The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-04
EP!SCOPlL CONVENTION
TOmPSr of tho Body TsAtod rs to the Pro,
posed Change Of Church Name.

Temper Of tho Hody TsAtsd rs to the Pro.
posed Change of Church Nance
MISSRAPoLH, Oct. S.-Ths temper Of
the house Of deputies OF tho EpISco.
palian convention toward tho propos.
itIon to change the name Of the church
was incidentally shown by itI action
this morning on the invitation to the
house OF bishops to meet with the
deputies at noon to receive the visiting
Canadian bishops.
The resolution Of invitation contained
the words "ihs American church"
A Virginia delegate moved to amend
by the substitution Of the words PRO.
teStant Episcopal church OF the United
statOs,' which 10 the legal title. Tho
amendment was voted down by SO ayes
and 800 nays.
The diocese Of California presented q
petition for q division OF the diocese.
Similar memorials we're presented from
Maryland, Kentucky, aud northern
Michigan,
A resolution TO extend iraternAl greet
inga 10 the Northern Minnesota confer
encs now In session in this city waO at
first tabled, but afterwards takcn from
the table and passed. Tho report OF the
commission on constitutional revision
was then taken up. Dean i. A. HOls-
man, Of Now York, taking tho door In
its defense. After some dOhAts in which
ex-senator Edmunds, OF Vermont, was
participant, tho report was referred 70
tho committee nj the whole by the clole
vote OF 1873 10 lSO.
James Packard was called to tho chair
manship committee Of tho whole and
Dean Holman began the reading OF the
declaration preceding the constitution.
Trouble was met Immediately in the
second paragraph, which had bosn
changed by the commission so aS to
read Ihl. "Iho bishops, clergy and laity
OF tho Protestant Episcopal Church Of
America, in general convention assem-.
bled, mako the following declarations"
The original paragraph read that the
church in the dioeeIeA within the Unit
cd Statos, represented by the bishops.
clergy and lRity, otC.
Rev. DR.. Stone, OF Chicago, opposed
the whole declaration, and moved to
table it. This the committee ruled out
OF order in committee Of the whole.
Nor would he entertain an appeal from
the decision.
Thoroupon DR.. Burgerine, Of Pitts
burgh, moved that the committee rise
and report, so that the rules might he
put In proper shape. This motion pre-
vailed, and the house was in the midst
OF a discussion on rules when the hour
set for tho reception OF the Canadian
bishops arrived. After the reception
tho committee arose.
The house Of deputies spent practi-
cally all ol this afternoon on the r0ViS.
ion OF tho constitution aud, while very
little headway was made, enough de.
vsloped to show that the claim that tho
revision ls not satisfactory 10 wpll
founded. On every important point
taken up, the VIewI oil the revision
commission were reversed. A set ot
rulos.WaS adopted Rov0rnl ng the debate
while in committee ot the whole aud
therO was not 60 much danger Of
trolies getting tangled up, but in
spite OF this there was some
confusion and several motions had
ID be withdrawn before the depu.
ties could act as they desired. In
the fret place. tho entire declaration
with which tho revision was preiaced
was eliminated as something unneceS.
sary. 1t was argued that Il any declara.
ton to tho public was necessary It
should come In another way, as the
constitution was for tho government Of
the church and did not concern the
public. There was but one dissenting
votO to striking out the entire declara.