Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-13
.EPISCOP PAL IANS
WILL. GATHER At
DOVER TOMORROW
Plans Completed for the Conven~
tion TO Ballot for O
Bishop.
MANY CANDIDATES ARE
UNDER CONSIDERATION

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Dover. Ian. 3-trrangeinents are
complete for the Episcopal convention 10
be held here tomorrow fp~ The purpose OF
making m effort 70 eIeot a bishop fnr the
Diocese az Delaware to succeed llr + j.
kinsman resigned.
Whether bishop viii be clecto d toinor-
row. however. Is problcmatieal 50 many
cAntli,lntes have been mentioned aud af
there is a determination 70 use the great
est carr in the selection. Il fnas be neees-
sarv to adjourn to q later date e compete
the work
I here seems 10 hc feeling here that
the two most likely clergvfncn mentioned
in that behalf afc IN hop Thomas
GARLAND &c l.bilaaclahla or Bishop Ma
thapiel 5 Thoma of Wyoming kev
phillp Cook of ST Michael ard
Angels Church. Baltimore, and also
Rev. Arthur kinsolving Of It. faul $,
Baltimore. have their supporters Rev.
r. NJ. .IcFeies OF - Peters hureh,
Phlladslphia. Rev. Bernard / Eel presi-
dent of St. Stcphcns College, Annahdaie'
\ T.. and other nau-rceldents et the
state are being talked about III that be-
half Nearly every rector IN v ilinlnrton
has been mentioned N has also Arch
deacon BENJAMIN Thompson OF Dover.
The convention will hc IN the hands ~
the following committees Inception.
Henry Pecls v lIham ID. Denney, ;
Warren Hall, J Frank Starring, John }.
t3arnett II Ridgcly Harrington, hos
n,taiity. Mrs Warren Hall Mrs. J. IL.
Hughes Mrs " " Richardson. Mrs
lcnr, Ridgcly, Mrs " Y Harrington;
Inncheon Chll.t Church Guild; pages,
Gordon Massey, William penneWll.
The oIcning service Of the convention
will be the holy eucharist the corporate
communion ut Q 80 o clock The business
meetings will be held at 10 30 IN the
parish house l.unchcon will be served ct
the rectory at | O'Clock
The reception committee will meet
delegates ai the trains and take them to the
places secured for them by the hospitality
committee. which will secure places for all
who expect to arrive tonight
DIR. kiNsm4N SUSPENDED.
An official letter suspending Rev
Frederick !. kirsman. who recently IT,
sicned rs Bishop Of Delaware. as ~
suit OF his leaving the denomination to
enter the Catholic faith, has been written
by Bishop Daniel ) luttle presiding
bishop Of the Episcopal Church The
letter. received at the church house. IN
Philadelphia yesterday, Is as follows.
In pursuance Of the provisions OF Canon
81 | beg hereby TO give YOU notice that,
citing with the consent ol the three
bishops next IN seniority, and because of
yonr formal admission into a religious
body not III communion with thus church,
and up0n certificate of facts furnished
on December Is, 1919, BY the Standing
{ Commiftee Of the Diocese of Delaware and
recorded, do now suspend YOU from the
exercise Of your office and ministry until
such time rs the House Oh BISHOPS shall
investigate the matter.
Furthermore give you notice that, un-
less Won shall within six months make
that the facts alleged in said
certificate are falls and shall. demand a
trial, YOU will be liable to deposition from
the ministry.
Bishop kinsman created u sensation
last fall hv publicly announcing that be
could not stand BY the teachings and
spirit of the Episcopal Church. He later
on became a Catholic sand entered st.
Marys Seminary, Baltimore, to prepare
for the priesthood The letter Of Bishop
Tuttle is Il foFmallty which has always
been adhered to in the Episcopal Church
in cases where a minister, for any rea-
son, is suspended from the communion.
Chancellor Charles Nj. Curtis, OF
Trinity Church. Is expected ia be elected
to preside over the convention to elect
a successor IN Dover tomorrow The con
ventlon Ia expected 70 increase the salary
81 the new bishop from $4,000 which It
is at present. The bishop is provided with
1 residence.