The times., 1898-10-12
THE CHURCH CONGRESS
Another Busy Day in the
House of Deputies.
PROVINCE PLAN DEBATED
Slight Tilt Between DIR. Fulton and
Dr. Egar-CnIIed to Order by the
Chair-Testimoni to Bishop Hare
-The House of bishops - Bishop
Williams Misrepresented.

-The House of bishops - Bishop
Williams Misrepresented.
Yesterdays sessions of the triennial
Episcopal convention were subject to
three divisions. That of the morning be-
gan with the House of Bishops, convening
from 10 until II O'Clock. when they ad-
journed TO sit with the House Of Depu-
ties. as the Board of Missions. At the
conclusion Of the joint session both houses
resumed their separate work.
The great body of intelligent men dis
cussed during the day questions of much
Importance to the church and its adher-
ents. and disposed of routine business
bearing u3on the convention.
The monotony of the routine work of the
morning was broken by a happy social
event, the special feature Of which was
the celebration of the twenty-fifth ami
versary OF the venerable Bishop Hare OF
South Dakota. After the meetinF nf -
Board OF Missions was called oy
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, resolutions
commemorating the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary Of Bishop Hare in his work among
the Indians of that State were offered by
George 4. lhpInaSs treasurer OF lIit Do-
mestic and Foreign Missions Society.
Whipple Was Eloquent.
Bishop Whipple spoke eloquently on the
subject of Bishop Hare's life work, testi-
flying TO the great and clarifying results
OF the missionarys efforts in behalf of
the church of Christ and humanity. Bish-
op Potter. of New York. also spoke in
glowing terms of Bishop Hare's energy,
81 ma n - iaft2T''S :
loyalty and devotion TO the cause for
which he had labored so long. Upon the
conclusion of his remarks Bishop Potter
took from a scarlet bag a beautifully
modelled silver loving cup, stating that 1t
was the result of a desire to show the love
in which Bishop Hare was held
The cup was inscribed ITO the Rt Rev
William Hobart Hare. d. D., from friends
who love and honor him 1SIS-lS9S
The venerable prelate responded in fit
ting words. the utterances of which came
trernblingIy from his lips, so great was
the emotion he felt at being thus hon
ored.
Bishop of Alaska
Another noticeable feature Of Tuesday
mornings session was the Introduction 10
the scene Of Bishop Peter d. Rowe, D. D,
missionary bishop of Alaska. Bishop
Rowe gave most vivid description Of the
work OF the church in the far Northwest.
He is an eloquent speaker, and impresses
his hearers with his earnestness OF pur-
pose He is enthusiastic over the grow
ing influence of Episcopalian doctrines
in Alaska. the change in the past three
years being marvellous and. with such
marked effect that today the Episcopal
Church * second to none in Alaska.
vote of thanks. which caused much
enthusiasm. was that rendered to the
Woman's Auxiliary for their united Of
fering Of $50. .OGO, a record also being made
OF the appreciation of the board for the
work OF the wonan's branch.
The Province system.
The afternoon session in the House OF
Deputies was mostly given over to the
important question Of provinces. and the
subject was the cause Of heated discus
sions for and against. Wiz was matched
against wit. and the trained intellects OF
this large body of men gathered together
from different points of the compass were
so evenly matched as TO leave the proba-
BILE outcome of the discussion a matter
OF conjecture.
The subject was the result of a minOri-
" report offered Monday by DR.. Egar
providing for a provincial system, which
embraces article : Of the constitution
Plenty Of logic was advanced on bOtf
sides, one being TO the effect that tbs
organizing of provinces would reduce th'
szs Of such bodies as the present one
Former Governor Fleming of Florida
held the floor for some time, and elo
quently and wittily upheld his view o
the matter, dwelling upon the fact tha
attention TO details was not as yet nee
essary and that the majority repOr
should prevail. His section of the coun
try he said was not ready for the pro
vincial system within State lines. Whel
the fate of the minority report was de
cided upon by a vote, resulting in il
defeat amendments and substitutes wer
in order and an avalanche of them wer
showered upon the chairman. They wer
laid upon the table in succession. an,
new amendments were rapidly forthcom
ing
The Rev. DR.. Dix's impressive voic
was heard on the subject, on the sid
of the majority report, uttering in grav
tones, We should put the principle o
provinces into the constitution as pro
posed by the majority, and later conside
details"
The amendment of the Rev. DR.. Hunt
ington. of New York, caused much Sc
rious discussion This was to the effec
that there be added 10 article Z the fol
lowing, but no province shall be 5
bounded as TO contain only a fractiOna
portion Of a State or States"
Opponents OF this amendment move,
for the tabling of it. but this motion wa
lost ard the amendment prevailed
An amendment by Mr.. Mansfield, o
Connecticut, caused another ripple on tn
sea of excitement. He offered to b
added TO the section the proviso ''eXcep
with their consent" making IL necessar
before provinces were formed to obtai
the consent of the dioceses concerned
The Rev DR.. McKim was in favor of thi
amendment and earnestly urged it
adoption BY others it was thought tha
the proviso would have the effect c
detracting from the rights of the minorit
in a diocese The Rev. DR.. Parks. in n
able manner. pleaded for the adoptio
of the article If the pending amendmer
should prevail.
.some Won't Play"
Referring to remark made by pre-
vious speaker, Dr. Parks said, 1T ha
been said Some won't play Well, whe
you were a child and sulked, were yo
brought to play by the crack of th
whip? No. YOU were left alone until yo
longed for loving, human companion
ship
Debating the Question.
Rev. DR.. Jewell thought that while
provincial system was an immediate ne
cessity. vet to adopt a positive and spe
cihc manner of forming provinces at thi
time was unwise. He objected to confir
ing the provinces to be organized With
State lines.
Rev. Mr. Lloyd of Olympia. spoke
favor OF the organization of province
..It will reduce the size of this body"
declared. This in itself would be a benz
fit Another advantage would be to er
able the combining of several dioceses
publish church papers.