St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-22
TODAY THE CLOSE.
AFTERNOON SESSION TO WIND UP
THE EPISCOPAL TRIENNIAL
CONVENTION.
NO SYNOD AND PRlMATE.
BISHOPS RELUCTANTLY GIVE UP
THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF
TITLES.
THE DULUTH BISHOPRIC.
No Election Probable for a Year
Presiding Bishop to Have
DULUTH BIsHOPRIC.

The pastoral letter, which is adopt
ed by the bishops in council, will
be read from the pulpits of every
parish in the land, and will be read
to the convention. Though not so
elaborate in ceremony as the great
opening service, the reading of the
letter will be accompanied by spe-
cial service of prayer The bishops
will be in their robes, and will oc-
cupy seats within the chancel.
The Eastern delegates will nearly
all leave this evening by the Bur-
lngton special, which will leave the
union depot for Chicago at 6:55, five
minutes before the departure of the
regular through train.
The conservation of the bishop
elect of Alaska will take place at the
order of the presiding bishop. I'm
fortunately this will not be done at
the present convention, as there will
not be time before the adjournment
tomorrow afternoon.
THE CLOSING HOURS
of the Episcopal general convention
were signaliZed yesterday by final
action on part of the revised consti-
tuition. After the flourish Of trum-
pets and thunder of oratory, which
marked the debate in the earlier
days of the session, the final vote
was taken yesterday without the
least sign to indicate the Importance
of the step.
The vote was taken yesterday on
the new article 1, or, as it is called in
conformity with the proposed change
in title, constitution l.. 1t takes the
place of articles 1, 2 and of the
old constitution, which have stood in
their present form for half a CEN
tury. AS finally passed the article
is practically the one adopted by
the deputies, with a few verbal
changes adopted for the sake of ex-
actness. In the conference commit
tee, the bishops receded reluctantly
from their position, and gave up
both synod" and "primate." This
action was concurred in by the bish-
ops yesterday, and yesterday morn
ing Dean Hoffman appeared with the
report, as soon as the North Carolina
matter was brought to a settlement.
He read the article and announced
the minor changes agreed upon by
the committee, then moved the adop-
ton of the report. A vote was then
taken by dioceses and orders, and
the article was adopted unanimously
by the votes of SO clerical deputa-
tions and the 36 lay deputations pres
ent 1t will now be reported to the
various dioceses by the secretary,
and presented to the next conven-
ton for final adoption. The official
text of the article is given in the
body of today's report.
DIVISION IF NORTH CAROLINA
was decided on by the house yester-
day, after lengthy debate, in which
Silas McBee, the eloquent layman
from North Carolina, ably cham
pioned the change. DR.. Brewster, of
Long Island, took the role Of prin-
cipal objector, usually filled by his
colleague, DR.. Alsop, but on the final
vote the deputation was recorded as
voting aye. An attempt was made
by the Albany deputat ation to defeat
the measure by calling for a vote
by diocese and orders, but 1t finally
carried by a large majority. Judge
Fairbanks, of Florida, finally got his
much-abused amendment TO article 5
through, giving constitutional recog-
milton to the practice of setting aside
parts of dioceses into missionary dis
tricts. 1t came to the house as a
message from the house of. bishops,
and DR.. Alsop, who had twice had
the matter referred, tried again,
but failed, and by vote by dioceses
and orders it passed. 1t has passed
two other conventions, but each
time technical error killed it, and
it will come up again before the next
convention.
DR.. Morgan Dix was by a vote of
the house given place on the spe-
c1al committee on revision as it's
chairman, in place of DR.. Hunting
ton, resigned. His election was asked
for by the rest Of the committee,
and the motion was put by Secretary
Hutchins.
No bishop will be elected for the
missionary district of Duluth by
this convention. The matter of en-
dowment has not yet been entirely
arranged, and the bishops will be
called on to elect probably in the
course of year. Until then the
diocese will be temporarily under
control of the presiding bishop.
The house had a dearth of busi-
ness yesterday, and adjourned both
sessions before the usual hour. The
report of the commission on Chris
tian unity was almost the only topic
of Importance handled i'm the after
noon, and after voting down several
motions to adjourn, DIR. Alsop an
nounced that the house of bishops
had adjourned. President Dix, with
his dry humor, announced that un-
der the rules Of order any statement
OF the action of the house of bishops
calculated to influence the action of
the deputies was out of order. DR..
Alsop begged the pardon of the
house, and was gravely forgiven by
the president, and the motion to ad-
journ was then put and carried.
NO ,TONKA PARK.