The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
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A Review of the Incidents Which Led
to the Bolt at the Last Convention of
the Diocese - The Proposals Made
Looking to a Settlement of the
Differences.
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 13-There is
prospect now that the difficulties in the
Protestant Episcopal church, which in
volved the withdrawal of large number
of clerical and lay delegates from the con-
vention last May, will be adjusted at the
convention to meet at Anderson on the 2d
proximo. The immediate occasion of the
withdrawal last year was the organization
of the convention, but the underlying ques-
tion was the right of a colored clergyman
to sit in that body by virtue of his ordina-
tion under the constitution of the diocese.
The Bishops list of clergy entitled to sit in
the convention was present, and referred to
the committee. The committee reported
the list correct. A motion was made to
confirm the report.
MOTION TO STRIKE OUT.
A second motion was made TO strike out
the name of Rev Pollard (colored), rector
of st. Marks church, in Charleston. The
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orders. 1t was then moved to divide the
question so as to confirm the list of clergy,
excepting Rev. Pollard. The motion was
lost so was motion TO
confirm the clergy list as
presented by the Bishop. The Bishop ruled
that, nevertheless, the convention was duly
organized for business. An appeal was
taken from the ruling of the Bishop, and
the Bishop announced that the ruling of the
oh ai had not sfasva Nj,
standing this the Bishop declined to enter
tain any other appeal from his ruling as to
the organization, and directed that the
business of the convention should proceed.
BOLT.
Thereupon the dissenting deputies with
drew. These deputies met in February last
and decided that they could not recognize
the convention which is to meet in Ander-
son as legal, but they appointed a commit
tee with authority to suspend this rule of
action, If a settlement of the difficulty
could be reached. Afterward a conference
OF the cergymen and laymen of the diocese,
who had taken different sides on the ques.
tion at issue, was held. Those present
recommended as a solution of the problem,
that colored persons connected with the
Episcopal Church in the diocese should be
organized into a separate missionary juris-
diction under the same bishop as the white
people.
AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
To this end it was advised that at the
meeting of the convention in Anderson the
constitution should be amended on the basis
of canon on the same subject which had
been proposed to the council of the church
in Virginia. 1t was also recommended that
the constitution canon, and rules of the
order OF the church in the diocese be re-
ferred to a commission of clergymen and
laymen, and that no other action upon the
matter at issue should be taken by the con-
vention
PROPOSITION OF THE BoLTERs.
The committee appointed by the deputies
who withdrew from the convention in 1887
then met and recommended that the depu-
ties of all the parishes assemble in Ander-
son for conference before the time ap-
pointed for the convention and consider the
plan of settlement which had been proposed
The deputies who Withdrew insist that il Is
their right to scrutinize and pass upon the
list of clergy, whether made up by the
Bishop or the standing committee, and
also insist upon the right of appeal from
the decision of the chair upon the organiza-
tion Of the convention or upon any other
point.
CLAIMS OF THE REGULARS
The deputies who remained insist that
the right of clergyman, who is otherwise
eligible to a seat and vote in the conven-
ton cannot be taken away, or impaired by
a vote Of the convention, in as much as
each clergyman sits and votes by virtue of
his ordination. They contend further that
the convention was duly organized before
the committees were appointed, and before
any question as to organization had been
raised The proposed adjustment does not
dicide Immediately any Of the matters in
the controversy, but is intended TO elimi-
nate the race question and postpone further
action until the commission proposed TO re-
wise the constitution and canons shall have
made its report.