The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-11
MUCH ROUTINE WORK
o,AcE AND DIVORCE CUES
TIoN NOT DISPOSED OF.
WOMEN CROWD GALLERIES,
.,,cu aUIBBLING OVER PUNCTUA-
TION AND MERE WORDS.

s.,or which Practically For
,ids the Marriage OF divorced
p.-sons Not Yet Reached-Lawyers
rake n Keen Interest in the Dis
.sion-A Move Made for a Con-
.4itutionaI Amendment, Permit
.,c Nodiaed Forms of Worship.
No Forms to BE Allowed in Con-
aict with CanOns of the Church.
Con francisco, Oct. 10.-The trien-
.,o1 convention of the Episcopal
church of America accomplished
.,,,cb routine work to-day, but made
,itt1a nrogress toward disposing of the
canon on marriage and divorce, which
ANA IN before a Committee of the
whole in the house of deputies. The
,,onular interest in the subject was
evidenced by the crowded galleries,
large majority of the spectators being
women. nearly all of whom remained
until the hour of adjournment. The
dacsion. however, was of a purely
tecbnical character. bubbles over
words and the punctuation of sections,
IN which there was little opposition,
took up much time.
There seemed to be a determination
10 secure technical correctness in the
text Il was also noticed that many
lawyers in the lay delegation were
taking a keen interest in the subject.
The fourth and most important Sec
ton of the canon, which was adopted
by the bishops practically forbidding
the marriage of divorced persons, was
not read. The two first sections and
all but the last paragraph of Section
8 were adopted with but one slight
change-the conjunction NOR being
stricken out, thus dividing the para
graph into two complete sentences An
attempt was made to consider the
matter behind closed doors, but the at
tempt failed.
That the spirit of the Huntington
amendment to the constitution, per-
hitting modified forms of worship.
still lives despite defeat, was shown by
the petition in the house of deputies
this morning for a constitutional
amendment couched in almost it's ak
was the adoption of a resolution that
no form of worship allowed shall. be
in conflict with the canons of the
church. 1t was referred to a COM
mittee.
Revolutionary Declaration.
Rev. F. Winchester Donald of Mas
sachusetts. who presented the proposed
amendment created quite a sensation
by declaring in the course of his re-
marks that he did not consider ordina-
ton necessary for a celebrant of holy
communion.
The house of bishops devoted most of
the day to consideration of the quail
ifications of the various candidates
who are DESTROYS of filling the vacant
missionary bishoprics of the Philip
pines, Porto Rico and Vieques, Han
Kow, North Dakota and Olympia No
names were announced and the only
step taken was a decision to vote for
the candidates tomorrow. A mission
airy conference was held tonight at
Trinity Church, the session being de-
voted especially to the work in China
and Japan. Addresses were delivered
by the bishops of Shanghai, Toxic,
Kioto and Rev. Turnbull Huntington
Of Hankow.
Potter on Capital and Labor.
The Church Association for the Ad-
Nncement of the Interest of Labor
held a largely attended meeting at the
Alhambra Theater tonight. The prin-
clpal speaker was Bishop Potter of
New York, whose subject was the re-
latons of capital and labor and of the
citizen to the state
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board
OF Missions listened to addresses to-
DAY by Bishops Horner of Asheville,
hare OF South Dakota and General
secretary Lloyd of the Missionary
Board
The Brotherhood of st. Andrew of
the Pacific coast met in convention
tonight at the Cathedral chapel of the
GOOD Samaritan, Bishop Nichols CT
california officiating at the opening
services. During the evening brief ad-
dresses on the welfare of the order
were made.