Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-22
CLERGY AND LAlTY DIFFER
Their Non Concurrence Leaves the Church
Name Unchanged.
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION TO BEGIN
Protestant Episcopal ioces of Me-
braska 20 he Arena for Cham-
pions Of Change and Cham
pions Of Conservatism.

The Protestant Episcopal clergy and
/ laity Of the diocese Of Nebraska have de-
cided not to commit themselves fully on
the proposition to change their church
name until the thirty-seventh nnual coun-
Gil Of the diocese one year hence, and
to wage. in the meantime, a campaign of
education. In this campaign the advocates
of changing to some more catholic title
are to undertake to persuade the conser-
vative element that such a change will be
for the best, and the conservative element,
in turn, has announced that II will do
what It can to persuade the friends of a
change that their attitude is unwise and
their prescription not for the best interest
Of the church
Such, in brief, is the result OF the initial
skirmis between the contending forces
yesterday at the last sessions Of the thirty
sixth annual council, held In Trinity cathe-
draL. A committee appointed Wednesday
by Bishop Williams to consider his ad-
dress in which he had spoken favorably
Of the change, and to draft resolutions
that should bring the matter before the
council in debatable form, stood divided
yesterday when it came time for the re-
port, and had to bring in a majority and
a minority report.
Two Reports From Committed.
The majority report, submitted by Rev.
John Williams of st. Barnabas, as chair
man. read:
Resolved, That While the church In the
diocese of Nebraska is heartily in favor
the United States that will fully and ade-
quately express it's Catholic descent and
that change at once or before an over
whelming majority Of the church are ready
they may not all cordially approve of such
change.
Resolved, That the church of the diocese
or Nebraska does not desire at this time
to indicate it's preference as to the name
that shall be submitted for that which 1t
now bears.
Resolved, That the church in this diocese
does approve of the immediate .erasing Of
the words Protestant, episcopal wherever
The minority report. by ]. NJ. Woolworth,
H. w. Yates and Clement Chase, reads:
To the Council: The minority Of your
committee appointed under the resolution
Of Mr., Chase relating to a change Of the
ton of the following resolution.
Resolved. That in the opinion Of this
council IT is inexpedient to change the name
of the church at this time.
Clement Chase moved the substitution of
the minority report for the majority re-
port. This put the proposition before the
house and signaled the opening Of a dis
cussion which occupied about three hours.
Mr.. Yates making the principal plea for
the Chase motion and Father Williams
the principal defense Of the majority re-
port. Many others made lve-minute ad-
dresses. some for and some against chang
ing.
Vote in other Dioceses.
All were in the nature of a review and
discussion of the origin of the name Prot
oeNaAN ENto0l~oI tee SfrV.taAoa1 a~I Zee
appropriateness, and Of the Objectionable
ness or the desirability of assuming a new
title in which the word Catholic should APP
pearl Personal preference figured very
largely, except in the Instance of Clement
Chase, who maintained that the great ma
jority of communicates. particularly the
women, are not favorable to a change and
in support Of this submitted a careful
and late compilation OF the vote in those
dioceses where the matter has already
been balloted on. This compilation shove
that a total Of 46,667 communicates had
voted for a change; 124,S7 have voted
against it; 1896 could give no decisive
answer and IS, 291 are represented in ohio's
deadlock between the clergy and the laity
and in Vermont, where the bishop declined
to submit the matter at all.
Mr.. Chase's table shows the action taken
by each diocese that has voted, such show
ing being as follows; California, no change
expedient; Mississippi, no change eXpedi-
emit; New Jersey, report adverse to change
I Pennsylvania, report adverse to change
: South Carolina, inexpedient at this time
indianapolis, against change; Alabama
/ postponed at the bishops suggestion; Louis
r lana, postponed as inexpedient; Michigan
postponed upon committees reporting
change inexpedient; Oklahoma, action post
poned; Tennessee. action postponed, though
3 Bishop Caller recommended change Il
American Catholic church," West Massa
I chusetts. postponed on bishops suggestion
i. Vermont, bishop declined to submit thu
matter; Ohio, deadlock between laity and
clergy; Salt Lake, votes for the American
church; !" Albany, favors removal of word
Protestant Episcopal from prayer book
Florida. for american Catholic church,
Michigan City. for immediate correction
( New Hampshire, to drop Protestant Epis
copal; South Florida, for american brancl
: OF the Catholic church or the Unite
States" Springfield, the American Catho
lie church in the United States" and Yves
Missouri, 1.-THE American Catholic church.
How the Vote stood.
Mr.. Yates made the closing address an
: the council, with Judge Woolworth in tn
e chair. was called to vote on the Chas
, motion to substitute the minority repoT
for the majority report. The ballot re
q suited: Clergy, aye Z. nay 10; laity. ay
q o. nay 10. The chair declared the motto
= lost because OF the n-on-concurrence bC
tween the clergy and laity.
I" This left the majority report TO be vote
7" on and It was taken up in sections, II
nrst resolution being divided after II
word character" The ballot on the fri
section resulted: Clergy. aye 16. nay
I'd laity. aye II. nay q. The motion for Il
he adoption OF the first section Of the hr
resolution in the majority report was Their
SO fore declared lost because Of non-coi
Os currepce between clergy and laity. II
* second section Of the first resolution W,
rs declared lost for the same reason, the ba
s lot resulting; Clergy. aye 8. nay IA; lait
IL aye s, nay a.
- Table the other sections.
81 The hour was late. there was still mut
s 10 be done and because OF this, Rev. F.
Ia White. after declaring that II would
90 well TO take another years time in ord
IS that all may be educated TO a better unde
standing, moved that the remaining DO
IS ton OF the majority report be laid on Il
81 table. Mr.. Chase seconded the motion al
the weary members OF the council, a
parently glad OF a way out, voted aye wit
out one dissenting voice. The dfscusai,