The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-14
The BISHOP
MUST WAIT
Letters Which May
Change All
Plans.
A LTHouGH it is the eleventh hour.

lis will see the error of his way and
permit the status quo to be maintain
ed until the arrival here. on April LIST.
of the new American Bishop.
While all along it has been the con-
tention that the swallowing up OF the
Second CONGREGATION by the irst was
being attempted by the order of the
American House of Bishops, letters re-
ceived in the mail in the Alameda yes
terday show conclusively that this was
never the intention of the American
church, but that it was the desire or
the Bishops of that organization that
affairs here remain as they were when
the convention voted to receive the
church here, until the representative OF
the Episcopal church comes to take up
the work.
The letter in question was written ar
ter information had been received of
the move of Bishop Willis, and the ef-
feet of that action was taken as the
text of the letter. In 1t the American
Bishop, one of the members OF the su-
perior body of the convention which
admitted the local church. said to the
official Of the Second Congregation that
If the conditions proposed TO be inaug-
urated by Bishop Willis were unac-
ceptable that the Bishop be persuaded
to permit affairs to remain as they
were until the arrival here of an Amer
lean Bishop. Added to this was the
phrase: This would seem to be the le-
gal procedure"
This has been communicated to sew
eral officers and members of the con-
gregation and the result Is that there
exists a feeling of complete satisfaction
over the situation. The fact that there
was a small registration, that there
appeared at the meeting of the sup
posedly united congregation only ten
persons other than those whose BUSH
ness it was to be there, and that there
was not one of these persons who had
been affiliated with the Second Congre-
CATION, is taken to mean that the Bish-
op will recognize that further opposi-
ton to the plain wishes of the COM
municants of the faith here Will be in
terpreted as persecution.
There was a new feature sprung upon
the followers of Alfred of Honolulu
yesterday, in that his attention was
called to the fact that while he was
proceeding along lines which are sup
posed to be those of the new charter
of the church here, that charter never
his acts have not the sanction OF the
synodical convention. A few of the
more enthusiastic members of the con-
gregation are of opinion that this
would invalidate the actions OF the
Bishop and they will press this point
before it is too late.
Should there be no receding from his
position by the Bishop the service of
tomorrow will be the last that the Sec
ond CONGREGATION will hold in the
cathedral, while the present Bishop Is
at the head of affairs. What steps will
be taken have not been decided upon
owing to the fact that negotiations are
not considered off as yet Should the
worst come to the worst, there Is a
strong disposition on the part OF some
of the members to get a church ediilcc
where they may worship. Should this
be done and a demand made upon the
Bishop for the privilege to maintain a
congregation and parish, naming the
rector that it is desired to serve them,
he cannot refuse sanction and the
needed license
Should Bishop Willis be obdurate he
will refuse to issue the license to the
Second Congregation, and its rector to
minister to the members of that flock.
There can be no action by Bishop Will
lis alone to withdraw from Mr.. Mack
intosh his priestly Office He may be
debarred from exercising his functions.
but that is ALL he is pastor until he
has been tried by court with jurisdic-
ton. There may be conclusion reach
ed today which will permit the status
quo to be maintained until the arrival
of the American Bishop, who is to take
charge of matters churchly here.
The meeting of the supposedly united
congregation was helu in the Sunday
School room of the cathedral last even
ing, the meeting converting shortly af-
ter S o'clock. Canon w. II. Kitcat,
Citrate Frank Fitz. Warden Edmund
stiles and nine others We're In the room.
Canon kitcat called the meeting to or
der and made an opening prayer He
then said that 1t was the custom of
each congregation to choose the num-
her of its vestrymen, the size of the
body ranging from three to eleven
members. He suggested that this ques-
ton be settled first, but did not insist
until the minutes of the last meeting
be read.
Upon motion of ]. Morse 1t was de-
cided that the vestrymen should be
seven in number, he saying that num-
Der was sufficient for the purpose of at
tending to all business. This done. the
matter of naming the vestrymen came
up and nominations We're made as fol-
lows: BY J. Morse. Solomon Meheula
and L. Aseu; by Mr.. Pilanaia, w. C.
Ahfook, Fred w. Wood and Edmund
Stiles; by Fred w. Wood. Henry Smith
and George Hayselden. AS there were
only sufficient to fill the place the
secretary cast the ballot and the seven
were thus chosen. Canon Kitcat then
announced that by virtue of his Office
he chose Mr.. Edmund Stiles as the cler-
ical warden and called for the election
of the peoples warden from the re-
malnder of the list of vestrymen. Mr..
Piianaia named Solomon Meheula
which was seconded. and Stiles named
Henry Smith. Upon this the name OF
Meheula vas withdrawn and Smith