The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-09
AMENDMENT NULLEIED Episcopal Convention Re- cOnSiI Its Action. DIvORCs IS DISCUSSED Trems lous Crowd at Mis-
 < lary Mass Meeting. .y -
 A Committee Recommends the Ap- pointment of e Bishop for Philip pine Islands Without Un- necessary Delay

copal Convention was the reconsideration and defeat of what is known as the Hunt ington amendment to the Constitution. which was adopted by the House of Dep uties yesterday, providing for the use of the modified forms of worship by congre- gations willing to accept the spiritual oversight of Bishop. An error was dis covered in recording the vote of the Ne braska delegation, which had been en- tered in favor of the amendment, whereas a poll of the members showed that they were opposed to the measure.
 Article v of the proposed constitutional amendment which had previously been passed over by both houses, was taken up by the House of Deputies and defeated after a brief debate. It provided for sev- eral changes in the manner of creating new dioceses.
 This disposed of all the constitutional amendments in both houses. excepting Article II, which provides for any subse- quent changes in the constitution.
 The House of Bishops took up the sub ject of marriage and divorce, but 1t is not expected that a vote will be reached for several days.
 A keutTdl utt6DAOhdTy AAaSS AhCOoAAB was held at the Mechanics pavilion to- night. The attendance was estimated at 10000. The music was provided for a vested choir of 4,oO0 men and boys. After a simple service of prayer, ad- dresses were made by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, England. Bishop Potter of New York,( Bishop Partridge of Kyoto and Burton Mansfield of New Haven, Conn. All of the speakers urged the im- nf fm QdVQnCtnR the cause of the church in foreign lands.
 The House of Deputies. San Francisco, Oct. 8.-The result of the protracted debate in the Episcopal House of Deputies which ended yesterday in the apparent adoption of the proposed amend ment to Article x of the new Constitution providing for a form of service not strict ly in accordance with the prayerbook, was nullified this morning by the correc- tion of a clerical error. The change of the vote of Nebraska. which had been incorrectly entered in the record. resulted in the defeat of the amendment
 A majority report of the committee was made that 1t was not prepared to make any recommendation on the memorials from Milwaukee and Colorado that the name of the church as 1t appears on the title page of the prayer book be changed.
 
 ton that the House concur in the action of the Bishops providing for marginal readings; also that they could not advise the authorization of the use of the re- vised version in reading the lessons. The committee also reported that it was the opinion of the committee that the table of lessons was not a part of the prayer book in the sense that the general pro- vision of the amendment of the prayer book applied to 1t.
 A minority report was presented, rec ognizing that a constitutional amendment would also be required. and asking that the matter be referred to a special com mlttee.
 J. P. Morgan presented a memorial from the church clubs of New York and other cities in regard to a bishopric in the Philippine Islands.
 The triennial report of the trustees of the general clerical relief fund recom- mends the junction of the several dio- cesan funds of similar character with the general fund Twenty dioceses have already moved in that direction. More than ever had been received and paid out to annuitants by about $14.000.
 The delegations from Pennsylvania and Washington called for a reconsideration of the vote on the adoption of the Hunt ington amendment to the constitution. Reconsideration was carried. a vote being again taken on the Huntington amend ment and 1t was lost as follows: Aye Clerical, 2s: lay, 1S No-Clerical, 33; lay, 12 Divided-Clerical, 13; lay, 8.
 The vote of thirty delegates of each order was required to adopt.
 Consideration of Article of the con stitution providing for the erection of new dioceses was taken up.
 The Rev. pr. Stuck of Dallas, opposed the adoption of the article because of a provision forbidding the creation of a new diocese with les than six self-sup- porting parishes, which would prevent the district of Western Texas from be- coming a diocese for some years The amendment was lost.
 The house took up the provision for the use of the marginal reading prepared by the joint committee of the convention which had been adopted by the House of Bishops and reported on favorably by the Committee on Canons of the Deputies. Before a vote was reached the house ad- forrned until tomorrow.