, 1877-05-22


cctllnR speaker to his remark that
THE ASSEMBLY WAS sIMrtr SUPERIOR COUNT
tu review tho mode Of procedure. in othor
man, that The question before tho superior
nj. McKIbl,cn read from tho twenty third
part Of ths fourth chapter Of the Book
erroneous. Questions Of Inv wern carried up
from one court 10 another, but the Assembly
was really lnry sitting upon the ttccisons of I
lower Jury, and had to decide upon the facts ~
was reached. Therefore II must admit, to be
Just to all, those principles OF evidence which
govern in presenting facts to Jury.
Judge Dlaleieh sat'i y vas court deciding .
eau: ssn:o ~; @ was sonq 5fqasd to to 1s'0 rs.o4s II
weso % agreed :. to sh''ss sha rssssons, '1ta iioS
wese the Assembly to determine, how was a
iS" Anu e9 {" as!s5ss ss oDs: y sfp5 es
That he brought aboutl Did not tho present
overture provide the simplcst, most direct mode
possible 70 enable the judiciary or the superior
talnly provided That tbs court might vote upon
mode the reasons Of tho court 6ceane part Of
the record, and calno up lntcll!gcntly 10 tho
next court OF review.
said 1t seemed to him that; 4 the argument Of
the brother last upon the door was true, tho
Constitution OF the Church needed no amend
mont; that tho ludlcatory WAS now obliged by
the constitution 10 state It's reasons, and, II Il
wAs impossible to state reasons rl,erc they
wcre not asserted except by majority, that
then tho 1udicatory could enter no Judgment In
accordance wlsii the constitution; that It must
conc to q conclusion which was it,dorsed by a
majority Of tho court before It could state any
reason aud TINT the only difficulty In all this
matter had been that tho court had not obcycd
sssy sss s'assesa Va. i as
from % tho Constitution - It va profposca to 10
amended. lsmilcs.l 1tscemed to him that tho
~. II case had CONC up to ono Of the higher
tribunals Of tho Church, such a.eompleto bundle
Of errors that majority ot the appellate tr-
bunal could ind some error IN It, then any judE.
would M not b. Be- entitled 70 the respect Of Tho
Church, and IL ought to bo reversed, because
there wcrc 80 many crrors In # apparent to Tho
slppellato court TINT majority Of them
thoaGbs Wa tSo practice 's oi ths &c ctvil ii
cuurts. The Judges wrote their pre-
vailing opinion; but it was uos
necessary that The majority OF the Judges a.
@ hat opnen ' a a9emen S msst even a'ss 6 r q
verscd when 4 majority did not concur In any
one opinion, and that WAS o safe way Of doing
business. It was q protection to tho accused,
majotity Of tho appellate court thought that,
for ono reason OF smother, It ought not to ID
hustaincd,-th It ought to be reversed. Tho
argument to tic contrary rested upon the az
b. Hoodwinked By multiplicity of teci,nical
md ingenious objections spread beforr them.
lie apprehendcd that the constitution Of
a count ought not to be changed, because tic
too stupid 70 Do its business under TIC
Constitution as It was; because the atncn.l-
mcht Of the Constitutton would not dIsslpato
the stupidity VI the Court They would bs
Just ~ likely 10 bo hoodwinked under tho now
order Of things % under the old, and ho thought
that the oM way Wns the good way. {Applausc.l
Mr. Vance moved to lay the matter on tho
NT. c. W. Stewart wanted to hayo vote
Dr. Van DYKE questioned whether the motion
10 lay On the thbc could 10 entertained. It
was The report ofa committee, and tho only way
to M sf.s 1aes sn 4s.,S S zss T G q ss STn; r..
The Moderator thought TINT bud nothing to
do with laying tho report on the table.
+, Commissioner called for tho previous Qucs-
tlon.
The Moderator held shat tho motion to lay on
tho tnblc whs not proper. fhe way to dispose
OF tho report was to act upon It. -.
Dr. Van Dyke said itcould bo referred back to
Thu Moderator remarked TINT that was tho
most courteous way.
A Commissioner can vote It down.
The Modcrator-Tho question cau 10 decided
TheReY. hfr. McCrca eaM tho report had been
accepted by tho body, and was therefore out Of
thu hauda Of tho Committee, and It was con,po-
tent for tho Court to do what IL pleased wlth'it
80 Jhe question WIS then put on tho adoption OF
tho report, and thu motion waa not agreed to.
A HINT TO TIE sEAIINARIEs.
INSTRUCTION IN TI1a nooK or DlsclrLINn.