New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
DIR. E. S. LINES CHOSEN.
yEW BISHOP OF NEWARK.
Supporters of DR.. G. b. Morgan
PreUent Unanimous ElecttOn.

Orange N J. Juse 16-The Rev. DR.. EDWIN
stevens Lines rector Of St PauFs ChurcH' "a
Nev-Haven, Conn. was elected Bisnop oi -"
Diocese of Newark on the fifth ballot 'i'is
ing. at the convention held N 81 MARK oiui 0''
West Orange. DIR. Lines secured pare INC
5nrity of the clerical vote on that oai'o'' o.
though he had held q majority OF the lay W.
rrorn the opening Of the ballotinG. Ihrooshou'
the convention his principal opponent WAS inc
pev DIR George B. Morgan, of New-HaNeii' VIZ
- The third ballot had :,s many clerical votes
as DR.. Lines DR.. Morgan's name hao "0'
mentioned prior TO the convention
w., ,bo vote was announced, motion was
made hv the Rev. Charles c. Edmunos' OF Ne"
- A.. election unanimous. The Rev
Augustine Elnendorf. OF the Church OF 'iie -
,-o~s Jersey CITY. Immediately interposeo an
.,.ta+,o, several other of the rituaiistic cleIsS
.leo in.srnosed al objection. and the heN- "a
.,vzar l5ann of Grace Church ofahse'
-,eted into the group where the Kew MI
,,,en5orf was standing and urged that lie
,act;o, 70 rnaniuity he withdraNH
.,a-oz,,,er 1oined with Mr.. Eimendorf IN op'e0.
tnr and the Rev. T. N. kirkus. OF bei sei' -
~ Church man. declared that no unahii''o"
.-o+e could be recorded. inasnuch As 'iie
- the convention would show that forty cIei i0oi
80 fortv-txo lay votes had elected III i-ii'e9 III,
AZ Vi-l.,,s said that the cfJeCuoilS Va '
,r three must be considered
.~You mean five" said some one
Twenty Of US object sald aho'hel-
v,ce-Chancellor John r. Emory me CIHii ,'''-
of +be lavrnen. said that he agreed with thoSe
who desired a unanimous VOTE oul Inc
,.4oroo of each individual must not be looked
,,nnn. and nothing can so proNloe Sac -,
- ,ra nrntection of the rights of the indiViouai'
nal
- al The Rev. stephen H. Cranberry on1ec'eu
-. ,,ro,os, feinr made against a unanimous
vote He said he spoke not only for hlnseiL' ou'
.o- -birtv others of the clergy who had ho'
.aa 4or Tr Lines Further discussion was
.+on,ad t,v p motion of the Rev William Rlch-
.,,o,d of All Saints Church, Orange, that the
convention proceed TO the signing OF the lesu-
,,,orial proyided for It in the canon. inns Was
carried.
Many Of the deputies to the convention ques-
fioned whether DR.. Lines would accept the elec-
+ion. inasmuch as the final vote had shown 'ha'
while forty of the clergy supported hlIl' thlItS
eight opposed him and one voted blank Al
tbough but five ballots were taken during the
or+sor, the result showed that there was a
,yida diversity of opinion. In the clerical vote
one ballot was blank throughout the Nouhs'
DR.. Lines had 81 on the first ballot, 81 on the
second 30 on the third, IS on the 1ourth anu
40 ON the fifth DR. Morgan received 20 on the
first. 33 on the second 30 on the third and 80
on the two final ballots In the lay vote Dr
Lines received 81 on the first, 80 on the second
and 20 on the third. fourth and fifth. DR.. Nor
gan received 6 on the first. Il on the second 10
on the third. l. on the fourth and II on the
fifth. In both orders the remaining votes were
scattered but DR.. Lines was the choice OIL d
majority of the laymen on aii The ballots
The surprise of the convention came DeIore
the halloting was begun, when the Rev III
Alexander Mann, of Grace Church, orange Tor
rnslfy Withdrew. Up TO that time II had peell
expected that DR. Mann would be the ieadlns
candidate. Indeed ii was assumed a1ten yes
.erdav's conferences that the race would De pe-
tween him and DR.. Lines. But Dr. Mann real
ize6 that nv his remaining in the race a contest
might be preciptated such as resulted at the
special convention last winter, and he decided
at the last moment to withdraw In the opln-
ion of many of his friends this mistake.
and it was said by several clergymen who had
supported DR.. Mann at the special convention
which tried to elect a Bishop Coadjutor that
had ne remained in the race he would have
been elected. Or. Mann, however, did not de-
sire to become Bishop of divided diocese, or TO
accept an election when il was reasona bly, GER
tain as suh uhsequent events proved. that no mat
ter who was elected opposition would be made
10 making the election unanimous. The con-
vention fixed the salary of the Bishop at S6,ooC
year.