The San Francisco call., 1901-10-15

are the innocent parties. and you propose to
give them this canon and say to them that
be remarked in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. That is nonsense. Who are the A
per cent? venture to suggest that as rule
they are not composed of the people that THIS
church wants to aid in the least; in other
words. 1 heard it once said, applications
for divorce for that cause are very apt 10 De
applications for divorce in order to get some
body else
Then there are q great many cases which
tributory negligence If man walks on the
railroad track and gets run over by railroad
train 1t is very unfortunate thing, but ne
can't get verdict for damages because he
has been guilty of contributory negligence.
There is something like coptributory negligence
In cases of divorce in this country, as wnere
woman allows her husband to do pretty much
as he pleases, man allows his wife to do
pretty much as she pleases and to be surround
ed with this man and that man, and she falls
into trouble. He is not an innocent party mere
1y because he has not been guilty of the act
negligence; 1t gets to be question OF his
going his way and she going her way, and a
friend Of mine met another friend in the street
short time ago and said to him: We'll,
suppose you and your good wife are still living
PLY. but not together G.aughter3 When
you eliminate all those people who do not re-
sort to divorce for the cause of adultery be-
cause they have other causes and when you
eliminate from the per cent that you have
in the general proportion of causes the num-
Der who do not care much but get divorce
from one party in order that they may mar
ry another, and when you add to those the
small residuum left of that per cent, and
it is not worth the while of the Protestant
Episcopal church to legislate for them.
The objection to using the record as evil
dence has been called an attack upon the
courts of the country make no such at
tack: it would be impossible for me any
member of the bar to make it. I am perfect
ly willing to admit that the courts do the best
they can The difficulty about this record bus
ircC 10 hQt ha Is nd fner RI
use the record of court for purpose for
which the record is never intended The OBJ
ject of the record in a divorce for the cause
conclusive on that point. But in this matter
established the guilt of A in order to prove the
innocence of B, and the two things are not
similar. and one does not necessarily. prove
the other. You are using record established
for one purpose in order to prove another fact
'The difficulty with this amendment is th2t in
the first place 1t seems to apply only to the
cial legislation. do not think that in any
other State you could get those things into
the decree Of court. Secondly because IL
you trying to help out the innocent party
you are not helping him by that amendment
does not do what it is intended to do You
might lust we'll pass a resolution of SYM
pathy with all the innocent parties through
out the country except in the State of New
York. If you pass that amendment, YOU won't
be able to marry anybody at all. Therefore.
except for the reason that I don't want to
legislate for the State of New York alone and
that don't want to put the church in false
position before the country with reference to
An amendment which can't be carried out
for one would be perfectly willing to vote for
it. because 1t is absolutely innocuous except In
one State
Previous to the debate on the divorce
canon Chairman Lindsay announced the
following appointments Of deputies to
serve on the Joint committee to nominate
a board of managers for the Board of
Missions:
The Rev. Drs. Eccleston of Indiana, Lines of