, 1875-08-11

dlcnfy othera hrn firm In favor Of \ respectful
bul doterm1abl sindicAtfen Ut what thor regard
IL thuH tnvolyed In principle. Hoinu Atc Rnxtotls
70 ro,olect Dr. Dc Koycn At oilco; others aro da-
ruscd tn poHtpono hcttnn at tho coming Convon-
tioH; otlIeta still arc dnairnns Of nthnding upon
tho former election OF nr. DO Knven, aud asking
tho standing commitseen that ha7e refused 10
conecnf 10 reconsider and stu oti1ern-l mean
fnyor Of eecting aomo nav mar to the vacant
eniscopatc. It III impossible 70 tell 'inh1ef thtFo
circumstances, what action will DO saken W 'he
ne1t Convention.
agseo upon another man In order 10 avoid fur
tGor trouble with tho Standing Committcea
hfr. J.--It may be possible; but mink that
far more trouble would coms TO tue uiocate ~
tho abandonment. OF III. De Koyon aad Tue taknx
up Of aono now man than by At1hering Ia sonls
form to tho present selection. Df. Ue Kovpn is
pre-en,Inently fitted 10 bo 1,Ishop Of this Do.
cero. Tho clIurcllrnon Of Illinois know him and
lia qualifications. .lIo knows the Dioccee and its
needs as no othor mnn In tho American Church
stllt cd to tho position does.
OTHER CANDIDATES,
r.;a..ohd Mmhro any other persons named Tor tue
Sir. i'll cannot sny that tl,ero is any oonsid-
ernblo concentration upon any other person. but
otIlors llaye been nau,ed by individuals for tho
place.
il--IIavo you any objoctiona to sta.o who
thoeo lorsona aud What thur clsucos Of buccoss
hlr. III havo hoard named for the positlon
tho llov. 1)r. William i. McLaren, Cleveland q. /;
tho Nov. Dr: r: II. Van Donaen. UTICA, N. y. j
tho nov. Dr. Wa!ter Ayra,llt, Oxford, n. T.: tho
tho Rev. Ur. Clinton Locke Chicago; tho Aey.
1,r. Stephen II. Tying, IT., Now Turk tho ltev.
11r. john V. Lewis, Washington City; the Rev.
l'r. Jamoa Mulcal,oy. New York; tho 1:ev. DR..
br. ]. y. u. Hodges, DatsimorG; and .Ils Rcy.
)E. Thotnax i. Davies. Philadelphia. II wuul
DO impossible to gay what tho chancns Of Hllcceaa
OF any onO hf t'IeRa gentlemen would he III caAo
tho friends Of Dr.. Do koyun should nut plebs lis
maine.
n.--ls thnro my truth ia tho kssertlnn con-
taircd III communication In recent lssue o!
IHE Ta1nusE, niAned "Ss. .Iatnes." that Dr. De
koyen, acting undor your adviue as Chancellor
Of tho Diocese Ias talon tho position that llo IL
still DsHhop.otoct Of illinois, notwithstanding
hia rejection bs the Standing Co1nn,ittoos, and
that 10 will not .'ratiIe from tito to!d"?
MI. d.-Ihoro IN no truth whatever In that nA-
oagc, tahon nny position ono way or tho other AZ
tu luis rotation to tho Diocoao Al n'allop-etcct l
certainty llaYo never advised him to taAo any
Huci position, nor las llo asked my adStco OH
tue subject; have never known hltn to indi-
cato. directly or indirectly, that ha would not
'roito from the Hold !" and such au atttudeiH no
foreign to is nature tlnt LIDO not belioga h0
eavo utsoranco to auch sentiment. have no
authority to speak TOT Ilf. Do hufen, but 10
not be}loyo that llo will tako any stops ulatoyer
either III tho WY Of retiring from the fold.
course 70 be pursued oy tho Convention.
ruTrlHo TUE DIOCESE IN COMMISSION.
n.--In last Sundays ThtBuNE tilore was
communication. oyor tho signature "J," in
which II Wall chargod that a plan IL on foot to
raca tie DiuctEo under Tho charge uf - But.!e
1situalstc Englist, Distop," and that. "with tho
sanction OF tho Chancellor and certainly to his
knowledge, communication has been opened
with tho r.. hey. i!enry LasocIles Jennar u.
T.. formerly Lord bishop Of Dunedin, Now
brought to cloao in 1871, with tho vow OF got
ting him here" 1ias that ctargo my founda-
ton
Mr lit hns not the slightest foundation In
truth. Tho cl,arso cotncn frou, soiuo stupid sap
head or malicious 1na1igncr. too cowarjly to
hssuno the responsibility Or tue siauder over his
own signature. read tho communication In
your piper. hut did not answer it, nor tho other
ono to which you have roforred. because / am
not IN tho habit Of noticing anonymous oommu-
nieasious except in e1trumo cases. Tho 4tnts-
mcnts referred 10 in both communications were
too absurd to need rcply.
Tho conversation closed with this answer.