New-York Tribune, May 17, 1922, p. 9

Marriage Law Change Urged BvLLDiocese ^onCbasc'sRcsolutionjRe" qitirin^ Lapsc Between Li ceBaeandCeremonyAdopti ed al Episcopal Sessiou Vote for Women Issue Piihop Linea, Before the ?wark Diocese, Assails Foes of Prohibition Aet Cation William Shosfo ;-,a;e, in f5tr.'.r.c the sixtv-sixth annual conven r c: ;a" l Episcopal Dio-j i<K cf Long Island, at Garden City Ntsicfday. offcred resolution that tho iotvettr.ep ?Und spenaor for a i?* aakmi 5*ceasary the Iapae of three cT four day? between thc granting of a tnarnafe hcensc and thi' ceremony. fb? Ttsolution was carried unanimous-? \t. A bill carry ing these provisions* re eaiflf ?***sse^ ,n trin Assembly and rff?'tedin the Senate. RalH^Burgess presided. He paid ,nbvt< to the clergy and laity of Long ;..Vri. refernrg to thi r loyalty and (ieretic. Hc v- 'i thi .ii c- ;hc diocc -'i orl of Ep s< opal isiljwttons. oui the Fpi?copal fund hr.d been dcpleted to r.OO.OOC through cxpen8e involvo i ir :occr,?:ruo!;o". of thc dioccaaii mis i'on.? of Long Island. Communien service participated in br 400 coir.munica:!*-. ;nc!uding clergv ir.d !ay raemtiers of fhe convention vt!i a? nearby parishioners, opened tho nation. i Committces and Delegates N'amed i Ihe Rev. Robert Rogers. chairman st the Church of the Good Shepherd. Brookljn. -vas elected secretary. and j the Rev. John K. Gerstenberg, of St. IKehael's Church, Brooklyn, assistant aecretary. Special committces were appointed, delegates to thc annual con- I Ttntion were n&med and nominations r.ar!e to the standing committees. By a vote o." 126 to 83 the convention de"- i {Vated a resolution for a ono-day ses-! |i? ';v^r6'' o;" the present two-day pe r;od. The resolution was p;-o<>ented by the Rev. James Clarence Jones, of St Mary'.i Church, Rrooklyn. A resolution by the Rev. John H M?!i?rh. of Holy Trinity Church^ Brooklyn, was carried, providing that ts* question whether women will be p<:ra>tted io voto in the convention B? referred to the committee on eanops. h wil! bo reported to-day.