Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-07-02

to allow the Laity time to consider, which
was carried, and the Convention adjourned
until 9 o'clock tomorrow (this) morning:
SECOND DAY-MoES1Ne SESSION.
THURSDAY, June 80, 1859.
The Convention assembled at the hour
liked at adjournment yesterday, and the Reli-
glous Exercises customary were gone through
with, when the Convention took up the regu-
lar business of the day. -.la ~. .. ne -
The Committee on Lay Delegates reported
the following Lay Delegates;
~. Johns, Minnetenka-Geo. Henley.
Aoty Coaamsunoa, st. Peter-Edward VAIN.
wright.
= Chr'sts, Red Wing-Warren Bristol.
Gr0ee sauk Rapids-Ed O. Hamlin, Geo. "
Sweet
The special order of the hour, viz the elec-
ton of Bishop, was taken up.
Z Quite lively debate ensued on the point
Shall the election be had by Parishes or by
Orders ? which was participated in by quite
number of members,
Finally, motion by Harwood Iglehart,
Esq, that without raising the question at
the present time as to whether the vote of
the Convention be taken per capita or by Par
ishes' the lay vote be now taken by Parishes"
was negatived. "
The original motion, that in the election the
Laity vote per capita, and not by Parishes
was taken up, and again debated, but with
drawn, and the question of the approval of
the nomination (by the Laity) was put to
them, and the vote taken by ballot.
The result was announced-votes 21, of
which there were II nays, and ten yeas.
So the nomination made by the Clergy was
rejected. F.-sr. 80 - a.
The Rt. Rev. the President, called upon
the Clergy to make another nomination.
motion to adjourn to two o'clock was
negatived, and motion to take recess of
twenty minutes met the same fate.
The ballot by the Clergy was then gone into,
and resulted as follows: .
Whole number of ballots, ls,-For Rev, Jno. I.
Tucker, DID,, II; And. B. Patterson, DID,, 6;
DR.. Whipple, 1.
Whereupon, DR.. Tucker was declared re-
nominated to the Laity, and the Lay votes
demanded on the approval or disapproval
The vote was then taken, and the result
| appeared as follows: Whole number of votes.
81; necessary to choice, II; yeas 10,
| nays IL. s@'
SO the nomination was declared again re-
Jected, and amid some excitement, the Con-
vention resolved to take recess until half
past two o'clock, .....
Art. x of the Constitution of the Diocese
provides ''that if the Laity twice reject the
nomination of the same Presbyter, it shall
not be competent to again nominate him.
i AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention assembled at two and :.
half o'clock, and after reading the mornings
Journal, proceeded to business.
The business before the Convention being
the nomination BY the Clergy of a Bishop; Oh
motion, the Clergy retired, to confer together,
and business was suspended until their re-!
entrance. -
| After being absent nearly an hour, they
re-entered, and their nomination was again
made by ballot. 1t was announced as fol.
lows:
Whole number of votes, 1s-For Rev. DR.. Pat.
terson, 4, Rev. Henry B, whipple, "A.
! Rev. Il. b. Whipple. Of Chicaon .- (,
l.. -.o~, vas there
fore declared nominated
Mr.. 1glehart moved, that if there was no
further time for light desired, 1.-THE ILaity
waive a ballot, and that Rev. H. B. Whipple
oe declared the unanimous choice of the Con-
ventlon; but, on some objections being urged
on grounds of informality, withdrew it,
The Laity then retired to consider the
nomination, and on their return, ballot was
had, which resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes, 21.-For concurrence
81; non-concurrence, o.
Mr.. Iglehart renewed his motion, that Rev.
Henry B. Whipple be made the =; unanimous ami
choice Of the Convention, which was carried
unanimously.
Capt. Dana stated that during the Confer.
ence Of the Laity, not dissenting voice was
raised against Rev. Mr.. Whipples election.
On motion, a committee Of three, consisting
OF Rev. Father, Gear, and Rev. Drs. Patterson
and Van Ingen, were appointed to transmit
the action of. the Convention to the Bishop
elect, and the canonical testimonials were pre-
pared, and signed by the Order of Clergy in
rank of seniority, and then by the Lay Dele.
gates, in rank of the date of their parish Or
ganization.
The Convention then went into ballot for
four clerical and four lay delegates to the Gen.
eral Convention at Richmond, Va, in October
next, but before finishing their election the
Convention took a recess until 8 O'Clock, "A. n:
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention assembled at the hour f,xed
and took up the business in progress at the
close of the afternoon session, viz: the elec.
ton of Delegates.
Numerous ballots were gone through with.
but the session was consumed before the elec-
ton was completed.
The Convention therefore adjourned until
8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
ill., FRIDAY, July l, 1859.
THIRD DAY--MoRNING SESSION.
The Convention assembled at o'clock, A.
NJ. and after the usual religious ceremonies
continued the balloting for the remainder of
of the regular Lay and Clerical Delegates, and
Supplementary Delegates to the Clerical Con-
vention.
The election being concluded, the result ap-
peared as follows: