The record-union., 1895-10-09

| MINNEAPoLIs, Oct. SIT was with
something of feeling of relief that the
Episcopal House of Deputies of the Gen.
eral Convention suspended it's session of
| the revised Constitution for while to-day,
| to take up few crumbs of still another
resolution of the evision that had fallen
from the Bishops table. The fathers OF
the church, themselves probably not
anxious to be forestalled, or unwilling to
allow the lower house to go very far into
its work without their own views and
ideas foreign to the outside world, had
! been doing little revising on their own
account for couple of days, and the re-
suits were apparent in the messages pre-
sented with courtly dignity by Secretary
| Hart.
The Bishops preferred General Con-
vention" 10 Synod" and The term "As-
sistant Bishop" to "Bishop Coadjutor,"
both suggestions being in line with those
already approved by the house. They
also favored the title of 'Primate' for the
new presiding officer, recommended that
retired Bishops be given seat IN the
house. and proposed new title to the
constitution.
SucA OF the various amendments as the
| house had not already approved provoked
| a debate that covered two sessions, but
the Bishops had their way right through,
and only the arrival OF the hour for ad-
| iournment prevented the adding OF the
word 'Prlnate" TO the minutes OF the
| day.
| Just before the delegates dispersed the
| House OF Bishops announced concurrence
in the resolutions dividing the diOceses of
! California, Maryland and Kentucky.
! The first vote by dioceses of the present
! convention was demanded upon the
| designation of the constitution sent down
| by the Bishops. This ran as follows:
| "The constitution and canOns of that
| portion of the Catholic Church known in
! law as the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the United States of America"
| There was no debate, and the designa-
| ton was adopted.
! No sooner had the result of the ballot
! been declared than some OF the mem bers
took alarm and wanted the rest of the
| message postponed until more conven-
lent season.
DR.. Huntington. the New York orator
and parliamen tartan, said the House had
/ done what was absolutely without pre-
cedent i'll passing an amendment to the
! constitution without discussion, and he
! hoped That SUCH action would never be
| repeated.
Senator Edmunds, however, thought
| il would be most expeditions to go on
| with the subject al ouce, SO that il any
/ amendments were decided upon the
| Bishops might have them without delay.
| The House thought the same way.
! The proposition of the Bishops to sub
stitute the word convention" for
synod" was n-concurred in by vote,
the volume of which seemed nearly
| equal
| ON the proposition to accept the title
"Bishop Coadjutor," instead of Assistant
! Bishop" as adopted by the House, the
/ vote by dioceses was % TO 81, nine being
| divided.
At the opening of the afternoon session
the house mem bers Of the joint commit
/ Tee appointed TO select tho next place OF
/ meeting reported in favor of Boston, and
! an amendment was made substituting
| Louisville, and the matter went over.
DR.. Rhodes of Southern Ohio raised
/ question as to the mode Of procedure OBJ
! served in The morning in acting upon the
/ proposed amendments TO the new cOnsti-
/ tuition. He urged the house, in rather
| long speech, to take up the committees
report and act upon its provisions inde-
pendentlv without Section 3, rs adopted
/ by the House of Bishops, providing that
! The eeuior Bishop of the church should
act as the presiding officer Of the House
/
"Primate," and to that end moved the
! postponement of the message OF the
! House Of Bishops.
| The section, as approved by the Bish-
! OBS, extended TO the resigned Bishops,
whose designations were made necessary
/ by infirmity, the right To vote in the
/ House o.; Bishops. and the amendment
| deprived them OF this right.
One OF the delegates from Rhode Island
cal ed attention to the fact that if the sec
ton be adopted as approved by the Bish-
obs. his small State would have two re-
tired Biphops and one officiating Bishop
| in that house.
DR.. McVicker of Philadelphia spoke
strongly against the plan, but Judge Ben
netts motion was lost. and the house
concurred in the action of the House of
! Bishops.
| George c. Thomas OF Pennsylvania
shot Oil the the first arrow with an
amendment substituting the words Pre-
siding Bishops"
/ DR.. Elliott of Maryland stepped to the
chancel. and with his tall form towering
/ above his associates from the altar steps.
/ said, with cutting sarcasm, that he WAS
/ greatly surprised at tho marked change
/ OF temper which had come over the
/ house. The members of this democratic
/ body had met with representatives of the
! House of Bishops, and unsolicited had
extended and Droadened tho Episcopal
power OF the Bishops, and now these
! members wanted to create an Office and
! adopt for il name which carried with it
every suggestion OF a hierarchy. There
was too much of a tendency to adopt the
customs of the Church of England, and
| he did not consider it dignified. The id ca
that the church in this country was iden-
! tical with the Church of England had in
the past worked great injury 10 the Amer
! lean branch, from which it was Just be-
ginning TO recover, and this recovery
was due to the mpIicity of the Ameri-
can church.
DR.. Mckim of Washington and DR..
! Harwood of Connecticut also made ad-
! dresses in the same tenor, and DIR. Hunt
/ iputon of Nav York DraSantad tho otLar