred. The House of Bishops notified the dep- uties by message of its concurrence in the resolution as to the discouragement of immorality, gambling and vice. Also of its concurrence in the request of the deputies for a committee on con- ference on the disagreement as to the ad- dition of certain causes to article X of the constitution and of fts having ap- pointed as its part of the committee of the Bishops of Massachusetts and Los Angeles and the Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Ohio. A third message was received from the House of Bishops notifying of the adop- tion of the following resolution: “Resolved, the House of Deputies con- curring, That the island of Cuba be con- stituted a_ foreign missionary district of this church. ‘“‘Resolved, That the presiding Bishop be authorized and requested to take un- der his jurisdiction the missionary _dis- tricts of Honolulu and of Cuba until Bish- ops may be chosen for the same respec- tively.” A discussion was then taken up on concurring with the House of Bishops relative to placing the Missionary District of Honolulu under the supervision of the Presiding Bishop. Chair- man Alsop of the committee on new dioceses explained to the convention that Bishop Willis of Honolulu would resign his post on April 1. Rev. Dr. Fulton took occasion to say that it was a matter of the first importance. He gave a history of the church in Honolulu. The housed voted to concur with the House of Bishops. Rev. Dr. Huntington made a motion to have his amendment takon from the calendar in crder that he might make a motion of similar import. Permission was granted and Dr. Hunt- ington said: “In view of the request on the part of the House of Bishops, they having ~graciously granted a committee of conference, that the first subject matter to be considered by it be the message referred to in the report just read, I offer as a substitute for the report of the committee on amendments to the constitution the followin, ‘‘ ‘Resolved, That message 43 from the House of Bishops relative to the use of the Book of Common Prayer be referred without prejudice to the committee of conference on the sub- o e BISHOPS EXPRESS PLEASURE AT REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS Thanks of Prelates Is Also Conveyed to Southern Pacific Company for Pleasant Trip. HE House of Bishops met yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock in the Sunday school | room of Trinity Church, when the prelates took part in the celebration of the holy com- munion, Bishop Tuttle of Mis- O e "% he Bishops resumed their business sessions and disposed of a large amount of routine business. The House of Bishops appointed the Bishops of Duluth and Vermont as a com- mittee to certify to the accepted changes in the canons of the Eplscopal church. A committee was also appointed to ar- range for the meetings of the Missionary Council previous to the convention of 1904 The Bishops of Washington and Connec: ticut were appointed on the committee. The House of Bishops concurred with ject of the amendment ‘of article 10 of the constitution, passed by this house, but not concurred in by -the House of Bishops. The motlon was adopted. SR The next item on the calendar was No. 16, on ‘“‘Memorfals of the convocations of foreign churches,” presented by Rev. Dr. Nevin of Rome. The latter asked a suspension of the rules in order to bring up No. 25, un conjunc- tion with .the first item. Permission being granted, Dr. Nevin offered the following reso- lutions, which were adopted: ‘“‘Resolved, That the House of Deputies con- curs in message 45 continuing the joint commis- sion to consider the memorials of the foreign churches until the next convention and the president be empowered to fill the vecancies in_that body. “Resolved, That the memorials of the convo- cation of the churches in Europe be referred to the said committee for report to the convention in_1904." The house next took from the calendar the report of the. committee on new dicceses on the petition of the dlocese of Springfleld to be allowed to cede a portion of its territory to the general church. The minority of the commit- tee was allowed the courtesy of filing its r ort. P&y Delegate Bluford Wilson of Springfleld spoke in support of the minarity report, which Was In favor of the proposed cession. He told of the circumstances of the diocese and its territory, population and other features, and in a general way repeated many of the argu- ments made a few minutes before by various members in support of the proposed division of Kansas, Rev. Dr. Greer of New York followed and said he was in hearty sympathy with the memorial, but one practical aspect that con- fronted the deputles was a deficit of §100,000. the House of Deputies in the resolution | to make the island of Cuba a foreign mis- | sionary distriet. The presiding Bishop was asked to take the new district under | his charge until he shz | op of Porto Rico to have oversight. | The Bishops confirmed tie election of the Rev. Dr. Cameron Mann of West Mis- souri as Bishop of the missionary district | of North Dakota. The House of Bishops concurred with the House of Deputies in the resolution providing for the cession of the western | part of the diocese of Kansas to become | a misstonary district. The Bishops decided | to ereet the district into a missionary dis- trict, to be known as the Missionary Dis- i trict of Salina. The presiding Bishop was | requested to take the new district under his charge. The House of Bishops unanimously adopted the following resolution: “This convention,”” he said, ‘has created six new missionary districts, making an additional chagge against its fund of 318,000 for the sup- port of the Missionary Bishops, $500 more in each case for traveling expenses. A fixed charge It has created of §21,000; yet there is a deficit of §100,000. I ask, gentlemen of the con- vention, is that business—is it good business?" During the discussion a message was re- ceived from the House of Bishops informing the deputies that it had adopted a resolution ‘Eranting the request of the diocese of Spring- field. Dr. Short made a motion to have th ties coneur in the foregoing message. matter was under discussion the motion was withdrawn. Dr. Short spoke in favor of the resolution. Rev. Dr. Clampett was the next speaker. delivered an eloquent speech in favor of aid- ing Springfield. Mr. Thomas followed and took umbrage at the remark made by cne of the speakers that the Board of Missions was composed of a set of dilletantes, who lived in a clubhouse in New York. Mr. Thomas said his worst enemy would not call him a dilletante. He stated he did not know what the word meant, but he was not that. He sald the State of Illinois was rich enough to provide for Bishops, coad. jutor and divisions of dioceses. fore opposed to the concurrence in the mes- sage of the House of Bishops, It being the hour of adjournment, Rev. Dr. Fuiton made a motion to have the session 8x- tended in order to have a vote taken on the subject. The Bishops notified the house by message of thelr non-concurrence with the deputice resolution proposing to amend article 5 of the constitution and requesting a committee o conference on the subject, the Bishops havine apointed as their part of the conference com 1 appoint the Bish- | He | He was there- | ‘That the thanks of this house be con- veyed to the press of San Francisco for the very marked courtesy shown to this | convention by its reports throughout its session.”™ | The house then adjourned until 3 p. m. | _The afternoon session of the House of Bishops was spent in the discussion of the | report _of the conference committes ap- | pointed on the resotutiond of the Rev. Dr. | Huntington of New York to allow a Bish- op to have spiritual oversight of differ- |ing congregations, when such congrega- | tions have complied with certain condi- | tions laid down. The Bishops discussed the matter for | two hours and finally decided to accept the resolution of Dr. Huntington to amend the constitution. A number of minor matters were disposed of by the prelates during the afternoon and at § p. m. the house then adjourned. BT s 2 o e e e t, ) | mittee the Bishops of Maryland, Western Texas and Laramie. The deputies concurred and the sident appointed on the committee Rev. Dr. gar and Deputies Saunders of Massachusetts nd Stetson of New York. s s were received from the House of s as follows: Informing of its concurrence with the depu- ties' resolution as to the publication of the Teports of the joint committee on change of name; also cofcurrence as to printing mar- ginal readings marked “C’ in an appendix to | the edition which they are to print; also con- currence in continuing the joint commissions and committees and that the chairman had been authorized to fill all vacancies occurring in its part of sald committees and commis- sions. A vote was then taken by orders and dioceses and resulted in the defeat of the motlc y | the foilowing vote: Ayes. Noes, Div % 0 A message from the House of Bishops Clerical . Lay ... | formed the deputies that the former had adopt- | ed a resolution that a see be erected in the ’ western part of Kansas, and that it be known as the distriet of Salina. The House of Deputies comcurred in a reso- | lution permitting the House of Bishops to | nominate a missionary Bishop for that dis- trict between sessions, Mr. Stetson of New York submitted a num- ber of resolutions thanking Rev. Dr. Lindsay the wardens of the ehurch, commitiee ception, people of San Francisco, Judge i | ness, i Mr. Packard of Maryland, the rector of Trin | ity, the choir, organist and many others fo: | their services' to the convention. They were l adopted. An adjournment was then taken untfl 3:30 » m -