Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-10-19
ADOPT CANON
Looks as if Divorces Gould Not
Remary in Episcopal Church
THE AMENDMENT IS LOST
House Also AdOpied McKim Resolution Pro-
yiding for Joint san ling Commission to
Se..e Labor S Ike Foreign Mis-
sionary Ri.hops EIec,ed.

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San Francisco, Oct. 15--The house
of deputies of the Episcopal church of
America. sitting as a committee of
the whole. yesterday adopted the pro-
posed canon prohibiting the remar-
riage of divorced persons for causes
not arising previous TO their former
marriage The canon was adopted as
it came from the house of bishops.
The vote stood 1872 for to l5S against.
The amendment OF DR.. Huntington,
of New York, making an exception in
the case of the innocent party of al
divorce granted on the ground of
adultery, was rejected by vote of
1853 to 173.
The result of thegvote in the COM
mittee 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
80 delegations is required to carry a.
measure, the divided delegations vir-
tually counting among the nays. No
time was set for final vote by the
house, but it presumably will be taken
today.
During the debate on the subject
DIR. Hodson Stuck, of Dallas, Tex, de-
precated certain charges that had been
made of the moral condition of society
in Roman Catholic countries on ac-
count of the permission of di-
vorces.
Dr. McKim cited high authority for
his own position that Christ did not
intend to absolutely deny to the inno-
cent party the right to marry again,
and declared that he had the uniform
authority of the Reformed Episcopate
in his position. He said it had not
been shown that a stringent canon
would operate to conserve the purity
of the home.
Previous to this action in commit
tee of the whole the house of deputies
adopted the resolutions presented by
DR.. McKim, of Washington, providing
for standing joint commission OF
both houses to consider the relations
of labor and capital It is to consist
of three bishops, the presbyters and
three laymen, and shall report its pro-
ceedings to each general convention.
Missionary Bishops Elected.
The afternoon session of the house
of deputies was held behind closed
doors, and was devoted entirely to
the consideration and voting on the
five nominations for missionary bish-
OBS handed down from the house OF
bishops
The election resulted in the choice
of the following. Rev. James Addi-
son Ingle, district of Hankow; Rev.
Charles H. Brent, district of Philip
pines; Rev. Frederick William Keator,
district of Olympia; Rev. William Ca
bell Brown, district of Porto Rico. The
only nomination rejected was that of
Rev. Charles Campbell Pierce, to be
missionary bishop Of North Dakota.
The house of bishops created the
missionary district of Honolulu, the
order to become effective April !,
1902. Consent was given, the house
of deputies concurring, for the cleo
ton of a missionary bishop for this
district during the interval between
this session and the next general CON
vention.
A letter was sent to the synod of
Mexico, stating the terms which must
be complied with before bishops for
that country can be appointed.
Several canonical questions were
discussed and settled by the bishops
during the day, the further revision
of the canons being then referred to
the next general convention.