The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-24

Book Committee and trial after trial. peen nao,
put they have been barren OF satisfactory or vaua.
pie results And In February last this committee
decided that there should be an END TO this agita
lion. But there wasn't And the Concern was
again brought before she pubic by suit IN the
courts. and fresh chance was gwen to DR.. Lanahan
to republisn his
OLD ALLEGATIONS or FRAUD
ana mlsmanagement in the Concern. And what
Was tne reason which DR.. Lanahan swore TO In his
aiildavit applying for maEdamusS 1t was that he
might ascertain whether ali the property OF the
Concern had been turned over To himself and DR..
Carlton a corporators. But what books did he
want to seer Were they the old books in Mulberry
streetf why, then, did ne not go do wn to the old
Concern and view those beloved books as they lay
there In their cofiin But TINS is mere pretence, as
TINS case. His application shows that he had de.
signed to go TO the courts from October last, and
does not ask q single member for authority to see
ar; Gooaenousn We cannot forget that MT
Goouen0ugn nad nothing to do with
the bank and check books, and the gues-
ton was broadly asked OF the Doctor. and he
cash BOOKS to cause him TO suspect the funds OF
the house ina naa been Improperly employed Then he
TO the courts to see them again TO take
ANOTHER TILT WITH THE BOOK CONCERN.
the ACT OF the Legislature upon which he rests did
not make MIN coordinate with Dr. Carlton, because
the act OF his creation made him subordinate, and
the Legislature simply created nand which might
Methodist Church and the General Conference
Referring 10 the effort to impeach the testimony or
dIduI counsel COMMENDED tuaL II IL was q crime
for him, who sits all day on his stool doing the work
for which ne Ii paid, to have MS salary raised IL
was much more repfehensible for DR.. Lanahan 70
take MS $4,000 q year for bookkeeping in sphere
to which he had not been assigned by any authority
Of the church. The reference made by counsel on
the other side to the action OF the Missionary Board
and the lmputation cast Herewith upon the char
acter OF DR.. Carton, General Runyon considered az
Inc most severe stab OF mans character OF which
ne nod ever heard. The missing ledger which the
subcommittee reported they could not fnd, though
they had offered money for It, was ledger Of the shoe
aud Leather bank and diO not elOng 10 this Book
Concern nor was IL In any way within the control Of
DIR. Carton. He had no more 10 do with 1t tnan
with the books In counsels private or law libraries.
and DIR. Carlton did no more IN asking the Board
not to publish that report than any honest man,
conscious OF his own Integrity, might nave done.
lie did not ask to have the report kept back, because
he feared any revelations winch the missing ledger
might make, but because an
IMPUTAuON ON HIS CHARACTER
was made In the report, based upon that missing
ledger. The committee said they mad offered money
Tor IT, but could not get IT, and they lett the Mission
Board TO draw the inference that the bank officials
were all Carlton men, and that the bride Was pro-
badly not large enough. We hear or men doing
strange things and win blind purpose. man
once set lire to the temple of Diana that he might
be damned to eternal fame because or an act OF
supreme sacrlege ana It has been we'll said that
tine worst mailman Is
SAINT RUN MAD.n
Tie did not mpugn the motives OF DR.. Lanahan in
this prOtracted agitation OF the AFFAIRS OF the Book
Concern. The Doctor may believe he is right ana Is
acting Tor the best interests Of the Churcn and Of the
Concern and ne pursues his OBJECT with the utmost
persistence. II makes no difference TO bind Sam
son how many Pmlistnes there may be in Tie
building, or whether Its occupants may all be saints.
GIVE nm but the pillars OF the temple and he Will
bring them all down with crash even though lie
also be buried in The ruins. Counsel then CON-
mended the case TO the impartial Judgment OF the
committee, ana rested at ten minutes past four
r. NJ, after which the court adjourned.
Tae future sessions OF the committee and the
bishops VIII be private, and 1t is believed mat final
decision will not be rend cred until Dr. Lanahan has
been allowed to present all the evidences OF fraud
and mismanagent IN the Concern whlcl he may de-
sire to lay before the committee.