Show MORGAN AS S A A MORALIST Will Oppose the Proposed vorce Canon Canen of His Ris Church V New York Journal San Francisco This city is to be b honored hon red by the temporary residence of J Pierpont Morgan His Hie agents have hae concluded a lease it is stated of the Charles Crocker mansion Ron on the corner of California and Taylor streets s t The EPi Episcopal e pal general convention the triennial council of that church in the United States begins here on Oct 2 next Mr Morgan w pd end d the lay la r delegates to the con eon n from New NewYork Ne NewYork York His or of he Crocker mansion will wUl give him opportunity to entertain the bishops clergymen and distinguished laymen who will take part in the council Mrs Morgan will m accompany her hus husband husband husband band here so that a hostess will not be lacking in the Crocker house bouse and that Miss Morgan who is now hunting in Colorado will 1 join her father and mother The Crocker mansion stands on Nob NobHill Hill Hm and is one of the handsomest houses erected there by the California 1 money kings a fit lit residence even for forthe forthe forthe the greatest of the millionaires It contains a lIne fine art gallery which in increases increases creases its spaciousness as a of ofen ofen en entertainment J Pierpont Morgan is very prominent in the affairs of this Protestant Epis Episcopal Episcopal Episcopal copal diocese and has given mot most gen generously generously to religious purposes With Bishop Potter Mr Morgan is deeply Interested in interested Interested in the erection of the tho ne net I cathedral Mr Morgan has been a lay delegate to several general conventions of ot the church The convention will be b a most Im Important portent one Tile The joint commission on the revision of the canons of the Pro Protestant Protestant Protestant Episcopal church whose exist existence existence existence ence was continued c from the last gen general general general eral convention in hl Washington Va in 1898 will report to the October convention the proposed canons touching the mar marriage marriage marriage of divorced persons Lad and marriages One of the proposed canons eRom govern governing lag ing remarriage of or the divorced reads thus No minister shall solemnize a mar marriage marriage marriage between any two persons unless or until by inquiry he skit have sat himself that neither n person had been nor is the husband h nd or the wife of any other person then living unless the marriage was wu annulled by a decree of o some civil court of competent juris diction for cause eau e existing before such former marriage The strongest opposition to the pro proposed proposed proposed posed new canons on divorce is expect expected ed from the richest New York members of the church in the October conven tion And It is J anticipated that this opposition will be led Jed by b J Pierpont Morgan Canon H B St Gorge George G of ot AH AU Saints cathedral Milwaukee who has made a close study of the attitude of the church to divorce skid ld lately From what I have bave learned learnd there is but one sentiment among the clergy and that favors the proposed ed changes in the canons on divorce But If the changes cba are re made they will prove awk awkward awkward awkward ward to many wealthy and nd prominent lay members of the church The the Belmonte and other families of New York prominent in the Episcopal copal church have bave been Im Implicated implicated pU in divorce proceedings Both Mrs Perry Belmont and Mrs Oliver H P Belmont are divorced women Perry Belmont has been quite an ac tive five factor In church affairs Those who would woud be directly af by new canons CD M in divorce can bring powerful influence to bear The head of ot the New York lay dele delegation gation J Pierpont Morgan can be counted on to oppose them and his In fluence is Ie considerable COD Besides this the power of ot the and BolE Bet moats In la the church h is fa not confined confine to the New York diocese It will be no in delegations dele from front various parts of the country when the general convention meets meet |