Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-11

stated I'VE all know that when Arch
deacon Williams is assigned to a certain
congenial or not. I think Archdeacon
Williams possesses the qualifications of a
bishop"
Close of Nominations.
Nominations were closed a minute later.
j. S. Browne and A. T. Robinson were
appointed tellers, and the first ballot was
cast
During the half hour it took the tellers
to count the ballots there was buzz
of excitement through the auditorium.
Canon DeVries announced the result, de-
claring that 81 clerical and 80 lay votes
had been cast. and that Al of each order
were necessary for a choice.
On the first ballot DR.. Mckim received
"a clerical and 80 lay votes: Bishop Girls
void. b clerical and % lay votes: DIR.
Winchester. 10 clerical and lay votes;
Archdeacon Williams. 3 clerical and , lay
votes; DIR. Harding. clerical and lay
votes: Rev. c. +. Buck, rector of Rock
Creek parish, / clerical and l lay votes;
DR.. C. L. Slattery. rector of Christ
Church. Springfield Mass. lay vote
The second ballot was Immediately
taken and Dr. McKim's lead was so
of election. = On that ballot SO clerical
and 1S lay votes were cast, thus AZ clerical
and 40 lay votes were necessary for a
choice. Dr. Mckim received 40 clerical
and :ss lay votes: Bishop GrisWold. 80
clerical and % lay: DR.. Winchester. 6
clerical and 10 lay; Archdeacon Williams,
clerical and ) lay; DIR. Harding, cler-
ical and , lay; DR.. DeVries. rector of st.
Marks parish. l clerical vote. and DIR.
Slattery, . lay votes.
Presentation of Harding's Name.
The presentation. in formal nomination,
of DR.. Harding's name and the stimuli
taneous withdrawal of Bishop Griswold' s
name followed. both actions being taken
by DR.. Smith of ST. Thomas Church. DR..
Harding had previously received votes.
although his name was not regularly be-
fore the convention.
In nominating DR.. Harding, DR.. Smit h
spoke of the esteem in which DR.. Hard
ing is held in the diocese and among
those who know him outside. Then he
called attention to DR.. Harding's long
period of service at St. Paurs parish and
of the work there.
DIR. Harding has been elected to the
standing committee of this diocese and
as a deputy to the general convention;
and on the occasions of those elections
he has stood head and shoulders above
any other man in the diocese
Rev. DR.. G. c. F. Bratenahl of ST. AL
bans parish seconded the nomination in
a speech in which he pointed out DR..
Harding's work for the diocese, and as
member of the cathedral boar. on which
Bishop Satterlee. Rev. w. J. D. Thomas
diocesan missioner, followed In similar
vein.
Await Result Of Ballot
The result of the next ballot was
awaited with intense interest, and to the
anxious delegates it seemed hours until
ricb h,11
swung open and DR.. DeVries walked
through it and moved to the platform.
He began reading the result by giving
the smallest votes first. On this ballot ~
clerical and 30 lay votes were necessary
to choice. Bishop Griswold received 1
clerical vote: Rev. Mr.. Burroughs Of
Texas. l lay vote: Rev. 9. /. Slattery. :
lay votes: Rev. James r. Winchester ,
clerical and lay votes; Archdeacon Will
liams. clerical and ) lay votes; DR.. Nc
Kim. 81 clerical and 33 lay votes; DR..
Harding. A clerical-and as DR.. DeVries
hesitated here. the delegates realized that
DR.. Harding was elected by the clergy
men. and wondered If he had also been
chosen by the laymen-and 81 lay votes.
He had failed of election by the laity and
another ballot was ordered.
The next decided the election. On that
A. clerical and 30 lay votes were required
for election. DR.. Harding received A
clerical and 40 lay votes; Dr. Nckim. 33
clerical and 81 lay votes; DR.. Winchester,
3 clerical and 3 lay votes; Archdeacon
Williams. l clerical and lay votes;
Bishop GriswoId, / clerical vote, and Dr.
Slattery l lay vote.
Service of twenty-five Years.
Bishop-efect Alfred Harding has done
valiant work as a parish priest in the
diocese of Washington for about twenty
two years; was one Of the organizers of
the diocese; has been a member of it's
standing committee since its organization,
and has represented it in the general con-
ventions of the church at every session in
the last dozen years. He was closely as
ISOLATED with Bishop Satterlee in the gen.
eral work for the diocese and for the
cathedral on Mount ST. Alban. and his
jealous efforts in those lines SO endeared
him to the hearts of the clersymen and
laymen of the diocese that his election
became easily possible last evening.
Dr. Harding has been trained for the
bishopric. not only through his close con-
tact with the late Bishop Satterlee in all
the work undertaken by the dead prelate
but also through his contact with the
leading men of the church in America at
the sessions of the general convention and
through his position on several of the
most important of the general church
committees.
Native of Ireland
The bishop-elect is native of ireland,
having been born in Lisburn August H.
1872 His parents were Richard and Mary
Ferguson Harding. When a lad Alfred
Harding was sent to the public schools at
Dublin and Pyper's Academy, at Belfast.
Before he attained his majority he moved
to this country and settled In Brooklyn,
N. Y. RE graduated from Trinity Col
lege Hartford, Conn.,. and later from the
Berkeley Divinity School. at Middietown.