The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

A resolution by DR.. Garnett of Virginia to
insert in the paragraph "a general conven-
ton OF the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States" instead of "this
church" was voted down-131 to ISL
AT this stage the paragraph which
merely defines the statutes of the conven-
ton was about to be adopted without fur
ther debate when DR.. Taylor of Springfield
discovered that the old provision by which
legislation enacted by the deputies be-
comes law if not objected to by the bish-
OPS within three days had been omitted.
Then there was breeze DR.. Taylor
insisted that without this saving clause
the Bishops could pocket" all undesirable
legislation.
j. q. Biddell, the eminent Philadelphia
lawyer, moved that the clause be restored.
The Bishops, he said, ought to lead in
obedience to the law, but they did not
At the convention of 1889 they refused to
concur In certain measures, because they
wanted more time, and these measures
never became a law of the church despite
the three-day rule. He would like to know
what the country would say if the Presi-
dent of the United States sent message
to Congress with a veto, on the ground
that he had not had but few days to con-
slider the matter at issue. The Bishops
ought not to set the example of evasion of
the constitution of the church.
warm response was made by DR..
Spalding of California, who said the pre-
ceding speaker had implied an unworthy
suspicion of the House of Bishops. 1t was
the last fag-end of an unjust suspicion of
the Bishops and their motives that too
long had existed in the church on the part
OF the people who wanted to stop up some
little holes for fear of some miserable par
llamentary trickery. The committee rose
at this point, and the debate will be re-
sumed in the morning. Before the dele
gates dispersed it was announced that the
days offerings of the Woman's National
Auxiliary, now in session in st. Paul, had
reached the remarkable total of S53, OO0
This was received with applause, but the
demonstrators were sternly rebuked by
Chairman Morgan Dix.
The chairmen of the standing commit
tees appointed to-day are: On the state
of the church, Rev. DR.. Duncan, Louisi-
ana; general theological seminary, DIR.
Littel, Delaware; domestic and foreign
missionary society, DR.. Leffingwell, Maine;
admission of new dioceses, DR.. Richards,
Rhode Island; conservation of Bishops,
DIR. Hoffman, New York; amendments to
the constitution, DIR. Huntington, New
York; on canons. DR.. Davenport, Tennes-
see; expenses, Mr.. Sowden. Massachu-
sets; elections, DR.. Locke, Chicago; on
prayer-books, DIR. Perkins, Kentucky on
Christian education, DIR. Bliss, Vermont.
AT the reception to the Canadian Bishops
and divisions to-day DR.. Dix promised
that the American church would send
fraternaI delegate to the Dominion con-
terence at Winnipeg next year.
The resolution passed in the House of
Bishops at the instance of the Bishop of
Western Texas reads as follows:
"That in the interest of good morals this
house desires to express its hearty SYM
pathy with the prompt and courageous
application of the power of the civil gov
eminent toward the repression of the bar
barous, brutal and indecent exhibitions
and recreation of whatever sort"
The Bishops took up the revision of the
constitution at the afternoon session in
committee of the whole, the rules OF which
prevent the making public of its proceed.
ings until reported to the House OF Depu-
ties