New-York tribune., 1901-11-21
DR.. BURGESS THE BISHOP
RECTOR OF GRAC CE CHURCH,
BROOKLYN, CHOSEN.
LONG AND EXCITING CONTEST ONER
JOHN ENDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Garden City Long Island. Nov. 20 tSpecaD-
The Rev. DR.. Frederick Burgess, rector or Grace
Church, Brooklyn Heights, was late to-nisht
elected the Protestant Episcopal bishop OF the
diocese of Long Island as the successor to the
late Bishop Littlejohn in the Cathedral OF TIE
Incarnation, this place, The contest lasted
hours and was closely fought from the begin
ming. with the Rev. DR.. s. D. Mcconnell lohs III
the lead Far into the night at the end OF the
seventh ballot. the Rev. DR.. Swentzel wlthdre"'
and his followers cast their strength WITH Lr'
Burgess. which resulted in his victory on 'he
tenth ballot
In the he ul Gothic Cathedral of the In
carnation. its delicately arched interior par
TALLY illuminated by weak sun that ni'eie'
through stained windows, and partially agloW
with the dim light of fckering gas fames yes
terday sat and deliberated $50 men All Oh
them were men of discretion and trained judg-
ment The hair of many was splashed win
gray They constituted the special diocesan
convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Long Island. They assembled for the pun
pose of electing a bishop to succeed the iA'e
Bishop Abram Newkirk Littejohn
The election scene was impressive one
One hundred and seventeen clersymen from i
parts of Long Island. and 249 lay delegates
from the marshes in the diocese, faced the Kew
Robert Rogers, rector Oh itle Sii"A I'll
Good Shepherd. Brooklyn. when he called the
electorate to order O'Clock in the artefhooii-
F1 the time The Rev. Dr. James Clarence
Icres rector of St. Mary's Church, broohiSi''
had been chosen permanent president OF 'he
meeting and DR.. Rogers secretary ls
number of visitors had arrived and cro"oeu 'i1'
nave and transepts of the Cathedral. Every oiie
was full of anticipation. Delegates CONVEX 'eu Al
low tones and it was not difficult 10 see ina
each was suppressing his excitement Marcy
was a man heard to say that he would espouse
the cause of any candidate other than one "iio
was thoroughly Informed upon the needs anu
or,+;as Of tho diocese No seemed 10
u.ap+ an outsider Some said they would sup
mort one man because he was tolerant because
he was a leader, sympathetic administrator
In the half tones Of the Cathedral theS Innu0
| an impressive sight There was dignity u ue
nortment and kindliness of demeanor' coupte
! with 8 businesslike determination on the paIl oi
! all 10 proceed with the election Win uisPa''A
and precision. Evidence Of this deterHil'ia'
ros instantly seen when DR.. Jones sounded the
| gavel The first ballot was rapidly taken II"
| names of sixteen candidates were proposed anu
| +h -as,,l, of the vote taken disclosed IN the
| ,,+ sraca Of half an hour There were no
| nominating speeches account of the NUMBER
! Of candidates in the field and the sharP fi'a''
| The narae Of the Rev. DR.. , u Ncooiihei''
| rector of Holy Trinity Church. from which par :
;sb Rishop IAttletohn was elected ed~ff'frs?-.No Q
wears ago. at once became the most coIl9pi , u
re t3aIIottns Still he received far less tnan
! The reouisite majority of the lay ana cielioA'
! votes which we're taken separately on I'm IN,
| current ballot. Other prominent names on 'tt ~
80 hsi,o+ were those OF the Rev. Dr.. Henry g
| Swentzel of Christ Church, Clinton-st. bto IN
! i1yn and the Rev DR.. Reese F. Alsop OF SI,
| Snn,e church Brooklvn The first ballot proved
| mar the struggle would be a prolonged ana d
| bitter one Dr. Mcconnell drew away stionsIS
from his opponents on the secona 1atoo ,t ha 4
| ing iftv-nine votes. or almost doupe NAf't l'A'
| previously been accorded MIN. vii, -.
| At this iuncture ex-Justce Van Wyck' one
! oF the three Law delegates from the tnurch oi
the incarnation Brooklyn. asked for definite N
| fornation as 10 whether the Rev pr w n,
| tJrn,iroton of Grace Church. Manhattan. would
| nn+ 7be vacant bshopric This Interpolation.
intensified the interest Of the now Visioly eAcIeu
| convention Notwithstanding the fact lhat a.
this point DR. Alsop read vigorous enniVn-
| DR. Huntington who declined. without @ equl -
| cation, to be named as possihie success su-o,,+
| Bishop Littlejohn, the third baliot cai.e
| strong for DR.. Huntington, thouIh III Nh ~
| nell st;Il maintained his primacy. Dr. Swentzei'
| al this stage of the voting, was popular can,
| dida+e The fourth ballot also demOnstrat ted
| that the Rev DR.. David II. Greer, of St Bar,
| thoIomew's Church, Manhattan, Just eieCteu
| hishop of the diocese of Western Massachusetts
had developed sudden strehgtn' or7,I,, me
tment in his favor gathered nohei' mo t AZ Az
| when it was announced that he had not yet ue'
| cided to accept the Massachusetts t ratars
| Analogy drawn in the mlnds OF 'he 80 80
| between his position and that of Bishop Lltlie
| iohn who before hc accepted the Long lslaHC
| hfshoprtc had already been elected head OF tiie
| diocese of Central New-York.
| I-non the fifth and sixth ballots Dr. McCoE
| nell gained steadily. DR.. Huntingtons naiiiS
| was. dropped. After the sixth ballot had peer
| road il was 10 80 o'clock. Repeated motions lo
| adjournment were made. The confusion SUI
| sided upon call for prayer, given by Dean ooA
At II o. M, the seventh ballot showed htti,
| variation in the vote. The motion 10 adJouIi
| until 1890 Tomorrow morning was lost. III
| Swentzel then withdrew his name from the con
| test and most of his supporters went to th'
| standard of DR.. burgess vito
The final ballot the tenth. resulted IN G,a[ a VIC
| tory for Dr. Burgess. The convention adJourhet
| al i245 A. ~, after making the vote unanimous
| The Rev. DR.. Frederick Burgess was porn IL
| 1874 at Providence, r. J., being graduated IRON
| brown University in the class of ID he wa
| graduated at the General Theological Seminar y
| NewYork after a year of study at OXolu u
| He successvely rector of the foHoWlns
| churches: st. Marks, Mendham, n. J., one ye',l
| Grace Church. Amherst, five years; thrls
| church Pomfret, Conn. six years: St Asop!
| Rola Penn seven years; Christ Church DettoI,
| two wears: Grace Church, Brooklyn Helshto
| eince Easter 1898 He received the degree VI
| Doctor of Divinity from Brown University IL
| 1899
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