The morning call., 1890-05-09
EPISCOPALIANS.
4 Southern Parish Withdraws
From the Convention.
Standing Committees Elected-obj ELECTIONS to
Assessments for Next Yesr-Canon
Law Discussed.

The second days session of the fortieth
annual convention of the Protestant Epis-
eopal Church Of the diocese of California
opened at the usual hour yesterday morn
ing at Grace Church in this city. Bishop
Kip being detained from the meeting on &C
count OF sickness, Rev. w. II. Hill of
Berkeley continued in the chair.
The report of the Standing Committee
for 1889 was read by Rev. H. Chetwood, and
Bishop Kip's official address, giving his
canonical acts for the past year, by Rev. E.
j. Lion.
A resolution was offered and carried to
the effect that committee of filty-one-
twenty-five clergymen and twenty-five lay
men, with Bishop Kip-be appointed to
welcome DR.. Nichols and family on arrival
in California.
Rev. A. G. L. Trew offered the following
resolution to correct certain statements
made by the press about the Ill-feeling OF
the delegates from Southern California:
WHEREAS, Statements have appeared in The
public press to The effect that there is manifest
In this convention much suppressed ill-feeHng
on the part of the delegates from Southern CALI
fornia, with reference to the late special cou-
VentiOn; therefore IL Is hereby
Resolved AS the sense OF this convention that
such statements are entirely at variance with
the facts, and that on the contrary the cUnven-
ton recognizes with thankfuluess the hatmoni-
Gus spirit, which is abundanty manifested,
and further would repudiate and deprecate most
emphatically all attempts from whatever source
TO stir up any sectional feeling between different
parts OF our common diocese.
1t was carried with but one dissenting
voice-that of Rev. I. q. Haskns Of Los
Angeles.
COMMITTEES ELECTED.
The remainder of the morning session
was devoted to the election Of various CON-
mittees for the ensuing year, as follows:
Standing Commttee-Reys. r. G. Foute, Fl.
Chetwood, j. Sanders Reed and E. b. Spaulding;
Messrs. G. ". Gibbs, L, W; Kirkham, A. n.
Board Of Mlssiou,-The Right Rev. w. l. Kip,
ID, LID. president e1-oficio), Reys. E. J.
Lee; Messls. A. H. Phelps. ": A. NJ Van Box.
kelen, f. V. Hopkins and j. e. Clark.
ard Of Directors of the incorporation-Right
Rev. Bishop Kip, Rev. ID. o. Kelley. Rev. j.
Sanders Reed; Messrs. George w. Gibbs A. N
Drown, Colonel q. Ii. Mendell ana j. +. Hough-
Ton.
The afternoon session opened at o'clock
with Rev. W. L. Hill in the chair.
w. II. Graves presented the Treasurer's
report Of the diocese, showing the receipts
of the corporation TO be:
For the Diocesan Fund .................$5,38 9 70
Disbursements 1855 10
Balance on hand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S34 90
For the Convention Fund 1881 81
disbursements. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 657 oo
Balance on hand........................... 1877 81
Widows and Orphans Fund, S9S Go; De-
Hneuent list to the Diocesan Fund, 1884 "a :;
in the Convention Fund, $101 IA. The $500
that has been ordered paid to the Board of
Missions will be placed to the credit Of the
Widows and Orphans Fund
The report of The Committee on Educa-
ton showed good steady growth among
the paroctial schools in the diocese, and
called special attention to the needs of the
Coast for Il theological seminary.
Rev. r. c. Foute then read all the cor
respondence leading up to the appointment
of DR.. w. +. Nichols to the Office of Assist
and Bishop of the diocese.
Rev. MIR. Emery reported for the Finance
Committee, giving the assessments for the
years 1890 and 1891 as follows: Diocesan
Fund $685., Convention Fund $500, Church.
room Fund $50.
After the reading of this report several
pastors objected to the increase of parish
assessments. aud among them was Z. d.
Spauldlng OF st. Johns Church of this CITY,
They claimed the church could not stand
the increase and asked the Finance Com
mlttee to reduce the amount or the yestry
be allowed To confer with the committee,
Such conference was granted and report
showed a reduction of 500, making the
amount for the coming year Of the Diocesan
Fund for ST. Johns Church S475.
WITHDRAWAL OF A PARISH.
Rev. I. G. Haskns of Christ's Church,
Los Angeles, stated that his parish wished
to withdraw from the convention, not be-
cause of any trouble between the conyen-
ton and the parish, but simply because the
distance was SO great that many of the
parish are not able to attend the annual
meeting. Should the convention meet in
Los Angeles, or near there, the parish
would return TO the convention.
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