The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-19
DELEGATES NOT SEATED
ACTION OF EPISCOPAL COUNCIL IN
 ANNISTON.
Representatives of Birmingham Church Were Rejected by the Body Committees and Trustees
 Were Selected.

Anniston May iS.-(Special.) )-In executive session today the Council Of the Diocese of Alabama of the Episco- pal Church declined to seat the dele gates from the Church of the Advent of Pirminghamy over which there has been
 a bitter fight waged against the ruling
 of the bishop.
 The council this morning took up the report of the Committee on the
 location of a diocesan school for girls
 The report was that the option held on Noble Institute be rejected and the
 committee discharged. The matter was discussed at tenth and was finally car ried by a vote of 3S to 2J. which shows
 almost an even division. since several voted for the resolution who are known to be in favor of the diocesan school. but at a future time.
 The council went into executive ses-
 sion and recorded the report of the committee on privileges, which report ed unfayorably to the seating of the lay delegates from the Church of the Advent All visitors were excluded from the meeting place so that only the members of the council could hear the speeches made regarding the re- port. The report was finally adopted by which the delegates were unseated The question of the canonical law was the cause of the action. the vestry which selected the delegates having fourteen members while the canons provide that only eleven can be select ed by a congregation.
 R. H. Pearson, one of the unseated delegates, made known today an open letter to Rev. Stewart Mcqueen, Chair man of the standing committee. In which he resigns as a member of the committee and in a lengthy epistle tells his reasons for so doing, taking occa- sio nto arraign Bishop Beckwith in severe terms He is still here, but other members from the church re- turned home this afternoon.
 Oficers were elected for the diocese as follows:
 Trustees of the University of the South-Rev. S. McQueen. H. Ruth and
 J. M Baker; Diocesan Mission fund,
 Rev. Stewart Mcqueen. treasurer;
 Deans of convocations. Rev. H. w.
 Gamble of Huntsville, Rev. W. w. Jones
 of Decatur, Rev. E. E. Cobbs of Mont
 gomery, Rev. Gardner c. Tucker of Mo
 bile, Rev. J. w. Cantey Johnston of
 Birmingham, treasurer; Directors, R.
 H. Cochrane of Tuscaloosa, Registrar,
 E. C. Andrew of Montgomery, Chan
 cellor, A. P. Agee of Anniston; Trustees
 Bishops fund, J. H. Fitts of Tusca~
 loosa, T. G. Jones of Montgomery, Rev.
 J. A. Vanhose of Birmingham, Rev.
 
 Jones, w. W. Screws and J. B. Jones, all of Montgomery.
 Standing Committee Reverends
 Stewart Mcqueen, Montgomery; Mat
 thew Brewster. Mobile; R. H. Cobbs. Greensboro; Messrs. W. W. ScreGs,
 Montgomery; A. H. Sheppard, Annis-
 ton; Joseph F. Johnston, Birmingham
 Board of John E. Moore Memorial
 Home--Revs. J. W. c. Johnston, Bir-
 mingham; O. Adams. Bessemer; c. B.
 Waller, Greensboro; Robert Jemison,
 Birmingham and J. c. Webb, Demopo- lis.
 The lay Board of Missions by convo- cations is as follows: Mobile, Q. J. Semmes; Montgomery. E. c. Andrew;
 Birmingham, J. H. Towles; Selma, L..
 E. Elebash; Huntsville, R. l.. Bliss.
 Rev. R. R. Harris. Florence, was ap-
 pointed Assistant Secretary. A meeting was held tonight and dlo- cesan missions were discussed The priests made their pledges also tonight. The Council Is well up in its busi-
 ness and will probably adjourn tomor- row morning.