The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-07-26
TROUBLED GRACE CHURCH
The Bishops Decision Leads TO a
Protest and Heals No
Differences.

The decision rendered by Bishop Star
key in regard to the election In Graci
Episcopal Church, Greenviile, has no
been received with satisfaction by either
side. The followers Of the rector think
that the bishop should have sustained this
decisions of the rector and allowed
the votes of j. G. Hoffman, james Chap
man and the Liliiendahl Brothers To
stand. On tne other hand the old yestry,
while admitting that their claim in re-
still TUX the vote or Mr.. Permission should
also have been declared illegal.
THE DECISION.
Following is the decision in FULL
Gentlemen--I understand that the question
submitted to me Is, which of the two tick sts
the ticket called the rector's ticket or that
known as the old vestry ticket, received the
greater number of legal votes al the late Easter
election in the parish OF Grace Church. Green
have carefully considered the original and
supplemental papers submitted TO me, aud
lave reached the following conciusloIs;
lind thar fifteen votes were counted for the
rector's ticket, so called, and ten votes for the
other or the votes cast for the rector 8
ticket | tind that four were Illegal viz.:--Mr.
W. Liniendahl, Mr.. Frank Ltilendanl Mir. J. g.
Hoffman and MIR. James Chapman The canon
requires among other qualifications OF q voter
that he shall Tor SIX calendar months next be
in the church, and that only
those persons shall be deemed worship
pers who shall be regular contributors 10
the current expenses of tue parish. This mod >
OF contributing must ex-necessitate be one
which Is susceptible OF proof IL any question is
raised. II is plain to me from an inspection OF
the parish book in the case Of all these gentle
men and from admissions Ia the statements re-
gardiug three OF them that they were not
regular contributors wild hin the meaning Of the
canon. The vote OF Mr.. Permission, although not
entirely satisfactory In respect OF the time dur
ing which his subscriptions were regularly
made. has the preponderance OF evidence in it's
The ticket opposed to the rector's ticket re-
ceived. according TO the preponderauce of testi-
mony, ten votes which were counted. One Of
these ballots, according to the statement OF the
teliers contained the names OF nn@ vsstrymen
and was therefore illegal, but as the vote had
been counted before lhs discovery was mads it
was allowed 10 stand In the announcement of
the result Of the balloting.
think there can be no doubt that, viewed
technically and on strictly camorical grounds,
the rector was justified IN refusing TO receive
the vote of Mr. Morse, however valuable his SER
vices may have been to the parisns and also in
refusing TO receive the vote. challenged, of
Mir. r. r. Lockwood, whose regular contflbu-
lions may not have been susceptible of proc
The refusal of the vote OF mr.. Williams, IL It
were sincerely offered. does not seem to me
case. however. is 100 painfully contradictory
for me to decide In favor of the accepfancs 81
the vote against the decision made when 1t was
offered. or appeared to DO offered and n the
view which take of the case generally as pre-
scented 1t is not necessary for mo to do Sol tor il
the vote Of Mr., Williams should be accepted
and the illegal vote which had been counted on
the same side should be rejected tho general
result wonld stlil be the same. y
Assuming that the views here presented are
correct the vote would stand eleven TO ten In
favor of the Rscior's ticket. I therefore think
IL was elected.
The canon however, requires that those hola-
NJ Office should poSsses tho same qualifications
hat are Required * others ~ Ar HoRmRa