New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14
OF INTEREST
TO WOMEN.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
Interchurch Conference Sends De'
sgates to WGshington.

The Interchurch Conference on Marriage a1iu
~orce devoted most of the time at Its h1lh
snce held yesterday morning at the Nhut'A -.
gsons House, TO consideration OF "HA -
z.,o,s :, .bould make to the Interstate Con-
sarence on Marriage and DIVORCE 10 A
washington on February L. The latter go.
ws, called st the suggestion Of Governor 49,
hacker OF Pennsylvania and VIII % conaposoD
delegates appointed pE INC sOfs4
States IN the Union $500
The Interchurch Conference met peniio - .
Doors and the result Of its Deliberations
amendment of uninstructeo cohi.ht' - :.
-neIIv advised" This COMMITTEES VIII present IH'
.nt,r. action OF the Interchureh Conference 10 Wv
ernor Peunypacker's conference, ano Win ehus40
10 arrive at some conclusion as 10 no" Aai ~ -,
t+v o4 legislation can be accomplished "ltnouS 40"
-s,1 the ..tre standard Of marriage ana olNoioe
-Bv the true standard of marriage and olvorce'
r,stne5 the secretary o. the conference the rev.
DR. William H Roberts. Of Philadelpnla, Is iiA0--
cha scrtptural standard. II the comnittee can ASee
rs 90 what that 1t We have to be indenmte DIV
tho COMMITTEES has been left at liberty to 90 WHAT
seems wise.
7-hs COMMITTEES is sn Episeopalian and Pres0y'e-
rtau body and includes the Right Rev. "lIlaIh ~
Doane Bishop OF Albany and chairman OF 'ne con-
ference: the Rev. ". H Roberts, OF Fliiisue4 -
rtxted clerk of the General Assembly OF the FFeS
hvtertan Church and secretary OF the conferences
sonn E Parsons, lawyer and Presbyterian; francs
Lynde Stetson. lawyer and Eplscopahan' nIu
william NJ Lanning, OF Trenton. PresoyteF
rom
r4aker conference the measure for the un-Hl@t1o-
- alvarez lava proposed by the American Dog
A association in 1900, but will suggest one aIlen i1
nent The original measure preV4aes Ge' -
divorces either party may marry AGAIN Inc LI.o4
church Conference asks that action Is TO De TAKEN
- a.. s,,b4ac4 NJ rernarriage the innocent party
thau not marry again within year. ana tnat
s..ust discrimination" shall be MADE eet%ssh tHe
Innocent and the guilty party The main ,U-@u
IN the act in question are that divorces loF Sll'
n
plainant in q given State shall not Dc sta1i 90
unless the cause is e ground for oivorce IA rof
state where il arose; that sucn olVoLCSIs has
Be granted In any case unless the ~. intention
resided two years in the State with the tsst no
% making il P erInadheint hnUt proper notice to
t6s 6erendant For q arising IN tuS &c he &c
The act provides that one year ; TeS-0e--'o
The Chairman was requested to prepare t HE
.1neaI to tbe public, and Ii is expected ina oI,,
soeun1ent viii be issued early date esI
don adopted welcoming sr me PURPOSES Of this
eo5serence and the question of campaign Of eoof
ssG R,g mas Rev paVd H Greer Bishop coadjutSI
Of NeW-York; Bishop Edward G. andrews, o. 1rs
g6e Bshop Of Albany presided at the conference
and the following de!egates IN teets3t Epsco-
pa1 church the Right Rev; ". n MeViGkarnn IL u
M 7 Fl Eccleston, of Baltimore. and Judge I'd
ward G. Bradford OF wilmington; c peI' Of PhiIa
SaInhia: the Rev. Dr.. J. ". McIlvaine, OF Ba!u-
more snd the Reg D pc d0 church the Rev Dr.
william V Kelley: Southern Methodist EpscoPa
ChIirch Bishop A ~. Wilson. of Baltimore; con.
sregationaI Church. Professor A r Merriam, o.
Snrndale Mass; Southern Presbyterian Shurch
the Rev DR.. r ". Jopng SWedenoorglan SnuF 5I
the Rev DR.. William I. Worcester, OF Fnllaosl
pEia: Alliance Of Reformed Churches holding t thf
and The Rev DR.. j. c. Scouller, OF Philadelpnla
Raptist Church. the Few. Dr. Henry o. weston o
Chester, Penn. - ,,. 1,.o,, =,
The Unitarian delege te the Rev Professor Franc
q Peabody, is now IN Berlin, and the DniVerseHs
Terresentafive the Rev. Dr. F. O. Hall, Of New
YORK has been i'll health for some time IN
Swedenborgians and Southern Presbyterians nav
come in since the last conference.
The conference adjourned at O'Clock 70 NEE
again at the call Of the chairman.