The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-08
NO BISHOP YET ELECTED
DIOCESAN CONVENTION BALLoTED
TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Rev Mr.. Cnrstensen In the Lend, with
Rev. MIR. Faude a Close
Second.

The convention of the Episcopal diocese
of Indiana adjourned at l2:45 o'clock this
morning without electing a bishop. The
balloting had continued from IL O'Clock.
and il was concluded that unless the dele
gates were given time TO sleep over the
matter no agreement could be reached. Tse
convention will resume at 10 o'clock this
morning.
AT 1870 o'clock this morning ii looked as
If Rev. G. A. Christensen, rector of st.
Pauls Church. this city, would be the bishop
of the new diocese. He two votes
ahead in both the sessions of the laymen
and the clergy. The plan of the election
was that the clergymen and the laymen
separate and begin balloting. II each had
elected the two factors would have come
together If 1t proved that each had elected
the same man he would be declared bishop.
If their choice had not been the same
the clergymen and the laymen would have
again separated and the balloting would
have again begun.
There are ffty-three laymen delegates
ard it requires twenty-seven votes TO elect.
There are twenty-five clergymen delegates
and twelve of their votes are necessary 10 a
choice. A quarter OF an hour before the
convention adjourned this morning Mr.
Christensen had seventeen votes in the lay
mems session and eight of the clergymen's
votes. His closest competitor. John Jacob
Faude. of Minneapolis. was two votes be-
hind Mr.. Christensen in both houses. The
rest of the votes were well scattered among
the other candidates.
The nominations were made with speeches
of five minutes each. The peculiar fitness or
the nominee TO be bishop. from the nomina-
nominations were closed the list stood as
follows:
Rev. G. A. Christensen. st. Paurs Church.
Rev. John Jacob Faude, Gesthemans
Church. Minneapolis.
Rev James ID. Stanley, Cincinnati.
Rev. A. w. knight. Atlanta.
DR.. George Williamson Smith. Trinity Col
lcge, Connecticut.
Archdeacon Cole. Pittsburg.
Rev. j. NJ. Francis. ST. PauIs Church,
Evansville
The scene in the cathedral was some
what exciting before the nominations a We're
OF salary 10 be paid the bishop. James M.
Winters moved that the election of a bishop
be put off for one year or until the diocese
would be able TO pay the bishop a salary Of
s., 500 a year. The motion was defeated The
reports OF the committees had shown that
the financial condition OF the diocese was
very low and those who spoke said that IL
would not be well to invite a man outside
OF The diocese TO become its bishop for the
''paltry'' salary that could be offered. As
one speaker said, the new bishop should
be a man identified with the diocese: he
must be Wiling 10 make Sacrlnces ana lake
pot luck with the rest of them" The as
sessment committee set the bishops salary
at s2,ooc. and its report was adopted
After the nominations were made. all who
were not delegates left the cathedral be-
cause the meeting was 10 be secret The
clergymen and the laymen separated. The
windows of the cathedral were open for the
sake of fresh air. and the outsiders stood
close 10 the open windows 10 catch the
balloting. Well-dressed women mounted q
cellar door so that they might see over the
window sill. Some OF the men kept an eye
on the clergymen and some on the laymen
and after each ballot men and women as
sembled in one group and exchanged infor-
nation. Most OF the churchmen agreed
when IL was seen that the contest was be-
tween Christensen and Faude. that IL was
really a struggle between the ritualists and
anti-ritualists, Faude representing the
former and Christensen the latter. There
was feeling from the first. however. that
Mr. Christensen would be the chosen man.
Twelve ballots were taken before adjourn
rnent and only a few curious ones stood
about the church waiting for the decision.