Evening star., 1925-10-14
BISHOPS SBALL0T|NC
TO ELECT PR|MATE
Brent and GaiIor Principal
Candidates, With Six
Others in Field.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, October 14.-Elec-
ton of a primate, the first in the his
tory of the church. was the principal
business here today before the House
of Bishops of the Episcopal Church
in the United States. beginning the
eighth day of sessions of the forty
eighth triennial general conference of
the church.
With eight bishops nominated for
the office, which will be for an cleo
tive term of six years, balloting was
expected to be centered upon these
nominees. although voting is not con
fined to those nominated.
Nominees for Office.
The nominees are:
Right Rev. Charles Henry Brent.
Bishop of Western New York. former
missionary bishop to the Philippine
Islands, former chief of chaplains of
the American expeditionary forces,
chairman of the joint commission on
relations with the Federal Council of
Churches.
Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Bish-
op of Tennessee, president of the
national council of the Episcopal
Church and chancellor of the Cniver-
man.
Right Rev. John Gardner Murray,
Bishop of Maryland, president of the
ecclesiastical court which convicted
the former bishop. William Montgom-
cry Brown. of Heresy. Bishop Murray
is regarded as a conservative.
Right Rev. Edward L. Parson.
Bishop of California. chairman of the
commission on industrial and inter-
national peace.
Right Rev. Cabel Brown. Bishop Of
1 int no of nf
Bishops.
Right Rev. Alexander Mann. Bishop
of Pittsburgh. former president of the
House of Deputies.
Right Rev James de Wolf Perry.
Bishop of Rhode Island. former mem
ber of the chaplain's board of the
Army and Navy
Right Rev Hugh Latimer Burleson,
Missionary Bishop of South Dakota.
Deadlock Possible.
With majority vote of 81 required
for election, the possibility of a dead
lock in the House of Bishops, which
may delay the election of a primate. oc-
cupied the attention of all delegates to
the conference.
An alignment of voting strength was
indicated to be centered on two noml-
nees, Bishops Gailor and Brent, and
deadlock resulting from refusal of
members of the house to change their
vote might obviate the possibility of
either being elected.
Should such a deadlock occur, it was
believed that effort would be made to
reach a compromise on another NOM
inee, with Bishop Perry prominently
mentioned in this regard.
Veteran prelates freely predicted
that not less than 80 ballots would be
cast before the election was com
pleted.
Would Bar Remarriage.
A memorial presented to the Cen
eral Conference yesterday and intro
duced for consideration in the House
of Deputies, proposed elimination of
the fight of remarriage, granted by the
church to divorced persons. even to
the innocent party"
The memorial, which was presented
by Rev. Caleb r. StetSon. rector of
Trinity Church, this city, advanced
seven reasons why such action should
be made effective.
Devoting the first six reasons to
scriptural grounds, the seventh rea-
son is based upon the United States
census reports. which. DR.. Stetson' S
petition says, show this country to
/
TorceS.
The United States the memorial
declares, with 4S codes and 50 cause;
for sundering the bond of matrimony,
shows the most rapid increase~in di-
vorces Of any country.
approximately in the past so years,
the rate of divorce has quadrupled. In
1916, we had 112 ,036 divorces, while
Canada had 81, or about 1 to every
120 for this country"
The presiding bishop, Most Rev.
Ethelbert Talbot, today prepared to
answer in Federal Court to show cause
why former Bishop William Montgom-
cry Brown had been deposed from the
House of Bishops. This order was
made returnable today after Federal
Judge Louis HI. Burns last Saturday
refused to grant a writ Of restraint.
| which would have halted deposal of
the former prelate here on Monday,
following affirmation of his conviction
on charges of heresy and rebellious
| conduct.