Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-20
The Wisco nsin Bishopric--
Stormy Scenes in the Late
Council. &c.

explanation OF the result OIL Tie special
+ council recently held at Milwaukee for the
election of Protestant Episcopal Bishop
OF Wisconsin, says:
De Koven was declared elected on the
fourth ballot. The laity then proceeded to
vote by parishes. They voted in favor OF
De Koven, Is against him, 81 divided,
5; necessary to a choice, 26. This result
throws the matter in allegiance until the
regular annual council in June next, and
practically kills the chances of both De
Koven and Hoffman. Dr. Lewis Kemper
| is now regarded as the coming man. The
| laity vote was not reached until after
O'Clock Saturday morning, when the con-
vention adjourned sine die. Rev. DR.. Mar
tin summed up the whole matter by ask
| ing the chairman if the council was beer
| garden OF circus.
| The entire afternoon was taken up with
wrangling over the statements made
| against DR.. De Koven. Rev. Mr.. Martin
was afraid the spirit of God was not pre-
| sent. The whole city and the whole coun-
try were laughing at them. They present.
| ed such a spectacle as had never been seen
on the face of the earth. If a man wants
| to talk i'll of his neighbor all he needs to
do is to be elected to a church council
DR.. Adams said II call the gentleman to
order - Confusion and rapping of chair
IS hammer.] Rev: Mr. Martin rotor
| ted, ''You have had the floor thousand
times.'' [Commotion.] He continued his
remarks, saying if this thing goes on the
disguised delegates will go home. He was
instructed to say that half the delegates
would leave in the morning. 1t seemed to
bea trap to keep discussion going till the
lay delegates left. DR.. Adams jumped to
his feet amid cries Of "Question p DR..
Adams refused to give up the floor. APP
plause and hisses.] He then made a long
speech. Rev. MI. Wilkinson read a letter
he had received from DR.. De koven, stat
ing that Mr.. Wilkinson had abused his
confidence.
The gentleman referred to said the only
point he wanted to make was that De KO-
ven avowed his belief in the presence Of
the body of the Lord JESUS Christ in the
elements of the sacrament. DR.. De Koven
said he wanted the whole Of the sentence,
md read the remainder, of it being "And
not confined to the element DR.. De Koven
marked ''This makes the difference"
Rev. Mr.. Wilkinson retorted, ooh, it
does. does it ~ He said DR.. De Koven
lad told him the only reason he did not
light candles on the altar was that he did
not dare. A lay delegate said the Bishop
OF Wisconsin had used lighted candles be-
fore. and so had DR.. Hoffman. A bitter
discussion followed, with charges and de-
Of Kisses. Dr. Adams attacked de Koven
in a very bitter address, and De koven fol
lowed in an eloquent speech giving his the
logical views. He said the use Of lights,
vestments and incense does not signify
uransubstantiation. He denied using them,
except in one instance He added that his
ritual was not so high as that of Trinity
Church, New York, and not higher than
| Dr.. Hoffman7s. He then took up the ques-
] IF no
confession only when voluntarily offered.
| He believed priests could not pardon sins
| denied the charges as to invocation of
| saints, and believed it right to pray for the
| dead The charges against him, he con-
| GUIDED, were made for effect. His speech
| closed amid great applause.
Rev. Hugh Miller Thompon, who has
been interviewed Oh the result. says the
| liocese of Wisconsin is impoverished. and
hat since 1869 elements Of disoord have
| been introduced. Further schism has
arisen, largely through the influence of the
| Bishop Cummins movement, and also from
| he views of extremists in church obser-
| vance and belief Rev. Mr.. Thompson
said he knew that many of the clergy as
sembled at the convention voted for Rev.
Dr.. De Koven, believing that the views
| publicly expressed by him were easily ex-
| Dlainable i'll their real meaning, and that
1
| ritualist. Rev. DIR. De Koven had for well
| nigh twenty years been at the head of the
college at Racine. Mr. Thompson express
| ed his opinion that the election Of Rev.
| DR.. De Koven as bishop would have led to
detection of many church people in the
j diocese to the new Reformed Episcopal
4 Church, OF the Cummins- Cheney move
4 ment, as it is generally spoken of. The
I diocese of Wisconsin comprised in its linn
/ it's the church college at Racine, the female
| school at Kenosha, and the school at
| Neshota; and hese institutions would, of
| course, be largely Influenced in their teach
! ings by the opinions of the diocesan bishop.
AN ARGUMENT FOR A Doc TAX.-One
| of the strongest arguments in favor Of
! stringent dog sufficiently stringent to
do away with the thousands of worthless
ours which infest the commonwealth-tha
we have seen, is furnished by Bonsack's
| correspondent of the Fincastle Herald.-
This correspondent, writing of the opera
| lions of Mr.. Bonsack's wooden factory,
makes the following revelations;
s'Mr. Bonsack is keeping his wooden fac
tory at constant work. No turning off
| hands, cutting down wages, OF running on
| half time, on account of the money panic;
| and it is encouraging to know that he has
| been very well patronized with custom
| work. But it isnot so encouraging to know
| that when he wants to manufacture yarns
| for sale on his own account, he has to get
| supply of wool from Baltimore, Philadel-
| phia, New York, or Boston. He is now
| working wool grown in Colorado. A pref
| craftsmanship. A little wooden factory in
| the interior of the State getting it's supply
| of wool from d State but a few years old,
| more than thousandmi off, when there
| ought to be millions of pounds OF wool
grown and for sale in this State p
The explanation of this scarcity of wool
in section where it should be produced
| for shipment abroad, is furnished In the |
Herald:
'tLast Thursday, Mr. John Ammen lost |
| five sheep by the wards of the Legislature, |
and had it not been for the timely appear
ance of neighbor his flock would have |
suffered worse"
A BRUTE "A young man who was mar |
ried in Detroit six months ago has Joined |
in the discussion Of the question of family |
economy, but his little contribution is far
from satisfactory. II do not,7' he SAYS.
understand how it is. fused to figure it
out, as [ sat with my arm around her
waist ON Sunday nights, and all il would |
then cost to live gould be s2.15 a week,
and now spend S15 and am hungry half
the time'' Brute ''t
Adams Express Company carried, duripg
the last year for the United States govern
ment, amounts OF money aggregating
1873, 100000, and for this service they re-
ceived $500, 900, of which sum they paid
$4,000 to other express companies.
T,bo anDiunrcarv of A bra h am T,ipooln3o |