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EPISCOP AL
CONCLAVE|
To Open In New York City
Next Wednesday
High Church Officials Will Be
In Attendance
House Of Bishops And
Deputies Will Meet
And Convention Will Last
Three Weeks
Bishop TuttIG Will Preside
At The Sessions
Bishop TuttIG Will Preside
At The Sessions

New York, Oct 3-The intellect and
: the power of the Protestant Episcopal
! Church in the United States are con-
centrating in New York City in antici-
patton of the opening next Wednes-
day of the forty-third triennial con-
vention of the church. On every train
distinguished bishops, active clergy
men and influential laymen from all
parts of the country are pouring in
ITO the city, until even the corridors
of many of the big Broadway hotels
for once in their history might be
mistaken for the vestibules Of church
es, SO numerous thereabout are men
of priestly mein. At many aristo-
cratic residences in upper anhattan
and in Brooklyn bishops and clergy
men have found splendid quarters.
This will be the first time in about
twenty-four years that the general
convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal church is held in this city. It
will begin on Wednesday next, in the
morning, with procession of the
bishops and clergy, and will remain
in session about three weeks. About
10 bishops and 900 deputies. equally
divided between clergymen and lay
men, will take part in the convention
They will come from 68 dioceses, 23
missionary districts and 10 foreign
jurisdictions of the church and Will
represent more than 100000 com
municants. The convention will sit as
two houses, the house of bishops and
the house OF deputies, each having
veto power over the other. The prim-
airy object of these conventions Is to
make laws for the government of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in this
country, to some extent n the form of
constitutional provisions, requiring
action by two successive conventions,
but generally in the form of resolu.
stions adopted by each convention for
Itself and in the terminology OF ec-
slsesiastical law known as canons.
ILn the house of deputies there are
fouEteen standing committees appoint
ed by the president, always clergy
man, subject to the limitation that
each of the eight missionary depart
monts in which the church within the
United States Is distinguished must
be represented Besides the fourteen
standing committees there are thirty
four Joint committees and commits
sions OF the two houses sitting be
tween conventions, eight OF which
were appointed to consider ecclesiast
&c relations and activities with othei
communions, religions and peoples
six TO revise the church's services o.
prayer and praise and visitation; fouj
80 provide for the education of thu
clergy; four others to look after IN,
care and support of the clergy; on,
30 provide for them an ultimate cour
of appeals one to report upon tn,
question of proyinces five for tn
chuTch's missions OF help
The House Of Bishops, which ha
roll OF 1l5 without counting bishops
elect who have not yet been const
Grated, will hold It's sessions at tn
old Synod House on the Cathedra
grounds Of St John the Divine TIL
Right Reverend Dr. Daniel sylyeste
futile, Bishop OF Missouri. who Is ia
senior bishop OF the church. win pr,
side. TO relieve him an assistar
president viii be selected after IN
opening meeting.
The House OF Deputies win hold II
=sesslons in the new Synod Han, a
imposing new structure south OF tn
choir part OF the Cathedral, whic
was erected for such purposes throug
fhe generosity OF the late Pierpoi
Morgan and the late W. Bayard Gu