The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-25
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Unfinished Business Completed Antici-
 patOrY Of Final Adfourn memt.


 Washington, Oct. 24AFinal agree ment was reached to-day in both houses of the Episcopal council on the article for the conservation of bishops for foreign lands over which there was considerable difference, the matter be- ing recast in such a manner as to be acceptable to bishops Roland F. Cru Der of Ohio was designated to-day by the house of bishops as editor of the commission charged with preparing for church use the translation of the prayer book into German. Other members of the commission are Dr. c. c. Tiffany of New York, Johannes Rockstorth, Rev. J. P. Peters of New York, and Benjamin w. Wells of the University of North. More of the bishops time was occupied in the discussion of the article of the conservation of bishops for foreign lands, which was finally agreed to.
 Anticipatory of final adjournment to- morrow the deputies completed as much of the unfinished business as pos sible at the afternoon. Considerable time was taken up in secret session in disposing of the case of Rev. Junius M. Horner nominated by the bishops as the bishop for the missionary district of Asheville, N. c. A telegram from Rev. MT. SWope of Asheville was read, representing that Rev. MT, Korner had never presided over a mission or par ish, which led the sender to question whether he was qualified for the pro- posed office. It was explained, how ever, that pr. Horner had had charge of large school or seminary and Rev. MT. Hoffman of New York made a statement of the nominees eminent qualifications for the position which satisfied the deputies and the nomina- tion was confirmed. The committee on marginal readings of the Bible, on mo- ton of Rev. Reese F. Alsop of Long Island, was instructed to cite the au- thority for proposed reading introduc- ed by it in the report to the next gen. eral convention.
 All pending resolutions on marriage and divorce were sent to the special committee of thirteen appointed to con- slider that subject. The proposed amendment affecting suffrage bishops was referred to a special committee of five to report to the next convention A motion that the joint committee on he revision of hymnal be authorized to pursue their work during the period in- tervening before the next convention was lost, it being argued that the peo- pie had not yet become thoroughly fa- miliar with the present revision. An amendment was adopted to the canons giving a Presbyterian an equal right with the bishop of a diocese to appeal to the presiding bishop for a council of conciliation to settle difficulties in- stead of the present canon which gives the bishop preference in the matter of time.
 The house of bishops spent most of the time of the afternoon in considering the draft of the pastoral letter read in the churches after the conclusion of the work of each triennial council. Rev. George H. Calvin Hall of Delaware was elected bishop for the missionary dis trict of Kioto, Japan. The announce ment was made in the house of bishops to-day that the first Protestant Epis- copal clergyman to enter Porto Rico to spread the gospel of the American church will leave New York next We'd nesday. He is Rev. MT. Taft of St. Georges church and he is sent by Bish- op Potter of New York. His headauar- ters will be at Ponce where he will care for the sick and wounded in the hospf- tai there and then administer to who- ever desires his services.