Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-13
NEW MEXICO
To THE FORE
Ex-Governor L. B. Prince at
the Protestant Episcopal
Convention
PRAYER BOOK IN SPANISH
Suffragan Bishops Created for
the Mission Fields--Extreme
Unction Discussed

SAhSlilhGlI, W., w. HC lllGh-
NAL General Convention of the Episco-
pal church opened with 81 bishops
present and the congregation at the
opening service numbered 5000 Bish-
ep J. NJ Kendrick, of New Mexico, had
arrived two days in advance and is
preached on Sunday at St. Luke's
church. Rev. w. E. Warren, Phi. D.,
of Albuquerque, the clerical deputy
from New Mexico was detained on the
road and appeared on the second day.
His alternate, Rev. Henry Easter, of
Ell Paso, Texas, was present at the
opening. Hon. L. Bradford Prince,
the lay deputy from New Mexico, ar
rived on Tuesday This is his twelfth
consecutive convention and the Living
Church of October s has an excellent
picture of him as one of the three vet
erans. He introduced the memorial
adopted at the convention in Albu-
querque asking that separate bishop
be sent to Arizona in order that Bish-
op Kendrick may devote his entire
time to New Mexico, a request which
has been granted, Roswell to be the
Episcopal see. Ex-Governor Prince
also made speeches against allowing
applause in the convention and on the
proposed preamble to the Prayer
Book.
In the most important session that
it has held, the house of bishops OF
the Protestant Episcopal convention
yesterday afternoon not only reversed
it's decision of few days ago, when it
refused to pass an amendment to the
constitution of the church providing
for suffragan bishops, but shortly after
creating the new suffragan bishops
adopted a resolution calling for COM
mittee to investigate faith healing by
means of prayer or suggestion.
The question of suffragan bishops
had come before the house of bishops
last week after the house of deputies
had adopted It. The vote at that time
was close. Yesterday it was brought
I'D again as special order of busi-
mess and was adopted after an inter
.esting debate by vote of sixty to
| thirty-one Owing to the fact that the
house of deputies has adopted the
amendment, it now becomes law.
This action, though probably the
most important taken by the conven-
ton. did not create the stir among
the delegates that was felt when 1t
was announced that the house of blsh-
OBS had adopted resolution calling
for a committee to investigate unc'
ton to the sick for the healing pur-
pose rather than for spiritual needs.
This is the resolution that was draft
| ed in the house of deputies by non
concurrence of orders, the resolution
being adopted by the clerical division
but beaten by the laity
In all probability it will be brought
up again in the house of deputies ana
should this house decide to reverse its
former action a committee will be ap-
pointed that will bring in a report at
the next convention, three years hence
in New York.
canon for the regulation OF
suffragan bishops was adopted by the
house of bishops, giving these bishops
an equal vote in the convention Win
regular bishops.
| A commission was appointed to re-
wise the translation into Spanish OF
the book of common prayer. The
| commission consists of Bishops Brent
of the Philippine Islands, Van Buren,
of Porto Rico, Ayes of Mexico and
knight of Cuba.