Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-06
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
They Refused to Adjourn in Order to Hear tx
Secretary Foster Speak-Greetings
From the Methodists.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 5.-When the
house of deputies of the Episcopal con-
vention commenced it's fourth days ses-
sion this morning DIR. Morgan Dix, as
chairman, read the appointment of Rev.
DR.. Stone of Chicago. Brewster of Long
Island Lawrence of Massachusetts and
George Fairbanks of Florida. a commit
tee to fill vacancies on the committee on
church unity.
Then Rev. Dr. GlaSsbrook of New Jer-
sey renewed the resolution defeated last
night that the house suspend business for
the day to attend the mass meeting at
the Lyceum theater. For this meeting
Ex-Secretary of State Foster had come
from Washington by invitation, 1T is I'M
derStood, of some of the bishops and
the arrangements for the gathering had
been made by a joint local and 'conven-
ton committee. Rev. DR.. Nichols of
Minneapolis said that there had been no
understanding that the house would adj
journ, and when division had been chal-
lenged, so large a majority voted against
adjournment that the yeas were not
counted. Some of the leading delegates
afterwards explained that no slight to
the ex-secretary was intended, but so
much business was on hand that every
hour was valuable. The committee on
new diocese reported in favor of the divis-
ion of the diocese of California, Maryland
and Kentucky and the creation of new
Sees and the report was adopted. This
action now goes to the house of bishops
for it's consideration DR.. Ward of Ken
lucky made a plea for the holding of the
next convention at Louisville, and it was
referred to the appropriate committee.
For an hour there was brilliant for
ensic display between those members of
the lower house of the convention who
are opposed to the REIMBURSEMENT of any
prerogatives and the element that holds
that the fathers of the church are en-
titled to a little more leeway and lati
ltude than was given them a. century ago.
1t was the same story of the first clause
of the new constitution, and in which a
large numer of the delegates are fighting
to replace the stipulation in the old con-
stitution preventing the bishops from
pigeon-holing legislation coming up from
below. 1t was not threshing over of
the old straw, however, for amendment
was presented until the venerable Judge
Wilder of this state clapped the climax
by submitting a resolution to the follow
ing audacious effect:
THAT so long as the house of bishops
shall hold its legislative sessions with
closed doors the house of ishops shall
signify to the house of deputies their APP
probation or disapprobation the latter
with objections in writing in three days
after the proposed act shall be reported
to them for concurrence"
This was the pending issue when the
committee rose The first section in
question has been under debate for one
entire and two portions of days and
seems to be no nearer a final vote than
when it was presented on Wednesday. To
still further complicate matters the
house of bishops has entered upon a re-
vision of the new constitution and canons
on its own account. The result will be
that about the time the revised revision
goes up to the bishops from the deputies