The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-20
EPISCOPALIANS
STAND BY METHOD
Relative to Judging Heresv Charges,
New Proposition Being Voted Down
BY the House of Deputies.

New York, Oct. 20.-The Protestant
Episcopal church will make no change
for at least three years in its method
of judging heresy charges. The house
of deputies at the New York general
convention refused Saturday by a close
vote to accept recommendation that
a final court of appeals be established
to determine questions of doctrine, taith
and worship affecting the clergy. A
hot debate that began Friday and con-
'tinued Saturday morning ended with a
vote of 1913 to 1856 against accepting a
resolution making this change, which
was presented by the joint committee
appointed at the preceding triennlal con
vention.
A motion to commit the subject to a
Joint commission which should give II
further consideration and report at the
next general convention was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. Under the present sys-
tenn each diocese conducts its heresy
trials, but their decisions are subject
to appeal to courts OF review. The
proposal defeated Saturday was to es'
tablish a supreme court consisting OF
the house of bishops. The principal OBJ
lection to the report came from depu-
ties, who declared that laymen should
be represented in the proposed tribunal
The vote showed that the delegates
were about evenly divided, without re-
spect to whether they were elergymen
or laymen.
The DEPUTIES received a resolution
providing for reconsideration OF the pro-
posal to have the presiding bishop OF
the church chosen by election. This
proposal was vetoed Thursday by the
house of bishops after it had passed the
house of deputies. The resolution pre-
scented Saturday by Rev. Or. Il. l.. Par
son of California provided that the mat
ter should be left to joint commits
sion OF three presbyters and three lay
men, who should report a constitution
al amendment to the next convention.
On behalf of the diocese of Maine a
resolution was offered approving the
purpose and plan Of the federal coun-
Gil of the churches of Christ in Amer
lea and authorizing the conventions
commission on Christian unity and so
cial service to send delegates to the fed
eral council. The election of five new
bishops was postponed by the house
OF bishops Saturday until to-day,
The house of deputies Saturday aft
ernoon adopted resolution introduced
by Charles NJ. Clement, a lay delegate
from the diocese of Harrisburg, Pa, pro-
yiding for the establishment Of a pub
licity bureau for the Episcopal church
The resolution was sent to the house OF
bishops for approval.
At an executive session of the house
of bishops two prelates reeonsidered
their designations. Bishop Joseph Mar
shall Francis Of the diocese of Indian
apolis agreed to continue at his post
upon learning that the people OF his do
cese had offered him residence in the
outskirts of the city; he had asked to
be relieved because of the health of his
family. Bishop Edward William 0s-
borne of the diocese Of Springfield, Ill.
decided to remain at the request of the
episeopate, which promised to tighten
the burden of his duties; he had de-
sired to resign because OF age and in
trinity.