, 1874-11-30
THE IOWA EPISC0PATE.
The Convention to Elect His
Successor.
Sketches Of the Various Cnndf-
dates for the Position.


Special Correspondence Of 7Ae chfcape Tribune.
DEs MONIES, fa Nov. ~, 1874.
For tho general reader the introduction to this
letter can 10 made moro interesting than tho lot
tor iIaelf, with s1ne reco1!eoiona Of tho ualntod
Lee, whom SUCCESSOR III tho Dishopric OF Iona
the Epiucopalian Convention will elect ut Davetl-
port, Doc. o.
"REMINISCENCES or n1snop LEE.
Thoso rcaaors OF TIE CHICAGO TMinuHE who
heard Bishop Leo preach Bishop Whlrdhoason
funeral Sermon will rarnombor tia. ho alludod
to tho coinodcncos between tlleir |yea. They
were classmates, and about Of IN ago. Leo s,sc-
cealod Whitehouso ut St. 14ahes, Rochester. N.
7. J,,nt after WhltolaouBo waa cloctnd Dinbop Of
uuois, Loe wna callad to The DialIoprlo OF Iowa.
Wlitohouso t.o1 audden1y, and hardly had Loa
rroacnod hiB funeral sermon than sudden call
ca.ne for Loo. or them might tho words Of
Shakespeare havo been said:
Tarry, dcnr cousin
hly sotl shall keep thine cotnpany to heaven;
Tarry. sweet sou1, for milne, tha, ny "breast
~, In th!s gfnrlous atlil we!foughten fold,
We kept together in our chivalry.
But furthor: On the night TINT the Bishop
foil duwn n!airB 1T Davenport, and bruised liH
hand. h!a son, Honry W., living at Ka,lgas City,
dreamed that hia father lad fallen down stairs,
but that he had caught him in his arms Mt the
foot OF tho flight breaking his fall. So strongly
did the dream Impress him that lie tolographed
to lis father III tho morning, stating what his
droam had boon, aud asling II Lis father wore
we'll. He reosiyod reply stating tho accident,
which had occurred At tho hour OF tho droam,-
"a. u,.,-but that it WIS not u sorious one.
Doath enBuod from the fall precisely ninoty-
two days after 1t occurred. Those two daya lost
tho family $4,000. The Bishop had an accident
Insurance policy for that amount, but to mako
tho company llablo death had to rosuls within
ninoty 1ayB.
aud, iastiy, when, In June, 1854, the commit
too appointed for tho PURPOSE waH urging Or.
Loo to exchange bis comfortable Roctory on tho
Gonesoe for q Dishopsie In tho then far West,
during tho conference. One Of tho members
happened to cast his eye On tho southeastern
cornor. Why, Brother Lee" ls said, ''if !
believed In omens would say you had special
csll to our country. Look here" and lie placed
ry, Washington, Leo.
Bishop Loo was tho Augustus Of this diocese.
He found It ono of clay, and loft it one OF n,a1-
bio. His Investments of.the endowment fund Of
$1,000 IN Wild landa produced enough money to
build tho Epacopal residence, valued at 100000,
and there tro still $50, 900 at the credit
OF tho fund. As bis monuments he has loft
Grace Cathedral, Danvenpport. the moat e|aaao
west. and Griswold College and Theological
Seminary, with moro enduring monuments iu
the memory uf his i1ock aud tha annals Of the
Church.
THA CONVENTION.
Tic Convention meota at GRACE Cathedral,
Davenport, Wednesday, Dec. 9. Ar tteio nre 81
parishes In tho dioeeso, With 43 clergymen iu
cauonica residence. "a yotoB III The clerical order
nro nocesaary to an election and 29 IN tho laity,
oach parish sending, II it will, two three delo
rAf rtrt,Sf SfdHo h,%f1 2r1}
OF Iowa has boon By no meana fairly reproaanted
Ia Certain Eastern journals, which hnvo declared
1t to bo ono wherein srduous missionary 1aborn
arc to bo looked for among = Beanty, seattared,
the caso. Tho dloceHo has 2,991 communicates,
who last yeRr contributed to tho support OF tIlg
Church S75, CAB 4S. Tho Dishop receives 81, 900
yonrt and occupies the handsome Episcopal
OF 100000. The salary would have been in
oraaaod during tue lite Of Bishop Lea, wero it
not that, being Of frugal habi.s, ho declined to
entertain proposition 10 TINT effect II tho
20" Biaiop. deaires larger income. it can eabily
be n,ate $1,000. Ths beautitul Cathedral,
paunod by Potter, cost e109, ono. and is O build
ing to rejoice the Lenrt Of lover Of church.
architecture. That tue incumbent will have
field amply largo enough to employ his abiltieH
aud zoal to tho utmost Is true, but the Atate is
Was whom Leo began bis twenty yeats' lahora,
when great part Of the territory was atlll CO.
cuplod by tho indians. Iowa is tho koy tho nd
yoneoa n.oat, Of tho Western Epiacopacy. and u
fai 10 attract tho attention OF mau OF pious
ambitions.
IOWA EplscorALIAn1ss1.
Moderate Low Church IL about tho term
that mott correctly uoines tho status and chay-
acter Of 1owan Eplacopaliau'sn,. ALI tho terms
Of churchmeu hayo limited sigDlhcan here
as compared with thoir moaning in Now York or
Chicago. Your advanced nitualist " isn't
I'll -. l.
" High ohurehman oorrespousls nsariy to our
" Mtualist." In young diocaso but nowly aot
ted 1t Eau bo oasily understood that thero has
not been time for t1eso distinctions to develop
aud Hsaers themselves connpcuousiy, so Tint tho
church iB alnlogt Homogeneous. It il q sound,
moderate Conservative body.
THIS aimpllhaa In no Uncomfortable dagrae tho
work Of tho correspondent. sinco. It eliminates
practically from tha oonpelition all tho posslhla
candidates Of advanced views.
LOCAL CANDIDATES.
It being geucrAily tla custom lit tho West to
go outaido OF the diocese for u bishop. l may
considor In one paragraph tho claims Of the sey-
oral local candidates likely to bo brought before
tho Convention. Or. Mullualue, Of st. Johns.
Kookuk, ss an ablo pulpit orator, tnau Of boau-
tlfnl character and q ripo scholar. hut Las
against hm Ills age. or, rhtEort his youth.
Further, while llo IL a,,d always haa beon M able
.,ariB priest. 1t las not 1oon shown Tint ha nos
Besses tho administrative and executive talent
Indispensable IN q Bishop. Ar WAS LorsolY 10.
markoa. " II theT vera to eloct DR.. Alc1lTalno,
tho passsh would he loaor and The DIoecso hot
q salner." Similarly it may be said OF DR.. N. II.
parris. profeaaor ct Ecclesiastical History at
Gtiawotd College. thAt NIL oxcollont Professor
would be haxarded Ind, perhaps. not conspIc:.,
uoualy good bishop {sucl AZ QUO only u neodod)
n!on. hsa given ample evidence OF his zoal aud
ability, but tho ,genora! impression is that ho
cannot ba spared from his labora Oil tho froHtier.
1ndood, his influence among thu Indians IL 10
great that his roseution among them ia matter
Of more than local ond sostariaa Importance,
Dt, doadhue, OF Trinity Church, psyanport, ia
one OF tho oldest md most honorsd Pseabytors
In Iowa. but IL High ChurahMan.
Tho lles. GaorHo ". Watson, fur \ long time
hoctor Of Christ Church, purli.gton who has
succeeded biehop Wollcs Of Wisconsin,. ut Noa
Wing, Alinn. III likely to prove a Strong csnd-
| date, He Ia familiar with Church matsers hoto.
| Widely known aud personally popular, and tiaoas
| qualifications, with his unquo4tIoned plsty ns.i
purity OF character. x4, il Aia uasae be brought
before tue Convention, aoonre him no nnAil
'neaaatso OF support. Tho Aoy. p. Morgan, for
SSlong time Of this olty. but now Of Syracuse, n.
| T.. IL another Clergyman With many frionds
snlonK tho dolegaies, Dr.. ua XoxaL'a naue llua