New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04
PUBLIC MEEZIN6o.
VOTING MEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
RECENT INVESTIGATION.

II REGENT
To Young Mems Christian Assoc'auon, "uiCu ms
b,eu Sos soms months in very unse'ueo c'no'eo"
held mss.iog at the Uover'i'y Oh m'0aay o'01i's
which vas OF the most important onaec'er' anu WIN
probably lead 10 an entire ana ~no'o'one caanse In
H.. policy Of it's government Inc ehcang business
-. e,sl d position Of the report and resolutions
Of the Committee Of Investigation" moved by Prof.
Co.hx Il, January and further instructed by resolu-
.oo Of Mr.. Mccormick al the February meeting.
hi, ComtDtee consisting OF Austin bbott its Chair
man James Mitchell and George W. Clarke appear
10 have Ier rued their dsagreesble and arduou d.
ia With creditabe care. The whole proceedings OF
:be Drectcrs from their election 10 May last down 70
The pet nj time received their searching scrunny an
rany strange Developments were bronsnt 70 nsn FL
appears by the report that IN Septenoea as' @''
az of the Rooms and Library Comnnt'ee, -
eIptoeut 10 ,sue circular calling the attention. OF
fhe y6urg men of the city 70 the advantaeoa -
Association. Mr. Winerton and Dis assoc'asee y. .L
"Pri'irg COMMITTEES" thought tais npSen .,h 49,;
part OF Sir. Ecgsr a gross interference WIN sH9 e.
i,ghts anc irsised the Boards reProvnB WI. ~.
Tns the Board refused to do, believing 'ne 'IesP.1
atcgetAe, onintenuonai, If resPsss ~ a." aN ~
.rp,essed themselves perfectly satisfied with Mr. .
.,nIssat,op. Mr. Wntertons Committee Immediately
,s,iabso without leaving toe Board, however
he Frovsss Newspaper was removed from tho
pasdi, Room of the Association daring the month OF
Iuso,, ty order Of Mr. Eds ar's Commiltee the fol
u,rins erounds as given IN thoir inmates, VIZ: Tnst
from The manner In which It Sas conducted and from
the mater which 1t contained 1t was considered not
"a mitabe Journal TO be On the hles The pa Jer was
supy stopped and although its discootinuance was
probaby deserved, nothing was said about It. and no
nOce taken Of it, until Lesry four months al erward,
when the subject was commented upon by letter ana
editorial remarks in The EJprssS, severely attacking
the Committee. To this publication Mr.. Edgar re-
piea through The EpeniHg Post, and this was tue be
ginning Of personal controversy carried on through
The sewspopsrs The matter became tne sacIsct Of
onsioexabls discussion, and majority of the Board
puyht II necessary to restore tue psper 10 order 10
slence ito attacks. There seems TO have been dn2o.
,tson &c compel the Committee to certain course OF
,top reg dless of the power vested 10 ito members
Nv the By Laws The Committee strenaously denied
having acted upon political grounds ana cited as proof
ts fact that papers representing s parties were YET In
ina Reading. Room A resolution lnsracting the Con,
lite 10 return the paper the files was soon passed
~ ,hs BOARD To this the smnittee declined yielding
xhJs the Bylaw under which they were appointed re-
mared IN free. The Board thsn requested inc Com-
u;ttee 10 resign. This they were I'm Slun8 10 40,
b,,iso as they believed been guilty OF no ore4cn OF
sr,t AT meeting Of the Board (toere being no quo
,uml thar office members was declared vacant Az
this pnoture Mr. EDGAR and bus associates resixuea
from the Association giving as their reason tor 30 do
iug. tbs course pursued by the Board. Inc resigoa-
m, we're accepted, and an investigation INTO
IAs vhcle proceedings of the boho otoered
II minated above. The Report OF the Committee ap,
botnted to make the investigation was presented anu
lscep.ed on Monday evening, 25d Maich Dut the
6dopop Of the resolutions appended to the report was
Ids,trred uut Monday evening
Il
he chair uro the chapel wded TO its utmost limits,
khe meeting was organized In the Usual way.
Mr. GEO w CLARKE moved the reading OF the In
kesiigaiing COmmiltees Report, which was seconded
by Mr., AUSTIN ABBOTT. This being carried Mr..
MARSHALL, the Secretary, was ordered TO READ tne
Report szu the testimony.
1hs report and testimony upon which 1t was based
bsvng been read, Nr. SHERMAN moved tne aaopton
IN tfe report. which was seconded by ar. s. LAsAR.
Tbs CHAIRMAN toen stated that there were several
documents which he should like 70 have read before
Proceeding with business.
/ Mr. MCCORMICK sskcd what the documents were,
And wa ipfora,ed they commenced with letter OF
iIpIaoaton from mr. Dorman. IL was decided that
Mr. Dorman should take bis chance with the otner
members, and take advantage OF MS hve minutes.
| Messrs MakIEKRE and ABBOTT spoke agulns, any
ba,emeLts being made except IN person by the mem
kers themselves.
nv. MAsnRRE suggestes tina. each speaker be con-
kred 10 five minutes whereupon mr. SHERaAN moved
hat the FIVE minutes rule be adopted THIS was ,ec-
knded by Mr. LOCKWOOD. Alter some debate upon
bis point an almost unanimous vote docioed that nve
minutes was sufficient for each 70 exhaust nus
hdomeot upon the report The vice President was
haze an exception to this rule and In accordance with
his privilege he modestly occupied one hour ana
ksf at the expiration of WHICH time ne oencavey o.
keryed that be had not got quite through, Dur tue
Hssociaton desued IT, he would continue to entertain
hem with his mellihuous oratory. Inc Association
however as prudently declined, and, with an air OF
Exhausted patience, acquiesced IN hs KIND oner 70
kied the hoor His story one OF deeare. IL related
10 every thing bu the testimony whoa ne had gVen
before the Committee He confessed that he YES un-
PERTAIN a. to toe nature Of his duties, but under tho
brcun stances, Thought it best to protect himself oy
bswping the privileges OF the members OF the AsSocia
hon by acting in accordance with conservative
tourse Of his Tp. He made his defense 40 oppoftu
bity to assa Messrs. Collofd, Mccormick, EdsN and
bhers while he landed the conduct OF heses. winter
Ion & Co. who had supplanted Mr. Edgar and his as
kocistes His long udinai array Of words seemed to
hseust the meeting, while served no purpose Dat 10
bienate his friends, not lew OF wnom were sure Iust
nhE1 hHd
hide matters lie denied that he had been fairly dealt
with by the Committees but the faithful Austin Abbott
was there and Immediately asdred the Association that
Mr.. SeldsR had been before the Committee over Two
bonrs on two occasions, and WAS in way compro-
missed He had been asked be had any further state
meIt TO make he sato, No. -
As soon the tresome oraoon was over, mr.
MITCHELL who had been a member OF the lavesuRat-
ing Committee explained that member OF toe Board
llsftetvsrd acknowledged to bs Mr. Seldom had told
hun that he was appointed in order to protect the mem
bers of the Board MIR. Mitchell hsd at one tune
oaersd his resignation 10 the Vice. President on this
account but the other members OF the Com nlttee
having stated that in case OF his resignsen nus state
nebt Of the easons would be taken M S=lden thought
better that MI Mitchell remain on the Conmi.tee.
Mr. Mitchell was Indignant thai any person snoaa en-
terrain the idea that no could be used a. tool 10 pre-
vent the discovery Of the uth where he had been ap
pointed q, the instance OF the -Assoclanoo.
Piof HOWARD CROSBY said that ne nsa oeen repre-
sen.ed as having made attack upon the ke port lie
would now point out its bssed features lie aiaueo
only to the Portions relating TO Ar. Edgars personal
Tcoo behavior toward the Association.
Mr.. Gro. w. CLARKE, q member Of the lnvestss-
ton Cenmtee replied on bsnalf Of toe Committee,
and wa roud of the opportunity TO refresh tue worthy
Professors memory, by stating that the testimony ~ss
Lot that OF the COMMITTEE, bat OF the Witnesses.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN, youthful member, pressed great
Indignation at the mention OF bis the testimony
oi one OF the witnesses.
Mr.. MARSHALL, the Recording Secretary, then rose
and deep regret aa, printed copies OF the
port were many Of the hands of the gentlemen