The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
AN EXTENDED SESSION
Many Matters of Importance to
Be Acted Upon by the
Delegates.
WILL NOT CHANGE THE NAME
to Be Styled the. Holy
Catholic Church.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Oct. with a
solemn and impressive celebration of the
holy communion and a discourse by
Bishop Coke, of the diocese of Western
New York, the triennial general conference
of the Episcopal shurch will be inaugu-
rated tomorrow morning. A large major
ity of the Bishops, clergy and laity com
posing the two houses were on the ground
tonight and early to-day, but they pre-
ferred to spend their time in sightseeing
about the Twin Cities rather than in the
discussion Of momenteOus questions that
are to be submitted for their consideration
and action during the next three weeks,
aud so the hotels and other Headquarters
were almost deserted
The most distinguished member of the
laity to put in an appearance was Senator
George F. Edmunds of Vermont, and be
was prevented from receiving the greetings
of numerous callers by the fact that his
wife was prostrated by the fatigue of the
journey. DR.. Morgan Dix of New York,
who for the third time will be selected as
chairman of the House OF Deputies; Bishop
Dudley of Kentucky; Rev. Frederick w.
Oates, the convert from Congregational
Consumptives at Denver; Bishops Neeley
of Maine, Worthington of Nebraska, Coke
of New York, Seymour of Springfield and
Starkey of Newark and Rev. William Hop
kins, an Indian from the Santee reserva-
ton, were among the arrivals this after
noon. There is also a distinguished fra
ternal delegation from Canada, consisting
of the Archbishop of Rupertsland, primate
OF all Canada; the Lord Bishop of Algona;
the Bishop of Gu 'Appelle; Rev. DR.. Car
michael, dean of Montreal Very Rev. DR..
Gridale, dean of Rupertsland; Matthew
Wilson of Chatham, Ont, and ]. II. Brock
of Winnipeg.
The Canadian Bishops will be given
place of honor in the procession to-mor-
row. Three sec ct sessions were held
to-day by the committee on revision of the
constitution and canons of the church, but
no material changes were made in the re-
port as previously adopted.
Only twelve of the twentY-one members
were present. A proposition to designate
future gatherings as 'the general council"
instead of "the general synod, " as recon-
mended in the report, was voted down, as
were also several verbal changes in the
principal canons. The committee is still
in session this evening, and, while some of
its members are confident that they will
succeed in modifying some of the canons
that have aroused adverse criticisms, 9TH
ers are congdent that the report will
stand. Bishop Dudley, who, next to the
chairman, Bishop Burgess of Quincy, has
taken the most active part in engrafting
the opinions of the Bishops on the report,
said to-day: 1.-THE result of our Iabors viii
20 to the convention about as it has been
printed"
AS to its final disposition IN the House
of Deputies, however, there is a great di-
versity of opinion. Nearly every clause of
the Bishops constitution and canons has its
opponents, and if it is decided to consider
the report paragraph by paragraph the
debate will be interminable and might be
prolonged months instead of three weeks,
to which the convention is limited. Many
of the delegates are in favor OF recon-
mitting the report to a new committee
and others of shelving it until the next
convention, and a strong effort will be
made to dispose of it in one of those direc-
tions. The committee, however, will
make a strong plea for its present conside-
ration on the ground that the labors of its
that as the necessity for revision was af-
frmed by the last general conference, the
question might as well be disposed of at
once as in years to come.
The proposal to change the name of the
denomination to 1.-THE Holy Catholic
Church" finds little or no favor among
the delegates and will be beaten if pre-
Eented. The general convention will be
asked to authorize the creation of new
diocese in California, and in support of the
petition the Pacific Coast has sent a strong
delegation. 1t is headed by Bishop w. F.
Nichols and includes Major w. B. Hooper
of San Francisco, commanders of the Cali
fornia Commandery of the Loyal Legion;
Dean Bostwick of San Diego, Rev. DR..
Trew of Los Angeles, Rev. Dr. Spalding,
Rev. 7. G. Foute and A. n. Browne. all of
San Francisco. The denomination has
grown wonderfully in numbers and in
fuence on the Pacific Coast since the last
convention and the petition, which en-
anates from the diocesan convention held
in Los Angeles last May, will be strongly
supported by facts and figures. Should it
receive favorable action it is probable that
Bishop Nichols Will elect to retain the old
territory and the new diocese will be
carved out of Southern California, pos
sibly with the name of Diocese OF Los
Angeles.
This will not interfere with the mission
ary bishopric, which has jurisdiction in
the northern part OF the State. The Cali
fornians are sanguine that their petition
will receive the consent of the. House of
Bishops without opposition.
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