The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-10-21

The fret public lecture ever given In
Philadelphia on the question OF reforming
the divorce laws OF the oouutry was dsiiy.
cred Inst evening at the church OF the Holy
Trinity, under the auspices Of tho New
England divorce reform league, tn presl.
dent 81 which, the Right Rev. Benjamin II.
Psld,rs. bishop OF Massachusetts, ocoupi'
el the chair. The principal address was
that OF the secretary, Rev. Samuel " Dixie,
of Royal,or Vermont, who first explained
what the league really was-a society com.
posed of about sixty persons, OF oil demon.
nations who have united TO combat the
evils Of divorce, or, IN the words OF tho CON
sntutiou, TO promote an improvement In
uublic sentiment and legislation on the
subject OF divorce. IL seeks TO unite both
/ protestauts aud Catholics AID all good cit
| iyeng generally In the work 81 publishing
| documents aud addressing puOI' meet
| Jugs 50 o, 10 enlighten The people OF the
United states on the vyus Threatening the
family ~ unit, more especially from d.
yorce, AID TO secure better lcsislali1n on
the subject.
The speake- gave some interesting stats.
tics relating 90 he great increase OF dNor,
COS DURING the last lew years la several
lsto,es oi ,lr uoion. lu Maine there were
I5S7 divorces granted In lSs2-sn iurrv,sr nj
NEARLY 20 per cent. during ,he last tW,hy
venrs. New Hampshire mas decreased % sr
Ia .yorccs from lO7 tn 1850 IN 3i M lSo-,
Na,sochusptts, from 2i3 to GOO iu the SANE
Length oftimc. Connecticut rom lilu lsll
To as Ina 1881, aud Rhode Island from To-
IduIiug 1870 .Gl M l'N2.
ptyoECt,tN Nav ENULANu.
In four Of tue New Euelaud states whsr,
| 10 were granted IN ls6l, there Wcrc Luz 10
iS,O ami 1859 In 1873, The percentage o
divorces 10 marriages In Onlo was IN W
, 1865 and In II Ia 1881. Two OF the mosl
/. populous counties OF Minnesota have Ia
creased their divorces 10 per cent Taste
. than the marrisees during the laN tel
ysnrs. In philadelphia there were lOl Ill
, yycr,r, ip 1861. 2l5 In 1872 and 81 In 1882
, rbt,.gl A percentage OF divorces 10 MARI
, ntes is tot as high rs Is generally supposed
; n bs.ur in 10 40 In 1852, San Fraucisc'
head, ne list Of cities, the ratio last yea
beiug M $40
Tbe sneaker said ina, an increase OF th,
. LEGAL causes for divorce IN any pirtioula
. stnies leads directly % an increase IN ia
! diyo,e,s. while decrease Ia the same eau
I. sss lrnds TO a similar decrease IN number q
8 DEGREES ~ Antet, In Connections where, \
|; 1910 Was passed the omnibus law, permit
ling divorces Tor a variety OF reasons Wtie
4 might only ne submitted TO the judge VIII
. had discretionary power, the inoresie. wa
/. nearly 100 per cent. the FIRST year, while a.
|, lar its repeal In 1878 there came q decfeas
!, of nearly ouo.iourlh In twelve months. Nj
\ nike said that the most eiiicucious remtd
a against this great aud growing evil woul
/, 6c The reduction OF the number OF cause
/, for divorce. Do that. he ssid, and You vi
A reduce the number OF divorces. Thespeal
n sr believed that many cases could be SCI
4 lied amioAhly before trial In court " IN
! iud,e and lawyers wonld exert themselv'
/. = lille 10 effect a reconciliation.
] In some countries Of Europe nearly
ID Nor cent, Of the divorce cases are thus a
RANGED and never come mp for trial, whit
here added SIR. Dixie, such a propositlo
. wonid cause both the Judge and the la.
!, yers connected with tue case TO smile, II
. aid that another fruitful cause OF the pre-
n ent state OF all airs Is the lack 81 unliormii
"A In the divorce laws Of the different stute
"A Nv recent decision New York u reduc..
n a. the level o Connecticut or Indiana Z
" ,py oflls cihs ms, u they are vilihg