Telegram-herald., 1890-06-06
CHURCH
Adjournment Of the Convention
AMER 3 Hara Days Work.
A LONG TUSSLE NTH CANON IlB
Some Successful ana ssE1o nssSeessio al
AttsaaRts ~ Shaage the S1nons-
dhe hleetton ~ omoers-A Gloomy
speSeh b. the Bishop

The diocesan convention 81 NesteTa
Michigan continued IT. sessions yesteT-
DAY morning Most of the morning
Was taken up With routine business ot
Little general interest TAe report Of
the Committee on Education contained
. statement OF the condition ot Akeley
Institute. IN the current financial sd-
minlsgrAuon, the school Is reported -
be n good shape, and hss PAID expenses
from the beginning. Bat any WORK
looking 10 permanent endowment Is
Al stAndsI.lI. The present needs Of
the institution are funds 70 meet some
pressing Indebtedness ana provide N
creased accommodations for students
by the enlargement OF buildings. The
convention subsequently passed reso-
luton recommending that each rector
appoint = lady 10 canvass Their parishes
tOr subscriptions 10 the institute.
The SPECIAL committee appointed -
draft resolutions Oh the death OF Rev.
Joseph ;. Large and Roy. Mr.. Hus0n.
made their report, which Was TtYerent-
ly adopted by a rlslng vote.
Mucn or the time and patience Of the
convention Was taken up IN revision
Of various canOns. The whole subject
or the canOnlcal change, placing thc
missions On the same bass as parishes
IL their representation an convention,
was left IA some obscuT.ty n the MINDS
Of members, some saying that tie nnal
disposition OF the matter meant one
thing, aud'Others claiming opposite. The
canon which prescribed the rules OF or
der VAS repealed. and the rules ii con
tanned were placed among the regular
rules of order.
The most mportantcanOmcai change
was that relating 10 tie Quallhcau onot
voters AZ parish elections and 81 clgl-
bIllty 10 membtshlp OF veslres. a
TELEGRAM reporter asked q
group OF clergy at the Warwick con
cermng the effect of the convention :
action on this matter and they replied
that the motion was 10 changes certain
canon SO as 10 read a. follows: "All
regular COMMITMENTS OF the church
or congregation 81 years OF age shall
be entitled 10 vote, but only male com
municants shall be eligible 10 the office
| OF yestryman."
This means a radical change ia the
| former policy Of the Episcopal church
| IN this diocese, permitting women %
vote at parish elections. and excluding
| from the vestries ali who are not com
municants of the church. The bishop
| from the chair argued warmly against
| the proposed change, but u Was carried
| by almost two-thIrds majority. Fail
| ing OF such majority, the clergy inter
| viewed say, II Will have % stand over a
year and again pissed before i becomes
| law.
The annual elections resulted as fol
| lows:
Treasurer-T. ?. sheldon.
| Registrar-A. {. TOrTcy.
| Standing COmmittec-Rev J. W.
Bancroft, Rcv.J. +. Rippcy. Rev. T. J.
| Knapp, d. D., W. X shelby, II. +
Severens, W. j. Stewart.
The next convention VIII be held N
ST. Lukes Church, Kalamazoo.
Upon the adjournment of the con
vention, the Bishop according 10 h.'
custom, made some remarks. The tenor
of them was gloomy IN the extreme
chiefly expressive Of bis dissatisfaction
with the progress and results OF the con
vention. lie regretted the small at
tendance OF the iaity, and inumateo
that the proceedings even Of the few
lacked strength and dignity The peo
pie Of 81 Marks Church had treated
the convention coldly by their absence
from the sessions, and were especially
negligent of dutyln their treatment q
| "Wednesday evening s MISSIONARY meet
ing. The Bishop expressed thc hope
in closing his remarks, that Il be cshoula
be their Bishop another year, the aspCc
Of things would be different.