The morning times., 1896-08-06
BISHOP HATED BICYCLES.
His Possible Successor u wheelman.
Buffalo W ants DR.. Brown

Bishop Coxe's death will reopen
the question of dividing the Prot
estant Episcopal diocese OF Western
viii reopen the question of dividing the
Protestant Episcopal diocese Of Western
New York, question which hns teep
considered clusea during the lifetime OF the
late bishop by his flat refusal to consider
II.
The division ca be made only by the gen.
eral convention OF the church, and the next
asseInbagc Of this kind will not come until
1898. Before such a proposition is enter
taiued by the convention II will be necessary
10 show that the territory can support two
Gioreses, aud for this purpose IA fund OF
Sl6c SEQ, il is believed. must be raised. In
the OF tic division Buffalo undoubted-
ly will be the western Sc city a nd the choice
for the other Will lie between Rochester nd
Geneva. Rochester Will push hard. but
Geneva VIII have the backing OF powerful
sentimental reasons. In that town is H9-
bart College. a Church institution; In the
church yard Bishop Coke is buried, aud
there eventually will be piaced the body 1f
the first head Of the diocese, Bishop De
Lancey.
In the diocese are eighty parishes, a
quarter of which are in Buffalo All az
these the bishop has to visit once year.
and Bishop Coxe's travels took up third
of his time. He paid his own travelling
expenses out of his 5000 salary. The sec
house was provided for him, so he had no
rent to meet.
The convention Of the diocese to elect
q successor to the dead bishop will be
held on October g. The choice of the con-
yention is ratified BY the general conven-
ton of the church, if that body be in ses-
sion, and if Tot, which will be the case,
two thirds Of the bishops and the stand
ing Committees Of the whole country must
approve the election.
n. ~. Of hf>
Anglican Church II is not necessary that
he should be a resident Of the United
States
As soon as Bishop Coke was dead feeler
was sent out unofficially to the Rev DR..
John Wesley Brown. who was for time
rector OF st. raurs, the cathedral church
| of the city, but who went to tax charge
| Of st Tho mas Church in New YORK
| Right away the question of salary cam up.
St Thomas pays its rector $4,000, IL IL
said, and ii would be real sacrifice for
DR. Brown to Come down frorn that to
| $1,000, with rsuch more work and ex-
! pense attached than is now the case
| Coming down from the grave to the
| frivolous, il is a subject for remark that
! the possible successor to Bishop Coke u
| the Rev. DR.. Lobdeil. rector Of Trinity
| here and archheacon urtfc parish. Bishop
CeXe's aversion o tn e bicycle was so great
| that he is accused of refusing TO confirm a
| Young girl because she rode one, ard yet
| DR.. Lobdell keeps a wheel in one Of the
| riding schools and rides II ''reiigiously'
| every day III the winter.
| TIE Catholic sec is also vacant since the
| death of Bishop Ryaa this summer. and
| there is 10 hesitancy in canvasstng the
| whole country for successor to him
| But the endowment Of the Episcopal dio-
| cese is only $4,000, and not every abie
| rector will leave good parish for the
| episcopacy. even IL it does afford nom
| proSiinence.