The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09
IT JUST COT MARRIED
Postmaster McIntyre's Excuse
Accepted In Washington.
THE BRIDE JUST LOVELY
interest In the Episcopal Convention.
The New York Campaign-Expected
Democratic Gains In heH House and
sepate-Forestry Matters.
Washington Bureau Of the standard, I
No. 11l5 q street N. w. \

No. 1145 u street ~. W..
Washington, Oct. 4.-Postmaster Nc
Intyre OF Alice. Beaverhead county. has
been having some very interesting cor
respondence with the department off,
cials here. He failed to make his last
quarterly report in due season, and the
auditor for the postofice department
addressed him a letter inviting attention
TO the matter. McIntyre's reply has
Just been received. He explains that
his failure to be more prompt was due
to h fact that he had been away get
ting married. He takes the department
into his confidence and tells them that
he has the most lovely, beautiful and
sweet" woman in the world. and for
wards her picture by way Of clinchfng
the statement. Mr.. Mcintyre says none
Of the department officials who are
married can think of criticising him
for taking time to get married. He
also adds a word Of advice for those
who are not married. saying: Boys,
you ought to try II at least once in
your life!" AS Mr.. Mcintyre inclosed
a satisfactory report with the letter.
nothing more will be heard OF his fall
ure to get II in earlier. But his en-
thusiastic description OF his new condi-
ton has caused a great lea of amuse-
ment about the department.
The triennial convention of the Prot
estant Episcopal church, now being
held here, has attracted IN attendance
of about 5000 people. The convention
will last three weeks. 1t Is meeting
in Epiphany church.. the large audi
torium being allotted to the house of
deputies. whose sessions are public. and
the Sunday chool room chosen for the
house of bishops, which meets behind
closed doors. Two buildings opposite
the church have been leased n fitted
up as committee rooms. offices for the
two secretaries of the convention, n
as general headquarters for the dele
gates. A numbe OF auxiliary church
organizations hold their meetings dur
ing the general convention, the most
prominent among them being the Wo-
mans Auxiliary and the American
Churc Missionary society.
The convention will consider the re-
vision of the church constitution N
canon which was begun several years
ago.. and Ii is believed ina action will
be obtained. The need of expansion
which many leaders of the church rec
ognize will be discussed. together with
measures to contract the work in the
necessary directions.
Most important and ~far-reaching OF
all the questions to come before the
gathering is the proposition to revise
the canon or marriage and divorce so
as to make IL impossible for a clergy
man of the Protestant Episcopal church
to remarry either party to a divorce.
II will probably receive the undivided
support of the high church ministers
and many advocates among the low
church following. The sentiment OF the
clergy in the church seems to be against
divorce. and a petition to the conven-
ton. asking that it adopt some strin-
gent rule against remarriage under
such conditions. has already received
the signatures of about 1000 of the min-
listers.
The proposition looking to a change
in the name OF the church will excite
protracted debate. The high church.
men suggested that 1t shall be called
the American Catholic church.. holding
that the name Protestant Episcopal
does not really indicate what the
church purports to be. This name. they
say, makes ID appear that the Protest
ant Episcopal church is a sect or de-
nomination, like the Methodists or
Presbyterians. while II Is really the
Holy Catholic church. or a part of the
Holy Catholic church i'm direct line,
with continuity from the apostles. just
as the Roman Catholic church and the
Greek Catholic church.
But in order to distinguish II from
the Roman Catholic church the sug-
gested new name Is to be further mod
flied. so the advocates of IL add, and
be simply The Church of America"
The high churchmen insist that the
church has never changed from the
time of the apostles. and that II is a