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He was then permitted to proceed and In continues
ton said ne submitted to the convention As good ot-
sions Of two conventions which have already settled
this question namely, that there Vacancy He
which does declare there is vacancy, but ON the
contrary affrms that there Is not How, then, oAn
,Ssy 10 ss' there q
ferred to- that legislatures do sometimes allow irregu
lar electons but 1t must be remember that pri-
vate rights are involved In those and therefore
they are not In point contend, shen that act OF
this or any Subsequent convention can remedy the
defect under which this convention iabors. Mr..
Spencer then To eIred to the special Conventions
called In Utica and In this city in 1888 He said the
meeting in this city an Adjournment Of the
ton held at Utica and il was called Nv the then Riho
Of the diocess therefor IL is not precedent the
present one Mr. apsne r then sat down.
Doctor VsroS rose, and aid that he was net sorry
that the gentleman from Albany had mooted the
authority of the Standing COMMITTEES.
MIR BETTs. lay delegste to order. lie said he
moved TO adjourn. and his motion seconded The
Rev. gentleman then gevs way, and he (ar Bette,
his (ths speaker's) motion for adjournment.
The CHAm decided that DIR. vinton was in order
DIT. vIsTos aasn;Fose, and said the remark. Of the
yes,ed that hs was happy that the gentleman had
discussed It, and II this convention will elect assis
tant bishop they will do IL In defiance Of the learned
g,ntemans srgum ents and decide that the Standing
Committee OF this doces right In the steps they
have taken. Many OF the honorable gentleman's ar
guments grow out Of the habitual disposition which
be has 10 treat ecclesiastical conventions In the same
in whish he treats political bodies. The Rev.
be Standing Committee, and referred to the 10Th
canon, which gave such power to the Standing Com
nttes, In the event OF vacancy in the diocsss TO
provide Tor all its necessities and commended that the
whole power OF the bishop was lodged In the commit
tee lie also commended that the term "dsci pline,"
as understood by the clergy, the proper UNDER
standing Of IL, and that the COMMITTEES was clothsd
with full power OF discipline to the full ex-
extent Of the Bishop except in three cases which
cepted to he exercised by the clerical IN I'M
bers alone. He then discuss the canon tor
the election Of provi,oual bishop, aud oontended
that 1t restricted 90 this diocess alone aud
could apply to any other uIucss5, beCHuBe II
prsssly made to elect n provisional bishop for this
diocebs, leaving 10 to our discretion 20 it
or mot. lie then vent to argue that this conven-
uou did not elect q bishop This convention only
nomipst's person to the committees OF the church,
who sends his name to the House Of Bishops, and
then he is not elected He has afterwards to be
ooDsecrated and until this ordeal is gone through he
Is not elected bishop. The Rev gentleman then
ferred 10 the arguments Of the Stan ding Com mitee
which were. In themselves, reply to the rem Arks
OF the gentleman from Albany.
After ssme remarks from Mr. Bgrrs, the delegate
from Newburgh, the question on Mr.. Spencers reso-
luton taken by order, and decided in the
gative. as follows
CLERICAL. Lay.
Ayes. .............17 Ayes. parishes 10
Itwss then moved and seconded, that the convsn-
tion adjourn 10 ten o'clock to morrow (hs morning.,
and then proceed 10 elect a bishop.