The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-10
EPISCOPAL PARLIAMENT.
Work Of the Two Houses Mainly on
Routine Business.

NINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9.-In Episco-
pal house of bishops favorable report
was made today on proposal for a di-
vision of the diocese of California.
Resolution separating missionary ju-
1isdiction of Wyoming and Idaho into
two Jurisdictions was referred.
The Episcopal House of deputies to-
day amended the report of the COM
nfttee recommending the next conven-
ton to be held at Boston by SUBSTITUTE
ing Atlanta. This result was brought
about by a clever speech of Rev. A.
w. knight in favor of Atlanta 1t is
doubtful if the bishops will CONCUR in
this selection. The house of bishops
adopted the recommendation of its
committee ordering a division of the
missionary jurisdiction of Wyoming
and Idaho into two districts. the pres
ent bishop to continue in charge Of
both.
Another new diocese was authorized
by the house Of deputies in the Episco-
pal convention today, that of Northern
Michigan.
The committee on the division of
the diocese of Toxic, Japan, reported
ter and asked to be discharged.
Judge Fairbanks of Florida, rein
troduced his resolution for an amend
nlent to the constitution giving the
authority for cessiOR of missionary
Jurisdictions, but objection was made
TO its consideration and it went over
The report of the trustees for the
fund for the relief of aged and infirm
clergynen and widows and orphans
oh n 1r he
T three years had been $61,494, and
that for fifty-nine clergymen, 1866
widows and twenty-four orphans,
S4S. 295 had been paid out. The house
was asked to name a Sunday in each
year as clergy relief Sunday.
a number Of messages were received
from the mouse of bishops as to action
on constitutional matters. One of the
most important was the adoption OF
article 4. providing for the erection of
provinces of not less than five dioceses.
the head of a province to be named
archbishop. Consideration of this was
deferred until the 'primate" question
could be settled. There was a lively
debate over the point as to whether the
primate should be elected or hold his
Office by virtue Of seniority"
A Dash of Politics.
The house of deputies had a sharp
debate his afternoon on the question
whether a prinate or head Of the house
of bishops should be elected or hold
Office through seniority of service. The
vote was one-sided and the result
makes 1T seem as if the sharpness of
the debate was not warranted. There
was a strong element that was afraid
the bishops would not have their own
way in the matter. and appealed to
the dept tieT to show the otker house
more confidence and respect. They ar
gued that while the elective princi-
pie might be an American idea, it
would be a dangerous thing to inter
ject into the house of bishops and en-
gender partisanship. The bishops had
voluntarily cast away the elective
idea, and should be allowed to manage
their own affairs. The other side ar
gued that with so many bishops to
have the primate, the Oldest bishop
in point Of service would mean that
Ehe primate would always be an old
man unable to attend to the duties of
the office. The deputies arranged that
he could be removed for non ability or
by a majority vote of the bishops. An
attempt was made TO reconsider the
vote by which term presiding bishop"
was rejected in favor Of primate. and
the motion only lacked eight votes Of
going through The deputies spent
about all Of the afternoon discussing
these two questions, and when an ad-
jourlment was taken the section had
not been adopted. It is understood
that there is some form Of q scheme
on foot to defeat any revision by this
convention. The plan is to have
joint commission appointed to which
shall be referred all amendments to
the constitution adopted at the con-
vention with instructions to report at
the next convention. Some of the
more conservative delegates are be-
coming alarmed at the rapidity with
which changes are being suggested.