The New York herald., 1921-05-14
LLOYD And SHIPMAN
SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS
Rector of st. Bartholomew,
White Plains, Elected
on Third Ballot.
LEADS FIELD AT START
His Closest Contestant i'll
Early BaIloting Is Trim
ity Chapel Vicar.
MANY WITHDRAW LATER
Their Followers Flock to
Shipman Standard-COnven-
tion for Disarmament.
LEADS FIELD AT START
MANY WITHDRAW LATER

To assist Bishop William T. Man
ming the Episcopal Convention of the
Diocese OF New York elected yester-
day as Suffragan Bishops the Right
Rev Arthur S. Lloyd, rector of st.
Bartholomew's Church of White Plains,
and the Rev. DR.. Herbert Shipman,
rector of the Church of the Heavenly
: Rest of this city
Bishop Lloyd was elected on the
third ballot and DR. Shipman on the
fifth. The former led the field from
the start with II clerical and S2 lay
votes cast for him on the first ballot.
On the second ballot his strength had
sfncreased to 90 clerical and At lay
votes, and on the third to 116 clerical
and 5S1a lay votes. As only Ia clerical
and So lay votes, constituting a ma
jority of each order, were required
TO elect, Bishop Lloyd was declared
elected
DR.. Shipman's greatest strength did
not develop until after Bishop Lloyd's
selection. The iatter's closest contestant
on the first four ballots was the Rev.
Joseph Wilson Sutton, the popular young
vicar OF Trinity Chapel, Trinity Parish.
this city, who had been a close CO.
laborer with Bishop Manning. Mr.. SUIT
tons vote rose from 81 clerical and Is
lay on the first ballot to 9S clerical and
49M lay votes on the fourth ballot. in
which he seemed to have commanding
lead.
Meantime DIR. Shipman, who on the
first test of strength had polled only IL
clerical and 5 lay ballots. dropped to "A
total OF only Is on the second and on
the third ballot. on the fourth, however.
with Bishop Lloyd already elected.
enough of the Lloyd following fell to DR.
Shipman to bring his vote up TO 26 cleri-
cal and s1a lay. He still was led by
Mr.. Sutton and by the Rev. DIR. Arthur
R. Gray of the Church Mission House.
this city, who had been nominated by
the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires.
With Mr.. Sutton 50 close to election.
many Of the supporters OF other nomi-
nees now floclxed. after a short recess, to
the Shipman standard. In rapid success
sion the Rev. +. $. Smithers, Jr,, of
Poughkeepse the Rev Charles X. Gil
bert, secretary OF the diocese the Rev.
William Henry Owen OF Mount Vernon
the Rev DR. r. Cloves Chorley of Gar
rison, the Rev. Or. De Witt Peton of
Fordham and the Rev. Leslie Sunder-
land superintendent OF the City Mfs-
sions Society. withdrew their names.
most of them taking occasion also to
second" the nomination of DR.. Ship
man.
In behalf OF the Rev. Dr. Arthur r.
Gray, DR.. Stires took like course This
left in the field only three candidates.
Mr.. Sutton. DR. Shipman and Bishop
Hiram II. Hulse. Of Cuba. Before the
morning balloting began the Rev DIT.
William n. Pott. OF RosebanlS. s. l.,
former Archdeacon of the Diocese. and
the Rev. Duncan n. Browne. dean-elect
Of the Cathedral in Denver. both had
withdrawn their names
On the fifth and last ballot l09 clerical
and As lay votes were necessary to
elect Or. Shipman received 110 clerical
and Asa lay, while Mr.. Sutton had los
clerical and 421a lay votes. Bishop
Hulso received 2 clerical and / lay vote.
Bishop Arthur Selden Lloyd was born
in Virginia In 1857. and was educated
IN the University OF Virginia and the
Virginia Theological Seminary. He was
ordained in 1881 and consecrated in 1909
Coadjuter Bishop OF Virginia From
1910 to 1920 he served as president Of
the General Board OF Missions. with
headquarters In this city, and later be-
came rector OF St Bartholomew s
Church. White Plains.
The Rev. DR. Herbert Shipman was
born in Lexington. KY. August 30.
1888, was graduated from Columbia
University in 1890 and from the Gen.
eral Theological Seminary In 1894. He
was ordained by Bishop Henry Goldman
Potter and for several years served as
chaplain in the Military Academy at
West Point In April. 1899. he married
Miss julia Gay Bradley. After leaving
the Military Academy he became assist
ant rector and then rector of the Church
~ the Heavenly Rest, Fifth avenue
and Forty-thlrd street
Dr. Shipman has a fine military rec
ord Identified with tho National Guard
since his college days. he was chaplain
# the t0ith United States Filed Artn-
lery and later senior chaplain Of the
First Army Corps. with which organlza-
ton he served In France under Major.
Gen. Hunter Liggett In the world war.
The convention went on record as
favoring disarmament in a resolution.
unanimously passed