The Portland daily press., 1898-10-07
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
Second Days Session of House of Deputie,
at Warrington.

Washington, October 6.--When the seq
ond days session of the House of Depu.
ties of the Episcopal church came to order
this morning, preliminary routine bust
ness occupied an hour.
Several resolutions on the question of
marriage and divorce were presented and
the matter was referred to the calendar
of business for consideration by COM
mittee.
The communication received yesterday
from Felix Agonoillo, the representative
Of Aguinaldo, now in this city, was read
by DR.. Mcdonnell of Louisiana. The docu-
ment expressed the esteem of the Philip
pines for the convention, and asked the
prayers of the church in behalf of the ma
tives of the Philippine islands, their liber-
ties and welfare. Ths convention then
proceeded to the consideration of the re-
port ON the revision of the constitution.
The amendments acted upon were
those adopted by both houses of the gen.
eral convention of 1895 and which re.
CURED ratification by the subsequent con-
vention to become operative. The first OF
these Affects the question of heading
or title for the constitution, canons etc.,
OF the church and provided it should be
as follows:
"And canons for the government of
that portion of the Catholic church
known In law as the Protestant Episco-
pal church in the q. S. A., etc.
The amendment made by the last con-
vention incorporated in the title the fol-
Catholic church known in law as. The
amendment was defeated l0S to 8. Tho
next amendment which contemplated the
substitution of article ~, for articles.l,
2, 8, of the constitution and which was
adopted almost unanimously by the last
convention, was also defeated by q vote
of 90 to II.
from the House of Bishops that they
adopted both the amendments rejected by
the house, but the deputies refused to con-
cur.
In the House OF Bishops, most of the
time WAS consumed IN the action on the
amendments to the constitution already
referred to.
Att O'Clock the convention took re-
cess.
The afternoon session ..ofxsthe deputies
was consumed in the consideration of an
amendment originating with the com.
mittee on constitutional revision which
incorporated in the COL stitution that
provision of the oanonical law which re-
quires that the selection of bishops shall
Do sduCblouou ny " mdJoIlty oI UHo HGhuu-
ing committees in all the dlooeses Of the
church. 1t gave rise to interminable de-
bate and the deputies adjourned without
acting on it. Most of the speakers ia
vored the change. The opponents of the
change contended there was no demand
OF necessity for 1t.
1t was announced that the Woman's
Auxiliary. also In convention here had
reported a collection of $50, 400 for mis-
sions about sec, 600 more than for the pre-
vious year. Adjournment was then TAX.
en- until tomorrow.
= In the House of Bishops the delegates
commenced the consideration of tn,
amendments to the canons recommend
ed by the committee. Those discussed to-
day related mainly to ordination O.
bishops.
.aThe bishops referred to q committee O
five a memorial from the Episcopa
church in Brazil, asking that the church
of America conssorate for it a bishop
The church here has provision in her law