Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-15
THE BISHOPS SUSTAINED.
The Proposed Canon on Marriage Was
 Adopted Yesterday.

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 Adopted Yesterday. { San Francisco, Oct 1J.--The house sitting as committee of the whole, has adopted the proposed canon pro- hibiting re-marriage of divorced per sons for causes not arising previous to their former marriage. The canon was adopted as it came from the house of bishops. The vote stood 182 to 15S. The amendment of Dr Huntington os New York, making an exception i'll the case of the innocent party of divorce granted on the ground of adultery, was rejected by q vote of 15S to 113. The result of the vote i'll the committee uf the whole was reported to the house of deputies, which will vote on the matter.
 The result, however, may not be the same, for in that house the vote of thirty delegations is required to carry measure, the divided delegations counting among the nays. No time was set for final vote by the house, but it presumably will be taken to-day.
 Previous to this action in committee of the whole the house of deputies adopted the resolutions presented by pr McKim of Washington providing for standing joint commission of both houses to consider the relations of labor and capital. It is to consist of three bishops, three presbyters and three laymen and shall report it's pro- ceedings to each general convention.
 The afternoon session of the house of deputies was held behind closed doors and was.devoted entirely to considera- ton and voting on the five nominations for missionary bishops handed down from the house of bishops. The alcc- ton resulted in the choice of the fol- lowing: Rev James Addison Ingle,s district of Hankow; Rev Charles IT. Brent. district of the Philippines; Rev Frederick William Keator, district of Olympia; Rev William Cabell Brown, district of Porto Rico.
 The only nomination rejected was that of Rev Charles Campbell Pierce to be missionary bishop of North Da- kota.
 !. A letter was sent to the synod of Mexico, stating the terms which must be complied with before bishops for that country can be appointed.
 The house of bishops, so far as it's action goes, has settled the Hawaiian church problem through the conference of it's committee with Bishop Willis. The terms of settlement in brief lle the resignation of the bishop of Hono- lulu, to take effect the first of next April; the formation of the Hawaiian Islands as missionary district, to be placed for the present in charge of bishop designated by the presiding bishop
 The house of bishops took up the re- port of the joint committee on revising the canons It was decided to limit the time for the election of q bishop to three months. If the dioceses vot- ing shall not be heard from in that time the result is to be announced The next decision was that if a mfs- sionary bishop becomes permanently disabled his position may be declared vacant.
 It was agreed that before a bishop for q foreign country shall be chosen the bishops must have evidence that he has been duly elected and will foi- low form of worship in accordance with the established usage. Tn case of a disagreement between a bishop and parish, 1t was voted that in the future a council of cOnciliation may be called by the bishop.
 It was provided that when a bishop shall resign between sessions of the general convention the house of bish- ops shall meet as a house to consider the resignation.
 The bishops adopted canon provid- ing that no woman can be formally set apart as a deaconess until she shall have attained the age of twenty years and declaring that marriage renders her position vacant.
 All the remaining parts of the re- port of the committee on canons was re-committed by the bishops, to be reported at the next general conven- ton.
 The house of bishops agreed to the report of marginal readings already accepted by the house of deputies, and also to the Mckinley memorial reso- lutions.
 The bishops having declined to di- vide the dioceses of Springfield and Kansas, it was decided to appeal for an appropriation of more funds from the general funds for missionary work in these dioceses and also to ask for special concessions.