The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-16
WILL HOUSE SUSTAIN IT?
Huntington Amendment Excepting
Innocent Party Rejected
The FINAL VOTE MAY BE TAKEN TODAY
The House Of Deputies v,te Almost Unanim-
ously in Favor Of the Establishment Of
Permanent Committee on
Capital and Labor.
(By the Associated Press)

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE House of
Deputies of the Episcopal Churcn OF
America, sitting as a committee OF the
whole. today adopted the proposed
canon prohibiting the re-marriage OF
divorced persons for causes not arising
previous to their former marriage the
canon was adopted as 1T came from the
House Of Bishops. The vote stood 1S2
for, 1913 against.
The amendment Of Dr. Huntington, OF
New York, making an Exception in the
dAse of the innocent party of divorce
granted on the ground of adultery was
rejected by vote Of 1853 to 173.
The result of the vote in the commit
tee of the whole was reported to the
House of Deputies, which will vote on
the matter. The result, however, may
not be the same, for in that house the
vote of thirty delegations is required to
carry measure, the divided delegations
virtually counting among the nays. No
time was set for final vote by the
house, but it presumably will be taken
tomorrow.
HOUSE OF DEPUTIES.
In the House of Deputies this morning
Rev. DIR. McKim had two resolutions
for the permanent committee on capital
and abor taken from theca lendar by a
two-thrds vote and they were adopted
almost unanimously.
The committee of the whole resumed
the canon on the Solemnization of mar
riage.
Rev. Hudson Stuck, of Dallas, Texas
deprecated certain charges that had been
made of the moral condition of society
in Roman Catholic countries on account
of the non permission of divorces.
DIR. McKim cited high authority fol-
his own position that Christ did not in
tend to absolutely deny to the innocent
party the right to marry again, and de-
clared that he had the uniform authority
OF the reformed Episcopate in his posi-
ton. He said it had not been shown
that stringent canon would operate to
conserve the purity of the home. On
motion Of James c. Buxton, of North
Carolina, it was decided to take "a vote
on the subject at II o'clock.
The Huntington amendment to Section
4. Cancn 80, which excerpts the innocent
party TO divorce from the prohibition Of
re- marriage was defeated in the commit
tee of the whole by a vote of 155 against
153.
The original was then adopted as il
came from the House of Bishops, which
had already passed it by vote Of 15s te
1872. After the result of the vote on the
canon concerning marriage and divorce
was announced,l the committee of the
whole rose but was Immediately re-
convened. The amendment to the consti
tuition adopted by the House Of Bishops
as q substitute for Canon 81, referring tt
the discipline of persons marrying again
after divorce, was placed before the com
mittec for consideration Without actor
the committee again arose, and after i
had reported progress to the House, ;
recess was taken until p m.
At this hour the House of Deputies pro
ceeded in executive session to the cleo
tion of the missionary bishops.
The election resulted in the choice 6
the following: Rev James Addison Ingle
district Of Hanow; Rev. Charles H. Brent
district of the Philippines Rev. Freder
lie William Geator, district of Olympia
Rev. William Cahell Brown, district o
Porto Rico.
The only nomination rejected was tina
of Rev Chas. Campbell Pierce to be mis-
sionary bishop of North Dakota.
HOUSE OF BISHOPS.
The House Of Bishops, so far as it's &C
ton goes has settled the Hawaiian churcl
problem through the conference of it
committee, consisting CT the bishops o
Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Califor
MIA, with Bishop Willis. The terms
I settlement in brief are the resignation 0
the Bishop of Honolulu, to take effec
the first of next April; the formation
the Hawaiian Islands as a missionary dis