, 1874-03-07

Etl "a At 10 IDEIDHG1lG IL III talu onuuGlls
lilo Kov. Mr. Gordon snid tint no fnrthor
storH could be taken II It waa tr,lo. aa Mr.. No.
Cartlay allegctl, that he lad not boon Furnished
with copy Of TUG specifications.
Deacon Morrill, satd tho charges Ind becn
adopted at a church mootng.
Mr.. bingham aeniod tint It waa = legal moot
fiig, bit tin Moderator Bt,1t lin off.
,Nlr. doodspoed moved that Mr. Darry bo oloct-
od to proso,'t the charges.
Mr.. Briggs and A1r. MCCARTHY both protesto1
partios offended, ard carried In his pocket ono
If tho lettora mentioned III tho charges.
Mr.. Barry denied that liz. was 1fro]udtcod, and
snid tint whit llr. MCCARTHY had statod WIS Till
true.
h1r. bingham said Mr.. Barry hhd told him tho
Bntne thing which ho now douiol.
MIR. Kormott moved that tho Deaoons solcot
representative. Tho motion, prevailed, and tho
DoRcona chose hIr. Barry ngAit.
Mr.. Eyorta protested against this, and moved
n reconsideration Of the vote. I1o had iihder-
stood that tho Council was to confirm tho 6o~
lection. =.
rho Moderator then ol.angsdq his ruling, M M and md
jocted almost unanimously. ......
Mr.. Hoard suggestod that tho Deacons rccon-
mend Homo ono elBe.
DEACON Rood began to glvc The reason why Mr,
Barry was solicited, but %as promptly stoppod by
tito Moderator, who told him 1tr. Barry Ind been
rejected. and they didn't want to llear anything
about him.
Once moro Deacon Rood tricd to urgo Blr. Dar-
~, but once more waB called to older.
A DNOTitER-tN-LAW INELIGIBLE.
Then tho Deacon asked II 1t would bo proper
to c!iooHo lawyor to represent tho Church.
Tho Moderator asked II ho was y momber OF
the church.
Deacon 1soed snid ho waa not, but Tsas a BROTH
er-in-lnw to cIlrc1l-metnbpr.
Thoro waB much laughter ut this, and tho Mod
orator decided that suct a lawyer wouldn't do.
Prot. Mitchell said TINT the Doneons had tho
right to appoint whoever thoy saw lit.
MORE DELAY.
Tho Rov. Mr.. Gordon offered a resolution to
tho effect thnt innH1nt,ch as there had beon no
specifications furnished tho accusod, and no
committee appointed by tho CHURCH, no further
notion to DO takon by tho Council until tho
church lad prepared specifications md appointed
a committee to moot tic Council two weeks
laucc.
Dlr. aoodspocd hold that the resolution was
out OF order, aB there was nothing bcfore tho
Council.
Mr.. Gordon maintained tint ho wns in order,
md insisted TINT 1t would be rank iniuatice to
try Mr. Mccarthy under tho circumstances.
A1r. Bingham now got an opportunity to say
that the church, lad not adopted tho charges,
and that thoy were only "toa-tablo talk" any,
how.
alr. Goodspeed said Justice to tho intoroats
Of religion and Of the church demanded tint Tho
Council should proceed at onco with tho i1lyosts-
Cation. Brother Gordon's resolution was III
attempt to obstruct and fettor Justice.
h1r. Gordon 1eaontcd. tbis, aud said that II
Drothor Mccarthy WAS dog with tho hydropho,,
bin iio could not be treated worso than lie would
be il tho Council went on to try him without
first requiring tho church to present him with
copy Of tho specifications.
Mr. Mccarthy proceeded to speak OIL tho roso-
luton, but was called to order by hlr. Good
speed.
Arr. Everts inquired whether tho Dcacons
we're to hive all tue privileges and Mr. MCCARTHY
11r. Kermott said that ii s,,oh demonstrations
continued tue Council should ait with closod
MI. Mccarthy wanted to speak, but the Mod
orator refused permission.
MIR, Gordon'B resolution WAS voted down.
Mr.. Whitehead moved that tho charges bo
read.
SOME MORE PROTESTING.
Mr. Mccarthy protested agasnst tho rending,
for the reason that he had not bcon furnished
eitlor with copy of tho charges or tho spocfl-
cations.
sfr;, aoolvpeoa naia Tint the charges ena
weeh; they woro heard by tho accused. and this
WAS notice enough, as tho charges ,voro tho
satne, and ho was thoroughly acquainted with
them.
Tho Moderator then submitted the motion
that the Deac0nB bo called upon to rreaont
qllnrges and it was carried.
Deacon Reed inquired il they could rhoosu
Brother Barry to present their charges.
Tho Moderator 6aid they could so choose.
Mr. Gordon protested. Tho Council Ind voted
againat Mr.; Barry:
Alr. Bingham aslcd ii mnn who lad alfonlty
expressed IN opinion was proper 1uemI1er Of
the Council.
Tile Moderator said ho wns y proper member.
AND YET MORE
Mr.. Eyerts protested ngalnst Mr. DarryH act
ing for the Doacons, but WAS cloked Off.
A gentleman III the body Of tho CHURCH sald
Indy near him had remarked that Mr. Barry
ought to be shot.
III. Bingham co,lcnrrcd in the lady's opinion.
Mr.. Barry had not beon ablo to gct lottor
from his church.
All these interruptions were Suppressed by tho
Moderator, and III duo timo
HnornE1. nAnny
began to read tho charges. He prefacoa tho
reading by saying that he was not afraid OF be-
Ing shot, but proposed to do his duty. He WAS
proceeding i'll this strain, when tho Moderator
quietly suggested thnt ho was invited to read
tho charges aud not to rnako Q speech. brother
Barry thoroupon confined his attention to tho
chargcB-tho same "a those presented at the
tion md zeat which clearly showed which aido
his feeling was on. At tho conouslon Of tho
reading lie said that, il agreeable to the Council.
ho would proceed to traverse the case.
lIr. Whitehead inquired 1t the accused had re-
coived 4 copy OF the charges.
11r. Mccarthy Baid he Ind received tho charges,
but not tho specifications.
Mr.. Gordon inquired Of Prof. Mitchell the
custom az to giving tho accused copy Of the
specifications.
Prof. Mitchell said it was customary to furnish
him copy.
Mr. Goodspecd moved that Dir. Barry be al
loved to GO Oh with his presentation Of tho
eaHe.
Brothers Gordon and Eyorts both protested
against this Us against all usage and Justice.
Mr. Mccarthy inquired tho nature Of Mr.
Barry'a proposed address,.
urothar Barry said ho would hoar in due
time.
AlrH. Briggs wished thoy wouldn't call llr.
Bury counsel for the church. She was o mom-
ber, and objected to it.
MIR. Hoard urged that all the specifications be
| submitted to tile accused before trial.
Mr. Mccarthy did luot believe that no Hhould
romnin III tlle Council. but lie had some requests
to mako. If they were not granted lla muBi
Withdraw. Tho guarantees 10 sought wore -
11o Ind begun to road, when tic Moderator
ruled him ont of order for attempting to dictate
to the Council.
I'LL. M'CAnTnY'g uLTIAIATuM.
| On motion Of Mr.. kermott lo was allowed tt
read, aud llo did no, as follows:
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