Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-10-09
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.


The feature of yesterdays session OF
the trienuisl Episcopal convention in
. San Francisco was the RECOMMENDATION
| and defeat of what il kuown 81 the
Huntington amendment to tbe cousiitu-
ton, which was adopted by the House
of Deputies yesterday, provdiUg for the
J use of modified forms Of worship oy
congregations willing 10 accept the spir-
itual oversight OF a bishop. An error
was discovered in recording the vote of
the Nebraska delegation, which had
been entered in favor OF The amendment,
whereas poll of the me % bers showed
that they were opposed to the measure.
This led to demand for rscoDsid-
GRAFTON OF yesterday's vote. The vote
on reconsideration resulted as follows:
Yeas-Clericsl, 2S; lay, Is. Nays
Clerical, 80; lay II. Divided-CleJical,
13; lay, s.
The united vote of 80 delegations of
each order being required, the amend.
ment was defeated.
Article V. of the proposed consti.u-
t;onal amendment, which had previous
ly been passed over by both houses.
was taken up by the House Of Deput-
les and defeated after Q brief d. bate.
IL provided for several changes 10 the
manner OF creating new diocesee.
The convention decided 10 hold Dight
sessions alter next Monday.
A committee was appointed to pre-
pare uniform examination for candi-
dates for holy orders aud to arrange,
with the help of professors 10 theolOgi-
cal seminsrles, q series OF typical and
suggestive questions for deacoDs, their
report to be sent TO the bishop for sp-
proval. An amendment to the canons,
designed to provide more satisfactorily
for missionary jurisdictions, was adopt
ed. The canon on marriage and di-
vorce was considered, but 90 final ao.
ton was taken. Nominations were res
ceived, but not given out, for two more
vacant domestic missionary bishoprics
Olympia and North Dakota. A re-
port from q committee was presented
declaring the expediency of appointing
bishop for the Philippine Islands
without unnecessary delay.
10 the House majority report Of the
committee was mad, that as it was not
prepared to make any recommendation
on the memorials from Milwaukee and
Colorado that the name OF the church
as it now appears on the title page Of
she prayerbook be changed.
A majority report was presented re-
cognizing that constitutional amend
ment would be required and asking
that the whole matter be referred TO
special committee to be sppointed by
the chair.
A similar majority report wss msde
10 regard to the resolution OF Rev. +. J.
Taylor, of Los Angeles.
The committee further reported
that the house concur
10 the action of the bishops providing
for marginal readings; also, that they
could not advise the authorization Of
the use of the Revised Version 10 read
ing the lessons. The committee also
reported that it was the opinion Of the
com mittee that the table of lessons was
not q part OF the prsyerbook 10 the
sense that the general provision for the
amendment OF the prsyerbook applied
TO IL.
Consideration OF sriicle OF the con-
stitutiou, providing for the erection OF
new dioceses, was taken up.
The Rev. DR.. Stuck, OF Dallas, OPP
posed the adoption Of the article be-
cause oil provision forbddIng the
creation OF a new diocese with less than
Xix seli-supporIing parishes, which
would prevent the district OF western
Texas from becoming diocese for some
yesrs. The amendment was lost.
The house took up the provision for
he use of the marginal readinss pre-.
pared by the joint committee OF the last
which had been adopted by
he House OF Bishops and reported on
avorably by the committee on csnons
4 the deputies. Before vote was
cached the house adjourned uOtil to-
lay.