The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11
OBJECTS TO AMENDMENT.

OBJ ECTS TO MEN DMENI.
Rev. Mr.. Tayler of Los Angeles said the
proposed amendment tied the hands of
the house. There were eighty votes in
the House Of Bishops, but the convention
being held at points remote to MANY OF
their dioceSeS they were Unable for that
reason and on account OF age ami infrm-
iIy to attend. Not more than seventy at
tended the conventions and of this num-
ber several were absent at one tlpie and
another, so that about SiXty-fiVe usually
transacted the business Of the House of
Bishops. To carry any measure 1T was alb
sOlutely necessary to have forty-onC votes
out of the siXtV-flve voting. While the
House Of Deputies might pass a measure
unanimously, before it could become ef-
fective it was necessary not only to pass
this house. but tc overcome the majority
in the House of Bishops. In his opinion
this invaldateG the proposed amendment:
vote was 81 taken on rria9 he n proposes oofd
of 10 clerics and A laymen to u clerics
and 9 laymen in the negative; divided T.
DR.. .Grammer then introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was placed on
the calendar with a similar resolution Of
fered by Or. Mann:
Resolved, the House Of Bishops concurring
That the marginal readings for the English YER
sion no OF tdn the rel to TINS nder @
direction of said commission and are hereby
permitted for use by the ministers of this
church in the public service Of the church.
A message was received from the House
of Bishops asking fer committee OF con-
ference on the proposed amendment to the
resolution on marginal readings, and no
Of the committee the Bishops Of Tennes-
see, Vermont and Washington.
RESULT OF THE VOTE.
Or motion the chair was authorized to
appoint or the committee on the part of
the deputies two clergymen and one lay
man.
vote was then taken on the amend
ment. 1t was adopted by the following
vote
! Clerical .-.................. 90 II
Lay deputies. s............... A
| The amendment Is as follows:
No alteration or amendment Of this consti-
first proposed at one triennial meeting of the
| General Convention, and by resolve thereof
| be sent to the secretary of the convention OF
! every diocese, to be made known to the do
| cesan convention at its next meeting and be
suoceeding trienniai meeting by a majority OF
| the whole number of Bishops entitled to vote
in the House of Bishops and by a majority OF
the clerical and lay deputies Of all the dioceses
| entitled to representation in the House of Depu-
| ties voting by orders
Rev. Dr. Greer of New York then called
! for the order OF the day. This was the
| discussion on marriage and divorce, and
| was declared in order. The first speaker
was Rev. Dr. Pittinger. In part he said
1t is with no little hesitation that an humble
| priest ventures to offer q substitute or amend.
ment, but I submit that for learned gentle.
man. sitting in an editorial chair. to theorizt
! about the subject Of marriage and divorce i:
one thing. while to man who is on the line OF
| Battle and knows and feels what this subject IL
in the life Of the American people it Is another
| thing.
So venture to offer the following as ar
| amendment to the report of the committee o.
this house on the subject of marriage and d
vorce and if it is thought proper to offer it a!
! substitute for the first section sent to thi!
house from the House Of Bishops:
Strike out paragraph !, section 1, canon 13
| title 2, and amend paragraph to reat
as follows: Section 3. The solemnization O.
| matrimony in this church is a holy ordinanc,
in which the parties entering into wedlock ex
press their mutual consent thereto to min