The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-23
DR. BREWSTER ACCEPTS
LETTER FROM THE BISHOP CO.,
 ADJUTOR-ELECr.

Committee Informed of Ills High Appre-
 ciation of the Eleotion-Form of Proced-
 ure and the ConseCration-The Church
 Canon.
 Hartford, June 22.-Rev. Dr. Chaun- cey B. Brewster of New York has de- cided to accept the high office of bishop coadjutor. Dr. Brewster was chosen at the diocesan convention held at Water- bury, June 8.
 He was notified of the action of the convention ten days ago by the conven- ton committee, the Rev. Francis Good
 win of Hartford, chairman; the Rev. Dr. G. w. Douglas of New Haven and
 Messrs. Burton Mansfield of New Ha-
 ven and William w. Skiddy of Stam- ford.
 The Rev. MT. Goodwin received let ter to-day from Dr. Brewster, express
 ing his sincere Appreciation of the great honor that has come to him and will accept the office when all condi- tions of the church laws have been compiled with.
 FORM OF PROCEDURE. Title I, canon 19, section 8, of the Di- gest of the Canons, covers the situa- tion. It refers to the consecration of a bishop-elect, but the canon applies to a bishop coadjutor also. It reads: If, during the recess of the general
 convention, the church in any diocese should be desirous of the consecration of h Nich AL etc, tee of the church in such diocese may, by their president, or by some person or persons specially appointed, commu- nicate the desire to the standing com
 mittees of the churches in the different dioceses, together with copies of the necessary testimonials; and if the ma jor number of the standing committees shall consent to the proposed consecra- tion the standing committee of the di- ocese concerned shall forward the evil dence of such consent, together with other testimonials, to the presiding bishop of the house of bishops, or, in case of his death, to the bishop who, according to the rules of the house of bishops, is to preside at the next gen.
 eral convention, who shall communi- cate the same to all the bishops of this church in the United States, excepting those whose resignations have been ac- cepted; and if majority of the bish- 1 ops consent to the conservation, the presiding bishop shall notify, without | delay, the bishop-elect of such consent; | and, on his acceptance, the presiding bishop shall take order for the conse-
 cration of said bishop-elect by himself and two other bishops, or by any three 1 bishops to whom he may communicate 1 the testimonials
 1 It is the duty of the standing com
 mittee in this diocese by their prest. dent, the Rev. Storrs O. Seymour of St
 Michaels, Litchfield, or by special se- 1 lection, to notify the standing commit | tees of the different dioceses in the | United States of the desire of this dio. 1 cese for the consecration, within short | time, of Dr. Brewster In notifying
 they must transmit copies of the nee.
 essary testimonials. If the majority o1
 the fifty-eight dioceses consent to the proposed consecration, Mir. Seymour
 notifies the presiding bishops Bishop Williams of Connecticut (there is z
 Bishop Williams of Marquette) who ir
 turn notifies the other fifty-seven bish-
 ops If a majority of the bishops con
 sent to the consecration, Bishop Will | Hams notifies Dr. Brewster of theil
 consent. On his acceptance, Bishop 1 Williams will take order for Dr. Brew
 ster's consecration by himself and two
 other bishops, or by any three bishops