The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-16
DIVORCE CANON
WAS REJECTED | ] {. ;. '.'|..
Matter Set At Rest For
Another 7 hIee Years.
A BIG FIGHT ENDED.
Vote Close on Section Forbidding
Remarriage ofDivorced Persons.
UNI lF,0RMIsTY is DESIRED.
Tie Committee Named to Confer With the
Representatives OF Other Official
Bodies on the Subiect-Amend-
ment Permitting modified
Forms of Worship
Adopted.
u NlF90 90RMITY is DESIRED.
(By Associated Press.)

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. .15.-The trou-
blssome question Of marriage and d.
vorce was set at rest for another three
years to-day by the action OF the House
Of Deputies of the Triennial Episcopal
Convention in rejecting the canons on
the subject which We're passed by the
House of Bishops. The greatest tight
of the convention has been over section
4, canon &C, virtually forbidding the mar
riage of a divorced person by priest
! of the church. This had passed the
| House of Bishops and been adopted by
| a. yea and nay vote in Committee of the
Whole by the House Of Deputies.
When the committee reported its work
to the House a decisive vote was taken,
not only on the troublesome fourth sec
ton, but on the entire canon, which was
rejected as a whole.
Canon 81, Which provides for the dis
clplmng of persons marrying again after
being divorced, met with a similar fate.
Secuon of the proposed canon Sc
was defeated by q small majority. The
vote was as follows:
Clerical-Aye, 30 no, 10; divided, 10.
Iay-Aye, Is; no, p; divided, 9.
WHOLE CANON DEFEATED.
A motion was then made to reconsider
the vote by which the first three sec
tons of the proposed canon had been
adopted Thisi led to a parliamentary
tangle, causing considerable discussion.
Finally vote was taken on concurring
with the report of the Committee Of the
Whole, adopting the first three sections
OF the canon, resulting as follows:
Ayes-Clerical, 0: lay, c. Nay@Clercal,
IS; lay, a. Divded-Clerical, 1; lay. L
The result was the defeat Of the whole.
The substitute for canon 81, presented by
the House Of Bishops, referring to the
marriage of persons after being divorced
was taken up and defeated by a viva
woes vote.
A resolution was offered for the appoint
ment OF a committee. consisting of three
bishops, three presbyters and three lay.
men, to confer with official representa-
tives Of oth,r religious bodies with a view
to establishing uniformity Of practice on
the subject of maIrimony and divorce
The resolution was unanimously adopted
+ MODIFIED FORMS OF WORSHIP.
The Deputies passed an amendment to
article 10 Of the constitution, permitting
modified forms of worship, which, in spir-
it, is similar to the famous Huntington
amendment recently defeated. The
amendment, though credited to DR. Mc-
u w s1s2IlAii lo1l, was III
sented to the convention of three years
ago by DR.. Huntington. The amendment
was adopted by the following vote:
Clerical-Ayes, 3S; nays, Is; divided, s..
.Lay-Ayes, 81; nays, 10; divided s.
The bishops have yet to act before the
amendment can become part OF the con-
stitution
Both houses to-day appointed members
of z. standing committee on labor which
is to investigate the subject with g view
to the peaceful settlement of disagree
ments between employers and working
men and report to each general convention
The 1nen1bers are the Bishops of New
York and Massachusetts and the Coadiu-
tor Bishop Of Chicago; Rev. j. S. b.
Hodges, of Maryland; Rev. C. D. Will
liams. Of Ohio; Rev. j. Lewis Parks Of
New York; Samuel Mather, of Ohio; Ja-
cob Riis, of New York,
Rev Cameron Mann, of Kansas City,
was nominated by the. House or Bishops
to abe missionary bishop of North Dakota,
in place of Rev. DR.. Pierce, who failed
z of confirmation.
A general missionary meeting, with spe-
cial reference to work among the colored
people, was held at Trinity Church to-
day. Addresses were made by phomi
nent bishops and priests interested in the
work in the South, in Hayti and in West
Africa