The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-10
RESOLUTION right.
A Disagreement Between the
Bishops and Deputies Of
THE EPISCoPALIAE CHURCH,
Tho Lower House Refuses to Recede
from Its First PosItion-The Ques-
tlop of Appeal = Yesterdays
Convention Proceedings,

Nav YoRK, Oct. 9,-The National
House Of Deputies Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church this morning, imme'
diately after assembling, received mes
sage from the House OF Bishops an'
nouncing that the following joint Com
mittee on Judicial Systems had been ap.
pointed to consider the question in
course Of argument in the lower house
relative to the appellate court; Right
Reverend Bishops Of Texas, Central
New York, Pennsylvania and Ken
tucky.
The Committee on the Admission of
New Dioceses begged to be discharged
from the further consideration OF the
memorial from Nebraska and.Mlchigan
asking for the erection Of new diocese
within the limit Of each Of those States.
The committee could not recommend
the adVlsability ot granting the request
and were therefore discharged.
The report OF the Committee on Con.
ference with the House Of Bishops in
resolution eight was then taken up.
Resolution eight provided for the recita.
tion Of the litany after morning prayer
on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and on ember days, The litany might
also be said every day in Lent.
Several days ago this resolution was
adopted by the House Of Bishops, but
when II came before the House OF Depu-
ties 1t was rejected. A committee Of
conference was then appointed and this
committee came back this morning and
recommended the House Of Deputies to
recede from the action 1t formerly took
and adopt the resolution as passed by
the House Of Bishops.
There was long discussion over the
manner of bringing the matter before
the House. The roll OF dioCeses was
called and 1t was found that there were
only eighteen dioceses in favor OF re.
cedlng from their former action, and
thirty dioceses against 1t. Two dioceses
were evenly divided In the votes Of their
deputies. So the House OF Deputies sent
back the resolution 10 the House Of
Bishops without Its approval.
Tho discussion OF the resolution giving
clergymen an appeal outside Of their
dioCeses which was under way when an
adjournment was taken yesterday was
resumed by MIR. s. Corning LII. D. OF
Chicago. After considerable discussion
vote was taken and the resolution was
tabled by vote Of lG4 to 40. A recess
was then taken.
After recess the debate on the amend.
ment was continued. Rev. Dr.. Frede-
rick p. Davenport, OF Springfield, said
that the establishment Of court Of ap.
peals would make all churchmen the
same. The question they were discuss.
ing virtually was whether there should
be established the right Of appeal from
the decision Of diocesan court to any
other court, which might be determined
upon.
vote be taken at once.
An amendment was offered that q
vote be taken on the question at u
o'clock tomorrow, and this was carried.
Tho House OF Bishops confirmed the
nomination OF Rev: ]. Livingstone
Reese as registrar Of the convention.
A resolution was adopted setting forth
that tho revision OF the prayer book
shall be finished by the end ol the year
1902, and that aiterward no revising will
take place. Consent was given to the
conservation Of DR.. Lehman, as Assistant
Bishop OF Michigan. 4
The first four resolutions submitted
by the Committee on Liturgical revision
on the revision Of the Hymnal, were
adopted,