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ANOTHER BISHOP OF WASHINGTON
TO BE ELECTED TUESDAY BY THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION

Important matters which the incoming
bishop must take up and push to sue
cessful issue, it is explained. And one OF
the things which, it Is said. was effective
ly urged in behalf of the candidacy OF
Bishop Brent before the two conventions
at which he was chosen bishop was that
he was a cathedral builder and had con-
structed a cathedral in the Philippines.
AS the site chosen for the cathedral OF
st. Peter and st. Paul Is the site OF st.
Adams Church, the pulpit of which Or.
Bratenahl fills he has become familiar
with all the details of the project and
has done much work in its behalf. DR..
Bratenahl resigned the rectorship of st.
Mary's parish, st. Mary county. Md, to
take up the work in st. Adams In June,
1897. Besides interesting himself in the
cathedral project his friends assert, he
has established several Missions in the
parish and insured the holding of regular
services therein. The growth OF the
parish, 1t is also added has been so great
that few years ago the capacity of the
parish church was doubled.
Rev. Richard p. Williams OF Trinity
parish has been in the diocese over
twelve years, and during that time has
been prominent in the diocesan work.
Besides being the rector of what Is
claimed as one of the largest parishes
In the city, he holds a number OF impor-
tant positions, including that Of arch
deacon Of the District churches. Before
entering the ministry Of the Episcopal
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Church Archdeacon williams was active
ly connected with a large cotton broker
age house in New York. but during that
time was prominently connected as a
layman with a large parish Of the me-
tropolis. He came here from a parish
In Montgomery, Ala, to take charge of
Trinity Church. and during the dozen
years he has been here, it is declared,
the number OF communicates at Trinity
has grown from 500 to over 1900. and
largely through his efforts the parish
has been practically cleared of an in
debtedness of over $4,000. Shortly after
the death of Bishop Leighton Coleman
Of the diocese Of Delaware he was promi-
nently mentioned for that episcopate.
At the Episcopal diocesan convention in
October, after several Intellectual ballots,
the name of Rev. DR.. James r. Winches-
ter was presented by DR.. Thomas Nelson
Page, and in the succeeding ballots DIR.
Winchester received such recognition
that now that DIR. Mann has declined and
another vote is to be taken, DR.. Winches.
ter is being strongly urged for the bish-
Opric.
He is rector of Calvary, the largest
parish in Memphis, Tenn, whittier he
went from the Church of the Ascension
at st. Louis. Previously he filled charges
in Alabama: Wytheville. Va: Macon,
Ga, and Nashville, Tenn. At Nashville.
It is stated. large church was built I'M
der his rectorate.
DR.. Winchester halls from across
Severn" at Annapolis. He was educated
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Sunday Morning Talk.
The Drummer's Sunday.

My professional duties involve the
spending of a Sunday occasionally in a
hotel in some unfamiliar city and town.
Invariably / find myself in the compan-
ionship of number OF travelling men.
Agreeable. straightforward gentlemen
these 'drummers' are, and many an in
teresting and profitable talk i have had
with them at table or in the lobby. These
knights of the gripsack carry keen eyes
They know this country well, and human
nature still better. and they have racy
way of setting forth their observations
and opinions.
l watch with special interest to see how
they observe Sunday. Very few of them
fail to differentiate 1t from week days.
Some Of them keep it as strictly as I do
myself. But in the case of majority
perhaps this is about the program: A late
rising and a sauntering into the dining
room for breakfast about as late as the
law permits; then the Sunday" papers.
with q cigar and a chat, consume most of
the hours until dinner. And when that
meal is over another cigar,
more conversation. quite likely nap or a
walk. or both, before the day ends: a
budget Of letters. almost invariably one to
1.-THE house" reporting last weeks busi-
ness. while in all probability the route
for the coming days has to be sketched
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For the fourth time in seven months
the convention of the diocese of Wash
ington will meet next Tuesday to elect
a bishop. The sessions will be held in
Trinity Church. Sd street and Indiana
avenue, beginning at 10 am.
who will be elected?" is question
which is being asked by every member
Of the Episcopal Church in the diocese
and by many of other denominations.
Before the first convention held in st.
Paul's Church, May g. the result was
pretty definitely forecast by prominent
rectors and laymen, and their prophecy
that Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the
Philippines would be the choice of the
was a true one. Before the
other two conventions. held in the Church
of the Epiphany June II and in st.
Thomas Church October /, however, no
such sure forecast was made. 1t was
freely predicted that any one of several
men might receive the majority OF the
votes. The fact that it required five bal
lots at one session and seven at the other
to decide the matter Is pointed out TO
Indicate the uncertainty of the result felt
before the balloting began.
The same feeling local rectors declare,
now exists before the coming session
Many rectors. both of Washington and
of outside cities, have been prominently
in connection with the biShOpric
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and their supporters say they will present
the names to the convention for consider
alton next Tuesday. And the relative
merits of these Candidates are now be-
ing discussed Interestingly among the
clerical and lay delegates upon whom the
responsibility of the choice rests.
The declination of two men outside the
diocese to come to be it's head, it is de-
clared, has turned more attention to local
rectors of the bishopric caliber, and it is
regarded az certain that several will be
nominated. Among those whose names
have been most frequently mentioned are
Rev. DR.. Randolph II. Mckim, rector of
Epiphany Church; Rev. DIR. Alfred Hard
ing Of st. Pauls Church, Rev. DR.. c.
Ernest Smith Of st. Thomas Church, Rev.
DR.. G. C. +. Bratenahl of St. Adams
parish, and Archdeacon Richard P. Will
liams of Trinity Church.
Three men of other dioceses who were
nominated at the last convention are also
being brought forward. These are Rt
Rev. Sheldon Munson Griswold, Bishop of
Salina, Kan; Rev. DR.. Charles l.. Slat-
terry, rector of Christ Church, SPRING
field Mass, and Rev. DR.. James r. Win
chester, rector of Calvary Church, Men,
phis, Tenn.
DR.. Harding, the rector of st. PauTs
Church, has occupied prominent posi-
ton in the diocese of Washington for
many years. January 10, 1887, he re-
signed as first assistant at ST Paups
Church in Baltimore and accepted Il
unanimous call to become the pastor of
the local congregation, with which he
is still connected. He took charge of
the capital parish a month later. and in
the twenty-one years since he has filled
many important positions in the diocese.
Under his rectorship ST. Pauls parish
has made rapid strides forward. The
first chapter of the Brotherhood of ST.
Andrew in this city was organized under
his direction in 1889. The large parish
hall now connected with the church has
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at Washington and Lee University, was a
lay reader at Lexington, Va, and was
graduated from the Episcopal Theological
Seminary, near Alexandria, Va. He has
been a member of several general con-
ventions, the various dioceses with which
he has been connected electing him a
deputy. He is said by his supporters to
be conservative churchman, rubrical
and without any extreme views.
DR.. Winchester's wife was Miss Lee,
daughter Of Col. Richard Lee of Virginia,
and they have several children.
Dr. c. L. Slattery Of Springfield, Mass,
was shown to have many local admirers
by the large number of votes cast for
him at the last session of the convention,
he standing second on the ballot upon
which DR.. Alexander Mann of Boston was
chosen bishop. He was born in Pitts
burg December 4, 1867, his father then
being rector Of st. James Church in the
Smoky city. He graduated from Har-
ward in 1891 and from the Episcopal
Theological School at Cambridge in 1894.
He was ordained to the priesthood in
1895. From 1904 to 1895 he was master
Of Groton School and rector of st. An
drews Church in Aver. In 1896 he was
called to become dean Of the cathedral
at Faribault, Mimi. and remained there
for eleven years. He attained prominence
In the diocese. being elected a member
Of the standing committee and a deputy
to the general convention. He was ap-
pointed speaker at the church congress
In Pittsburg in 1908 and at New Orleans
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AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
HOLDS ANNUAL SESSION TODAY

and Louis Marchass of New York, and
Louis W. Marcus of Buffalo
1t is expected that part of the business
of the meeting will be the discussion OF
the proposed organization of the Jews of
New York. An attempt will be made to
bring both societies into cooperative re-
lations The American Jewish commit
tee had already made plans for the Gre
alton of an advisory council which is
to look after local affairs OF the Jews
of New York. The proposal to create a
new and elective body of representatives
of the Jewish societies in this city now
changes the situation. Efforts will be
made to have both societies cooperate.
In case such an agreement is reached. the
proposal to create for New York special
advisory council of the American Jewish
committee will be abandoned.
In recording its activities for the past
year the committee. among other things
says:
1.-THE committee followed the situation
of the Jews in Russia with great care
and took whatever steps might be ex-
pected to bring forth good results TO al
leviate their unhappy condition. AT the
invitation Of Mr.. Adolf kraus. COM
mttee of three was appointed to confer
with similar committees of the Is nai
Birth and the Union of American
Hebrew congregations for the purpose of
coming to some amicable understanding
with regard to the work which each
should undertake. A conference was held
in New York city the evening Of April
80, 1907. but had no practical result.
at the time of the outbreaks against
the Jews in Roumania in March, 1907, the
national committee for the relief OF
sufferers by Russian massacres, at the
request of this committee, voted to ex-
pend the sum of $4,000 for the relief
of the sufferers. Information as to the
extent of the damage and OF the relief
measures proposed was received from
the Hilfsverein of Berlin the Alliance
Israelite Universele of Paris. the Anglo
Jewish Association and the Board of Dep
uties of London. and the 1sraelite Al
lance of Vienna"
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BOYS BRIGADE NOTES.

Wyatt S. Kennon has been appointed
assistant paymaster of the District of Co.
lumbia and Virginia Division of the Boys
Brigade, which carries with it the rank of
captain, and was commissioned by the
commander-in-chief from November 5.
In this capacity Mr. Kennon will have ac-
tive charge. under Paymaster James E.
West. of the Office Of treasurer Of the d.
vision.
special meeting of the council will be
held Friday. November 20. for the con-
sideration OF means of raising funds for
maintenance and extension work, and
also for action on several important ques-
lions which will then be brought up.
Much comment has been caused by a
recent circular letter by the division
commander Maj. Gen. Richard L. Ship
ley. addressed to several company officers.
necessitated, It Is declared. by the lack
Of cooperation on their part, to the detri-
ment Of the progress of the brigades. The
indications are that the general results Of
and the subject will be thoroughly dis
cussed and undoubtedly remedied at the
coming special session of the council
James G. Graham. Assistant Paymaster
Wyatt g. Kennon and First Lieut.. l.. l..
Krentzln, these Officers having qualified
for appointment as required by the con-
stitution and regulations.
A boys meeting will be held in the
parish hall OF st. Marks Church. Sd and
streets southeast, next Tuesday at
1880 p. m. for the purpose OF organising
Boys Brigade company at that church.
The arrangements for this meeting and,
in fact. for all Of the work in connection
with the formation of the company are
being made by the boys alone. largely by
a committee of boys Of which Sergeant
NJ. B. Frazier 10 chairman and Murrell
Frazier, Elmer Kints. William Dement,.
Arthur Taylor. Marion Bailey, Drury
Patched. Hugo stahl and Harry Gray are
members.
It has been announced that the nom
commissioned of3cers will be appointed on
merit. those working hardest for the well
fare OF the company being 30 rewarded.
This has proved good incentive to work.
and with the keeping Of high standards
In the company 10 expected 70 remain 20.
The commissioned ofdcerS Will be elected.
subject to tho approval Of the church
and the usual Boys Brigade require
ments.
Membership in the company Is open to
boys between twelve and twenty.one
years Of are. Those attending the orKani-
sstion meeting November 10 may become
charter members. after which membership
may b limited ana only DO BY election.
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been built, a rectory purchased. mort
gage debt of $1,000. which had been one
of the thorns in the side of the congre-
CATION, paid, and many ornamental fea-
lures of the church added In the cleo
ton of members OF the diocesan stand
ing committee DR.. Harding has for sew
eral years past received the highest num-
Der Of votes, and he has served as secre-
tary of the committee for some time.
He has also been chosen a delegate to
the general convention on several oc-
casions by fiattering vote and at the
convention he has been on several of the
most important committees. He Is
canon of the cathedral and on some of
the important diocesan and cathedral
committees.
DR.. Mckim. head Of Epiphany parish.
has been prominent not only In the
diocese with which he has been long
connected. but also In Episcopal Church
circles and councils all over the coun-
try. Coming from one of the largest
parishes in New Orleans. he took up the
rectorship of the local church about
eighteen years ago, and although the
church is what Is classed as a down.
town one, he has held the congregation
together. His stanchsst supporters for
the bishopric of Washington. II is de-
clared, are men who have been long as.
ISOLATED with him in the parish work.
For several years DR.. Mekim has been
the presidcat Of tho diocesan standing
committee. and In that capacity he has
largely carried tho diocesan Responsible
tics since tho death OF Biahop Henry y.
Sattsrlec. His prominence in the church
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photo by Harris-Ewing.)

their work. Supporting the claim that he
is a scholar. his supporters point to the
fact that he graduated from st. Angus
tines and the University of Durham in
England with honors; that he was a first
classman with honors at the theological
examinations at Oxford and Cambridge;
that he has been granted doctors degrees
by the University of the South. st. Johns
College at Annapolis and Bishops Uni
versity, Quebec, and that he is the author
of three widely read books. His sympa-
thy for country parishes, his friends say,
is shown by the fact that he was rector
of st. Paul's parish in Prince George
county, Md, and in three years doubled
the revenues, paid the debts and left it,
financially endowed and that he has
home in southern Maryland, where he
spends the summer months of each year.
His missionary spirit is shown. 1t is
pointed out, by the fact that after his
ordination he asked to be sent to New
foundland, and in three years became
rector of the largest parish there. To
show his ability in handling large af-
fairs, his admirers point out that he be-
came rector of ST. Michael and All An
gels Church in Baltimore. took a di-
vided church of $50 communicates and
in ten years increased the number of
communicates to 100. doubled the cur
rent income, paid off a 100000 debt and
carried out and paid for $4,000 worth
of improvements, and that under his rec
torship at st. Thomas Church here in
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NEW YORK, November THE second
annual meeting Of the American jewish
committee, which is made up of repre-
sentatives from Jewish committees OF dr.
ferent parts of the country, will be held
in this city tomorrow at the Hotel Astor,
Broadway and 44th street. According 10
its constitution. 1.-The purpose of this COM
mittee is to prevent infringement of the
civil and religious rights Of the Jews and
to alleviate the consequences of persecu-
ton
The morning session of the meeting
which will bring together prominent Jews
from the leading cities of the United
States will be called to order at III
o'clock. The afternoon session will be-
gin at 2:3O o'clock. A part of the order
OF business will be the election of success
sors to the following officers: President,
Mayor Sulzberger. Philadelphia: vice
presidents. Julian w. Mack of Chicago
and Isaac H. Kempner of Galveston;
treasurer, Isaac w. Bernheim, Louisville.
KY; executive committee. Cyrus Adler,
Washington, d. c.; Harry Cutler. Prov
idence, R. l.: Emil G. Hirsch. Chicago,
ILL.,; E. W. Levin Epstein. New York; j.
l. Magnes, New York: Louis Marshall.
New York; Jacob II. Schiff. New York;
Isador Sobel Erie. Pa; Cyrus l.. Sulz-
berger. New York.
Successors to the following members are
also to be chosen: District l. Jacques
Loeb OF Montgomery; Nathan Cohn of
Nashville: district .. Jacob Voorsanger
(deceased) of San Francisco; Sigmund
Sichel (resigneO of Portland: district q,
Ambrose Guiterman (resigned). st. Paul;
district Z, Emil G. Hrsch and Julian w.
Mack. Chicago: district 8. E. NJ. Baker,
Cleveland; district 8. Louis Hood of
Newark, Mayer Sulzberger of Phila-
delphia; district II, Daniel Guggenheim.
Leon Kamaiky, E. w. Levin Epstein
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First Presbyterian Church, in the church
auditorium next Tuesday evening. The
lecture is the first of a series of Oriental
travelouges and will be illustrated with
steropticon views.
DR.. Macleod. visited Egypt, Palestine,
and the countries around the Meditera-
MAN last winter and spring, and during
his lecture he will give first-hand i'm
pressions of present-day life in these
countries.
DR.. J. Walter Fewkes of the bureau of
American ethnology. who has recently
returned from a study of conditions In
Porto Rico and adjacent islands, address,
ed the Brotherhood of Northminster Pres
byterian Church last night on the Indians
of the West Indies.
The address was applauded by large
audience. Music and refreshments closed
the evenings entertainment.
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at large is shown by the fact that he
has twice been chosen from among all
the rectors of the United States to be
the presiding officer of the house of dep
uties of the general convention. At two
of the former sessions of the diocesan
convention which elected a bishop Or.
McKim has received many of the votes
of the delegates. At the second, held
June II, DR.. McKfm stood next to Bishop
Brent. the choice of the convention, in
the number of votes received. At the
last session he received more votes than
any other candidate before the conven-
ton until, in the interest of harmony, he
withdrew his name.
DR.. c. Ernest Smith of st. Thomas
parish is being urged for the bishopric
on the ground that he is recognized as a
scholar as man in sympathy with
country parishes, as successful admin
istrator of large affairs and as man
familiar with the English cathedrals and
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Sultan Want8 Jews.
Dr.. Cyrus Adler Says Grand Vizier and Ruler Of
Turkey Favor Acquisition of Pales-
tine by Hebrews.

and elsewhere He was very sympa-
thetic. He told me that the sultan was
entirely willing to have the Jews mi
crate TO Palestine. for they made good
subjects. 1t was undesirable for many
of them to come at one time. because
the country was not in condition TO ali
sorb considerable numbers rapidly. He
suggested that Syria and Mesopotamia
being less settled than Palestine and bet
ter able to absorb large populations
might be more favorable regions for set
Element. The only real objection he had
to the migration of the Jews other
foreigners to the Ottoman empire was
their habit of retaining citizenship In
the countries from which they came.
Thus they did not assume any obliga-
tons to the Ottoman empire. and might,
on the other hand involve ii in dispute
with other nations. However, | can
say that the recent change is entirely
favorable to the Jews.
4
81 am not Zionist nor do I permit
any adjective to limit my Jewishness.
suppose that IT makes me a little lonely.
because almost all of my Jewish friends
have tagged themselves in some way or
another. However, no Jew can be ut
terly Indifferent to the fate of Pales-
tine. Some people affect to believe that
Turkish constitutionalism initiates
against so-called Zionism. This is real
" not the case The Turkish constitu-
ton is living instrument, and will give
the subjects of the Ottoman empire an
active voice in the government. The
voice which the Jews OF Palestine will
have in that government will depend on
their strength. ability. numbers and or
ganization The obvious policy of the
Zionists is TO send as many people as
possible to Palestine and its immediate
surroundings. and to see that these peo-
ole become subjects of Turkey"
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the past five years the number Of COM
municants has Increased from $50 to 800,
the indebtedness reduced from 1000 to
$4,000 and the current revenues nearly
doubled.
DR.. Bratenahl Of st. Adams parish ID
being urged by his friends as the sue
cessor of Bishop Satterlee, because Of his
familiarity with the project to erect a
magnificent cathedral on Mount st. AL
ban a.id with the hopes and ideals Of the
dead prelate regarding the plan. The
building Of the cathedral IL regarded
throughout the diocese, particularly
among the clergy, to be one Of the most
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DR.. Adler says:

DIR. Adler says:
"Kfamil Pasha, the leader of the Young
Turks and the present grand vizier, Is by
birth a Jew. but became Mohammedan
when a boy. through his fathers con-
version Although about seventy-five
years old, he is man with very modern
ideas, having served his country as gov
ernor of Syria. as ambassador at st.
Petersburg and also as grand vizier. He
is a great traveller and a wonderful
linguist speaking English. Greek. Ger
man, French and, of course. Arabic and
Turkish. He is the most accomplished
statesman in Turkey today. He has al
ways been favorable to Jewish migration
into the Ottoman empire In 1880 ana
1891. when l visited Turkey he was then
the grand vizier. and l spent some time
in his company. talking to him about
the Jews and their troubles In Russia
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NEW YORK, November Z. 1908.
.HAT the present grand vizier OF
Turkey is by birth Jew aand that
he and the sultan are favorably in
clined to the projects of the Zionists to &C
quire Palestine for the Jews are among
the important facts which DR.. Cyrus Ad
Ter. president of the Dropsie College of
Philadelphia. has just communicated in an
interview to the press. DR.. Adler, who is
one of the best known oriental scholars
in this country. was formerly connected
with the Smithsonian Institute in WASH
ington. and as a representative of the
United States National Museum in the
east he some years ago, enjoyed excep-
tional opportunities for personal obser-
walton of the men and affairs in Turkey
and Syria.