Show Innocent Parties Can Says Episcopal Church I By United Icu to TI Tbs J Tesa II ST. ST LOUIS Oct 14 Both Both clerical and I lay members of the house of deputies of ot the Protestant Episcopal church of oC Amri America a tonight credited use the defeat of ofa ofa a a. proposal to ena t a canon that would have prohibited the marriage of ot any person who had been divorced to the Rev Hey John Howard Mellish of ot Brooklyn n A great majority of those voting t In the lower house favored the proposal when the debate began The Tho arguments of Rev nev Mellish however swung many votes to to- the negative In opening his lila r remarks marks he said he lie was a n d Socialist Turning to th tho New York delegation which was ardent in its support of or the amel amendment dment he salI said sal I should vote with you gentlemen from New York if this were merely a question of or legislating Ie for tor the rich But nut I 1 wish to speak from the position of ot the poor man and the poor woman The speaker said there were many Instances of ot women with children abandoned by their husbands who would be driven to extremities for a livelihood unless the could It would be well he add added d liar nar for Us tU to draw our robes robe about us and shift the responsIbility j clergymen of other denominations Bu such action would conflict with will th lh fundamental tenets of Christianity Now I 1 will vote for this It legislation If It Is confined to the wealthy lt It I means the wealthy cannot r after aCter being divorced because they at ar art bored bore with their mates But if jf it Lt block blocki the poor from remarriage I am it IL There was a a. round of applause lowing the Brooklyn a sp and voting 1 total votes tes both clerical an and 10 lay w wet sixty-eight sixty for passage and fifty J against Tio ministers alone voted to o of It it 40 to 21 2 but the laymen voted vOled I 3 Inoes JJ noes to 28 ayes The defeat of ot the measure meant means that hat Innocent parties partie to a. a I granted on OD statutory grounds ground will be to remarry the prese canon anon remaining in effect |