Evening star., 1900-05-10
DIOCESAN CONVECTION.
Ministers and L0ymen Selected for tn
Standing Committee.


Standing Committee.
The fourth annual convention Of the
Washington diocese of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, which began yesterday
in st. Johns Church. 10th and H streets.
was continued this morning at 10 O'Clock,
Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee presiding:
The session was opened with devotional
exercises and it was nearly IL O'Clock
when the convention finally got down to
business. The morning was consumed In a
discussion of and the adoption of several
minor changes to the constitution ana
canon. governing the time of meeting OF
and time of submitting reports during the
year. The attendance was very large,
many ladies being present.
Another item of business accomplished
previous to the adjournment for lunch in
the parish hall was the election of the
standing committee of the diocese. Ten
clerical and five lay candidates were placed
in nomination. those finally chosen being:
Rev. T. ]. Packard, Rev. John H. Elliott,
S. T. D.; Rev. Alfred Harding and Rev. r.
II. Mckim. DID,, clerical, and Mr.. ]. Holds
worth Gordon. Mr.. Charles H. Stanley and
Mr.. S.9W. Tulloch, lay. The convention is
composed of fifty-four clerical and a like
number Of lay delegates. 1t is expected
that the matters to be brought before the
convention this year will be disposed of this
afternoon or this evening, and that a final
adjournment will be taken.
Bishop Satterlee delivered his annual ad-
dress yesterday. He reviewed the work and
accomplishments of the church in general
and of the diocese of Washington in par
ucular during the past year Rev. DIR. A.
S. Johns was elected secretary of the con-
ference, with Rev. Mr.. Griffith and Rev.
Mr.. Johnson as assistants Mr.. w. H.
Singleton, lay delegate, offered resolu-
ton calling for committee to inquire into
the provisions Of the proposed new code of
laws for the District of Columbia, in regard
to the relationship between the law and the
Episcopal Church.
The old laws of Maryland. in force in the
District to great extent, contain clauses
governing the civil work of the church, in
Guiding the establishment of parishes. the
care and control of church property and
election of vestrymen and other officers.
The proposed code. it is understood, does
away with the Maryland statutes, and. it is
declared. would. If adopted. require the en-
actment of some ecclesiastical law, such as
is in force in other states of the Union than
Maryland. AS a. part Of the diocese of
Washington lies within certain districts of
Maryland, it Is argued, many complications
would arise from the two sets of statutes
following the abolishment of the church
laws of Maryland in their effect upon the
District. The committee has not vet been
appointed, but probably will be some time
this afternoon
Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock Bishop
Satteriee received the delegates to the con-
Vention, both clerical and lay, and their
wives at his residence Reports were sub
mitted at the night session from the COM
mittee on missions and the committee on
state of the church. Rev. Mr. Wilson, a
missionary working among the Mohamme-
dams, and Mr.. Eugene Stock, secretary of
the Church Missionary Society of England
made brief addresses.