The New York herald., 1879-02-25
DIR. FULTON EXPELLED.

HIS REFUSAL TO APOLOGIZE AND HIS ALLEGRDt
INSULTS TO OTHER BRETHREN THE GROUND
FOR THIS ACTION.
After dignifed discussion of DIR. Fulton's rela.,
tions brethren yesterday morning the Baptisa
Ministers Conference. by vote of % to 11-many'
members defining to vote-expelled the brother who
"has flung regulations about il they
account speaker put it.
The Conference spent its entire session the
Last week committee appointed to-
visit DR.. Fulton and labor to induce him to make q
retracton of his language. The committee yester-
day reported that their labor had been in van they
had written to and visited DR.. Fulton and he abso-
lutey refused to retract without coupling with his
retraction false and discourteous reflections upon
the Conference. The report embodied the
spondence and gave the why the committee
recommended that the former action suspending DR..
Fulton should be reairmed The report was adopted,
and the committee discharged.
The essayist of the morning being unable through
feebleness of voice to perform his part and there
being special business before the Conference DR..
Thomas moved to reconsider the vote adopting the
committees report. When this done he amended
it by requiring DR.. Fulton to apologize also for his
language in his letter to the HERALD January 20.
and in his interview with reporter OF this paper AZ
nmbsr Of side issnes sre n introaucsd h~
other brethren in this connection 1t appeared from
the that other members of the Conference
had written letters to the religious papers aspersn8
the character OF their brethren and 1t thought
some notice should be taken Of them. Then the
question mooted-tenderly, however. because
Of the previous action Of the exclude
the press. But the suggestion put to Sleep DR..
Hoyt assured his brethren that the injured ones
among them could have ready access TO the
lar press Dr. Fulton any other brother who
uses it's columns to insult them. Dr. Thomas
ccived such suggestion as undignifed and said he
would scorn the fellowship OF any Christian minister
who should accept it. "If brother steals horse"
he said what have do with it, unlcss he steals is
from the lobby Of this conference roomY' Hence ho
argued that brethren who are aspcrsed in the coll
umns Of the secular or religion gress should seek
their vindcation in the Conference, and nowhere
else. DR.. Read thought it would be very unwse to
spend time in the transaction of any such business
correcting newspaper reports excluding repre-
sentatives of the press. "f you do that" he said,
'.you have a field wide the world. The newspa-
pers independent as we are. We say what Wa
like and they do the same.
While this discussion was going on motions we're,
made lay the matter the table and to substituted
motion to expel for that OF suspendng Dr. Fulton.
The first did not carry and the second was not;
seconded. But. the discussion progressed, the
motion to expe renewed by Rev. l.. L. Moore OF.
Flushing. L. l.. and. after some discussion, was
adopted stated above Under the former ruling oa
the Conference Dr. Fulton claimed the right to attend
tho meetings of the Conference but under its action
yesterday all such right has been taken away.