, 1874-09-15

tiou Of nituallsn1 1nn,odtatoly HnggeHts tho
namo. Of tho eloquent md loarnoa Wisconsin
churchulnn,
!Iia nau.c ts now household word in Amorica,
1Iia - declaration OF principles" 30 to Bpoak,
nt tho Nattonal Convention Of 1871;
his oanaidaoy for tho vacant. nlahoprlca
tatton thoroby. begotton,-all tleso have mado
lin prominent In lilo minds OF Church pooplo
generally, and won him froqunnt montiou In
nowsrapcr columns and paragraphs: 1lia name.
of course, figures In connection with tho Apos-
tolio succession in this Stale.
a InfnuaE reporter maslo sevoral tnql1rtos
yesterday among tito clcrgy mud laity Of tho
Episcopal Church resident In Chicago, and found
that DR.. Dc Kovou was t., nsost Of thoir minds,
III groat talont is ndliittcd by ~;
hiA theological honesty no ono has Gainsaid,
Int tho siadom OF cloctlng man Of his known
4nd ~ opoitly-o.prossed Nituaatto tondonoios m aa
s.dea.
4 TALK NTH 4 LAYatAT.
Tho following conversation occurred betwoon
tho reporter and protninonk monibor OF bt.
Ja,nes' Episcopal Church:
aRs Rgef ~ s,ss tss & s's:oa sAa extremists will
Prominent Menlbcr--t nm ccrtnin OF It. Tho
majority Of tho lnity, 30 fur ~ know, tntorse
Dr. sultirana principles. 'Thloh aro purely those
Of tho oid Episeopnt cnn1chm'nrgy, forms,
EhElAHIcH|as huA AA1t Law "ottAtA NoaNo'sts ~
Low Ch,1tcdfam nor ascend II l can call it
aacend~-to nitualfanl. Tho lattcr will never bo
tolerated by tho lat, Of Illinois.
n.-Do you think TINT
nn. SULLIVAN
will mako much Of figure na a oandidato7 =
L. MI really don't know what to any as to
TINT. He would bo strongly supported, no
lonbt and he il q very excellent man; but I
siucercly boliovo That tho ntorosts Of tho Church
would DO boat Hcryed by going outside Of tho
R.-Who is your cuoico for Blalops
7. MI havo quito nunbor of choices. but
m. E11PnA1Ar KNOTT roTTEn,
Of Union College, Bohnoctady, N. Y. There ia
another D.. Potter, LIS brother, OF Grace
Church, Now York. His namo Ia Housy
G. like Eliphalat best 1Io would
mnito mn excellent B.shop. Both
anon Of business, too, They aro Sous Of tho lato
NIs1,op Potter, Of Pennsylvania. aud uephewa Of
tho present Bishop Potter, OF Now York. Thoy
aro niBo nophews Of the lase President Knott, of
Union Co.!ege,-so that they aFe we'll connected
all around.
n.-Your favori;c is now President OF Union
r. M.-no rms called to succeed his unc,e, and
has givou great satisfaction. desire to Bco him
elected above 81! men that ha9c heard men:
toned.
R.-What do you think OF Or. Do KoYcn'a
ohanceH2
T. MI think ho has vory little chance
/ among tle laity.. Should The clergy nominate
hitn ho will not bo confirmed. Even should ho
DO, hnve no doubt that tho House Of Bishops
would reioct him. Tint wonid DO very nnnoy-
ing, indeed. II would make great confusion. !
hnyo hopes that the namo OF DF. De Kovon Will
not bo presented 10 tho Convention. Should he,
by any accident, bo nominated, believe that 1t
would e!aoe}s tho minds Of omr ialtJ to degree
TINT might produce diHnttgration.
1oyon?
Ntunliat of ,ho most advanced oftlor. TAoso Is
really nothing between him and Rome. except
tho liturgy Iio believes in tho roai plosonoc, in
bodily form Inhtoad Of IN . saoran,ental, en-
blo,natlo Of n spfritual shape. What WAS tho
Reformation for, II no havo 70 fall back on TO
,nanism III this century For my own part,
respect unt-nntl-out Roslnrism fnr morn than
Episcopal K;tualssn. Tho Church Of Rome
stands by her nnc1ont tlag:. Men Of Dr.. Do
KS,on oc sas ssp p"s.s G"s 0 aa s''0g, 4 ps ps ls.
cnco" ideas. Nothing on earth could in-
duco mo to yo.o for DR.. Dc Koyen, ni-
though there gro some men in St.. James Ohuscl,
who nre fast frionds Of his. His brother Is
others that could name. Unfortunately, Dr..
BROOKS. tho pastor, IL in Europe. know that
Ills voto would bc cast dead against the Wlacon.
siu caudidato.
R;-1s 1sitqellsm your Gully objection q to Dr.
r. MI dun't question his ahl!ity,-noboay
docs. You asked ME had othor objections.
havo. In tho tirst place. / think DR.. Do koyou
Inns ali laia intpfests 1t Wisconsin, Ibis college,
his ,hsS hoS hS hs 'isesaSo' ks b vos sS'Fg as b &c.,
op whom I might possibly he compelled
to suspect WAS 1ia11o to mako tie Diocese 1t Lii
| noia piay second fiddle to that OF Wisconsin.
| think, Il so cannot find auitablo man in I'LL,
nois, that the farther NO get away from around
hero the better. Lot lts 60 Eaat.
n.--All right, but will not your Eastern man
laso his pr9jullces will not lo think OF Men
York and Massachusetts
+. M.-Eo danger Of that-too far removed
while Wisconsin fs next door. Should Dr.. D<
| Koyen's nnmo bo Introduced it will mako row
as au Episcopaliau. sincerely dosire not to doe
| tho indecoro,lB scenes Of the Wisconsin, Convon.
| tion, whore DR.. Dc koycn was candidate, 70
| pcatod. :
| on tho side OF Ds. Do koven's opponents. liz
nevcr said anything unpleasant during tho At.
=. M.-oh, no; Or. Do Koyen ii gentleman
md that euds tho matter. We don't want nny
thing of that kind among ts.
| This onded tho reporters conversation Will
tho prominent luombor.
| y1EH'B OF 4 CLERGYMAN.
| no noxt visited wel1-knoWn Clergyman Ant
talked with him on the same subject.
R.-You, too appear to d!struss Dr.. De KoYon
Pastor--NotA Mt al. nn Is too frank for that
Ills avownl Of nitualisnl il before tho WORLD
not once, but several times. 1fe has no chanc
ID this diocese.
k.-lIe has several supporters among til
clorgy Of this city?
rastor-Soms eight or ton, l think, are Tor him
Tho obiof arc Canon Knowles, Ur. Loolo. AM
Dr.. Dorset. Thero nro aomo laymon for him
too; but tho general sentiment Ia against him. =
very pronouncedIy against him.
R-Who Ia your choice2
Dr. II. q. POTTER.
Pastor-Dr lIonry q. Pottsr. Of drac
Church. NoH York. He l,aB, coneiler, ali til
necessary qualifications for tho prelaoy OF Til
nois. lie is magnificent scholar, q nun OF TN
executive ability, md ono devoted to missi0nar
la1or aud works Of charity. Such man "
| want.
N.-1s ho sufficiently we'll known IN this lio
ceBe to Insure Asa e!ectlon
paator-I should think ho waa Dut boar /
mind many OF tho delegates to this Cor
} yeption wero elected by tho parishe
last spring. when there wns n
question OF succession at ILL., and wbc
Bishop Whitol,or.se was In excellent healti
Tlis will make tho mattor Of choosing ali ii,
more difficult. DR.. Washbugne OF Oslya1
, Church. NeT York, ID n.othor worry excelleI
man ntu1 thnro nrD mnny nti,ora that might t.