The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-10
COUNCIL OF CLERGY ENDED
Episcopal Churchmen Conclude
Their Annual Meeting.
An Animated Discussion Over n
ElourfshinE Chapel Claimed by
Two Parishes - Delegates Elected
to the San Francisco Convention.

of the Diocese of Washington, which has
! been meeting at st. Thomas Church,
| closed yesterday afternoon. The last
! hours of the meeting were enlivened by
an animated and almost acrimonious dis
| cussion over the st. Andrews Chapel
which stands on the border line between
! st. Matthew's and Zion parishes. The lit
/ tie chapel. which is a flourishing one, is
wanted by the Vestries of both parishes,
and as it stands upon disputed ground
| the matter came before the council in a
report by the Committee on Parishes and
Boundaries. The report, while admitting
| to a certain degree that the legal right to
| possession might lie with the st. Mat
/ thews parish. suggested that the interests
| Of the Church in the State would be
| helped by allowing the chapel to go to
I Zion. The Rev. Louis G. Wood, pastor of
! Zion parish, made a strong speech, in
| which he urged that his small band of
I worshippers be not further reduced by
giving the chapel completely into the
| hands of the ST. Matthews parishioners,
and asked that, at least pending any dis
pute, the services In it be allowed to con-
tinue under the direction of Zion parish.
Almost every delegate on the floor had
something to say on one side of the case
sion that, at the suggestion of the Rev.
DIR. McKim. cloture rule was adopted
and discussion was concluded after two
minutes. The vote on the matter resulted
overwhelmingly in favor of the commit
tees report.
The Committee on Canons to which had
been submitted nine propositions. reported
adversely upon all. One proposition was
in regard to the supposed conflict be-
tween the registry kept by the rector ac-
cording to canon %, of the Church laws,
and the registry of births, deaths, mar
riages, and burials kept by the authori-
ties of the civil government. The report
was to the effect that no conflict existed,
because the two registries covered differ
ent particulars and that one did not in
terfere with the other, each event having
TO he registered, according to the proper
construction of both laws, in the two
registries.
1t was decided to hold the next annual
council in st. Marks Pro-Cathedral.
The entire list of committees was re-
turned with a recommendation that all
incumbents be reelected with the ex-
ception of the Rev. Thomas J. Packard,
of the Board of PresenterS, who would
be unable to serve because of having been
previously elected to the Standing Com
the clergy chosen to the Standing Com
Inittee were the Rev. Alfred Harding, the
Rev. Thomas j. Packard, the Rev. John
II. Elliott, and the Rev. Randolph Nc
Kim The lay members chosen were ]. II.
Gordon, Seymour w. Tulloch. and Charles
Stanley.
The delegates to the San Francisco con-
vention elected were the following: The
Rev. Alfred Harding, the Rev. DR.. Ran
dolph II. McKim, the Rev. John Elliott,
and the Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith.
The lay delegates to the convention Sc
lected were George Truesdell. Henry Z.
Pellew. A. S. Brown, and Charles Stan
ley. To succeed the Rev. Thomas j.
Packard on the Board of Presenters the
Rev. Thomas A. tombstone, of Laurel,
Md, was selected.
a resolution was passed recommending
that the parishes be assessed for the spe-
cial purpose of contributing $3.50 toward
the expenses of the Bishop and delegates
to the convention in San Francisco. This
was modified to mean $50 toward the ex-
penses of the Bishop and each delegate,
and passed.
Bishop Satterlee announced that the I'M
yelling of the Glastonbury Cathedra
would take place at the Cathedral close
next Thursday at o'clock p. m.