Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
Echo Of the Celebrated Crapsey
Heresy Case
ON MARRIAGE AND DIvoRCE
Committee on Courts Of Appeal Re-
ported In Favor of Establishing
Court &C Bishops.

resolution IS tivOCa- & - 4s 'CwS:
Whereas, the ev IS of ciilJ or is APP
parenty on the liner us ~ United
States. ana it is kuov = ia, u ruploy-
ment OF chill rem in 4--..r. = II and
shops reduces waS>s to ,sp4ard of
the child. disiIt- sTa'-- a. a l.Iy, de-
prives the child Of ua's /. .,s and de-
preciatcs tie human ...a, 3
Whereas, We cog II L. profound
respons billy OF tn c..r5- ca OF GU eth
ical as well as cur s,.5.iua ,,andards.
therefore We call uuao -nJ.oy is and
parents to use t. in. u ne o better
iesls!ation and bcttsT yu.oEC =. mt of the
laws, 70 TIM cf.d that T.. h,.i.,..at:on of
the labor of chiidr-n &IaI' &. cuins i'm
possible IL this CHI an c0Il.ry''
n message was = pr s-nttd to the
house Of puties toGs.y
Suffrage bishops.
The Bishop of IH.u.i,. Ga rman of
the house commit Oh suff "a bishops.
presented his report, wiicI " 70 discussed
at length. finally b--us ia q o.. t.. tabl.
Tor further discussion at a iaJr day of
the convention
The repO is forth the fact that the
canonicaI status of the Gu stion had hern
discussed at length during tn. interval
.pet"eeh the past two conventions. and
- NN4'ACiF- lICt OF lI-- Df no
Soihih4ltee was held in Nv York Ia ST
May Concerning the canon.c,l stains of
W question, the COMMITTEE r-ports that
WI'i@ thert is at present no provision for
nc plohlpltlon OF such bishops no pro-
VISION was made for tn m and in tha
Judgment of the committee n is absn-
iu'eiy necessary that such provision he
made and there should be distinct -ecog-
h4llon OF them In the constitut on.
J. f1erpont Morgan of New York intro
a resolution j,,t I,al
mat a copy of the standard PRAYER hnoL
De presented to the Bfshop of Tnndon
tne Hpra.F of the commonwealth of viz
sahta ana 10 several northern institutions.
Inc resolution was adopted
After debate lasting for inward IF an
hour the house accepted the nrearnh1a -
Tie constitution as submitted nv its an
Inor' Rev 1'r. Huntington of New York
me resolution 10 adopt the preamble was
Overwhelmingly accepted
Spirited Arguments.
Inc arguments on the adoption Of the
preamble were spirited and pointed. sev-
eral times touching on tho adoption of
the word of Cod which was substi-
tuted in 1t, and frequently causing a ref
erence to the celebrated case in which
Aigernon Crapsey, rector of a church In
Rochester, n. Y, was removed as a
hereto. Deputy Mcconnell of Louisiana
spoke most earnestly against the action
OF the deposed clergyman, and said that
IT was he who ventured to make illusions
to the Holy Scriptures as not being the
word Of God
Mr.. Mcconnell exclaimed bitterly: I'm a
celebrated case recently conducted In
which clergyman of this church was re-
moved. 1t proved that passages in the
rev testament had been referred to as
mere romances." Others taking part in
the debate yesterday afternoon were
Deputies Murrell of Milwaukee, Saunders
OF Massachusetts. Capers Of Lexington
and finally by DR.. Huntington. DR.. Hunt
ington expl ned before the vote was
taken that. in view OF the apparent op-
position 10 his resolution. he would ask
II the vote OF the house were close that
1t be laid on the table. The resolution
and preamble were adopted by a vote of
10Y to 10. Eight OF the dioceses were
divided.
Marriage and Divorce.
The report of the committee on mar
rage and divorce was read. being practl-
cally the same as that presented to the
house of bishops several days ago, in
which the activity of all Christian bodies
In restricting the remarrfage of divorced
persons Is highly Endorsed. 1t urges the
utmost vigilance and discipline in the
church in securing the most perfect safe
guards OF the sanctity of the marriage
vows.
II espe, tally sets forth that divorced
persons seeking remarriage are at all
times anxious to have their past records
made clear In seeking the sanction OF the
church.
The resolution to accept the report and
concur In the action OF the bishops was
laid on the table until the receipt OF a
message from the house of bishops.
For a Court of Bishops.
Chief Justice Andrews OF New York.
chairman of the committee on courts OF
appeal. introduced the report OF that COM
mittee. asking that the house of bishops
be made judiciary body for the consid-
GRAFTON of all cases which may come up
on appeal from the decision of diocesan
boards. The court of bishops. as proposed
would have the final decision in all cases
In which a bishop or clergyman Is re-
moved no matter what the cause may
be The report especially sets forth that
any person convicted and denied entrance
to the church should, on appeal, seek
Justice at the hands OF the house OF
bishops.
Following the report of the committee,
upon motion. It was agreed to- go into a
discussion of the report with a view to
rejecting adopting it, II. L. Thomas
OF Pennsy lVania fought the adoption bit
tsriy. giving as his reason the great ex-
peDse attached to the calling together of
Q meeting OF the bishops. In proceeding.
Mr.. Thomas said: II am not opposed to
placing all confidence in the house OF
bishops. but in acting in the capacity of
. court TO decide the guilt of fellow
bishop or a clergyman In the church they
would Ice influenced through questions of
sentiment. and guilty man would be
more than apt to suffer lightly at their
hands"
Representative E. w Saunders of ytr-
Hinia deprecated the idea of the bishops
being subject to such sentiment. saying
that the bishops of the Episcopal Church
were men capable of Judging any question
impartally. On the conclusion of his
argument Judge Saunders asked that the
question be laid on the table until Mon
day. there being no session Of either house
today when he would introduce q reso-
luton asking that the question be made
the order of the day. The resolution was
adapted
A Conspicuous Figure.
One of the conspicuous figures at the
general convention is Right Rev. Johr
n Mccormick. bishop coadjutor OF west
ern Michigan. He is q graduate of the
Johns Hopkins University, and was a
ons time a shining light In the Methodist
he was the pastor OF Trinity Methods