The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-13
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION
N SlH FRlHGl GO
Rgv. JOHN ussoRSg ADMITTED
TO SEAT IN TIE CON
FERENCE.
American Bishop VIII Sc APPoiasse
For Ha~aii-Msy be Western
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over BY House Ct sishops.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct S.-At the
Episcopal convention today Dr.. Mur.
iOch OF North Carolina presented the
following report on behalf Of the
committee on elections.
Your committee on elections Aegs
10 report that il has received certifi-
Gates OF election OF the clerical and
lay deputies from every diocese in the
union embodied by this convention.
and from the various missionary dis
tricts
Your committee has also received
a communication from the chairman
/ of the vestFys Of St. Clements chapel
in the city Of Honolulu. TO the effect
that Rev. John Osborne had been duly
elected by that yestry 10 visit the
convention in this city
Your committee. therefore, recon-
mends that Rev. John osborne be in
vited TO occupy a seat in this house. -
Rev. B. W r. Taylor OF Los An
geles said that in view of the fact
that the condition OF the affairs of
the church in Hawaii was to be
brought before the convention, he
considered il unwise at this time TO
accord the distinction of a seat in the
house TO any representative OF any
congregation in Hawaii He there
fore moved to lay the recommends
ton of the committee on the table.
This motion prevailed by a vote OF
1S7 TO 90
The Chronicle today. in discussing
the selection of FIVE new bishops.
says in reference to Hawaii. A bish-
op may also be appointed for Ha-
waii. And here again a well informed.
popular and efficient Western clergy
man may he chosen. though the East
NAV be the recruiting field The ad-
visibility of appointing a bishop for
Hawaii will be one OF the critical
questions and the policy problems of
the present convention. The situation
in the islands is peculiar. The church
there is divided against itself, or
rather against its English Bishop
For thirty years the Rt Rev DR..
Willis has been in Honolulu as Bishop
of Hawaii. sent out for the purpose
from England Hawaii was never I'M
der British rule or protection but
it had an English missionary Bishop
for the work of its Episcopal mis-
sions from the DAYS of savagery
Eventually the islands passed into
the possession of the United States.
and the jurisdiction of the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the English House
of Bishops was obviously eliminated.
The islands were then within the di-
rect jurisdiction of the House of Bish-
ops of the Episcopal church of the
United States. The Archbishop of
Canterbury and the English Bishops
conceded this and said they were per
fectly agreeable that the United
States House of Bishops appoint a
Bishop of Hawaii for the diocese.
But Bishop Willis continued to serve.
Then the Archbishop of Canterbury
and the British House OF Bishops re
fused to support him further, as he
was in United States jurisdiction.
But Bishop Willis still hung on, main
tanning himself from certain estab-
lished local source for revenue For a
long time it has been expected by the
Archbishop of Canterbury and by the
House of Bishops of the United States
that Bishop Willis would resign and
the United States send out Bishop
to take charge of the field. But Bishop
Willis does not intend TO resign.
Practically all the Episcopalians in
Honolulu. a city of more than 10000
people. attend the other church.
where the Rev. Mr.. Osborne is pastor
That congregation has sent its pastor
up TO San Francisco to attend this
convention merely as an interested
clergyman. Yesterday his credentials
were presented for acceptance as an
honorary attendant at the sessions
and. after a little furry Of debate. the
majority of the House of Deputies de-
cided not to accept them and thus put
themselves on record as taking any
sides in the Hawaiian controversy.
though many OF the members are
strong personal friends of the Rev.
Mr.. Osborne. Whether or mt this
convention viii appoint Bishop Of
Hawaii IS the puzzle There are some
who think that action NAV be defer
red. as there are comDaratively few
Fpiscooalians in the islands and not
many of the American members OF the
church know ANYTHING about the true
conditions of the field and would pre-
fer to put OF acton until the next
convention. three years from now.
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