The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-19
Rush Of Business Marks the End Of the Long Meeting Here

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the .mdtter,9and he would not take az !.
But he desired, to have It placed; be, !,
fore the convention Y. order to round
which kesihad ! tong cherished. ans,
which nea,ed only tiis to complete
It. lie has now Served aa deputy
Longer than any other nreHtber Of the.
many n1orelconventione. So No wanted
tho subject Sintroduced.
so rssout9n was , wssts
aoa ggery r tie Ssxs
the merits Of the proposed action. II
was considered to BIO too great a
de haste Tha s'e ths op vas Hsh nn
1nent OF the house was shown by the
vote OF 100 to 81 in favor Of post
poning the matter for three years. u
Matter Of Provinces.
pr gnYns te hsye ,hs he nsss g
bishops passed resolution continuing
the commission on provinces. and the
House Of Deputies coneurred. This
gone over again In Cincinnati, and IT
adopted, ior>'the way viii be paved
Wy tile dCliOIl tdRSH mere On Tile Juuls
A message OF the House Of Bishops
regarding the conditions existing il
thu the Phlippins Islands brought about
and Seeking ta so D Way to se ebtain
relief through the authorities at
Washington. created stir In the
was not properly worded. Every one
in the house realized that something
ought to be done for the relief OF
question AS the debate proceeded It
soon became. apparent, that It was de-
generating into POLITICAL discussion
OF tarfI, Ind ana some .Ss, one very wisely
lay the whole matter on the table. It
does not mean that the church does
not realize that 1t is her duty to do
the suffering Q, these people, and Of
the injustice done them. but that they
were proceeding along the wrong lines
to accomplish the desired end.
There can. be no doubt that the dis
cussion OF the matter will bring forth
good fruit, and that those who heard
It VIII go home and do something sub
stantlal to obtain the desired relief.
Open Pulpit.
After a long discussion the House OF
Bishops amended the message OF the
House OF Deputies on the open pulpit
by limiting the permission to be given
ouiS OIL CeItdln SpeClal OCCASIONS. ms
Deputies on the ground that 1t was
not liberal enough and a committee
of conference was appointed. This will
not be allowed to pass unfinished. for
the House OF Deputies will accept the
canon as amended by the House OF
Bishops. rather than lose the ground
In the matter of the revision OF the
title page of the prayer. book. the
House OF Bishops declined to accept
the amendment to their resolution Of
fered by the House of Deputies. re-
stricting the alterations to prayer
books printed in foreign languages
and to be used outside the bounds OF
a comparison Of the two actions
above will reveal a peculiar state of
affairs. In the case OF the open pull
pit. the House of Deputies is the more
liberal, while with the prayer book the |
bishops are.
Calendar Cleared.
Before the House Of Deputies ad-
journed 1t cleared up the whole calen-
dar, and as there is no order OF the day
for to-day. 1t has only the business i
that will come from the House of Bfsh-'
4pssand the committees OF CONFERENCE.
that. house the deputies messages on |
the standard Bible, the election OF the /
presiding bishop. the revision of the
canon on missions and the election OF 7
the Board OF Missions besides the re-
ports Of the committees OF conference.
These can, however all be disposed of |
without much discussion. and the con-
vention will adjourn, as determined att
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