The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-28
BISHOP ELECT GAILOR.
THE STANDING COMMITTEEMAN
ING HIS ANSWER.

ternoon-The Committee to Meet in
Atlanta Saturday - DR.. Phillips
Brooks Testimonials to Be Before
It-His Election as Bishop of Massa-
chusetts to Be Confirmed by the
Committee - The Savannah Clergy
Warm Supporters Of DR.. BROOKS.
The standing committee of the Episcopal
diocese of Georgia will meet in Atlanta
| Saturday to receive Chancellor Gailor's
answer to the committee appointed to wait
upon him for his acceptance OF the
bishopric.
The committee is now at Sewanee In
conference with DR.. Gailor. It ia not yet
known whether OF not he will accept. A
telegram from DR.. Gailor yesterday after
noon stated that he had not yet decided.
The papers OF DR.. Phillips Brooks, bishop
elect Of Massachusetts, are probably by
this time in the hands of the standing COM
mittee, in which case they viii be passed
upon. In case DIR. Gailor accepts the
papers of three bishops-elect will be before
the committee, those of Seasons of Louisi-
ana, Brooks of Massachusetts, and Gafior
of Georgia.
Great interest is being manifested not only
in the Episcopal church, but among all re-
ligious denominations, in the confirmation
OF DR.. Phillips Brooks election as bishop of
Massachusetts. The opposition by advanced
churchmen TO DIR. Brooks conservation is
because OF his broad church views.
DIR. Brooks views upon ques-
lions Of religious belief and
opinion and his outspoken manner of exc
atr - ali
his Protestant brethren of other denomina-
tions, have been strongly censured by his
brethren in the church Of more extreme
views
The question OF the conservation Of
bishop-eleot is submitted to the bishops and
the standing committees Of the dioceses by
law Of the church. 1t must be passed upon
by both, and there is no such
thing as either order waving its rights.
THE WAY IT IS DONE.
The canon of the church upon this subs
Ject is that If during the recess of the con-
yention, which meets triennially, the
church IN any diocese should be de-
sirous OF the conservation of a
bishop-elect, the standing committee
or the church in such diocese
may, by its president or some person or
person specially appointed, communicate
the fact to the standing committees Of the
dioceses throughout the country, together
with copies of the necessary testimonials
and IL the majority of the standing COM
mlttees consent to the conservation,
the standing committee of the diocese
concerned shall forward the evidence of
such consent, together with other testi-
monials, to the presiding bishop of the
house OF bishops, or, in case of his death, to
the bishop who. according to the rules of
the house OF bishops, is to preside at the
the same to all the bishops Of the church in
the United States, excepting those whose
designations have been accepted.
VOICE OF THE BISHOPS.
II a majority Of the bishops consent TO
the conservation the presiding bishop, with
out delay, notifies the bishop-elect of such
consent, and on his acceptance the presiding
bishop issues an order for the conservation
OF the bishop-elect by himself and two other
bishops, or by any three bishops to whom
he may communicate the testimonials.
IL the election takes place within three
months OF the meeting of the general con-
vention, all those matters are deferred until
the meeting OF the convention. Then the
house OF bishops voted upon the conservation
or the bishop-elect, and If a majority ap-
prove OF his conservation the question goes
before the lower house. or house Of deputies.
which also votes upon it,
favor OF the conservation of DR.. Brooks.
They believe him to be head and shoulders
above any other man in the Episcopal
church, and they see nothing harmful in his
views and practice, though they themselves
may not be quite so broad in some respects.
NO OPPOSITION FROM GEORGIA.
Rev. Charles II. Strong, the member of
the standing committee of the diocese of
Georgia, was asked yesterday by MORN
ING NEWS reporter If the standing commit
tee OF this diocese would approve DR..
Brooks conservation. He said he thought
the committee would agree to it unani-
mously, or at least he had heard OF no mem
Der Of the committee who had expressed anv
opposition to passing" DR.. Brooks.
MIR. Strong was asked If he thought any
of the dioceses would disagree to Dr..
Brooks conservation, and said that perhaps
dozen of the advanced church diooeses
would refuse to agree to his consecra-
ton. There are ffty.two dioceses
in the United States. OF these Ten-
ne'see, Albany, Colorado, Chicago, Iowa,
Quincy, Springfield, Newark, MARYLAND
Milwaukee, Fond du Lao and two or three
others are considered advanced church do
ceses. The agreement Of majority Of the
standing com mittees is all that is necessary.
aud 1t is customary not to wait for the an
swers OF the remaining diooeses after a ma
Jority has consented, but the testimonials
are Immediately forwarded to the bishops
for their action.
A majority Of the bishops must consent be-
fore the presiding bishop can order the con-
recreation. There are seventy-ore bishopss
including missionary aud assistant bishops
More opposition to DR.. Brooks
is anticipated among the bishops
than from the standing committees
as the house of bishops is notably couserva-
tive. IL is not believed Mr. Strong
said, that DIR. Brooks will have
any difficulty in passing the house of
bishops, though there will doubtless be a
large vote against him. The rejection of a
bishop elect is something that has very
seldom occurred in the church in the United
States.
II would not care to remain in a church
that would not consent to the conservation
OF such man as Phillips Brooks" is an ex-
preston used by more than one churchman
in Savannah lately.
CITY BREVIrIES.