St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-08
THE EVENING SESSION
THE EPHSCOPALIANS.
Yesterdays DOings at the Great
TrieunimI Convention in Chicago.


CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-Bishop Scarborough,
of New Jersey. who was chosen by lot
president at mathis this morning. and Rev.
Hobart Chetwood. of Oakland, CAL, read
the service prior to the opening of the con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal church
to-day. At 10 o'clock Dr.. Dix, clad in ali
academical gown. called the convention to
order. Rev. Edwin Harwood, of New
Haven, Conn.,, moved that the roll call be
dispensed with, which was carried. The
appointments of the standingcommi tees
for the convention were announced, and the
selection of Revs. Henry Ainslie, A. G.
Stilson, E. w. Worthington and A. j.
Miller as assistant secretaries, was ap-
proved of. DR.. Benjamin Franklin, OF New
Jersey, presented memorial referring to
the proper committee the restoring of the
OFFICE OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
to its natural order as in the first book of
King Edward VI. This committee is the
committee on the prayer book, but the
memorial was tabled. DR.. DalZeell, of
Louisiana, presented a memorial urging the
convention to abandon the passive attitude
hitherto assumed by the church toward the
Protestant bodies. 1t was referred to the
committee on the state of the church.
William Cornwall, of Kentucky, presented
a memorial on the revision of the prayer
book. which was also tabled. DR.. Bradley,
of Milwaukee, wished to present me-
mortal on the subject of christian Unity"
but did not wish it referred to the commit
tee On the state of the church. The house
refused to give unanimous consent to the
proposition. Mr.. Burgwin, of Pittsburg,
presented a memorial looking toward
uniform judicial system throughout all the
dioceses On his own motion the memorial
was tabled. Dean Hoffman's memorial for
a supplemental hymnal and permission to
use the hymns ancient and modern was
referred to a special committee Dr. Shat
tuck, of Massachusetts, presented a me-
mortal from the Free and Open Church as
ISOLATION. layingnown the doctrine that
OWNERSHIP OF PEWS
does not give ownership in the church prop
erty. Referred to the committee on canons
Rev. Cornelius Swope presented memorial
embodying resolutions from the New York
diocesan convention declaring among other
things that it be expedent to consult the
convocations of Canterbury and York and
the Episcopate of Scotland to secure uni
formity of use throughout the Anglican
communion. Mr.. Swope also presented
memorials requesting uniformity in the
marriage law throughout the United States.
A number of memorials were presented
relative to the proposed changes of the
prayer book and laid on the table. DIR.
Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, presented
memorial for the establishment OF an APP
pellate court The hour for taking up the
order of the day having arrived D1. Hunt
ington, of New York, arose. He is the
champion of the book annex. he defended
the appointment of a committee TO consider
the revision of the book and referred to a
dispatch in New Y ork paper in which the
action of the committee of revision was
forecast to the effect that the committee
would require ten years to complete its
labors and ten years more to conclude nego-
tiations with Canterbury and York.
He agreed with the journalist The one
Qualification which the committee on re-
vision ought not to lack
SHOULD BE AMERICANIsM.
[Applause.l '.Mr. President, Mr.. Presi-