The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-02
BISHOPS AND CLERGY MEET
LAY MEIIBERs OF THE EPISCOPAL CONTENTION PR ESENTI ENFORCE.

The Trains Were Crowded With Delegates
 on some of the Roads-Changes in the
 Principal Canons of the Episcopal Church
 Were Voted Down-Nearly Every Clause
 of Constitution Has Its Opponents.
 Minneapolis, Oct. 1.-The preliminar- ies of the triennial council of the Prot estant Episcopal church, which as- sembles tomorrow for three weeks session were inaugurated to-day with meeting of the joint committee of bishops. clerics and laymen appointed by the council of 1892 to revise the constitution and canons of the denomi- nation,
 At this mornings session of the com- mittee, which was held in secret, the lay members were present in force. Published reports to the effect that among the new recommendations would be one changing the name of the de- nomination were criticised as "unqual- ifiedly false" Many of the bishops will be missed from the present council. Bishop Williams of Connecticut, who by virtue of seniority, would have presided over the house of bishops, IS too feeble to make the trip, although he was rendered the use of J. Pierpont Morgans private car all the way from Hartford to this city. The next in authority, Bishop Clark of Rhode Island, is similarly circumstanced, and so the bishops will have as presiding officer their brother, Whipple, of this diocese Bishop Winner of Alabama telegraphs that the weight of years prevents him making the journey and Bishop Thompson of Mississippi will be also absent
 The trains to-day were crowded with delegates, some of the roads being compelled to run two and three sec- tions. Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix and Dr. Hoffman, both of New York, the latter being dean of the General Theological seminary; Bishop Nichols of California, Bishop Grafton of Wisconsin, Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart of Hartford, and Dr. John Fulton of Philadelphia, editor of the Church Standard, which has violently opposed the new canons and consti- tuition, were prominent among the ar rivals
 The most distinguished member of the laity was Senator G. F. Edmunds He was prevented from receiving the greet i1gs of numerous callers by the effects of the journey. The arrivals also in- clude a fraternal delegation from Can ada Three secret sessions were held to-day by the committee on the re- vision of the constitution and canons, but no more changes were made in the report as previously made. A propo- sition to designate future gatherings as ''the general council'' instead of gen eral synod" as recommended in the re- port was voted down, as were also sev- eral verbal changes in the principal canons The committee was still in session this evening Bishop Dudley, who next to the chairman, Bishop Bur- gess of Quincy, has taken the most active part in engrafting the opinions of the bishops upon the report said to- day:
 '"The result of our labors will go to the convention about as 1t has been printed"
 As to the final disposition of the re port in the house of deputies, however, there is great diversity of opinion. Nearly every clause of both constitu- tion and canons has its opponents. The proposal to change the name of the denomination to "The Holy Catholic church. finds little or no favor among the delegates.