The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-03

that this convention might rank among
the most important of the history of the
church.
Rev. DR.. Hutchins of New York having
once again been designated as general sec
rotary, with Rev. Messrs. Antisce of West
ern New York, Worthington OF Ohio, Car
roll NJ. Davis of Missouri and Proutt OF
Albany, n. Y, as assistants. ex-senator
Edmunds, with Rev. Dr. Froude of Mime
apolis, were appointed to wait upon the
House of Bishops and convey the informa-
ton that the deputies had fully organized
and were in session.
The convention authorized the sending
of telegram to Bishop Williams of Con-
neticut, the senior Bishop of the church,
deploring his illness and expressing hopes
for his speedy recovery.
When the the revision question had been
temporarily disposed of, as previously
narrated, resolution was submitted by
DIR. Davenport of Tennessee expressing
gratitude to the Bishops for the pastoral OF
October Is, 1894. and declaring that the
house adopted it as a true and catholic
definition of the doctrine of the incarna-
ton and the inspiration of holy Scriptures,
and further asking that the pastoral be re-
issued.
There were indications of a breeze over
this PROPOSITION, half a dozen delegates
seeking the recognition of the chair, but
on an objection by Rev. Dr.. Greer of New
York the matter was placed on the calen-
dar without delay. Similar action was
taken with resolution from the same
source calling for the printing of all of the
apT mir
ceived by the commission on Christian
unity, especially in regard to the Chicago
declaration.
An adjournment was then taken until
Thursday morning.
While the deputies were in session the
House of Bishops organized in Knicker-
booker Hall, adjoining Gethsemene
Church and which has been fitted up with
individual desks loaned from the Senate
chamber at st. Paul. In the absence of
the Bishop of Connecticut and Rhode
Island Bishop Whipple, the senior Bishop
in attendance, presided and Bishop Doane
was elected as chairman or vice president.
For the two preceding conventions this
honor has been conferred upon Bishop
Nicely of Maine, but the rules of the house
stood in the way of his rec lection. Rev.
DR.. Hart of Hartford was chosen as secre-
tary.
After the announcement of the deaths
since the last meeting of the House of
Bishops, S. G. Knickerbockor Of Indiana,
Thomas of Kansas and Howe of Pennsyi-
yania, the Archbishop of Van Rupertsland
and the Bishop of Gu Appellee were intro
duced TO present the greetings of the
Chuch of England in Canada. The session
then adjourned.
The delegates from the Pacific Coast were
made unhappy when they reached the
convention church by the development
that the drawing of lots by the church
officers for the location of various delega-
tions had resulted in their being relegated
to the pews in the extreme rear of dis
tant aisle, and the temporary gallery over
which destroyed all acoustic properties.
After the session was well under way a
protest against this treatment was voiced
by Rev. DR.. Edw. D. Spalding of San
Francisco, who declared that his asse-
ciates could not hear word spoken from
the platform or from the adjacent section
Later on DR.. Fulton of Philadelphia re-
newed the protest i'll behalf of the Cali
fornia, New Jersey, New Hampshire
and Florida delegations, and declared
that unless the church committee
speedily improved the existing conditions,
which amounted to a virtual disfranchise-
ment of the delegates out of hearing, he
would move to change the location to
another church. The management COM
mittee is trying tonight to find room for
the Calnornlans among the Southern con-
tingents in the front news