St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-15
Advent Meeting Of the Episeo-
pal Church Club Of Mime
sofa Last Night.
Southeast Minneapolis People
Are Promised Their In
terurban Transfers.
Mayor Winston Returns and
Says the Transfer Ordi-
nance Is All Right.
Capt. Cross Plan for the
Farmers -Cheney's Elee-
ton Contest Fails.

The advent meeting of the Church
Club of the Diocese of Minnesota, was
held last night at the Guaranty Loan.
The meeting was notable one, not only
from point Of attendance, but the
presence of number of distinguished
EpiScopalianS. The main business OF
the meeting consisted OF checking off
the courses Oh the menu card,
for banquet was served in
the big dining room. Covers were laid
for $50. and over 100 members of the
club We're present. The president of
the club, Hon. r. r. Nelson. officiated
as toastmaster. He opened the session
of Speechmaking with numerous dis
Sertation on good dinners, embracing
several good college stories. The first
SPEAKER of the evening was Rt.
Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert, ID. d., who re-
sp0nded to the toast THE House of
Bishops" Previous to launching out
Oh the main subject Bishop Gilbert con-
graduated the club on the great success
it had attained during the two years of
its existence. The club, he said, had a
tendency to bring the people of the
church closer together, in sympathy
and understanding. In speaking of the
House Of Bishops" he said it was by
no means SO di1lli"d as many people
imagined.
The bishops who fn:.icd his body were
good fellows i'll every .aisc % The word
W hen they went in behinu tnc .-' t doors
10 deliberate they threw of al! .ll-iI ,ignity
and airs. They reserved their pCmrCus ways
and airs, remarked the bishop humorously,
for the times they marched down
the aisles of Emmanuel church, Balti-
more, and st Georges. New York.
where the fair ones. were looking down from
the galleries. The bishop of Massachusetts
had remarked that IL was time for the house
Of bishops TO conduct its business with open
doors, for the no ding of executi, e sessions
was un- American. Bishop Gilbert said
he should regret the time when executive
sessions were abolished, for it would do
away with freedom of discussion. which al
ways conduCed to the best legislation. When
they were dcliberating behind closed doors
they were not talking TO the galleries nor hav
Ing themselves reported or unsupported
III the newspapers In conclusion Bish
D Gilbert gaze short personal descrip
tons OF the characteristics of the great
bishops who be.Ong to the house Out of the
seyenty-fve bishops In America only five
were born elsewhere. One vas born i'll
Canada, and four in Ireland. Not one had
been furnished by the old church. The
episcopate was thoroughly American and
modern, ana the speaker was confident that
il was through it that the great question of
church unity would be solved.
Rev. A. j. Graham spoke 10 the toast, 'Thc
House of Deputies" lie was in a sarcastic
mood. pnd his remarks concerning the BODY
Of men who formed the trIennial convention
at Baltimore. were anything but coInpli-
mentary, especially in reference TO the lay
men. lie had been in attendance at the con
ventlOn and knew whereof he spoke. The
venerable Archdeacon r. H. NJ Y. Appleby
enlightened the club on 1.-The State or the
Church" and told the members how there
were 1850 Episcopal ciergymen in the cuun-
try, an increase of POO in the last three years;
4,5S1 church editices and 1921 rectores. He
addnced statistics showing the church to
be in healthful condition and rapidly
increasing. Rev. W. NJ. Barker. bishop-elect
of Montana, responded to the toast, 1.-THE
General Convention and the Missionary
Episcopate:' L. w. Peet had for his sub
ject st. Paul and The General Convention
of 1898, and Rev. j. j. Fauue responded TO
the toast. minneapolis and the General Con-
vention of 1885" II was decided to hold the
next meeting and banquet at St Paul Jan. 26.