The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-09
7HB EPISCOPAL CLERGY.
Yesterdays Session of the Gen
eraI Convention,
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES.
One Provides for tho appointment of
Deaconesses Proposed Changes
inthe Judicial System orthe
ohurch,.Committee Report

NEw YoRK, Oct, s,-The morning
prayerread daily in st, Georges Church
before the session of the General Con
yeution Of the Protestant Episcopa
Church in America, was read to-day b,
Rev. Dr. Willeys, Of Marquette, Mich
When the House Of Deputies was callec
70 order by It's President, Rev, Dr., Nor
gan Dix, heannounced the appointmen
OF committee to attend the funeral o
Bishop Vail, which Is to take place IL
Philadelphia, Tomorrow, The commit
tee on the admission Of new dioceses
through i,s chairman, Rev. Dr, Hauck,
ley, presented report recommending
that the House give It's consent to the
division Of the diocese OF California and
to the erection Of new diocese in the
southern portion Of the State. The de.
sired consent was unanimously given.
he committee on the conservation OF
Bishops reported in favor OF giving the
consent OF the House TO the conservation
OF Rev. William Leonard, D. D., as as.
sistant Bishop OF Ohio, and Of Rev,
Thomas Frederick Davies, D. D., as
Bishop of Michigan, and asked that the
report be made the order Of the day at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Huntington, OF New York,
offered two resolutions, the first oil which
was referred TO the Committee Oh Canons
and the second TO the Committee on
Amendments To the Constitution, The
first provides for the appointment Of
deaconesses, such deaconess, according
10 the resolution, to be at least 2l years
old; that she shall have made at least
two years preparation for the office OF
deaConess and that her character and
fitness be certified by one presbyter and
three aymen, who are communicates OF
the church. The second resolution pre-.
sented by DR.. Huntington declares that
1t shall not be considered opposed to the
constitution for any Bishop within
whose diocese or Jurisdiction there re.
side large numbers Of persons unfamiliar
with the English language TO have the
Offices Of the church read In other than
the English language, provided that no
doCtrinal change Is made in the service.
MIR. John II. Stotsenburg, lay delegate
from Indiana, presented resolution
providing that the joint committee on
the provincial system may consider the
expedieucy Of creating five archbishops.
A viva voce vote was taken on a motion
TO lay the resolution OIL the table. The
Chair was in doubt, and on division the
motion was lost by ll2 ayes and 30 nays.
The resolution was then referred as de-
sired by its mover. Mr.. Stotsenburg
then offered resolution providing that
short service be prepared for the USE
Of the colored people; that the require
ments for admission to orders be Liodi.
fled In the CASE Of cOlored deacons and
presbyters and that suffragan bishops OF
the African race may be appointed iu'
dioceses where II may he deemed adyis-
able and the bishop Of the diocese con.
sents.
Messages from the House OF Bishops
were received announcing concurrence
in the action Of the House on the report
on work among the Colored people and
on the admission Of the new dioceses OF
Colorado and Oregon. The House Of
Deputies then took up the order Of the
day, which was the report OF the Com
mittee on the Judicial System oi the
church. In this report the majority oil
the Committee stats that there are only
two modes for obtaining the relief
which all seem to admit is necessary.
One Is that the General Convention
recommend to the dioceses for adoption
by them a canon for the trial Of clergy
men, making provision both for courts
Of first instance and for courts OF appeal.
The other is that the General Conven-
ton change article @ ofthe Constitution
and then enact q uniform canon for the
whole church. The committee decided
that the first plan would be unbecoming
and 'undignifed In the Convention, and
an unwarrantable interference with
diocesan independence, and practically
iruitlesS. The second plan proposed Is
pronounced the only regular, direct and
reasonable mode OF providing remedy
for the admittedly deplOrable condition
Of the present system.
As 10 the form which this change
should take, two plans have been advo-
Gated. One was that the General Con.
yen,ion have power 10 establish only
courts Of appeal without interfering with
the present mode Of trial In courts Of
first Justice instituted by the respective
diocesps. The other Is that the change
be unrestriCtive, so that the General
Convention may either establish courts
OF appeal only; or, II that be found im.
practicable or ineffective, 1t may estab.
lish a uniform and complete system
throughout all the dloceses. The com.
mittee, Of the plans, fluids the second the
only practicable one and recommends
that 4 commission bO formed 70 draft
two canons for consideration In the next
General COnVention-one providing for
a system Of appellate courts only, aud
the other for a uniform system OF trial
In all tie dioceses, including courts Of
appeal. The committee formulated and
presented canon covering the entire
procedure and the trial Of aClergyman
accompanying II, with an explanation
that tic canon 10 merely offered to show
the line upon which such acanon might
be constructed.
EVangcilCAl LuthSFans.