CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.
Mr. WRIGHT, from the Judiciary Committee, reportedd back the bill [H. R. 210] in relation to divorces, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in.
Mr. RYAN moved to amend by adding as another cause for divorce, "permanent insanity of either party accruing subsequent to marriage."
Mr. CARTER said it would be very unjust to adopt that amendment, and he hoped the House would not concur.
Mr. RYAN did not consider there could be any unjustness in including insanity as one of the causes for which divorces can be granted. He knew of two cases where young women were bound to insane husbands, and thought it nothing more than justice and humanity that divorce should be granted in such cases.
Mr. LINDSAY said the subject of divorces was before the Revision Committee and the Codification Committee, and a bill has been prepared on this subject by those Committees, and for fear that there might be some conflicting clauses, he moved that the bill, with the pending amendment, lie on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
