The Washington times., 1895-05-30
DIOCESE DIVIDED
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In order to test the sense of the convention
as TO whether it desired 10 make the new
diocese out of the District of Columbia and
four of the Maryland counties Mr.. Packer,
of Baltimore, brought up the question
squarely by offering a resolution that the
diocese be composed OF the District aione
and while he was arguing this question
the convention adjourned until p. m.
An intimation has been thrown out that
the four counties Were not willing TO enter
the new diocese and that question was the
all important one for the evening session.
This convention declares that the do
cese of Washington shall be the new dio-
cese.' is the language of prophecy full
filled taken from resolutions offered in
the Episcopal convention yesterday by DR..
McKim, chairman of the committee of en-
dowment of the proposed new diocese.
Tbe convention at its session last night
passed all of the Mckim resolutions Of
fered in the morning and it was developed
ia the interesting discussion that the op
position to the new diocese came almost
exclusively from Baltimore, the counties
of Charles, Montgomery. st. Mary's and
Plaity aud clergy, unit for
consolidation, spiritually, with the Dis
trict of Columbia as the territory OF the
new Episcopal subdivision.
BISHOP PARET AT THE HELM
The debate went off into devious ways
at times, but Bishop Paret, as in the moru-
ing, appeared as q splendid parliamen-
tartan aud presiding officer. He never
once lost sight of the situation uotwith-
standing amendments to amendments, and
other conditions that so often becloud the
conventional sky.
DR.. McKim led the pro-diucese forces
with great skill and with a great command
OF temper. He was cuoI, deliberate and
steadily kept the Instructions of his com
mittee well in the foreground, yielding
gracefully and tactieally at the proper
time and returning TO the charge at the
oppurtIIne season.
The features of the debate were an adj
dress by Dr. Eliot, of the Church OF The AS
cenSion; an eloquent and humorous Fpeeeh
by Mr.. Ed Hay, and an impassioned ap-
peal by the Rev. Mr.. CAN'T. of Baltimore,
at the expense of which Mr.. Hay made the
reverend and gray ecclesiastical seigniors
extremely merry, not excluding the right
reverend bishop.
One of the happiest speeches at the ICON
venient season" was the brief one by the
Rev. DR.. Alexander Mackay- Smith, rec
tor of st. Johns Church, who when further
debate seemed imminent, said:
II call for the previous question:
NEW DIOCESE ACCOM- LISHED.
The bishop answered the call promptly,
the question was taken and the new diocese
was an accomplished fact, with the ex-
ception o" few matters to be attended
to by the next general convention.
When the convention net the pending
question was the amendment Ito DR.. Nc
Kim's resolution) that the new diocese be
formed of the District of Columbia alone.
Rev. S. Grammer, OF Trinity Church, Bal
timore, took the floor He held that Mr.
Packard's resolution would embarrass the
question and the action of DR.. McKim s
committee. 1t is not the direct question as
it came from the last convention.
1t had been said that there We're prejudices
against the division on the part of the
laity. He did not know whether they were
doctrinal, ecclesiastical or financial. He
thought that the question ought to de dis
cussed solely from the spiritual standpoint.
He replied to the argument as to the
destruction of parental relations and senti-
ment by saying that division had been made
in New York, Ohio and eisew where. AS
to the difference of laws in Maryland and
the District OF Columbia, he said that the
States had different laws and yetthere was
a federal union.
Dr. Williams, of Baltimore, said there
were only three questions-shall we divide?
and the resolutions of DR.. McKim and Mr..
| Packard. In all fairness to the bishop he
dERutu IIdI NHC ulflSIOu
| The question now was which of the three
| lines suggested should be followed. He
! did not think that the District of Column
| bia, with only sixteen con gregatious would
| constituted a sufficiently large diocese.
EQUITABLE DIVISION OF LABOR
Rev. DR.. Eliot, of Ascension Church, said
| that the bishop had stated that one con-
dition of his agreement was that there
| should be an equitable division of the labor.
| To make the diocese OF the District of
| Columbia alone would not secure such an
t.uIt S-ie uIvIsioH tie stated that there
were adversaries before every open door,
| just as the Jews would not enter the wide
open door of Christianity at Ephesus.
We should remember we are acting in
the eyes of the whole church. not merely
of Washington audience. He argued
strongly on the point that the convention
should be consistent. What new diff