The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-07
CINCINNATI PRESBYTERY.
Trial of Rev. mcCune-A Reporter
Excluded from the Session.

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Excluded from the Session.
The trial OF Rev. w. &. McCune for
disloyalty to the Presbyterian Church
was continued yesterday afternoon.
The testimony was nearly finished.
The Presby terry sustained DR.. McCun e's
objection TO part Of the testimony by a
vote of II 10 II.
Another exception, which read as fol-
lows, was voted down by vote of IA
to l3:
"Tne accused excepts to proof 8, spec
ification II, because the testimony is not
competent. Chapter 6, section 2, con-
templates living witness, and so does
chapter 8, section g. Book of Discipline.
The report of the committee is, there
fore, not competent testimony"
Tie reading of the proof under the
second charge was proceeded with, and
without any exception except Is TO the
proofs, which consisted Of editorials in
the Christian Union, which " ere written
by his co-editors.
After the disposal of Dr.. McCune's ex-
ceptions, DR.. West arose to question
of privilege, and read the following from
the Enquirer:
"Dr. West, OF the Christian Union,
was present, and took lively interest
in the prosecution. DR.. West is, how
ever, too eXcitable to mingle in the dis
putes of sucn an ecclesl astical body.
The Devil seems to get 100 much control
over his temper at times, and it makes
him say words and show feeling that
are not in keeping with his calling, and
are better suited to lawyer than mill
if Oft 10 nf
DR.. West then said: II now ask this
presby ter to interfere at this point, to
proteet.its own dignity and honor from
insult, and myself from the vile and
slandering representative OF the Enqui-
rer, which has now, second time, as
sailed me maliciously, and whose priv
lege here is abused by its reporter in
violation Of every rule of the house. /
ask this presbytery to vindicate me
from this malicious and unjustitiable at
tack. l demand that the reporter of this
paper be exc uded from this house, now,
by vote of this presbytery.
II do not think it is becoming to admit
the Devil to come in here and report our
proceedings, to slander at will, and no
notice be taken of it. l demand
Of this presbytery that it shall at once
rebuke this shameless reporter, or if it
i
me an opportunity to repel this vile as
sault. / call on the presbytery, in JUS
tice to both me and itself, to expel this
reporter and refuse this paper the priv
i!eges of the house."
A vote was then taken TO expel "the
Enquirer reporter from the house as a
slanderer and for his abuse of the priv
ileges OF the house."
The motion was unanimously adopted.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
The Presbytery met again in regular
session this morning. On the question
of the exception taken by Mr.. McCune
to the words OF Rev. N. B. Wellons,
which were contained in the Christian
Unity August l, 1875, page 8, as follows:
"If the Union movement is to prove
success, we must organize and band
ourselves together as ministers and
advocating with freedom and
our peculiar principles.
Let the work Of organization go on."
Mr.. McCune arose and took excep-
tions to this, as he did not want to be
held responsible for his cU-aditors' opin-
ion, and because the witness was not
present.
Rev. Mr.. West made two points of or
der, as follows:
First, That it is out OF order for this
Presbytery to put on it's record the
reasons OF its defendant against admit
ling any testimony, and at the same
time affirm that these reasons are not
the reasons of the Court.
Second, That it is out of order to put any
reasons on the record for the exclusion
of testimony which are not the reasons
OF this Court.
The Moderator decided that the points
of order were we'll taken.
After long discussion as to some OF
the exceptions taken by Rev. McCune,
the minutes OF the previous meeting
were adopted.
Mr.. Skinner desired to bring to the
notice OF the Presbytery the fact that
there is a law which discountenances the
Of papers discussing or in
any way referring 10 causes on trial be-
lore the Presbyterian Court.
DR.. West arose to question of priv
ilege and desired the ADOPTION Of reso-
ution that any and all documents which
Brother McCune had circulated as asy-I
lopsis of his case or bearing on the sub
ecL in question, be excluded. Meeting
With no second, the matter was laid on
,he table. ..
Mr.. Richie said that Mr.. Skinner had
lone The same thing on his part; that he
lad a document in his hand which he
lad received from Mr.. Skinner himselfl
jurporting to be a speech on the sub
ect.
Mr.. Skinner, in a heated aud earnest
peech, denounced the act of Mir. Ritchie
n thus giving the Presbytery to uuder-
tand mat he had been circulating
peeches and documents calculated to
,reJudice the case IN hand, and in trem- |
ling accents demanded retraotion |
rom Mr.. Richie.
Mr.. Rl,cnie said he had nothing to re-
ract-that he thought Mr.. skinner had
lone rlgut, but ihat II Mr.. McUune's doc
ImenLs snuuid be removed from Inc
Vuy, 80 snouid MI. Skinner's.