St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-06

tion was referred to the committee or
location, which had not yet been ap-
pointed, but j. Pierpont Morgan, the
New York 'multi-millionaire, stepped
into the breach with a resolution call
ing for the appointing of joint COM
mittee of five bishops and five deputies.
to fix the location. 1t was the first time
the bond syndicate man has taken an
active part in the convention proceed
ings, and was the occasion of some stir
on the convention floor. His resolu-
ton carried, and later in the session
President Dix appointed five deputies
to sit on the committee: DR.. E. H.
Ward, of Kentucky; DIR. j. Lewis
Parks, of Pennsylvania; DR.. John 5.
Lindsay, of Massachusetts; j. Pierpont
Morgan, of New York, and Robert
Earl, of Albany. The contest for loca-
ton is at present understood to be be-
tween Louisville and Boston, and from
the makeup of the COMMITTEES, it seems
likely that a report will be made in
favor of the Eastern city. The West
ern and Southern deputies are largely
in the majority, however, and If they
combine ON Louisville, can easily carry
it in the house of deputies. No COM
mittee has as yet been appointed in
the house of bishops.
There was quite a contest over an
amendment to article of the present
constitution, giving the convention
AUTHORITY TO SET ASIDE
portions of diocese into missionary dio-
ceses. This amendment passed six
years ago, but at Baltimore failed by
technicality, and it was. reintroduced by
Judge Fairbanks, of Florida While
general in its application, it is under
stood to- be particularly fer the benefit
of the diocese of Florida, which wishes
a portion of it's work set off into the
missionary diocese of Southern Flori-
da. DR.. Also, of Long Island, objected
to the amendment, saying that StNjng
centers of the work ought not to be
allowed to throw off their weaker por-
tions, and compel the church at large
to take them under it's care. His OBJ
lection put the resolution on the cal
endar, and Judge Fairbanks tried in
vain to get him to withdraw it. Hill
Burgwin, of Pittsburg, supported the
resolution, after having it taken from
the table by a vote of 1856 to 60, and
urged that it was a necessity, as dio-
ceses had hitherto been set off by extra
constitutional action. In reply to the
suggestion that the matter was COW
cred in the report of the commission on
constitutional revision, he made the
SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT
that 'in his honest opinion, with all
due Difference to the commission, final
action would not be taken at this con-
vention upon any portion of their re-
port" DR.. Hoffman here called for the
order of the day, which carried, and
the resolution was put over until Mon
day.
An impressive scene during the morn
ing session of the house was the pre-
sentation Of the standard copy of the
book of common prayer by DR.. w. R.
Huntington, of New York, chairman of
the special commission in the house.
He presented a supplementary report
of the work of the commission, to be
appended to the report made at Balti-
more three years ago, and following
the reading of the report bore to the
rostrum and placed on the secretary's
desk copy of the standard volume,