The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-04

| essary, and inadvisable he moved the
labelling of the resolution
ihe chairman ruled the Chicago rec
tor out OF order ana refused to recog-
hlHe an appeal from this decision Srv-
tlal deputies objected to the. debate,
| going on as long as Il single delegate.
nau breath left In his body. and the
,"hllnittcc on Rules could graphic with
thc difficulty This was satisfactory to
an concerned. and the committee re
ported progress and rose
AZ noon the Houses of BishopS and
l'chu,l"S, sitting in joint convention. re
cclNed the Bishop OF RuprrtS Land the
bish"p OF Gu Appcllc and the remain
utr OF the Canadian delcgatiuu. ana
'nrlStlah greetings wcr" exchanged
In Committee OF the Who'll. this af-
'cfn""h the House OF Deputies of the
Episcopal Church Convention ,thr.v.
overheard bodily the solemn drcInrn-
| ton of principles and faith with which
'h' proposed new constitution and
canons was prcfnced; refused Ia con-
| cur i'll the recommendation that the
| nam" OF the Trienniul gathering be
changed To- the General synod" and
likewiSc rejected Il proposition to rec
| oSni2c the title The Protestant Icpis-
copai church in the United States"
| IN" overwhelming victory of the anti
r"NlS!OniStS in the matter OF the drCla-
ration OF faith and principles and upon
which the commission of lSY2 had eN>
pended much time, thought ana labor
apparently dvmurali2cd ita supporters
and tu the motion to reject the new
nam" ct tn" aSspiublagr they made
| hut feeble resistance. When the.
! i"ur Tor adJourning arrived warm
!"bat" waS in progress on the uueS-
ton OF i"uScrting in the first para>
graph Of the Constitution the CLAUSE,
making effective legislation original
inc I'm TIA" House Of Deputies ana i'm
which the bishops had failed 20 con
cur WITHIN tire" days. This feature
"i the philadelphia Constitution uT
| las" und which iS Still IN force. had
been omitted 10y tn" r-VisioniStS ana
tHpu action was regarded hy many of
tn" delegates as dangerous infring->
mcnt at the rights "f the lower house.
At the rate az progress to-day d-bat.
four months to complete consideration
OF the report. rhr Huti-rcVisouiStS
abandoned th"ir Intention of -nd"avor,
Ing To shrlVc the rruurt at the outset.
aud as the document, when r"-rrVis,.d
10y the present gathering. must be sub
mittcd To- every diucesau convention
for its action the contest between the
two elements viii necessarily be- rr-
nrw"d in the convention ur is9S
When Ia. delegates met in Commit
tee of thu Whul" after thu midday re-
cess Il code ur rules designed 10 pre-
Vent Il repetition of the parliamentary
,angi" i'm which TIA" morning session
had involved itself was adopted and
Debate was inauEuratrd ON the pro
position L. adopt th" declaration and
verbal changes Were presented 10y
Deputies Taylor of Springfield. and
t'iott. of PENNSYLVANIA DY Spaldins.
OF Alabama. took the ground that no
declaration was necessary. Thcr-
were hr said. u sufficient uumbcr Of
anirmations ot faith n the prayer.
huuh Dr ErVerlN Tucker uf South
Virginia. Cuncurrcd. Dr Elliott of
In, ls,,,
question whether the general conVcn-
rion had power Ia establish II new
institution until expressly instructed
tu do So 10y tn" diocesan conventions.
Under the prcC-dents Of the General
Convention uf lING and lIS9 ii certainly
had no such power He appealed To
th" delegates as To whether They had
hr,n ,muuWvTrd To- set forth. "stan.
lish OF adopt n new law for the church
ana There. was Il great shout OF mo"
l3gar. of New York FroUde. Miuneso-
Ia: Davenport. of tennessee, aui vX-
Governor bradford Prince. of New
Mexico. all opposing approval OF the
declaration.
Finally. pr. Tucker moved that it lc
stricken out. but CAV" way To Lay
Delegate Hill HurgWYu. on" Of the
oldest ana most skilled parliam"uiaI-
iaus in tn" house ANA who voiced the
uuuositiun i'm a resolution setting forth
preamble or declaration should pr'
ccd. th, constitution uow submitted
for action" This was adopted almost
unanimously hy a viva Vocc vote. and
the minority did not car" to challenge
u division.
The constitution was now before thr
convention. and hy u vote uf ~ 60 lu@
il was decided 10 pluraliZc it 10y calling
it constitutions on the proposal 10 sub
stitutr the title General synod" Tor
To-, ll, ,,f
Milwaukee, made Il vigorous speech
|; was. he said. an Eastern term. and
one not used 10y the Western church
The so-callcd l'rcSby ytcrianS used ii To-
designate II secondary body, and with
that church ii was kind of third wheel.
III" so-Callcd l.utheranS also used It,
ana In his parish there wcr" no less
than four Lutheran Syuods. ana all of
them by the ears. Dr. Carpenter. of
New Jersey. favored the term General
Council" while Or. Wcbber of Fond
DU Lac. suggested national council. Or
Carmichael. of Virginia. was iuClini to
blush at seeing AmricanS willing To
deny their own institutions and their
OWN name, ana urged that any change
would be Il mOnStrOSitY, y f"rVid
speech against the change was made by
Dr Fulton. of Philadelphia. When the
vote was taken the council" amend
mrnts were defeated and the proposal
of the commission to adopt the d"s!.ua-
tiuu General synod" met q similar
fate. No ballots were demanded
resolution 10y Dr Garnctt OF Virginia.
To- insert In the paragraph Il generation