The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-07
BISHOPS AND DEPUTIES MEET
REVISION OF THE EPISCOPAL
Ian CONSTITUTION.
Important Amendments Discussed at
Yesterdays Session-Resoluti is
On Marriage and Divorce.

Washington, Oct 6-Morning prayer
for the delegates to the triennial con-
vention of the Episcopal church was
held at the church of the Epiphany,
Rev. DR.. McKim reading the prayer
service. Bishop Gilbert of Minnesota
pronounced the benediction.
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, the president,
called the second days session of the
house of representatives to order. Pre-
| liminary routine business occupied an
| hour. A number of standing commit
tees were appointed and resolutions
/ and memorials on deceased members
were presented and referred to appro-
/ pirate committees.
Rev. DR.. Mann of Missouri offered a
resolution naming Kansas City as the
next place Of meeting of the conven-
! ton.
From Indiana came a resolution ex-
pressing the earnest desire of the con-
Vention that instructions to the COM
missioners to be appointed to the inter-
national peace conference proposed by
! the car of Russia shall recommend
the establishment of a permanent
court for the settlement of all differ
ences by arbitration.
Several resolutions on the question Of
marriage and divorce We're presented.
It was moved that the discussion of
these questions by the convention be
held behind closed doors, but some OBJ
lection was made to immediate consid-
Grafton, and the matter was referred to
the calendar of business for considera-
ton by committee.
The communication announced yes
terday from Felix Agoncillo, the rep
resentative of Aiyuinaldo in this city,
was read by Dr. Mcconnell of Louisi-
ana. The document expressed the eS-
TEEN of the F'ilippinos for the conven-
ton and asked the prayers of the
church in behalf of the natives Of the
Philippine islands, their liberties and
welfare.
The convention then proceeded to the
consideration of the report of the re-
vision Of the constitution, which had
been made q special order for IL o'clock
The amendments acted upon were those
adopted by both houses of the general
convention of 1897 and require action
by the next subsequent convention to
become operative. The first of these
affected the question of heading or
title of the constitution, canons, etc,
of the church and provided it should be
as follows:
Constitution and canon for the gov
eminent of that part of the catholic
church known in America as the Prot
estant Episcopal church in the United
States of America"
The amendment made by the last
convention incorporated in the title the
following words: THAT portion of the
catholic church known in law as"
The change has found advocates, but
many opponents, who asserted that the
change made the title cumbersome and
awkward; that it was unnecessary to
declare that the Episcopalians were
part of the Catholic church and that
some wag would soon nickname the
Episcopalians the ''in law" church.
The amendment was defeated.
The next amendment, which contem-
plated the substitution of article "one"
for articles 1, 2 and 3 of the old con-
stitution, and which was adopted al
most unanimously by the last conven-
ton, was also defeated by a vote of 90
to II.
Meantime, messages had been re-
ceived from the house of bishops, that
they had adopted both the amend
ments rejected by the house, but in
each case a motion was made in the
deputies that they refuse to concur in
the action of the bishops and that body
was so informed.
In the house of bishops most of the
time was consumed in the action on
the amendments TO the constitution al
ready referred to. A message of SYM
pathy was directed TO be conveyed to
Bishop Niles of New Hampshire, who
is seriously i'll.
Petitions were presented for the ere
alton of a new diocese in Indiana and
also for the division of the japanese
district into two diOceses.
The afternoon session of the deputies
was consumed in the consideration of
an amendment originating with the
committee on constitutional revision,
which Incorporated in the constitution
that provision of the canonical law
which requires that the selection of
bishops shall be sanctioned by ma
jority OF the standing committees in
all dioceses. 1t gave rise TO intermin-
able debate, and the deputies adjourned
without acting on it. Most of the
speakers favored the change.
It was announced that the woman's
auxiliary, also in convention here, had
reported a collection of $50 400 for mis-
sions, about S25, 600 more than for the
previous year. Adjournment was then
taken until tomorrow.
In the house of bishops the dele
gates commenced the consideration of
the amendments to the canons recon- !
mended by the committee. Those dis !
cussed today related mainly to ordina-
ton of bishops.
Tonight the delegates attended re-
ception given them by Bishop Satter-