Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
CONVENTION ENDS
WITH A DEADLOCK
EpiscopaIians Close Sessions
in New York, Work
Unfinished.
BISHOPRIC FOR NEGROES
ONE POINT. OF ISSUE
w. c. 7. U. Request for Unferment-
ed Grape Juice for Commu-
MON Flatly Refused. s.

NEW YORK, October 1J.-The general
convention of 1913 of the Protestant
Episcopal Church passed into history this
afternoon in hopeless deadlock, on two
important resolutions, with the most far
reaching topic of legislation before 1t
unconsidered by one house because OF an
error in the other. and with positive re-
fusal to consider a request, of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
that unfermented grape juice be substi-
tuted for wine in the communion service.
On. the proposal to establish a separate
bishopric for negroes in the south and
on the proposed elimination of the words
Jews. Turks. infidels and heretics" from
| the Good Friday collect, the house Of
bishops and the house of deputies were
deadlocked. On the proposal to require
a two-thirds vote to change the name
| of the church, adopted by the deputies.
the bishops refused to act because the
resolution was sent. to them only yester-
| day, while it was. adopted by the lower
house more. than two weeks ago.
Lay Hidden on Desk.
| For two weeks the draft of this radical
| measure lay at the bottom of a pile OF
! waste paper on the secretary'S desk. It's
presence there was not detected until yes
| terday. In the entire membership of the
house of deputies not one man DIRE AIMED
| that the resolution was not before the
| bishops for action.
Il assume full blame for the trouble,
! announced the assistant secretary. the
Rev. Carroll NJ. Davis, dean of Trinity
| Cathedral, st. Louis. 1T was my busl-
ness to see that this resolution was sent
to the bishops. Il thought it had been
/ sent was astounded to find it on my
| desk Yesterday. and sent 1t over at once
to the other house.
| The bishops, however, declined to con-
slider the measure. in the. few remaining
| hours of the convention They SO notified
| the deputies today. committee OF dep
uties was then appointed by the chairman
| to request the bishops to take the mat
| ter up. nevertheless, but the chances OF
success, it was said, were iniinitesmal.
Push Prayer Book Action.
! Although the house of deputies in. the
closing moments of its session tried to
force definite action at this convention
on the resolution requiring two-thirds
vote to make change in the Prayer
Book. the effort failed. The committee
! ported that the latter declined to take
/ any action in the matter at the late
| hour The deputies then hurried through
| a resolution for a. joint commission to
! consider the proposition and report at
! the next convention, and in this the
/ house Of bishops concurred at the last
| moment. The commission is to consist
of five bishops, five presbyters and
| five laymen.
| Closing Impressive.
The closing service of the general con-
/ vention in the Cathedral of St. John the
| Divine. was marked by all the solerri,iity
and impressiveness of the opening cere-
/ monial three weeks ago. Bishop Daniel
| Sylvester futile of. Missouri. presiding
bishop of the church, said the opening
prayer and Bishop Thomas Frank Gailor
| of Tennessee read the pastoral letter, ad-
| dressed from each triennial convention to
| the church at large The benediction then
was pronounced by the venerable presid-
ing bishop and the convention of 1913 was
at an end.
The house of bishops adjourned without
| filling the vacancy in the missionary dis
| trict of Spokane. caused by the declina-
ton Of the Rev. DR.. w. 7. Capers of
Philadelphia. who was elected to that post
! last Monday The bishops defined it in
advisab BILE to take up this matter at the
last moment of the convention. The cleo
ton of this bishop now will rest with the
various diOceSes.