Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-18
:, ,ho Last regular Council held last year

in Montgomery, Aln., Rector =, .. lihusuy,
OF Boston, Mass. was elected 70 the new
ly-croated office OF assistant bishop. ne
WAS notified OF his election and given o
limited time in which to accept or reject.
Circumstances with him were such that ne
refused the Office. Immediately Bisnop
Wilmer issued an order calling the MINIS
tcrs and iaity Of the diocese to assempleln
special session in Selma on the 2sth OF DC
tobcr last tor the purpose OF nominating
and electing another assistant bishop IN
the place Of Rev. j. $. Lindsay.
Or. JACKSON LIEcrxp.
On the day appointed the Council, went
in mecial session in compliance TO the re.
quest Of the Bishop. There we're ABOUT
100 delegates, ministers. and leymen IN INC
convention. besides many proxies: ~
to order and stated the OBJECT OF
the called meeting then he talked
at length about tho mode OF noml-
mating an assistant bishop, and stated tnat
ne had no preference: whomever the
Council saw fit and proper TO elect TO as
sjst HIM in his work he would be perfectly
satisfied with. The letter OF refusal IRON
Rev. J. S. Lindsay was read before the
Council and accepted. After some PR.
liminary business had been disposed Oh on
motion nominations were in order.
VARIOUS QChSoAiOsN''
The question then arose as TO the manner
Of raising the salary OF the Assistant
Rishop M TO the advisability of deferrlng
the nomination until the next regular
Conncil. After some discussion the ques-
tions were waved and nominations COM
menced. AS wac customary, the clergy
went into caucus and decided on rev
Robert 3. Barrett, of Atlanta, Ga,
az the man we'll qualified for the Office.
In secret session the lalty decided that
Rev. Robert S. Barrett would not SUIT vac
diocese. for reasons known to That pody'
In conjunction. Rev. DR.. Brown. OF St.
InLe's church, New York city, and DR..
jackson. of Grace church, Richmond, were
placed before the Council. A formal vote
waa taken by the laity IN the presence OF
the clergy, and instead ct confirming the
nomination of the clergy they rejected 1t
by large majority.
THE DECISION OF THE CLERGY.
II was necessary now for the clergy to
nominate another man. They decided on
Hoy. DIR. Henry Melville Jackson. This
met the hearty approval of the lalty and
| the Council then elected him unanimously
TO the newly-made Office OF Assistant
Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama.
MODE OF ELEcTINo BISHOP.
The right of electing bishop is vested
! by the constitution OF the American
| Church of this government IN the c0nYen-
! Thor choice is submitted TO the general
| convention. if sitting, otherwise TO the
Standing committee of each diocese, and
mnst receive the sanction of majority
before the bishop can be consecrated.
Each Organized parish in the do
cose sends four lay delegates and one cleri-
cal, and is entitled to two yotesLone cleri-
| cal and ono lay. The clerical delegates TO
the council, separate and apart from the
law delegates. nominate fit person for the
ofice of bishop, and this nomination is
then submitted to the lay delegates, VINO
hold n meeting separate from the clerical
and approve or reject the nomination as
they may see nj.
THE POWER OF TIE LAY DELEGATES.
TT the Inv delegates reject nomination
made by the clerical delegates some one
else must be northumberland so onuntil the
Law delegates agree to whomeyer the clerl-
cal delegates place in nomination. When
the nomination is agreed upon by the lay
delegates. then the candidate 10 elected ny
a majority Of the clerical and lay dele
oates. The election is then drawn up IN
writing and signed by oil the clerical and
Law delegates to the convention, and then
submitted TO the standing committee OF
each diocese in the United States for APP
prevail. and when approved the bishop
elect is then duly consecrated by three
bishops of the Church.
BISHOPS SALARIES.
There is no fixed salary. for bishops of
the Episcopal Church. That IS a matter
that rests entirely with the diocese. If it
be q large and unusually wealthy and
prosperous diocese then the council shall
give its head officer as much as it deems
proper ana becoming.
The salary of Bishop Wilmer has been
"a pn0 n wear for many years which is very