Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-03
The Committees Report Before the
Episcopal Convention.
TAKEN Up BY. A CLOSE VOTE
The House Of Deputies on the
Title Of the Church.
G CANADIANS RECEI WE'D

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, October 3.-The
temper of the house of deputies of the
Episcopal convention toward the PROPOSE
ton to change the name of the church was
incidentally shown by its action this morn
ing on the invitation of the house of
bishops to meet with deputies at noon to
receive the visiting Canadian bishops.
The resolution of invitation contained
the words 1.-THE American church,
A Virginia delegate moved to amend by
the substitution of the words Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States
which is the legal title. This amendment
was voted down by 81 yeas to DO nays.
r. 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 long
list of standing committees.
The diocese of California presented n pc
tition for the division Of the diocese. SINH
lar memorials were presented from Mary
land, Kentucky and northern Michigan.
A resolution to extend fraternal greetings
to the northern Minnesota conference, now
in session in this city, was a. first tabled,
but afterwards taken from the table and
passed.
The report of the committee on constitu-
tional revision was then taken up. Dean E.
A. Hoffman of New York taking the floor
in its defense. After some debate, in which
participant, the report was referred to the
committee of the whole by the close vote
of 1856 to 100.
James Packard was called to the chair
manship committee of the WHOLE and Dean
Hoffman began the reading Of the dec lara
ton preceding the constitution.
Trouble was met Immediately in the sec
ond paragraph, which had been changed
OPS. clergy and laity of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of America, in general
convention assembled, make the following
declaration"
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 table it.
This the chair ruled out OF order in COM
mittee of the whole. Nor would he enter
tain an appeal from the decision.
Thereupon DR.. Burgoyne OF Pittsburs
moved that the committee rise and report
SO that the rules might be put in proper
shape. This motion prevailed. and the
house was in the midst of a discussion on
rules when, the hour set for the reception
OF the Canadian bishops arrived
The American bishops first filed up the
broad aisle, while the house arose. Presi-
dent Dix invited Bishop Coke to the chair,
and then, with due formality, the visiting
bishops, headed by Most Rev. r. Machray,
DID,, L. S. D. O., D. c. L., archbishop OF
Rupert's Lard and metropolitan and pri-
mate of Canada, were escorted to the
chaacel by committee.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, October 3.-The
petition for the division of the diocese of
Maryland will be presented to the COM
mittees on new dioceses in each house as
soon as they are appointed. who will report
in its favor within a week. and it will
doubtless pass at once.
Nv, vic nf he
Baltimore and Ohio, arrived yesterday.
bringing in his private car Bishops Paret
and Randolph, Rev DR.. Eccleston. Joseph
Packard and Skipwith Wilmer Of Raiti-
more, who. with Rev. Drs. McKim and Ell
lott and w. Pinckney Mason of Baltimore.
comprise the Maryland delegation, and
Rev. DR.. Hodges.
Nothing is known here of the proposed
endowment of a church university in
Washington, except that prominent
wealthy churchmen have expressed great
sympathy with the movement. Bishop
Paret has not decided whether he will take
Washington as his diocese,