Evening journal., 1891-06-03
ALMOST GIVEN THE LIE.
Exciting Scenes at the Presby
terian Synod.
EALL1sTER AND THOMPSON ARGUE

~xsu Are Siandering Them.'' Said Rev.
Thompson-'T am Not" Replied DR..
McAllister''--''you Are." Persisted the
other and Then Came Cries of "orderl''
PITTsBURG, June s-The Reformed Pres
byterian synod added another stormy ses-
sion to its already unprecedented record.
The church was crowded to the doors and
she large audience suffered greatly from
the heat The trouble began early and
grew out Of feeling on the part of the
liberal element that the clerk Of the synod,
the Rev r.. j. George, was "doctoring"
the minutes to suit the wishes of the con.
servatives Then, again, DIR. McAllister
jumped right into the arena at an early
stage in the proceedings and, as usual,
succeeded in stirring up the liveliest kind
Of hornets nest. Outbursts OF applause
and scathing personalities weranot infre-
auent. The most bitter feeling existing
between certain members OF the two fac
lions came 10 the surface repeatedly.
Finally the motion 10 adopt Fridays min
utes as read and revised was carried.
) The Record False, They Said.
Rev. J. Il. Carson and Elder David Tor.
renee at once gave notice OF dissent, claim.
ing that the record was false ia many re.
spects and that II was not true record OF
che proceedings Of Friday. Their objec.
tions were, however, Of no avail.
Rev DIR. McAIlister then read for the
second time a letter Of explanation for his
action in reading extracts from a private
letter. The letter was, however, amended
IN several places. Instead OF referring 10
the famous letter as one written by one
Of the seven suspended ministers" 4" he this
time spoke Of it as "a copy OF a letter pur.
porting 20 have been written by one Of the
seven ministers.n
To Table McAnister's Resolutions.
Considerable objection was offered 70
DIR McAllister's letter being incorporated
in the records The objections were not
sustained Rev Mr.. Somerville made a
motion to lay on the table the resolutions
offered by DR. McAllister, and which called
upon the suspended ministers TO purge
themselves Of all contempt Of pittsburg
presbytery. This also led to long debate
as TO whether the motion was in order.
Rev. Mr.. Graham, Of Boston, rose to
point Of order. The certificates OF suspen-
sion say the young ministers shall not
during their suspension preach In the Re |
formed Presbyterian church. There is
nothing 20 prevent them occupying pull |
pits in other churches.
Almost Given the Lie.
DR. McAllister--I believe other churches
have been guilty OF great discourtesy-
ecclesiastical disoourtesy.
Rev J. r. Thompson object. hope
DR.. MoAllister viii not slander sister
churches.
Or. McAllister-I am not slandering
them.
Mr.. ThompsOn-You are slandering
them.
DIR. MoAllister--I am not.
Mr.. Thompson-You are.
Cries Of "Orlerp "Orderl" from all parts
Of the house Rev J. O. Bayles, OF New
York, next got the floor and proceeded TO
pull DR. McAllister over the Goals in
most unfeeling manner.
He SpIintsred Hia Desh.
DIR. McAllister, be said, in spite Of ali his
talk about the action Of the presbytery be-
ing treated with contempt was the first to
do just what he had been censurinQ others
for doing He cited instances in support
OF his statements. In the heated argss
ment which followed the moderator fairly
splintered the top OF his desk IN his efforts
10 maintain order When the roll was
called on adopting McAllister's resolu-
tion several delegates, who were refused
the privilege Of explaining their votes. re
fused 20 vote. The motion was lost by
vote Of l47 10 %.
The Ministers on Trial.
The trial of the suspended ministers who
subscribed to the east end platform. was
then begun. The case Of Rev. A. w. Nc
Clurkin was taken up. A motion for the
adoption Of DR. McAllister's resolution
calling upon the suspended ministers 10
clear themselves Of contempt of the
Pittsburg presbytery was adopted. The
Rev A. W McClurkin, o. H
MiIligan, H. W. Reed, w. l.. c.
Sampson, r NJ Milligan and ]. r. y.
Milligan said they never knowingly
had shown contempt for any court Of Gods
house. The complaints and appeals Of the
ministers ware heard Rev McClurkin
made a speech IN his own defense. His
case viii be considered separately from the
others After the defense has been heard
the Rev. David McAllister will conduct
the prosecution.