The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08
Deputies cline to Ac-E
cept3 Plan forsR educ ctio1
Of .I2ep csc 1tation Il,
NEW Die CE 5ES
AL E GRE AZ ssT L D5
Discussion Of Name Of Church
Begins Bishops Reject Reso-
luton to- Hold Open, ses-
sions-Business Of Con-
vention Getting ii
Shape.
ny THE nEy. JOHN ii. BROWN

s'ts
ny. rIiE: REV JOHN H. DROWN. .s
Secretary of tho Diocese Of FL orida.
M Work began In earnest in the Epis-
icopaI General Convention yesterday:
final disposition being made OF several 53
matters and others being placed on
the calendar Nor future reference. I,
7 The first act OF the HoIsc OF Depu-
ties was the reception OF the report
on the petition 5 of the new
Diocese of Duluth to bc adml tied into
union with the General Convention
Tie committee recommended that the
petition be granted. and the house,
adopted the resolution. which had al-fa
ready been acted upon favornbly by:
tile House of Bishops.
The New Diocese.
| in this connection It Will be inter-
csting to know something about the
square miles OF the Northern part OF
hthe state Of Minnesota were set apart
as the Missionary District OF Dulutli;3
after only twelve years this district
has been able to comply with the re-
Iqufrements of the constitution OF tho
General Convention, and has become;
an independent diocese. "A few words
from the last annual address Of the u
Bishop OF Duluth Pill state the exact
conditions. which justified the petit
ton for admission.
In speaking of the combinations for
the year ending June. 1907, he said:
The increase shownithis year is nearly
Loo per cent. In the city Of Duluth
the average confirmatlop annually
I.during the first five years of my
Ieplscopate was nnder forty. This year
.Y...
In our report to the General Convene!
ton In 1904 our continuation for
three years were 755. This year the
number will be /. .034 & an increase OF
tnearlyS40 per cent. sss
Tie District of Duluth has nineteen
organized parishes, sof which twelve
are self-supportfng. F,s
Tllere9 are, in the ID diocese eig ghty-twof
lSpari shes and missions, Sa,532 communi-5
didates for holy orders and six postu-
lflants. lsS S.. KS 59s5 .9Fsf
The same committee later reporteda
!fayorably on the division OF the sDio-a
cese of Gcorgia. which division viii be-
seen to be fully Justified hya reference
10 the statistics OF the present diocese.l3
Name of Church.
DIR. Huntington's suggested preamble
to the constitution provoked q discuss
sion on the name of the church. which
was certainly very unexpected by Z
many, for the house was on tho very
point of voting, when Mr.. Old. OF South
Eern Virginia, call attention to this
Idiscrepancy5 between tho name of this
church used In the proposed preamble
and in the constitution, canons and
lpra YER book. He thought that they
[should be the same all through. fearing
Hest some legal difficulties might arise.
llISut It is the opinion OF legal minds
that thisswill not happen. For though
tthe. preamble speaks of this American
'tcllurch. II docs not by any means de-
lclare that the American church is it's
|nanle. The one Is a statement of what
HIT is. while the other Is merely the
'lnamc by which It Is known.
Or. Huntington has PROMISED to-
sIclearSEup al nIisconceptions pf the
meanin. Of tho term to-day W hen 1T
4 comes up for discussion. Tho senti-
linent is In favor of adopting the prs.
4 |ambie as q suitable introducdo to tha9
Iconstitution# and possibly In the form
.lin which 1T Is proposed unless some
;tare$ frlghtenedlo IF by the idea t lat this
lis an entering weds so # htch must
Eventually result in the change OF the
name Of the church. This is made the
4 Especial order for to-day innad diately
4 after the order prescrl bed. Not be-
ling in5the nature Of an AMENDING to
4 the constitution 1T must, II passed by
4 this conventions. be submitted to the
4 council or convention of each diocese
4 and be adopted by the next General
n iIConvention. SO that no final action will
4 be taken for this fye al. Il
4 Rule. OF Order. sss
4 H a gain the consideration Of the rules
HE rrlar> pSf noI
A O'Clock this morning, owing to the fact
q tia tho amended rules. VII hichs had been
4 lprinted ,G5were not distributed early
y @enough, A careful Consideration OF
a the revised rules and comparis with
4 5Ethe old rules will show that N In the
j $|spirit and almost lin the letter the old
Il Irules OF order have been adhered n TO-
q Tie changes in the revised rules arc5
Il ratherSin tho nature sof lmpro Xenlents.
3 Inotably, in their arrangement i, solnvl
y $Idetfntte order under definite heads.
while the old were prom'scous ~ thrown by
N 5Itogether, makinE 1t necessary to hunt
J. ,.)through all the rules every time A rnls..
l|ltg WAS required KY Il # 8
if trhe old rules have. been made fuller
III tyst tho addition of Ger tain Fundamental
Iparl ianentary laws. by which tho body
n WAS governed in absence or any Wri ttenS
d fllrule. These are for the most part In
q accord with Roherts's Rules Of 4 Order
Il slThare Is also a rule d etlnfng When
4 votes by orders shall he aiken and
t another concerns a commit 90 OF tn
!; whole. The pro posed amended rules.5
e with some slight further amer ndmant.
Twill be adopted to-day ana Will govern
i the deliberations for the roma inssS
n tEsessions q the mouse. Iss ss
4 SAI0yement y efeut ed- sSs
Z AS was expected. the movement
u looking toward assreductions & ot repre-.
VI aentat tion sS Was de- efsat ted. t here Ns<Nl