Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-26

i His REASONS FOR LEAVING THE YESTRY OF
| ASCENSION CHURCH.
To the Editor of TIE EvENIS0 STAR
I As much surprise has been expressed by
many OF the friends of Mr.. w. W. Corcoran
| that he should have resigned from the vestry
| of the Church of the Ascension and leave, as he
| has openly declared he has, during the incum-
/ bency of the present rector, the church he in q
great measure built having contributed thereto
about 100000. and which he valued espe-
| cially as q memorial of and to his cherished
friend, the late Bishop Pinkney, and especially
! as Mr. Corcoran's position appears to have been
misunderstood and misstated by q number of
| persons, and in some instances by the public
press, will you please publish the following
/ letter of resignation, written by Mr.. Corcoran
to the vestry of the Church of the Ascension?
Let me add that up to the present time Mr..
oorcoran has received no reply beyond an
ment that 1t bad been referred TO a committee
| for consideration.
The letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON, May 3, ISS6-To THE VEsrRY OF
THE CHURCH OF THE Recommendations: I
hereby resign the office of vestryman Of the Church
chosen at the late election.
that meeting Of pevhoIders caiieu know not at
whose Instance my name had been designated that
approaching election, in conjunction with several
others embraced Ia your present number In reply
MIN to inform the pewholders engaged in this consul
reasons specified ii should be approved by the
| unanimous vote of the church. asked however as
least by portion of the members who still reverencs
| the memory OF Bishop Pinkney, that might be al
lowed 10 name member of the church VINO should
take my place on the ticker.
under date of anril I Sa q a me Dy ie.er
opinion . OF the pe%hoders ENGAGED in these debera-
gentleman whom had designated should not be
me BY the rector on behalf Of the secretary Of the
ing a hQ or no au,oa 0f
tne pew pewhoiders engaged in this consultation
church members except for purposes Of unity and
peace as broad as the whole church.
party in the church do command my RESP ect OK
and at nm, time Of life can hardly be
fven if had no other reason for declining the ap-
with vestry which. in the mode OF its nomination
ana election. seems to the choice of q party
and BY accepting the terms of fraternai
reconciliation would have been easy the
Youfs respectfully ". ". CoRcoRAs
1t will be observed from this letter that the
rector, purporting to write for the secretary of
an alleged meeting of pewholders, had in
| formed Mr.. Corcoran of a caucus nomination
! for vestrymen at the coming election by those
who took sides with the rector, and when Mr..
Corcoran, in an endeavor TO secure harmony
and union in the church. made q request to be
allowed, as favor, to nominate a vestryman
| In his own place and stead, he was informed,
| through the same channel, that his request had
| been unanimously refused. 1t is worthy of
|
| statement nor in his reply to the request, give
| the names of any persons connected with the
| meeting.
| Mr.. Corcoran has many friends in the church
who were entirely ignorant of such q meeting;
| indeed, the fact that such meeting as indi-
Gated by the rector ever took place seems to be
matter OF doubt as diligent inquiry has
Jailed to discover by whom it was called what
peWholders participated in it, where it was
held, when 1t was held, who were its officers, or
| what action 1t took. Certain it is that numer-
| GUS pewhoders would have disapproved of the
course, stated by the rector to have been unan-
imously adopted, had they been permitted to
know OF this secret caucus of what appears to
| have been the chosen very few. X.
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