The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-09
REV. .CHAUNCEY BREWSTER
ELECTED BISHOP COADJUTOR BY
 EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.


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 Waterbury, June S.-To-day, for the second time in its history the Connec- ticut diocesan convention of the Prot estant Episcopal church of America was held in Waterbury, Ununsual in- terst was lent to the proceedings be- cause the principal question to be de- cided involved the election of bishop coadjutor. which, in view of the ad- vanced age of the Right Rev. Bishop John Williams. means practically the choice of bishop to preside over the diocese Of Connecticut.
 The sessions of the convention were held in St. Johns church. Upwards of 800 delegates were present, representing every parish in the state, and many Waterburyians were also in attendance.
 Devotional exercises furnished pre- Jude to the convention proper They were led by the Rev. E. Rowland, D. D., rector of St. Johns, and were followed by a sermon preached by the Rev. l.. w. Saltonstall of Hartford. Holy com- munion was administered immediately thereafter, and at 11:45 the business session opened
 The delegates were called to order by the Rev. F. w. Hartman of Windsor secretary of the diocese. He called to the chair as temporary chairman, the Rev. John P. Huntington of Hartford. The convention at once proceeded to the election of permanent chairman. The selection fell on the Rev. Storrs o. Sey- mour of Litchfleld, chairman of the standing committee of the diocese. The Rev. F. w. Hartman of Windsor was chosen secretary of the meeting, and the Rev. A. H. Wright of Warehouse Point, assistant secretary.
 With the organization of the conven- ton completed, the regular order of business laid down in the constitution and canons was followed out. Consid- erable time was taken up by a discus sion of the rules, but this done the dele- gates proceeded to the transaction or business, which first consisted in the passage or rejection by a two-thirds vote of proposed constitutional amend ments. Of these amendments there were thirteen in all and the greater por- tion of them were merely technical.
 Before all of them had been consd- cred, motion was made and passed instructing the secretary of the meet ing to forward to Bishop Williams at Middletown telegram expressing the sorrow of the delegates at his inability to be present and the hope that he may be long spared to the diocese.
 It was also voted to proceed to the election of a bishop coadjutor at o'clock this afternoon.
 The delegates then resumed the con- sideration of constitutional amend ments. Among the amendments to be considered later is one providing that laymen may have the power to nomi- nate in elections for bishops.
 Rev. Chauncey Bunce Brewster, rector of Grace church, Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected bishop coadjutor, which means practically the bishopric of the diocese of Connection. Eleven ballots were necessary to arrive at decision, a two-thirds vote being necessary to cleo tion.
 Balloting commenced at p. m. and ski ballots were taken before adjourn ment for the evening session. On re- assembling at 7:30 balloting was at once resumed, and 1t was after 10 o'clock before a decision was arrived at. The election by the house of cleri- cal delegates was immediately con- firmed by the house of lay delegates, MT. Green of Norwich being the only delegate offering strenuous opposition, which arose from the fact that In his opinion the candidate should not be chosen from outside of the state. Fol lowing the election the entire conven- tion gathered in the body of the church and sung Gloria in Excelsis in thanks giving for the harmonious convention. A committee, consisting of Rev. F. Goodwin of Hartford and Rev. G. W. Douglas of New Haven and Messrs. Burton Mansfield of New Haven and William W. Skiddy of Stamford, were appointed to inform Rev. MT. Brew ster of his election, and Rev. H. M. Sherman of Bridgeport and Rev. F. W. Hartman of Windsor and Charles E. Jackson of Middletown and Fred J. Kingsbury of Waterbury were ap pointed to inform Bishop Williams of the action of the convention. Adjourn ment was taken at 10:30 until g a. m. tomorrow.
 Among those from New Haven at the convention yesterday as delegates were Judge John c. Hollister, General E. E. Bradley. ex-Postmaster B. R. English, ex-Insurance Commissioner Burton Mansfield, Professor c. A. Lindsley and other well known citizens.
 The Vote by Ballots.
 The following are the number C. votes cast for the leading candidates on the different ballots: