Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-10-13
WILL NOT ACT.
EpiscopaIs Undecided as
Regarding Divorce.
Division of Opinion on the Point
Of People Remsr:'yins'
Archbishop Of Canterbury Will san
for Home, Friday.

pos,on. oct. IA marNej divlSl"'
NJ sentiment regarding the pr"poSh
10 prevent the remarring" oi th- III
,,oc..,t n.rson In A livor.'- case Wfil-
the former partner lives d-Nel"pei ~
,,,1,v,s seseIof of th.. HOUSE of Dcpu-
ties OF The Episcopal general cohE"h-
ticn Several prOmiI.-Ht htlts''''
expressei the opinion, tonight. uli' ~
view Of tn. great difference 81 oplhi"h
tb. present convention wouIh not "''
on the matter but would. hk- -
prede cessors. refer the problem lo n
next triennial conference.
Rev. Il. Talbot Rogers Of roma oa
Lac. Wis. Rev. r. A. Lairdbr" ~ 'hl-
cayo. Rev. Robert RItch!e Of Philidcl-
phia. and other !crdrrs Of the hi@1'T
cnurch, spoke strongly iii favor Of the
proposed legislation. Rev. Dr. clamp
ett of San Francisco, Rev. DR.. KIM
solving of Brooklyn. and several
Southern deputies oppc sed change
in the canon on divorce.
One of the Southern deputies. Jot
C. Buxton of Winston, y. g, in at
tributing much of the divorce evil to
the liquor traffic. referred to high
official OF the church VINO had Tent his
influence to the dedication Of saloons"
Asst was recognized that Mr.. Burton
WAS referring to Bishop Potter of New
York, ne was called to order. as it is
against the rules to criticize Il member
Of the House of Bishops.
Mr. Buxton is the deputy who at
tempted to read resolution on the
opening day Of the session criticizinS
Bishop Potter's action in participating
in the opening Of the Subway Tavern.
The House Of Bishops. today. pre-
scented the Archbishop Of Canterbury
with a loving cup. The English prim-
ate will leave this city for New York.
to.norroy, ana will sail for England,
Friday.
The resignation of Bishop Thomas \.
Jaeger of southern Ohio was received
and asserted to by the House of Bish-
cps and his Conductor Rt Rev. Boyd
Vincent. becomes bishop Of the do
c.se.
Boston. oct. 12-The Guild of All
Souls, one of the organizations of the
Episcopal church, has arranged for a
solemn High Mass of Requiem for the
repose of the souls of deceased MEM
bers of thc Inst tricnnial general con-
yrrtion OF tn. church which was held
at san Francisco in 1901. The service
will be held at the Church Of the Ad-
vent on oct % and the cclcbrant will
be Rev. f. A. Ldrrabee, rector of the
church of the Ascension. Chicago, one
Of the deputies from that diocese and
superior Of the Guild.
Sine. the last general convention the
Presiding bishop of the church, Rt
Rev Thomas March clark. bishop "i
Rhode Island. t. Rev. Thomas |. Dud'
lev. bishop Of Kentucky, and chairman
Of the House Of Bishops: Rev. john ;
Lindsay. u. D., Ii. D.. rector of st
PauIs Boston. and chairman OF TN
House of Deputies, and other prom
nent deputies. have died. Death ma
also claimed three other rectors
prominent Boston churches, one o
whom was a deputy to the San Fran
cisco convention.
1t was expected that the archbishop
Of Canterbury would make his fare
well visit to the general convention
TODAY. as he will leave the city, earl
tomorrow.
A proposition to establish courts o
review and appeal was on the orde
paper in the House Of Deputies, thi
afternoon At present there is n
method by which an appeal can be tax
en- from the decision of diocesan
board and strong sentiment exists il
favor Of a sort of ecclesiastical su
prcme court.
At the afternoon session OF tn
uoues of Deputies. sitting again as
committee Of the whole. the propose
canon on the subject of divorce wa
discussed by a dozen or more speakers
Col. c. II. Clement of Sunbury. Pa.
lawyer. characterized the re-marriag
of any divorced persons while the for
mcr partner lived, as tandem polyg
amy"
James Mcconnell of New Orleans or
posed the adoption of the new canon i
n dramatic speech. What right, h
asked, had any one to change tn
meaning of the words in st. Matthew
speech Where is the man to expoun
a way the written word of the Son c
God HIMSELF"
George Foster Peabody of Brooklyn
thought all amendments to the preser
canon should be voted down as TIL
church was evidently emphatically d
vided on the subject. The debate wa
put over until tomorrow.
The Church Unity Society held a SCI
vice. tonight. the speakers includin
Bishops Davis Sessums, Louisiana
Charles II. Brent of the Philippines
Leighton Coleman of Delaware, an
Bishop Coadjutor Evan of New Jerse,
IAGE-DlVORCE.