The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-08
COMPOSED Of Strong MEN
COUNCIL OF DIOCESE OF MINNIE
sofa CONTAINS MANY PROM
.:41INT CHURCHMEN
Ic EEL In w1NoNA IN JUNE
Selection of a COadjutOr Bishop and
Other Important Matters to Be
Considered at the
Meeting.

A notable gathering In many respects
will be the diocesan council of the diocese
or Minnesota, which meets at Winona
Wednesday and Thursday, June and g.
The venerable Bishop Whipple, bishop Of
the diocese. who is now in his sixtieth
year, will preside There will probably be
four lay delegates to every clergyman in
the council, for while all cleIgymen are
delegates ex officio, each parish is en-
titled to four lay delegates and an addi-
tional one for every 100 communicates
In the elaboration Of the council the
clergy and laity act and vote together
but when requested by two members, the
two orders vote separately and a concur
renee of majority of both orders is
necessary to decide any question.
At least two important matters will
come before the coun il. One will be the
selection of a coadjutCr bishop for Bishop
Whipple. The other important matter
Will be the election of delegates to the
general convention that is to be held in
San Francisco next October. This con.
vention will represent the Episcopal
church in America The council viii
elect four clergymen and four laymen
to represent it.
CANDIDATES FOR COADJUTOR.
In Episcopal circles in st. Paul two
candidates are mentioned prominently for
the office of coadjutor bishop One is
Rev. w. S. Kainsford, rector of St
Georges church, New York City; the 9TH
er is Bishop EdSall, of North Dakota.
Both men are well known in st. Paul.
DR.. Rainsford was present at the last
diocesan council held in St Paul, and
has many friends here. Bishop Edsall
was one of the honorary paIlbearers at
the funeral Of the late Bishop Gilbert,
whose very dear friend he was. A prom
inent Episcopaliau who is q close friend
of Bishop Whipple's, las this to say in
regard to the selection of a coadjutor
bishop:
THE thing to be considered Is the per-
sonal wish of the bishop himself in the
matter. Anyone who is to be So closely
connected with him Us coadjutor must,
of necessity, be entirely satisfactory TO
him. l cannot imagine anybody who
would more satisfactorily fill the place
than Bishop Edsall. He and the bishop
are in cicGe sympathy with enc another;
Bishop Edsall is thoroughly en- rapport
with the work Bishop WEipple is doing;
he is a man of vigorous constitution, III
the prime Of life and is in every way
fitted TO become satisfactory assistant
1t is my opinion that he will be elected"
Aside from these two important mat
tiers that the council will decide it will be
an interesting gathering because of its
most prominent people in the state of
Minnesota.
Besides it's venerable presiding officer,
Bishop Whipple, who would be a pic
turesque figure in any gathering, num-
Der of men will be present. who have had
much to do with shaping the religious
thought of the country. Among these Is
Rev. Frederick T. Webb, dean of the
Minneapolis convocation and rector Of st.
PaUls church in that city. Monday, at
meeting of the St. Paul and Minneapolis
Episcopal clergy, held in Minneapolis, DR.
Webb read a paper on 1.-THE New Canon
of Divorce and Marriage" The canon re-
ferred to in the paper has been drafted
by committee composed of prominent
Episcopalians from different parts of the
country. The committee was appointed
three years ago to draft a canon that
would aid in arresting the increase of d.
Vorces in this country. w. Fl. Lightner,
Of st. Paul. is a member Of it. The can
on as finally drawn up by the committee
provides that no Clergyman shall officIate
at any marriage when there has been a
divorce for cause in case of either party.
The canon will be voted upon at the gem
eral convccation next October DIR.
Wehb's paper on the subject created a
marked impression on those who listened
to it.