New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-25
Deputies in the Ascenda Mt.

The ascendency OF the House OF Depu-
ties In the Church government has been
growing more apparent with every day
OF the general convention. The deputies
| Wednesday sat hard on a request OF the
bishops that they he excused from sit
ting In joint session. according 10 sched-
ule. because OF press OF business The
| bishops haven't yet recovered from this
rebuff and II adds to their anxiety to
catch up with their calender before this
noon.
In executive session Thursday the
House of Deputies adopted a resolution
sharply rebuking the bishops for permit
ting the names OF the new missionary
bishops TO become public before the depu-
ties had had an opportunity to ratify
their election. Yesterday the house had
good laugh over the bishops.
| Francis A. Lewis, lay deputy. from
! Pennsylvania. and chairman of the com
mlttee on dispatch OF business. occasioned
| IL. Mr. Lewis genial. rotund member
of the bar, whose white hair and white
mustache are both close cropped and
whose spectacles are shell-rimmed, has
been called. somewhat disrespectfully, :he
| comedian OF the House
He has a way of retiring to corner
to mediate a moment or two. with a
pad of paper In his hand. and then Of
bringing forth motion. fresh from the
committee" providing short cut for
the accomplishment OF a desired result,
accompanied always by some sly, dry bit
OF humor.
! He suffers from the humorist's hand-
cap-the house is ever ready to laugh
when ne arises.
What They Are Not Doing.
II am fully aware" he said late yes
terday afternoon, "of the parliamentary
rule which forbids us TO refer on the
floor TO what the bishops are doing. but
/ know OF no rule forbiddinR Us TO refer
to what they are not doing And know
they are not going TO send US any more
messages to-day. We have cent them
twenty-three messages and IL has almost
paralyzed them. I move we adjourn, fol-
lowing the reading of the notices"
The House only short time before had
been considering the matter OF concur
renee in a new canon passed by the
House of Bishops. providing for official
recognition by the Church OF the religious
orders which have grown up within Il.
The very first sentence OF Section ! Of
this measure needed amendment. II read
"A religious community OF men and
women desiring the official recognition OF
the Church shall submit" etc.
In its hurry and confusion the august
body OF bishops had permitted an am
biguous use OF language which at some
! future time might involve the General
Convention in a controversy over It's in
depreciation. There was no opposition.
therefore. to an amendment OF this SEN
tence so that IL should read: "A religious
community Of men or women" etc.
With another unimportant change In the
wording the deputies passed this measure
by a large majority. In brief, II provides
that every order must have the approval
of the bishop of the diocese i'm which its
mother house" is situated; that ii must
also have the approval OF every other
i bishop into whose diocese IL spreads; that
its chaplains shall be responsible to the
bishops in whose dioceses they minister.
and that all real estate and endowments
shall be held in trust for the order "as a
body in communion with this Church"
The bishop OF the diocese In which the
mother house" of the order is situated
receives the privilege of appointing a
visitor" to represent him in visiting the
community TO see that the constitution