New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
NEW JERSEY NEWS.
CHURCHMEN 1T ODDS.
Upabk as Yet to Choose CoadJutor
fo, Bishop .Sfarkey.

East Orange n. J.. Jan 20 tSpecaD-A spe-
cial convention of the Diocese Of Newark was
held here to-day at Christ Church. to elect
coadjutor for Bishop Starkey. At midnight u
was a deadlock. When ten ballots had pee"
taken the clerical vote showed a majority Tor
the Rev. DR.. George Mcclellan Fiske. of Prov'-
dence, r. l., while the lay vote favored the Rev
Alexander Mann. and at IL p m. the joint
committee appointed. 1t supported the
Rev. DR.. J. hewitt Steele. senior curate of Trim
ity Church. New-York City. but he was not
nominated. A fresh ballot proceeded with
1t was the largest convention in the history
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the do
cese of Newark. Every one of the sIxty-nine
parishes in the diocese was represented, nearly
every clergyman being present. Eight parishes
had no lay deputies In attendance. There We're
129 laymen present. Bishop Starkey presided.
Dr. Fiske who has the support of the clergy
men of the diocese. is known as a high church-
man, while his opponent. who is Favored pS 'he
lay vote is broad churchman. Both are wen
known. and are noted not only for their popu-
Iarity as preachers but for their executive aoii-
ity and either is looked upon as a good choice'
Christ Church, where the convention was held,
has been the scene of the diocesan convention
before 1t is one of the largest and best ap-
pointed churches in the diocese.
AS soon as the balloting opened it was seen
that the clergy and laity were deadlocked. the
former favoring the Rev. DR.. George McClellah
F'iske of Providence R. L. while the laty gave
the Rev. Alexander Mann. rector OF Irace
Church, Orange, a majority. DIR. Fiske was
nominated by the Rev. Lewis Cameron rector
of the Church of the Holy Communion. South
Orange and the nomination was seconded by
the Rev Frank B. Reazor, rector of St Mark
Church West Orange This showed that the
Newark diocese was not unit in faVorlIs
Archdeacon Mann for the Office. Tne Rev d.
w NJ Hughes. of Morristown, nominated Arch-
deacon Mann and the nomination was seconueo
by the Rev. Louis Shreve Osborne OF Ne"arA'
Other nominations were made as tolioWs: Inc
Rev. George S. Bennitt, of Jersey CITY, Inc he''
r. P Williams, of Washington. ID. e. the new
John s. Lindsay. of Boston: the Rev. w. NJ
Grosvenor and the Rev. Louis Shreve osborne.
of Newark
Every point raised the floor was hotly con-
tested and each side apparently seemed aIralu
that the other would get the better of it If an
adjournment were taken. Many OF the oeiesatos'
both clergy and laity, expressed their perfect
riuineness to stay in the church all night long,
% ,,eceesarv Efforts were made to postpone
tho election because sufficient money TO pay
the salary of the bishop coadjutor had not been
raised and to secure the services of a visiting
bishop, but they failed. The Rev. E. A. White
settled the last question by remarking, THE
diocese wants a bisnop, not a confirming ma
chine"
Repeated attempts We're made to adjourn the
convention until morning. or until the annual
diocesan convention in May, or to hold con-
ferences of the different parties or the clergy or
laity All these propositions were either voted
down or laid on the table with a vehemence that
left no doubt of the intention of the delegates to
fight to the end.
At o'clock Bishop Starkey could stand the
strain no longer, and he relinquished the chair
in favor of the Rev. DR.. William Wells Holley.
of Hackensack, who is chairman of the standing
committee, and then the bdllotlng went on