The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1901, Page 1

STRI SAN FRANOCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1901. T - PRICE FIVE CENTS KING ARGUMENTS ARE ADVANCED IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING DIVORCED PERSONS TO REMARRY BANQUET AND SPEECHES IN HONOR OF MR. MORGAN William H. Crocker Acts as Host and Entertains Friends at Paecific Union Club. 7'/1[.‘V what is the great charity 2 The great charity for the coming cen- tury is that which shall make it possible for a man fo live, to support s wife and ecucate his children without reliance upon anything else but That time is coming and w3 shall make it. 75,000,000 of people in this country to-day. Ths bulk of them must live by ths land and on the land.—Excerpt his God and himself. turers. 1 General W. H. L. Barnes® Speech. Wa have They cannot all be manufac- | has | PIERPONT San F MORGAN entertained He was the a banquet anecisco, th the menu. e limit of pointments ‘were speeches that shortened from light witti- ms of religion, frult and flower some of the biggest First there was | J. Pierpont Mor- furnished the | dominated the | t. Then there Benjamin Ide Bishops | , Kentucky nguished law- | ates, and our | em had their me eloquent- through the | flow of rea- | her. And it | i will mark a n affairs 8 for BEAUTY OF DECORATIONS. « the g help re-! decorations. er the fi 1 was the ar- f the tzble. ned together and all the | for the line rines and | ithemums fruit that f the delier was walls were wers of every | was a bower. | m en set for 7, but | . the guests 1 ke their| a hearty and a | P the host of the even- e his friends be seated. Then r course and the merry k of glasses and the conversational t make sauce and condiment to rs. And then the speeches e parting akes. | SOME OF THE SPEAKERS. P Morgan did not say ked one ds much. and everybody ed Bishop Potter to play for him. The Bishop re-| with sentiment, eulogy and ege presidents_had thelr P game of speech. Pre nt X the wonderful possi- evelopment along Pacific | ¥ ent Jordan on California it nd greatness. The setts, Kentucky and d rted from the | € entertained all speeches. Gen- nt and grave, spoke of | neiers and how their | e charity which t. Irving M. “iron girders < and make brothers they went on, mow compliment to State | ation to the gues!. his wonderful achieve- | tell you half of what I feel | say except that { opinion about financiers, | financter. J.PIERPONT MoreAM ments in the realm of finance \and his work in the fields of charity. Willlam H. Crocker in a few appropri- ate words epitomized the reason, of the banquet and called upon J. Pierpont Mor- | gan for a few remarks. A short response followed by the great financier. mediately switched the burden of speech upon Bishop Potter of New York. Mr. Morggn sald: Gentlemen: I wish it was in my power to I sald to Mr. ening, when he spoke 1 dine with the gen- ure provided there 1s no Crocker, my host this e about the dinner, ! tlemen with great p epeechmaking.” E a speech in my life. I I feel that I must tel how much I appreciate all that he 5 The General Convention which he has alluded i& mot composed solely of laymen. | (Laughter.) We have got some clergymen and what s more we have got some Bishops, and at the last moment when I thought ail hope was removed I saw the Bishop of New, York enter the door. He will attend to the speechmaking for me, and consequently can imagine all that I would say, but you cannot imagine all that I feel, and I call upon you | the Bishop of New York to say what probably I would say if 1 had the ability. Bishop Potter accepted the responsibil- ity thus placed upon him. He sald: Mr. Host and Gentlemen: So far as I know I see no reason why I should preach for Mr. Morgan. Nothing could be more unnecessary, gentlemen, than that either he or I should make any extenslve remarks In re- sponse to the toast which has been offered by my host, Mr. Crocker. I am sure I may ven- ture to say for him, as I may venture to say re I am sure, for my episcopal brethren who are here to- night, how we have been touched by the wel- come which San Francisco has given us. I do not think that in the history of the General Conventions of the Eplscopal church there has ever been anything like it. Never.has there been such a missionary meeting as was held the other evening at the great Mechanics' Pa- vilfon There e two types of financiers, gentlemen. n in such matters 1 may have an Th is ere Is the destruc- the constructive whom we have here with us to-day, and I count myself privileged to speak In his behalf of one who has touched nothing that he has not re-created, enlarged, made strong and beneficent, and whose relations in the future history of finance In the whole world, and 1 venture to say the supreme characteristic, are these things which belong to the foundations of a ‘Breat estate and a great civilization. And I am sure that you will join with me in appre. tive financler and there Continued on Page Three who im- | I never was known to make | do mot know what to | | | ELOQUENCE OF ORATORS APPLAUDED —— The Chairman Admon- ishes Visitors to Keep Decorum. O more brilliant debate has ever taken place in the State of California than the one that was heard yesterday in Trin- ity Church, when the mem- bers of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church General Conven- tion discussed the momentous subject of marriage and divorce. Despite the warm weather the galleries of the church were filled with ladies and = W Trinity Church. 1609 Sutter strect. - E3 GENERAL W.H.L BARNE/ E3 - GENERAL W. H. L. BARNES SPEAKING AT THE BANQUET TO J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Lo + Church, New York City, made a master- ly plea to amend the canon and argued that it should not apply to the innocent party of a divorce granted for infidelity, The Rev. Dr. McKimm of Washington joined forces with the distinguished clevic from New York and delivered a brilliant speech, Total prohibition of remarriage of ai- vorced persons found an able advocate in WILLIAM H.CrOCKER || } REV. W. R. HUNTINGTON OPPOSES IRON-CLAD CANON House of Deputies Devotes Entire Day to the Diseussion of the Divoree Law. 0 minister shall solemnizs a marriage between any two persons unless —— nor until, by inquiry, he shall have satisfied himself that neither per- son is the husband or wife of any other person then living, or has been the | husband or the wife of any other person then living ; unless the former | marriage was annulled by a decree of soms civil court of competent juris- diction for cause existing before such former marriage.— Section of Canon on Divorce that 1s the subjzct of debale in the convention. MISSIONARY DISTRICTS ARE FILLED Prelates Are Nominated | to Serve at Home and Abroad. EFORE beginning yesterday's session the House of Bishops | attended holy communion in a body in the chapel adjoining their meeting room. This sol- emn service was to prepare august officers of the Episcopal church to nominate flve worthy men to be mission- ary Bishops. At the close of the service the prelates filed into their hall and im- mediately and without argument proceed- ! i | | MEMBERS OF CONVENTION TO ENJOY AN OUTING ON BAY THIS AFTERNOON ITH to-day’s sessions the second week of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church will end. This morning will be devoted by the wvisitors to business, and in the afternoon an outing on the bay will be enjoyed, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company having ar- ranged to take the distinguished guests of the city for a trip on a steamer. Special excursion parties will leave to-day for Monterey, the Big Trees at Felton and other famous points easy of access, the return to be made on Monday morning, when the convention will resume its sittings. The House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will meet this morning in The Woman's Auwxiliary is to hold informal sessions this morning at the headquarters, The Brotherhood of St. Andrew meets this morning at 9 o’clock in the Young Men's Chris- tian Association Auditorium. This afternoon the brotherhood holds an open air session on the Berkeley hills. An evening session wwill be heldat Shattuck Hall, Berkeley. ks every scat on the floor of the edifice was taken by theé clerical and lay deputies of the convention. The ironclad prohibition of the remar- riage of divorced persons as passed by the House of Bishops found many strong op- ponents and supporters in the %lower house. The Rev. Dr. Huntington of Grace he was aided by Judge Bradford of the United States Court of Delaware. The speakers in the debate were equally divided in point of number and it is pre- dicted that the final vote on the canon will be a very close one. —— the Rev. Dr. Greer.of New York City, and [ ed to vote upon the men whose qualities | bl and fitness for the offices named had been | discussed at length on the preceding day. As a result of the vote taken the follow- ing nominations were sent to the House of Deputles to be elected: Rev. James Addison Ingalls, a presbyter Continued on Page Two. Continued on Page Two. -+ HE all important question of marriage and divorce served to crowd Trinity Church yester- day morning and afternoon, . when the House of Deputies of the Episcopal General Conven- tion entered on the second day's debate on the subject. of the church was taken and the galleries were filled with hundreds of women—rela- tives of the deputles and visitors. Men of brilliant attainments took part in the debate, arguing for and against the proposition that the Episcopal church should forbid its clergy to remarry di- vorced persons. At the close of the afternoon session the subject had not been voted upon, and it will come up for further discussion next Monday morning. The House of Deputies was calied to order promptly at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. After the reading of the minutes for the previous day Chairman Lindsay called for resolutions and reports from various com- mittees. Deputy Lewis of Pennsylvania offered a resolution that certificates of election be presented on a uniform system. The resolution was referred to the committee on canons. Deputy Mallory of Milwaukee presented a resolution that all amendments to the constitution take effect on January 1. This resolution was sent to the committee on constitution. The Rev. Dr. Foute of San Francisco presented an invitation to the deputies to visit the Maria Xip Orphanage next Tues- day afternoon, which was accepted by the house. The Rev. Dr. Reese of Georgia drew at- tention to the confusion caused the pre- vious evening when visitors were allowed to sit with the ddputies at the meeting of the Board of Missions. He severely criti- cized the methods of the board, and pre- sented a resolution, which was sernt to a committee, but which was subsequently’ withdrawn by the proposer. Resolutions on the representation of dio- ceses at the convention and on the spir- itual oversight by Bishops of differing congregations were presented and re- ferred to committees. Deputy Lewis of Pennsylvania then moved that the house go into committee of the whole to consider the canon on marriage and divorce: The house approved the motion, and Deputy Joseph Packard of Maryland took Every seat on the floor | e e e TR W e the chair in place of the Rev. Dr. Lind- gay, who presides over the House of Dep~ uties. DIVORCE DEBATE BEGINS. Deputy Lewis of Pennsylvania, the lead- er of the debate, then read the section of the canon requiring the officiating cler- gyman at a marriage to record the age of the contracting parties. The Rev. Mr. Martin of Texas convulsed the committee and the well filled galleries by making an earnest plea against the section, on the ground that it was not | fair to ask a woman her age and that to | do so provoked falsehood. The speaker offered an amendment, which was defeat- ed amid much laughter. The Rev. Dr. Moore of West Virginia offered an amendment to the section re- quiring that the signatures of the con- tracting parties to a marriage be placed on the church record. After many depu- ties had spoken on the subject the amend- ment was put to a vote and defeated by 217 noes to 106 ayes. Paragraph 3 of section 3 of the canon was then carried by a vote of 270 aves to 41 noes: The paragraph Is as follows “No minister shall solemnize a marriage except in the presence of at least two witnesses, nor, in case the parties are un- | known to the minister, without the pres- | ence of witnesses to whom the parties ars personally known, unless in the judgment | of the minister it shall be impracticable | to obtais such witnes: Deputy Lewis of Pennsylvania read seec- | tion 4 of the canon, which particularly prohibits the remarrfage of divorced per- sons, and asked for its acceptance. The much talked of section is as fol- lows: 'No minister shall solemnize a mar- riage between any two persons unless, nor until, by inquiry he shall have satisfied himself that necither person is the hus- band or the wife of any other person then alive or has been the husband or the wife of any other person then living, unless | the former marriage was annulled by the | decree of some civil court of competent Jurisdiction for cause existing before tae former marriage. L] In explaining the section Deputy Lewis said: “Mr, Chairman, the provision speaks for itself. At a proper stage of the debate I may have something to say upen it, but I only desire to make one statement in response to numerous questions which have been asked me as to the purport of this amendment, and I simply wish to say that it is not a proposition to stop or forbid the marriages of anybody. “That is a matter over which we have ne control whatsoever. It is a matter for the state and any action that may be taken in that regard would be entirely ultra vires and vold. It is a proposition only to forbid 'the ministers of this church from solemnizing a certain class of mar- riages. That's all there is to it and let & not be misunderstood.” DR. HUNTINGTON AMENDS. The Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York then addressed the convention. In part he said: “Mr. Chairman, I desire to offer the following amendment: To strike out all in the clause after the words ‘persons then living’ and substitute as follows: ‘But this shall not apply to any one pro- | ducing a certified copy of a deeree of Ai- vorce on the ground of adultery in which he or she Is found to be the innocent par- ty by a court of competent jurisdiction, or to a case where the former marriage | has been annulled by such court for cause existing before said former marriage.” ‘Cond.nued on Page Two.