Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-04
EPISC0PALIANS.
The Convention, i'm Session at Min
neapOlis, Receives a Visit From a
Representatives Of the Canadian
Church.

Minneapolis, Mimi, October 3.-The
temper Of the House of Deputies Of the
: Episcopalian Convention toward the
proposition to change the name of the
church, was incidentally shown by its
action this morning on the invitation
Of the House Of Bishops to meet with
the Deputies at noon to receive the yis-
iting Canadian Bishops.
The resolution OF invitation contain
ed The words The American Church"
4 Virginia delegate moved to amend
the substitution OF the words Protest
! ant Episcopal Church of the United
States, which is the legal title This
amendment was voted down by 50 ayes
to 222 nays.
The morning prayers were conducted
by Bishop Kendrick, of New Mexico,
/ and Rev. DR.. Powers, of Pennsylvania,
! after which the House settled down to
business Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, the
President read a long list OF standing
committees.
The diocese of California presented
a petition for a division of the diocese.
Similar memorials were presented from
! Maryland, Kentucky and Northern
Michigan.
a resolution to extend fraternal greet
ingS TO the Northern Minnesota Confer
ence, now in session in this city. was at
first tabled, but afterwards taken from
the table and passed. The report of
the committee on constitutional revis-
iOr We then taken 10. Dean e. a.
Hoffman, of New York, taking the floor
in its defense. After some debate. in
which ex-senator EdmOnds, of Yer
mont, was participant, the report was
referred 10 the committee of the whole
by the close vote of 135 to 130.
James Packard was called to the
Craftsmanship Of the committee of the
whole and Dean Hoffman began the
reading of the declaration preceding the
constitution. Trouble was met imme-
diateiy in the second paragraph. which
had been changed by the committee so
as to read THE Bishops, clergy and
laity Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of America in general convention as
sembled make the following declara-
lions. The original paragraph read
that The church in the diOceses within
the United States represented by the
Bishops, clergy and laity, etc
Rev. DR.. Stone, Of Chicago. opposed
the whole declaration, and moved to ta-
bic it. This the chair ruled out of or
der in committee Of the whole Nor
would he entertain an appeal from the
decision.
Thereupon DR.. Burgerine, of Pitts
! burg. moved that the committee rise
/ and report so that the rules might be
put in proper shape This motion pre-
vailed and the house was in the midst
OF q discussion on rules when the hour
set for the reception of the Canadian
Bishops arrived The American Bish,
OPS first filed up the broad aisle. while
the house arose. President Dix invited
Bishop Coke to the chair and then with
/ due fOTmality the visiting Bishops,
headed by the Most Rev. R. Machray.
d. d., L. S. d. o., ID. c. D., Archbishop
of Ruperts Land, Metropolitan and Pri,
mate of Canada, were escorted to the
chair by a committee.
The other visitors were DR.. Burns.
the Bishop of Quappelle; Rev. Dean
| James Carmichael, of Montreal; Rev.
DR.. J. Crisdale. Dean of Rupert Land,
/ Matthew Wilson, Q. c., and A. II.
Brook of Winnipeg. They were intro
/ duced as the first deputation of the
/ United Synod Of the Church of England
to the Church Of America.
Dean Carmichael brought the greet
I ing of the provincial synod. He said
/ there was no present desire in Canada
to wipe out geographical lines. The
| other visitors spoke, expressing the
good will OF the Northern Church and
expressing the desire for church unity,
a sentiment re-echoed by Dr. Dix in his
response.
The joint session then arose.
The house of deputies spent practi-
/ cally all of this afternoon on the revis-
! ion of the constitution and while very
! little headway was made, enough de-
veloped to show that the claim that the
revision is not satisfactory is we'll
/ founded. On every important point
] taken up. the views of he revision
committee We're reversed. A set of
] rules was adopted governing the de-
/ bate while in committee of the whole
and there was not so much danger of
| troTies getting tangled up, but in spite
| OF TINS JneTe was some CoLIuslOu anu
several motions had to be withdrawn
before the deputies could act as they
desired. In the first place, the entire
declaration with which the revision
was prefaced. was eliminated as some
thing unnecessary. It was argued that
| if any declaration to the public was
necessary it should come in another
way. as the constitution was for the
government of the church and did not
concern the public There was but
one dissenting vote to striking out the
! entire declaration.
| TOM WATSON BEATEN.
Atlanta. Ca. October 3.-Major J. c.
c. Black. Democrat. defeats Thomas E.
watson. populist, for Congress N the