New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-25
u,y ASK FOR CoADJUTOR.
opu,T, REQUEST BY BISHOP POTTER
EXPECTED TO-DAY
TEMPERANCE QUESTIONS DISCUSSED IN
rvp,EoN BEFORE DIOCESAN CoNVEN-
rToH-EvENING RECEPTION
FOR DELEGATES.
FOR DELEGATE


e-s+ dav of the Diocesan convention Of
T-fsooraI Church in Holy Trinity Chapel
re narish Of st. James, passed yesterday
III IL. reference TO the question that has been
.+ing the attention of churchmen for some
o.. the appointment Of a ccadjutor bishop TO
-. Fishop Potter in his manifold routine du~
r was the general feeling that some ac-
- vuon]d result at this convention In the
sn5 at various times The Tribune has re-
she spreading belief that the demands of
-, business and routine duties laid on the
-. 600 great a burden TO secure to his do
.he fullest benefit of his administration
carons it is necessary that the bishop
t,-,ssr request such an appointment Bishop
80 IN his charge 10 the convention to-day
lr1.ctes 70 settle the question by requesting
the appointment 49,.
-..~io, in the laws Of the American Episcopal
80, that the coadjutor bishop shall succeed
- a vacancy in the episcopate. This makes
-. choice Of q coadjutor equivalent in effect
=, ,boice Of : bishop. and invests the case
., +ba utmost Importance The talk Of the
-orsibii+v Of the bishops asking for an assist
hos naturally led TO the informal discussion
of selection
MENTIONED FOR COADJUToR.
,e .bose who have been mentioned for
.;r, ofsca are the Rev. Dr.. William II.
,-os,,s,.or rector Of the Church Of the Incsrns-
-. tho T,ax. DR.. David II. Greer, rector of ST.
-+ar,,r. the Rev. Percy S. Grant. of the Church
8 ~. Ascension: the Rev. Dr.. John p Peters,
g 6. Michael's. and the Rev. DIR. Wilfred I.
r7o,,,,rs dean of All Saints Cathedral. Albany
As the eoadjutor bishop stands in the line OF
succession, his age must be factor III the
choice. and it is probable that fairly young
man VIII be selected
II is understood that rectors OF the parishes
On fbe riz7er cities OF the diocese feel that the
field is 100 great for bishop, even With CO.
sdtutor Metropolitan interests are so vast
that the outlying churches can claim little at
,ention This would look toward division OF
The diocese. The proposition has come before
the convention several times, but IS beset With
difficulties. and in the opinion OF several cut OF
town members gives little immediate promise
Of adjustment
BISHOP POTTER ON TEMPERANCE.
The Bishops sermon, which was the prom
inent feature Of the mornings proceedings, was
a charge OF the subject Of temperance He took
the ground that Hesitation, useful as il undoubt
edly was in the regulation Of the liquor prob
lens, could not be counted on to accomplish
did facing OF the station of the saloon in the
life Of the Iaboring man and a discrimination in
regulating ii.
1T was not unnatural" he said, that an IN
rejecting public sentiment should have taken
refuge IN legislation which, Il il refused TO face
the issues it raised, brushed them aside with
sweeping enactments that at one blow proposed
10 destroy traffic which 1t could not control
Of the forces which must be counted upon to
supplement and round out the work Of legal
enactment, he continued:
Il mere enthu-asna often blind and oftener par
,isaa and onesided-if representatives Of the law
Itself, the expression OF 4 great popular move
melIt-f all these together are uneqaaA 10 the
evil great that which in this connection af-
remains 1 to those who beeve supre1ney in the
presence in the world Of divine forces and infu-
for righteousness, to arise and strive: For my
self do not believe that such forces have been
Now them az the f SistoTy Of the enfercernef Of
eTs rule has wrought IN the z essy thr
great movement II has produced Journalists, but
in which the individual is coming TO count for less
and less and the perfection OF mechanical devices
Is ans @ @ e 90 no os G ne sS0Ps men 70 and md
5rsthse9 to have me tel yau that IL u wiae
structure Wealth is unequniiy distributed. we are
f aed dn ey the ss aG euf mn aT Streets 9rn S
in q land which refuses TO enthrone any class
thrifty or Industrious against those who are
50. At such moment and under such conditions
operation one day only or on all days, are as
stupid as they are Intellectual
After pointing out the need for a wider out
look OF the question. and the necessity Of OBJ
serving that there growing conviction
that more allowance must be made for the ex-
hausting strain and stress Of modern life the
Bishop said:
You will gather from all this how. superficial how
regard u great deal OF that doubtless often well
women virtuous and temperate by law of indis-
eliminate repression l do. do. And. If I am
men and brethren, tell YOU that. and to entreat
Eou 70 discern that most OF our methods for deal.
are tainted with falsehood dishonored by essential
unhealthy and discredited by widespread and con-
sistent failure.
SALOON LEGISLATION CRITICISED.
Speaking Of the State control OF municipal
affairs in this regard. he said:
Our republican or democratic system of gov
that to which it has been subjected in this com
nonwes we. where iegslature enriched by neither t
IN audacty as SNUG as 1t was vociferous, made
that il knew better what that city needed than the
city could know itself / protest We are not a
should be perfectly willing TO submit every Sunday
law that We have-whateVer trafic II regulates or
Tepresses. whatever sacred day of the week-to
vote Of the people of this town who have right
to vote, confident that every halowed interest
would be protected. and that the day of unbridled
license which so many SO confidently predict would
never dawn
The public house movement in England. de-
scrlbed here last spring by Earl Gray, was COM
1nended by the Bishop. He insisted on the need
OF discrimination, saying:
One kind Of man goes to saloon TO get an in
tcStcant, and for no other reason. Another goes
there for any one OF half dozen purposes-re-
[reshment amusement companionship. inforna-