St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-08
BISHOP eILBERT'S TITLE
IS CHANGED FRcN "ASSfSTsRT" TO
"BiSH0F c0ADJUTOR.
fnE DIOCESE IS DIVIDED.
The Counties of Swift. Kandiyohi.
Meeker, Sherburne, Isanti and
Chisago Form the Dividing
Line Between the Dioceses-
Rev. w. Is. Pope Made Mem
Der of the Ecclesiastical Court.

Rev. w. Is. Pope Made Mem
Der of the Ecclesiastical Court.
The second days session of the thirty
seventh annual conversion of the do
cesar council of Minnesota was opened
yesterday morning at 10 o'cack with
The customary devotional exercises.
Treasurer J. Ii. Ames and E. Ii. Hel-
brook, treasurer OF the diocesan fund. :
presented their reports.
Then followed long and spirited
debate on motion to change the title
Of Assistant Bishop Gilbert to that of
bishop coadjutor." A number of the
delegates were opposed to the idea on
The ground that it was not in keeping
with the proper American spirit. The
motion finally prevailed. and Bishop
Gilbert will hereafter be addressed by
that title
H. Warner was elected trustee of
the diocese. and Bishop Gilbert, Mr.
Nichols and Col. Eddy were appointed
BOARD OF managers of the fund for aged
and intirm Clergy.
AT the afternoon session the secretary
was instructed to cast the ballot of the
council for {. II. Holbrook, of Mime
apollS, for treasurer of the episcopate
fund, and for j. III. Ames to be treas
urer of the diocese.
Then the discussion of the division of
Minnesota into two jurisdictions was
resumed and continued with great
spirit. A majority report from the
committee on division was presented by
Dean Graham and thu minority WAC mn
hand with counter report. The bone
Of contention seemed to rest on the
question of boundary line, and the de-
bate brought out every feature of the
proposition. Rev Pope thought that
the diocese was trying to stuitfY itself
by creating another jurisdiction without
having the means of supporting an
other bishop, if they would succeed in
obtaining one. The report of the com.
mittee was divided and the council
voted to create the new Jurisdiction.
After lengthy debate as to the bound
aries IL was decided to name the coun-
ties of Swift, kandlyohi. Meeker. Sher.
burne. Isanti and Chisago as the north
ern boundary of the diocese of Mime.
sofa, and all the country north thereof
as belonging to the missionary jurisdic-
ton.
Rev. William G. Pope was appointed
as a member OF the ecclesiastical court
for the ensuing year, after which the
council went into committee of the
whole for the consideration of the
canons and constitution. Another long
debate which consumed the entire af-
\,
removing from the qualification of rep
reSentatives the spiritual demands made
by section 4, article 4, OF the canons,
which provides that they should be
"communlcantS and stated worShipers"
of the parish. The vote was taken 'by
ORDERS" and Bishop Whlpple was found
ready to sustain the liberal views which
had been in force for thirty-three years.
The motion to lay the section on the Ia
BILE was lost. and the law will remain in
force.
The standing committee was reelected
for another year. after which a recess
was taken until O'clock.
EVENING SESSION
The council at its night session ap-
pointed committee of seven to make
arrangements for the meeting of the
general assembly. which convenes for
AZ lCS VI al lllCUnldl oeSSAOu dL IAltIc-
apolis i'll October. 1895.
A resolution of thanks to the mem
bers and ladies of St. Paul'S parish was
passed for courteSieS extended. An ill.,
vitatiOn to the council to hold its next
annual meeting at Faribaults was ac-
eepted unanimously.
The council then proceeded as a conf
mittee of the whole to revise the can
ons and constitution and recommended
proportionate representation in the
council. AT late hour the committee
rose and reported progress and when
motion was made to. proceed to- GO over
the work again, section by section, the
question of quorum was raised and it
was found that there was no quorum
present and motion to adjourn sine
die prevailed.
The work of adopting constitution
and can0ns has now been pending three
years. and has not yet been brought 10
finish.
At the conclusion Bishop Whipple
addressed few parting words to the
members of the council, which re-.
viewed some noteworthy incidents in
his career in Minnesota, and were full
of feelings and admonishing them to
renewed activity in behalf of the church
babe them God speed.