Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-16
DISPOSED Of FOR
THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
EPISCOPAL HOUSE OF DEPUTIES
REJECTED THE PROPOSED
CANYONS
ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
CANON ~ MET SAME FATE As
CANON 80.
The Members Of the standing Conn
mittee on the Relations between
Capital and Labor Appointed-A
Missionary bishop Appotnted--Oth-
err Business Transacted at the Ses-
nion


divorce was set at rest for another three
years to-day. by the action of the
House of Deputies OF the triennial Epis
copal convention in rejecting both OF
| the proposed canons on the subject
which were passed by the House of
| Bishops. The greatest fight of the
convention has been over section four.
of canon &c. virtually forbidddng the re-
marriage OF a divorced person by a
| priest of the church. This had passed
the House of Bishops and been adopted
by a yea and nay vote in committee o.
the whole by the House OF Deputies.
| When the committee rose and report
ed It's work to the house, decisive vote
was taken. not only on the troublesome
fourth section. but on the entire canon,
which was rejected as whole.
Canon 81, which provides for the dis
ciplining of persons marrying again
after being divorced met with similar
fate.
The House OF Deputies passed an
amendment to article 10, of the con-
! stitution, permitting modified forms OF
worship, which. in spirit, is similar 10
the famous Huntington amendment, re-
Gently defeated. The amendment,
though credited to Dr. McKim, of
Washington, was In reality presented
to the convention OF three years ago
by DR.. Huntington.
The bishops have yet TO act before
constitution.
Both houses to-day appointed men,
bers of standing committee on capital
and labor, which is to investigate the
| subject with view to the peaceful
settlement of disagreements between
employers and worklngmen and report
to each general convention.
| Rev. Cameron Mann, OF Kansas City,
was nominated to be missionary bishop
of North Dakota. in the place OF Rev.
DR.. Pierce, who failed OF election in the
| House of Deputies.
A general missionary meeting with
| special reference to work among the
colored people was held at Trinity
| church to-day. Addresses were made
by several prominent bishops and
priests interested in work In the South,
in Hayti and in West Africa
| The House OF Bishops agreed with the
House OF Deputies in accepting the re-
port on marginal readings. The re-
| lection of the nominee for missionary
bishop of North Dakota having been
reported from the House Of Deputies,
other nominations for the place were
received.
The bishops OF Maryland and Del
! aware were appointed a committee to
| confer with a committee from the
| House of Deputies regarding the propo-
| sition not ito make public the names OF
! persons who may be nominated and not
| elected bishops.
The report of the joint committee on
| the orders of the church in Sweden were
read and referred to the committee on
ecclesiastical convntions. 1t was re-
| solved to give all aid possible to mis-
sionary work among Scandinavian i'm
| migrants.
The Joint committee OF the validity
of the order from the Reformed Epis-
copal church reported progress and was
continued.
The following were elected trustees
OF the general relief fund:
Bishop Whitaker. Pennsylvania;
Bishop Brewster. Connecticut; Rev.
Morgan Dix. New York; r. T. Alsop.
Long Island; VIM. A. Smith, New
York; E. c. Chaneey. New York and
George c. Thomas, Pennsylvania.
1t was recommended that the new
version of the prayer book in German
be approved and permission given for
its use.
| Bishop Potter, of New York, was Sc
| lected to prepare the PASTORAL letter
for 1904, his assistants to be the
bishops of Southern Virginia and AL
| bany.
The House of Bishops nominated
Rev. Cameron Mann, of Kansas City.
to be missionary bishop for the nilsson
airy district OF North Dakota and sent
his nam to the House OF Deputies for
election.
The election of the missionary bish-
ops for Hankow, the Philippines, Porto
Rico and Olympia. was cncurred in.
The resolutions Of the House of
Deputies, proposing the appointment OF
q standing commission on capital and
labor were adopted. with few verbal
changes, and the bishops Of New York
and Massachusetts,, and the bishop CO.
adjutor, Of Chicago, were reappointed
members Of the commission.