The morning times., 1895-12-06

The Eplscopal primary convention, by the
Rev. DE-. Addison of this city, 10 characterize
the remarks of Cod. Ed b. Hay, also OF
this city. OH what he considered the hope
lessness of electing bishup by the methoa
being employed by the convention.
Col. Hay fuse 10 cot the Goruian knot. In
asnlIsfh as the clergy had balnted seven
lanes to choose a bishop. inree tunes IA
the afternoon and four Tunes at the night
session.
IL was about 10 O'Clock. after the Rev:
Mr.. Howell mad introduced. what IN political
terninolagy. is called n dark horse tbe
new canaIdate beng the KEY MIR. j. H.
Ecclestonuf Baltimore. the Rev. ID E. Satter-
lee OF New Yurk. having been also ADDED
To the list uf candidates III the tenth hour
The ministers who had been previously
ballotcd for Were Dr. Mckim, Dr. .. EIiiott.
DR.. Dix of New York, DR.. Lindsay or BOSTON.
DIT. AudIson. Or. K L. howell ana Dr;
Hdutinguonor New York. the ballottng had
been slow
After The seventh ballot MIR. Hay said
thaI M. had a pronosilIon to MAKE. He
would suggest That the Rev. MIR. Perry
and the KEY. MIR. AspinwRl be appointed
a committee TO select comrnittee or Tour
who would nominate bishop. ne VEN. Ven.
on to-say thatlt had been apparent 10 every
member OF the convention that an eiec-
tion by the present means WAS mol 10 DE
eNpected he did not believe that rer., taere
the house. Certainly he could not belleVe
thai TO be true of Washington where there
was no politics. but he could not answer
Maryland.
FEELING CREPT IN.
While he was speaking some one got up
and moved that the convention adJourn
sine die. which motion was the occasion
of an impassioDed speech from Dr. King,
who said that 1t would be a lamentabie
thing TO go before the world and admlt
that there could not be an election and
especially from the excellent material
7, Col. Hay then resumed and for the first
time in the convention referred to the two
"sactions," or what are known as the fac
tious OF the high and low church. The ex-
preston used by Col. Hay was that lie had
suggested Two gentlemen, Rev. Messrs.
Iifrerent schools of thoght He was aware.
he said, that Mr.. Chew had motion
pending that the balioting should cease AZ
10 O'Clock, but he would not say that he
would yield the floor at 10 O'Clock.
This caused ripple OF laughter at tie
expense of br. Addison. One or the meIn-
bers said that Col. Hay was out of order
ana DR.. Addison, who was standing facing
Col. Hay, watch In hand, said to the preSi-
GeuJ IiaJ he did not think H. becoming that
the clergy Of the diocese should be iectured
by q layman rs TO their duties and their
manner of discharging them. He would
offer that as point OF order - be ruled
upon.
ine president said that he did not think
The point of order well taken; in fact, he
believed that The clergy would be bene-
fitted by what Col. Hay bad said.
U.
stating that IL was evident that the
sneaker was occurring aud lashi3g the
clergy"
Or. Mackay-Srnith then GO, lIp and said
with considerable empressment that he
regarded the tone of leyily OF the speakers
remarks as very unbecomiug before a body
OF this character
''one might Suppose, sir, that we are
here 10 eject @ CHIEF OF police and not
bishop OF the Episcopal Church" he said.
HE MEANT NO eFFESSE.
al move then that we adjourn, sine die"
said DR.: Addison warmly; Mt Hay
codid he farther from his lntentions than
to offend the gentleman who had Objected,
been done and mat nothing would be done.
and IL was for this reason that nc haG Of
fcrrd his suggestion in good Faith.
Several motions were DeiDg made, when
Rev. Mr.. George W. Williams OF the Rock
Creek Church, moved to adjourn until this
morning at 10 O'Clock. This was carried
unanimously and tic incident was over.
A good deal of business Was done at the
night session, but, as stated, no decision
was reached as to the election of a bishop.
After Toar ballots. hrIy-iiiuc 0f the
clergy voting. Rev Dr. Ecclestou, WHO was
nut in on the last ballet, received twenty
five votes and DR.. McKim received sixteen.
neither receiving two-thirds vote aud
the others with much lower numbers The
course of the balioting at night was as fol-
lows:
FIRST ballot Mckm. 19; Elliott, 3:
Lindsay. go: Dix, 4; Mackay-Smith, Z: Ad-
Second ballot-Mckfm. go: Elliott. 2:
Lindsay: -: Mackay-Smith, 3; Addison,
/: Longford. L.
Third baiiot--McKim. 10: Elliott, 2:
Lindsay. a6; Ma kay-Smitb, 8: Addison,
Fourin baiiot-McKim, 16; Elliott. 3;
Lindsay. 3: Ma ckay Smith, 3: Addison, L;
Ecclcstun. 25: Sattcrlee, 8.
Tho extreme high church idea is sup
posed to- be represented by DIR. DIX, who
when his chances diminished was succeeded
in the high votes of the morning by DR..
Lindsay. not quite 50 pronounced, and at
last the Rev. Mr.. Eccleston was put up
as representing the golden mean between
that DIR. Ecclcston has received his RIen-
est vote. 1t is aiso believed that there will
be no election to-day, and that the matter
win go over to the May convention, at
which the ina iority rule viii he ratified. and
that probably Dir. McKim viii he chnsen.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Other matters of business transacted last
night were as follows:
DR.. Addison. from the committee on
canons, presented a rcport deferrine the
matter OF additional archdeacons 10 a future
convention.
The chair appoint cd Messrs. Meloy.
Blair Lee and Brown a committee on in
corporation OF the diocese.
On motion 1t was carried that the next
meeting or the convention be held in Trim
Ity Church on the first Wednesday in May
next.
Rev. AIR. Smiley Offered the following:
Resolved. That the church cha rity coni-
mittee OF this convention he instructed to
take action Tor the transfer OF lcgacies TO
this dio cese. no " held in trust by the diocese
of Maryland. Carried.
Judge Mcloy offered n resolution providing
for board OF church charities to admin
lister legacies made or to he made. giving
them powe to invest the same In bonds, the
board to be composed OF the bishop and
six lay trustees the trustees to be OF three
classes, with reference To the conreBiDg OF
OF succeeding conventions. vacancies to be
filled by the board, which will meet be-
fore the first day OF July next and elect a
treasurer ana other officers. Carried.
DR.. Mckim offered a resolution whereby
the services of the Rev. David Barr, the
missionary, be retained in the two do
ceseS, onc-third of the salary to be paid
by this diocese, and two-th1rds by the
Maryland diocese.
The c,annlittce OF religions instruction
was appointed as follows: Revs. Sontag,
Donaldson. Dudley and Ware, and Mcssrs.
Aber and David.
The chairman appointed the following
ecclesiastical court, Revs. Townsend WIZ
Ii"a'. Ci,sley, Buck, PuiadeXter, Stewart
and Tongue.
tlr committee on board of charities
suEl sred The folio wing: MesSrs. BaliinCer,
Balltv. Davis, Loundes. Hyde, Stanley,
Truesdell, Johnston. and Blair Lee. No
vote was taken on these
THE SESSION.
The principal business of the afternoon
session was the nominations for bishop
which were made after several motions as
to procedure all of which Were Killed, The
bDuy adbering 10 the Old Maryland law.
DR.. Charles F. Sontag nominated DIR.
Elliott: Rev. 1. l.. Thomson nominated