The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
THIS QUESTION SETTLED FOR A WHILE
IN EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
THE NEW CANYONS DEFEATED
In the House OF Deputies of the General
After Being Passed by
the House of Bishops and Adopted in
Committee of the Whole of the Lower
House, the Latter REJECTS the Entire
Report of the Committee-Other Mat
ters Before the Convention
ters Before the Convention

San Francisco, October 1.-THE
divorce was set at rest for another
three years today by the action of the
house of deputies of the triennial Epis-
copal convention in rejecting both of
the canons on the subject which were
passed by the house of bishops.
The greatest fight of the convention
has been over Section of Canon Sc.
virtually forbidding the remarriage 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 COM
mittee reported it's work to the house 4
decisive vote was taken, not only on
the troublesome fourth section, but on
the entire canon which was rejected as
a whole.
Canon 81 which provides for the dis
ciplining of persons marrying again af-
ter being divorced, met with a similar
fate.
Section of the proposed canon Sc
was defeated by a small majority. The
J,
no. 10; divided, 10. Lay-aye 10, no.
"a; divided, 9.
A motion was then made to reconSid-
er the vote by which the first three Sec
tions of the proposed canon had been
adopted. This led to a parliamentary
tangle. causing considerable discus
sion.
Finally a vote was taken on concurr-
ing with the report of the committee Of
the whole. adopting the first three sec
tions of the canon. resulting as follows:
Ayes, clerical nothing, lay nothing;
nays. clerical 5S lay, Al; divided-cleri-
cal. 1; lay 1.
The result was the defeat of the
whole canon. The substitute for
canon 81 presented by the house of
bishops, referring to the remarriage OF
persons marrying again after being di-
<yorced. was taken up and defeated by
a viva voce vote.
DR.. Green. of New York, presented
a resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee consisting of three
bishops, three presbyters and three lay
men, to confer with official representa-
tiVes of other religious bodies with a
view to establishing uniformity of
practice in the subject of matrimony
and divorce. The resolution was unan-
mOusly adopted.
The deputies passed an amendment to
article 10. of the constitution permit
ing modified forms of worship which,
in spirit. is similar to the famous Hunt
ington amendment recently defea ted
The amendment though credited to DIR.
McKim. of Washington was in reality
presented to the convention of three
years ago by Mr.. Huntington. The
bishops have yet to act before the
amendment can become part of the con-
stitution.
Both houses today appointed mem.
bers of a standing committee on labor
which is to investigate the subjec,
with view to the peaceful settlement
of disagreements between employers
and working men and report to the
next general convention. The member.
are the bishops of New York, and Mas
sachusetts and the coadjutor bishop o
Chicago, Rev. ]. S. 3. Hodges, of Mary.
land: Rev. c. d. Williams, of Ohio
Rev. j. Lewis Parks, of New York
Samuel Mather, of Ohio; Jacob Riis
of New York.
Rev Cameron Mann, of Kansas City
was nominated by the house Of bishops
to be missionary Bishops of Nortl
| Dakota. in the place of the Rev. DR.
| Pierce who failed of election in tn,
| house of deputies.
A general missionary meeting witt
| special reference to work among tn
| colored people was held at Trinit,
church today. Addresses were mad
| by several prominent bishops anc
! in Hayti and in west Africa.