The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-28
ATTEMPT TO GUST
RULING BODY OF
EP|5COPALS FAILS
Fight on Clerical Members at
Standing Committee Proves
Unsuccessful.

An effort to rout the old standing
Newark, which is the most important
in the church organization, consisting
of four clergymen and four laymen,
failed, at the close of this mornings
session Of the thirty-ffth annual con-
vention of the diocese in Trinity
| Church. The committee was reelected
after spirited voting.
On the clerical side of the committee
there were more nominations than on
the lay side of the ticket, the outs
attempting to GUST the "ins." The ma
jority by which the old members was
reelected was perfectly safe, however.
Any contest that might have occurred
on the lay ticket was eliminated by
the withdrawal of his name by G. A.
Gummon. Those elected were:
Clerical MEMBERSHIP Rev. w. w.
Holley, d. D., Christ Church, Hacken-
sack; The Rev. F. B. Reazor, D. D.,
st. Marks, Orange; the Rev. L. S.
Osborne, Trinity, Newark; the Rev. w.
R. Jenvey,R D. D., st. Paul's, Hoboken.
Lay members, John r. Emery, Ns-
deemer, Morristown; Hamilton w.
Mabie, Calvary, Summit; G. Wisner
Thorne, Trinity, Newark; w. Read
Howe, ST. Marks Orange.
Treasurer, Edwin A. Stevens, Holy
Innocents', Hoboken; auditing commit
tee, Richard F. Stevens, 81. tBarnabas's,
Newark, and Thomas G. Conway, Holy
Communion, South Orange; registrar,
Frederick E. Hodge.
In presenting the recommendations
for missions, DR.. Joseph N. Blanchard,
of the apportionment committee, made
a strong appeal for more general mis-
sionary contributions. After telling that
there were twenty-six parishes and
twenty missions that had given moth
ing, thirty-eight parishes and eight
missions that had given a third of what
had beer asked, DR., Blanchard gave
the names of the eighteen parishes who
had given their full apportionment.
The opening of the business session
was preceded by a half-hour prayer
service at $40 a. m, over which
Bishop Edwin s.. Lines, assisted by the
Rev. Harold S.. Brewster n he Rev.
A. w. H. Thompson, presided.
At the business session E. A. Stevens
recommended that William Fellowes
Morgan be elected a trustees of the
funds in place of John Fair. This was
done by unanimous consent.
When the Rev. Edwin A. White, head
of the committee on constitution and
cancns, reported on canon 2, which was
under consideration yesterday afternoon
and which, because of the words, pub
lie rumor," to which the Rev. H. H
Hadley objected, had been referred
back, Mr.. White said that the commit
tee felt hat the canon should stand
He gave as his reason that the words
public rumor' are a recognized lega
fact. n called on Judge Charles j
Parker. as a member of the bench, tc
substantiate him. In a ten-minute re
ply. Judge Parker gave as his opinion
that public rumor' is recognized al
general reputation" and that a statute
on the books forty years should not bt
lightly removed. Although the Rev
Hadley objected again, the section o.
the canons were accepted. A motion Il
vote by orders made by DR.. F. B
Reazor was deferred till after the cleo.
ton of the standing committees ant
other officers.
Reception to Clergy.
Alta the reception rendered to tn,
clergy and deputies attending the cor
vention last night in Grafton Hall b!
the Church Club of the Newark diocese
about $50 of the delegates were present
The speakers of the evening wer'
Bishop Lines, DIR. Hamilton w. Mabie
president of the club, and Fredericl
1 Cook Morehouse, editor of the Living
Church, the Western organ of thu
Episcopal Church. The chairman of tn
reception committee was Charles A
G%rumnon, of Grace Church, Newark. .
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