The Morning herald., 1878-11-19
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- yrxAcuxI's s,rKErrSe DECIDE foI
LET fHEA M-BRofHER NAM
sosfrn Is s6 sEsTLRNAs"-nh. WI
con NATURALLY OPPOSED.
Eve, since the Prsachsr's meeting - =
body, excluded reporters, and passed . re-
solution to that effect, the Whole thing mas
hseu under bape as It were. No interes
has been taken, the attendance has iAiien
of 50 per cent, and guilty consciencss nave
bsen after most Of the ministers who voted
for the resolution With ssharp stick, at haS-
Ing treated the news gsthereu 50 unfairly.
Hepcs, IT vas that yesterday morning
Rev Chss ?. Sheppard, one Of the frank
iest meu ia the association, said that this
fact WAS true, and 1T once proposed ae.IoI
to III: the meeting ont Of the rests o. same
ness and sleepiness. he aoved tnat tne
resolution TO keep tbs repcf sers ous % fS>
scinded. -fs.g.
opposed to this sparticularly, on the giouso
that there Was not tall attendance. a mo-
II on 10 lay On the table until . hrgei
l sudience WAS present, was voted ooWn.
| Brother Housou ststed the eass very
clearly In favor Of permitting the reporters
TO report the meetings without being oo-
ljectsd TO. Il had been clearly proven that
the reporters would come - often a. they
sished, and 20 long a. it was . public meet
ing, they had right to do 90. Preachers
should not be ashamed Of what they say.
Brother Thatcher held TO the opinion thar
beneficial results came from the meetings
being reported. It would make the mem
bers more orderly, make the chair keep bet
trr order, and from the good effects OF theiI
presence Q more religious spirit would pre-.
yade the weekly sessions. The fact, said
Inc, has been clearly proven that We can
not keep the reporters out.
The same opinion was held By Rev. Mr.
Sheppard, and b. repeated what he hat
said at former meeting: Let the secula
J papers have what little we DO here OF
creditable nature; we give them 30 little Z
print that 10 good. Let rs also try TO d'
more good. 4 ~ t.L -. ~
Brother Scott said that the plans tina
we're discussedat these meetings were pre-
. mature and should not 20 in that style int
the parers. II we are to have the reporter
coming here, said he, and taking Us dow
90 Incorrectly. / will make my visits to th
place, very few.
Zi Mr.. Garrett - All the time that tn
reporters have been excluded, nothing goo
Of any account has come from rs as bod
and the thing has In ono sense been dead
We are ashsmed to hrve what we say an
: do to 70 before the public. This preacher
Injecting has been bepe6t only through tn
, press.
Rev, Mr.. Wflson-I de- lot csme here t
|, get into the papers and come before publ
lie notice. 70 into the pulpit and praye
3 meeting for that purpose. come here
rest asd talk frankly with my brethren, an
have never seen anything good reporte
about us yet in the papers who misrepreser
US, though perhaps not purposely.
Mr.. Mann, the President, in putting tb
:. question, said that In the first place tn
Q meeting was no more public than was hI
house, where he could invite all he chost
In the second place the meeting could ez
clude reporters II 1t chose to do 30, and
the third plscs, no gentlemanly editor {
10 reporter would come where not wanted, an
the reporter who published what he wa
= asked not to, was fer flom q gentleman
The motion to rescind was put and carrie
. with Mr.. Wilson casting the only dissentin
II vote. .-4