Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-28
The Northern Presbyterians

New YORK, May 27.-In the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly, today, Judge
Wilson, of Philadelphia, presented the
report of the Publication Bommittee.
He complained that the Assembly
treated the Committee as if held under
suspicion, and said he would resign the
Craftsmanship unless the restrictions are
removed.
A motion that special committee of
five be instructed to confer with the
business committee of the Board of Pub
lication on all questions was referred to q
special committee, and that joint re-
port be made to the next General Assem-
bly,, was adopted.
The recommendations of the standing.
committee were then taken up. Only a
few of the sections were adopted. and the
majority were laid on the table. Rev.
DR.. Thompson, for the Committee on
Bills and overtures, stated that twenty
five Presbyteries have overturned for an
investigation to discover whether it be
advisable for the Board of Publication to
have their own plant. After some dis
cussion motion was adopted providing
that a special committee OF five be in
structed to confer with the Business
Committee of the Board of Publication
on all questions referred to the special
committee, and that a joint report be
made to the next general assembly.
Rev. DR.. Hayes, chairman of the Com
mittee OF Temperance, presented re-
port in which was embodied resolution
expressing sympathy with the move.
ment in progress for the complete snp-
preston of the traffic in, Intoxicating
liquors. Rev. J. Logan Sample of Black
Hills, Dak., offered the following substi.
tute: "That, while not endorsing any
political party, We desire to express our
heartfelt sympathy with the widespread
movement in favor of Prohibition, and
extend to its advocates hearty God
speed"
Doctor Howard Crosby opposed the
substitute and said: "There are two
principles adopted by Christians in this
country on temperance questions, one is
Prohibition, and the other is high
license. 1t would be great mistake for
the Presbyterian Church to determine
which is the best method for the purpose.
Prohibitionists are political party and
we have no right to pledge our adher-
ence to anybody"
Prohibition because it was scriptural and
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temperance cause when a large body
like the Assembly could not bid it God
speed.
DIR. Crosby-What constitutional right
has DR.. Sample to say that constitutional
prohibition is the only thing that will
conquer the saloon. l say it would re-
sult in free rum. Both prohibition and
high license are political questions, and
we have no right to ally ourselves to
either side. Let US talk the saloon down
and condemn it, but don't let us take
either side.
By vote of 210 to los the substitute
was laid on the table. The original
resolution, which reads as follows, was
adopted
Resolved, That we heartily reiterate
the deliverance of former assemblies
upon this whole subject, and express
our warm sympathy with the wide.
spread popular movement now in pro-
gress in the form of complete suppression
of the traffic in intoxicating liquors as
beverage, and we bid all earnest and
proper methods to secure this issue a
hearty godspeed.
| At the evening session the report of
the Committee on Church Politics was
continued. A communication from the
synod of New Jersey, asking when the
synod was regularly organized, was de-
cided by the Assembly to be where an
lelder was elected. Another part of the
report was the admission of a new
synod. 1t will be known as New Mexico,
and will comprise, besides, the Presby.
teries of Arizona.
At the evening session, DIR. Thompson
arose and said that as many had not un-
derstood the import of the temperance
resolution adopted this afternoon, he
moved the adoption of the following
resolution:
| Resolved, That the General Assembly,
in reaffirming the deliverance of former
assemblies, calls attention to the deliver