New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-18
TILE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
OPPOSING VIEWS OF EAST AND WEST
WESTERN DIoCEsRs SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RACINE COL
LEGE.

WESTERN DIoCEsEs SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RACINE COL
LEGE
(pr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
CHICAGO, Oct lion its face the vote on
the change OF the OF tho Church In the General
Convention Yesterday remarkable one, but its full
significance can only be understood By some~hat
careful analysis In the first place 1t Is evident thst tho
feeling In favor OF such change has grown with great
rapidly last years, ami TIT continues gro"
ing At It's present s adoption In the near future
IL foregone conclusion. This Is conceded by ALL The
wonderful growth OF this sentiment Is due TO great
number OF causes soma Of them not apparent on tue
snrface. An inspection OF the vote taken yesterday
shows that heretofore tue clerical deputies are more
generally IN favor OF q change OF name than the lay
deputies but 1t Is also shown now rapidly the feeling
In favor OF the change growing among the laty IN
deed some strongest Advocates Of tue change are
to DO found among the lay deputies or the seventeen
dioceses which gave clerical vote In favor Oh tue
CHANGE there are only three Eastern dioceses namely
Maine, New-Jersey, and NOethern New-Jersey,
or Newark IT'S now called. All the others are West
eru or Southern doceses ew-Yorksrs will be Dter-
esed that OF the clerical deputies OF the diocese
OF The CITY OF Now York Dix and 5wOps voted yea anu
Hoffman and Huntington voted nay. or is lay delega
ton Nash Cutting ana Stetson voted against the reso
luton Among The dloceses which cast clerical vote
against the resolution we're Albany, Connecticut Mary
land Psnnsylvanla Rhode Island. Southern ohio, Wiz
gnia Central NewYork. Delaware, Long Island, Ma'sa
chuselis, Minnesota ONO. Pntsburg, sonth carolina
Vermont AID West Virginia Coming now 10 the lay
vote the three Eastern diocesos, namely YER
mont New-Jersey and Northern New'Jersey voted
IN favor Of change Tho other eight doceses are In
the West and South. Among the twentynine dioceses
which cast lay vote against the c3ange arc 10 %
found Central Penusylvanis. Delaware. Iowa, Long
Island. Maine. Massachusetts,, Minnesota New
YORK. Ohio. Rhode Island, Southern Ohio
raj Ma
nectcut, Maryland. Michigan, New Hampshire. North
Carolina. Pennsy wanna, Texas and Western Michigan
From tnisit Will that the seventeen dioceses
which cast q clerical vote for the Judd resou-
ton and the eleven dioceses which
cast lay vote for the resolution. are,
with exceptions, weak western or southern Hlo
ceses come only recently organizei and mono
OF tnem representing the best thoughts OF the ohHrcI IN
the great Of civilization On the other hand tue
twenty dioceses which cast clerical vote agans,
tho resolution mine doceses which cast
lay vote against It represent with few erceptlon tho
strength the intelligence and The progressive spirit OF
tue Episcopal Church They contribute the most TO tho
cause OF missions. Tuey have bum hospitals anu
as lums for af cted. ami tn them largely
may found tina. Intelligent perception OF Ine rem
OF tho age which has done 50 much 10 promote mo
growth OF the Episcopal church ln's - a
suggestive fact and one which Is much oommen'7u ou
it's apparent that even had the in favor Of
change been greater tnan II was. coud hardy have
tesn regarded AZ representing the beet mint Of tue
church A, matter Of fact number u deputies
yotel for the Jndd rcsouuon only because my De,
neved It's statement !hat the passe9a name ooec 2 ,ns
church doe. not a.gna'sy aS.e2s '"e unqor
tunatey unable TO separate these two ideas
IN the vote winch, It's face. appears TO register Tue
number depules who wish 70 change the name 81 tho
ctprch nav I'M, individual vote stands AS follows
Two hundred AMI ninety-hve votes were cast
aleosether' Of these esh,y-'wo SeF'Ic o 'eRu
resoluOn ninety niye ercA deputies AMI eighty four
deputies voted against H. lhe total vote was me re-
fore ii favor OF tho resolution ana Is aganst -,
these ll2 at leAst thirty, II was th"u-At, "olli
on the simple proposition 20 chanRe he ahe OF
the church now. 80 That the strength 81 the AnSo
Catholic party IN the present convention MOI ptooauy
have behind them spendldy drilled pai ~, ~1V,e
thorou n organization gives IT strength fsr neyonl 10
and animated by spirit OF lofty enthusiasm would Ce
| a powerful factor IN Legislation. even II
auo,ne aa n, SG fac, au,, be referred
TO- 1t Is said by sone High ChurcA men tnAs many OF
CDuroh America are among the strongest friends oi
Ourselves Iho Church arrogate that title 70
ourselves alone. We are the Church, because we hoa
Tho creeds OF the Church But are he other great
Protestant bodies although irreghlary So because they
ho.d Tho creeds. We are therefore. merely adopt
ing Tor ourselves and for them also an unsectaran te
In the hope that will them to take the same
.tep The titles Protestant Episcopal PIesoy terrain
Bipust and Methodist are 80 many stohewais nVIdlng
the Christian Church We are for throwing these walls
The report o, the Joint Committee IAturgical Re
vision yesterday conservative and Renersy
adopted Tho alterations IN the runcs which proposes
are not groat Importance and are Largely IN te III
without any clear rubroa authority. such as the use OF
| A shortened certain occasions Inc most
important recommend OF the committee Is that
book OF oficos at once pubished 10 De used tsnN
lively by the church during the next three years rms
o offices Will contain several special services not
| found In the present book, ~ Well as many OF Tue
| other features OF the proposed Book Annexed II
the suggeson OF she committee Is carried out every
congregation the proposed book ana Judge TOT
itself as to s desrabilly The only serious objection
that will probably be brought against this proposition 10
tnatit Unconstitutional but 1t Is Thought THIS once
| will not be sustained
Nearly 800 bishops and clerical and lay deputies "ent
on the excursion to Racine College yesterday special
train was placed the OF the party by ArNa
| der Mitchell OF the Chicago. Milwaukee am 81 Paul
Railroad The guests formally received by the Kew
! DR. GRAY, warden Of Racine Collage. and the members
OF the faculty, who ed Thorn through the college aud
grounds Dinner Wa. served after wnicn al attenleu
A choral to the college chapel Rae ne COL
lege 10 sort OF American Oxford. Its faculty wear tns
college hOOi and ts underRrafuae. wear the
gown mortar-boaru hat IL 10 largely the creation
OF Dr. Koven, after has seen the spirit 81
| pa.sionate High Churchmanship that pervad@s this
prosperous college IL not hard 70 understand the rea
son why Episcopal Church In tho West ana North
| west IA 40 tinctured with Anglo Catholicism.