, 1875-03-07


tnnonIala to Bishop elect is found in little hit of
history 80 very resent that we wonder It has been for
gotten 90 completely in Illinois.
nstle over two years ago North Carolina proposed
to elect an Assistant Bishop and asked tho consent of
It's sister Doce8es to that end.
Every Diocese. we believe, consented except Illinois
Tho Standing Committee OF Illinois refused CONSENT.
and SYSTEMATICALLY and publicly published it, rsasons
Those REASONS wore founded On such amazing mis-
Interpretation Of tbs Constitution aud <c2uons that
they vera left to Illinois alone to act upon.
Tho Dtoceees consented TO ths proposed Assistant 70
Bishop Atkinson, and In due time North Carolina
elected BY large majority its present Assistant
Hiahop. There vera no protests, no questions OF
voted unimpe4chahle, aud tho hearty choice Of tho
Diocese.
And yet the Standing Committee Of Illinois went be-
hind the papers, behind the choice OF North Carolina,
behind the act Of it, Convention, and tbs oth day
Of September, 1873, refused consent to Bishop Ly-
mans conservation, And condescended, far ~ the
No one disputed, believe, the right Of tho Stand
ing COMMITTEES to refase consent for tho present Ill
nofa doctrine had not then been invented.
Ihts is exactly eighteen months aau. The legal
nhty and learning that guided Illinois then g1lide6
hsE sttll. Pity 1t has 50 short memory!
sthat which was right for the Sanding Commit %
forever hereafter.
The same paper, speaking Of Dr. Do Koyen,
says:
Tho general Church il interested in the broau un-
derly1ng question how tho Church, whose Biahopa
drss, aud General Convention second hays put Arr On
record against Eucharistic Alteration ~ deadly
make Bishop Of the gentleman whose noto1fety resta
upoa his preaching, holding. and ostentat1ousy pro-
claiming, this very and Jet l4y claim 70 any
right thereafter to guide men in ways spiritual Whiia
We ara far from holding own particular branch Of
the Church mfalible surely may expect IT, and wo
very certain ths community expects it, to show
some rceard-as much, At least. - private person
would showto consistency and coherenco os action,
End to the common seuse Of mankind.
THE VOTE OF IOWA.
To TIE Editor cf The Ch1raoe 1r7cure:
CHICAGO. March 6--The question is very fro
qaantly asked, "How came Iowa 10 so over to
the High ChnEch, and give hor vote for Drs-
Seymour and De Koven: She did both Tkree
Of her four c}aical deputies TO the General Con-
Vention voted for Seymour, aud d naajority Of
her Standing Committee hare voted for De
Koven." will try very briefly to answer the
question
Iowa has not gone over to High Church or
Kituaism. This will be proved IL the nexs an
nuai Convention in May. Certain parishes 9t
the last Convention thought their own r11n1steIo
should 60 TO the General Convention. Ono such
had not been in the Diocese more than two years.
His record, With t~o others in that Convention,
has not been satisfactory to the Diocese. Tho
Standing Committee, eIectsd 1t the annual Con-
veosion tor convenience, has usually been-a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Davenport. This arrange
ment has al been very well uheu only tha
ordinary business deyolvlog On Standing Com
ae that now resting On these gentlemen could
have been anticipated 1t has 10 happened that
one OF the clerical members OF this body reu1og-
ed from tbs Diocese during the summer. This
created = vacancy the special Con
YGas0n Ha na IN 9s,n,bsd could ,ao. not ha @
action WAS called for in the case Of Dr.. De
koyen. Another, lay member, waa detained
from home at tho tano meat needed. His vote
would most certainly have been against Or. Do
all -
But for this there would have been tie, and the
vote OF Iowa would have been lost to tho Bishop
elect Of Illinois. It may be safe to predict that
no such thing will bo likely again to occur. Tho
laity at least will see that Standing Committees
and Deputies to the Goneral Convention will Lot
two Dioceses OF Wisconsin and Illinois show
pretty clearly that the clergy are not to s trusted
With this question Of Rltua1lsm.
This explanation seems due to tho friends OF
Iowa, East and West, who have been erioved
over this new departure" from tha teachings
OF tho late Bishop Leo, whose heart WAS sadly
tried ut the evidences OF Ritualistic tendencies
among the clergy Of the Church at large. As to
DR.. De Koyen, the Riahop said to tha writer in
5n5 lsss, that hs almost regretted Wisconsin,
have defeated him. This, he repeated, 'fs5hld
hava certainly been the result"
In the letter Of Dr. Cushman, in this mornings
TRIBUNE, he assumes tina: the Bishops and
Standing Committees do not Jet understand Dr.
De kogen or the meaning OF the English IAN
guage- am sorry to see that he has such poor
opinion Of their intelligence or their competency
to Judge OF Dr. De koyen's own open and delib-
erately- opinions, reiterated time and
again. I am half-incined to tho opinion that
The obtuseness is I'll the part Of bis advocates,
whose personal esteem completely ove1saadows
his er1ots Of doctri1aI soundness in the falth of
The Protestant Episcopal Church.
1t 4oems quito possible that that trip to Ra-
cine has hnd damaging effect on the prospects
of the ''St. Paul Of the American Church" His
friends are evidently alarmed. PAEsrErEa.