Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-01
Delegates to Diocesan Con-
venti0n Hold Election.
SUCCESSOR TO SATTERLEE
Begin Casting Votes at Late Hour
This Afternoon.
REV. DR.. r. H. McKIM PRESIDES
Reappoints Committees and Submits
Correspondence-Names Of Lay
and Clerical Members.

Balloting for a bishop was begun at
o'clock this afternoon by the delegates to
the diocesan convention in st. Thomas
Church.
After an uneventful morning session the
convention reassembled at o'clock and
at once took up the nomination of candi-
dates for the office made vacant by the
death Of Bishop Saterlee and twice de-
clined by Bishop Brent of the Philippines.
The nominations were closed about !
o'clock, and the balloting then began.
Rev. DR.. McKim Presides.
Rev. DR.. Randolph II. McKim. presi-
dent of the convention. called the session
to order promptly at noon. The conven-
ton was called to meet at 10 o'clock. At
that hour. a special service of prayer and
communion was begun. When 1t closed
the standing committee of the diocese
held q meeting to determine the right of
several clerical delegates to votes.
After the gavel fell. DR.. Mckim pre-
sented to the convention the cablegramS
and letters exchanged between himself
and Bishop Brent since the last conven
tion. June II. He made several COM
ments on these. he said, SO that his rec
ord before the convention should be
clear" and in answer to criticisms. which
he declared has spread over the diocese
through a misunderstanding.
These letters and cablegrams show
that my cables to the Bishop of the Phil
ippines did not alter his decision or hasten
1t. And they did not even hurry the an
nouncement Of his decision. for he was
hurried in it through the failure of a
cablegram from him to reach me-
Concluding. DR.. McKim paid a high
tribute to Bishop Brent and his faith
fulness to the causes of missions.
DR.. Mckim reappOinted two committees
which had acted at the two former ses-
sions. follows:
Committee on clerical representation
Revs. Herbert Scott Smith, j. w. Clark
and f. s. Dunlop.
Committee on lay representatiOn-Mes-
scrs w. II. Singleton. Blair Lee and Mel
willie Church.
Entitled to Vote.
The committees later reported the list
of delegates entitled to votes. as follows:
Laymen-I. T. Arms. b. S. Adams Will
liam Berry. r. f. Baden. w. D. Baldwin,
j. o. Bampheld. II. p. Blair. A S.
Browne. II. l.. Bryan, w. NICK. Bur-
roushs. w. L. BurchelI. J. II. Chew. Mel
vile Church. A. D. Cobey. J. A. Coe, r.
l.. Cole. ]. p. Crane. L. b. Davis. G. s.
Dent. j. NJ. Dent w. b. Dent. r. O.
Ebaugh. f. G. Emack. NJ. T. Endicott G.
II. Evans, NJ. j. Fillius. A. Y. Gray, c. c.
Glover. ID. c. Gordon J. II. Gordon, G. W.
Garnet. G. w. Gray, w. r. Harwick, A.
B. Hagner. c. c. Hall. Samuel Hayden,
w. H. Hebb. II. A. Herbert. J. c. Hol-
land. G. NJ. Hustled. Thomas Hyde, j.
Jones. ]. NJ. Kenyon. S. Il. Kramer. Blair
Lee. ]. G. II. Lilburn, N. NJ. Lewis ].
Matthews. ]. E. Mayfield. w: Is. Mobley.
c. E. Molster, B. NJ Newbold. J. c. Nor
wood, NJ w. Offutt. J. r. Owens. T. n.
Page, j. S. Pennybacker. s. L. Phillips.
j. s. Poole. Eugene Roberts. d. n. Rit-
tenhouse. William c. Rives. A T. Robin
son, II. T.. Rust, Frederick Sasscer. H. H.
Sasscer. w II. Singleton. c. II. Stanley
w. A. Storm. ]. Taylor. George Truesdell
W j. Thorne. T.. y. Waters. d. F. Wea-
yer. II. NJ. Wilson. G. \. Woodward. II.
r. Webb. c. II. Wilcox. J. l.. Weaver.
CIergy-Revs. c. s. Abbott, jr., John G.
Ames, John A. Aspinwall, F. V. Baer.
Joseph Baker. David Barr, F. l. A. Ben
nett. F. II. Bigelow. J. III. w. Blake. II.
n. Bovine. G. c: F. Bratenahl. William