St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-10
A COURT OF APPEALS.
Episcopal Caergymen Want the
Privilege Accorded to the Low
est Criminal

est Criminal.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The national
house of deputies of the Protestant
Episcopal church again convened this
morning in st. Georges church. I'm
mediately after assembling a message
from the house of bishops was received,
announcing that the following JOINT
committee on judicial system should be
APPOINTED to consider the question in
course Of argument in the lower house
relative to the creation of an appellate
court. The committee consisted of Rt.
Rev. Bishops Of Texas, Central New
York, Pennsylvania and Ken
lucky. The committee on the
admission OF new diOceseS begged
to be discharged from the further con-
sideratiOn of the memorial from
Nebraska and Michigan asking for the
erection Of diocese within the limit of
each OF those states. The committee
could not recommend the advisability of
granting the request, and were there
fore discharged. The report of the COM
mittee on conference with the house of
bishops in reference to resolution eight,
was then taken up. Resolution eight
provided for the
RECITATION 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 it came be-
fore the house of deputies it was re-
iecfed. A committee of confer
ence was then appointed, and
this committee came back this MORN
ing and recommended the house of dep
uties to recede from the action it for
merly took and adopt the resolution as
passed by the house OF bishops. There
was long discussion over the manner
of bring the matter before the house.
Some deputies claimed that the matter
could be brought before the house by re-
considering the vote already taken. FL
naily DR.. Dix, who presided, ruled THAT
the matter could be put before the house
in the form OF the report of the commit
fee on conference. The roll of dioceSeS
was then called, and it was found that
only eighteen dioceses were i'll favor of
receding from their former action and
thirty dioeeses againStit. Two dioceses
were evenly divided in the votes of their
deputies. So the house of deputies sent
back the resolution to the house OF
bishops without its approval. The dis
cussion of the resolution giving clergy
men an appeal outside of their dioceses,
which was on when au adjournmentw was
taken Yesterday, was resumed by ).
Corning Judd, l.. L. d., of Chicago.
After considerable discussion a vote
was taken, and the resolution was
tabled by vote of 164 to 49. A recess
was then taken. After recess the de-
bate on the amendment was continued.
-In1- orr nf
Springfield. said that the establishment
of court of appeals would not make
ALL CHURCHMEN THE SAME
They question they were discussing
was virtually whether there should be
established the right Of appeal from the
decision of diocesan court to any other
court which might be determined upon.
THE lowest criminal in the land" he said,
has the right of appeal. VIII you refuse it
TO clergyman? Ali the conference is asked
to do is to amend an article in the constitu-
ton which will make an appeal possible"
Mr.. Moore, of Missouri. moved that a
vote be taken at once An amendment
was offered that a vote be taken on the
question at II O'Clock tomorrow and this
was carried. CORTLAND Parker, New
ark, N. j., moved an amendment to the
amendment that the committee strike
out the words: "Until the general
convention shall otherwise pro-
vide" and insert the words
Subject to the appeal upon the
question of law ard doctrine to such
tribunal as the general convention shall
provide for the decision thereof" At
tlhs point, the proceedings were inter-
rupted by the announcement from the
chair that the hour had arrived when
the memorial services for the bishop of
Kansas were to be held. The regular
burial service of the Episcopal church
was then begun. Bishop Neely, of
Maine, Bishop Coke. of Western New
York. and Bishop Clarke, of Rhode
Island. offieiated. The 1S7th hymn was
then sung and special lessons were read.
The services occupied three-quarters Of
an hour. The house then adjourned for
the day. The house of bishops
confirmed the nomination OF Rev.
j. Livingstone Reese as registrar of the
convention. The reports of the White
Cross society, the Christian Unity So
ciety and the old Catholic society of
Carlsruhe were referred to the proper
committees. a resolution was adopted
setting forth that the revision of the
prayer book shall be finished by the end
of the year 1892 and that afterwards no
moro revising will take place. Consent
was given to the conservation of DR..