Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-10
NEARING THE CLOSE.
Covenanter Ministers Again Indulge
in Bitter Personalities.
LAST SPEECHES OF THE ACCUSED.
Conservatives Hand Down Their Ultimatum
to the Young Men.
ARE ASKED TO REcANT AND RETURN

anu came near naVIng nttie Spat with MISS
Mcconnell. Rev. Mr.. Samson said Miss Nc
Connell had endeavored to convey the i'm
preston that he received money from two
churches for preaching. He admitted that
he had, but that when he received money
from the McKeesport congregation he re-
funded what he got elsewhere.
Miss Mcconnell wanted to question Mr..
Samson. but she was cholxed of.
Rev. o. B. Milligan then took the stand
and though he didn't talk long, he soon sue
ceeded in making some hearers think of
sheol. He intimated that he was sick and
weary of the matter, and said he would have
said nothing had 1t not been for rinsinuations.
With hands down and back arched Elder
Walter L. Miller charged on Rev. Mr.. MILL
gan f1ercely at the use of this word, and the
latter was ruled out of order, and then
ruled in again by the Moderator Resuming
Rev. Mr.. Milligan stated that he had said the
man who wrote the call for the Elders Con-
vention was guilty of malicious misrepresen-
tation, and this statement he said had been.
twisted until it was alleged that he had
applied the charge to all who had signed the
call. ..... ~.-....
Mr.. Milligan was again ruled out of order,
but he moderated and then. twisted the di-
rection of his attack in such q manner as to
escape the guard, and wound up by stating
that they had been treated by the. Pittsburg
Presbytery in q manner of which. Christ
would not approve. -rts :. '.
More Ministerial Hair Pulling.
Rev. J. R. Milligan made the last speech on
the side of the accused. He said the Ques-
tion was not Had they followed divisive
coursesf" The real question was, had they
received justice from the Pittsburg Presby
terry? He said he had never spoken or
written a word against the principles of the
Church, and that the East End platform did
not object to the principle of political dis
sent, but to the explanation given of 1t. He
would not allow anyone to say to him, you
can vote for amendments, but not incor-
porate." He said if the act of Synod of 1859
is rescinded, then that of 1865 will prevail
ana an RreXent the d n0fng e. d IN aha he
Church.
DR. McAllister replied that he had never
said So
Rev Mr. Milligan warmed up as he went
on and fairly thundered that he would con-
form to the principles of the church, etc,
but would not take his Cruel with the eX-
planations and foot notes of DR.. McAllister,
DR.. Crozier and "this man here, ;" pointing to
DR.. George. This went on until the subject
of organization was reached, and Prof VIII
son was sucked into the whirl Rev. Mr..
Milligan said he would hold to an affidavit
which said there was no organization.
Rev. DR.. George began his reply, but he
labored under the same trouble that he did
previously, evidently appreciating there was
strong feeling against his position among
considerable present not members of the
court. He, however, shook himself up and J..
got into better swing after time. He occu-
pied the remainder of the time until the noon
recess.
New Evidence Was Admitted.
In the afternoon DR.. George resumed his
closing argument and proposed to read
Prof. McClurkin's letter to the Synod with
drawing from the church, to show the inter-
probation put upon the East End meeting
and platform by the defendants, but Rev. j.
S. 7. Milligan objected that it was new evi-
dence to which the defendants could not
reply. and that Prof. McClurkin was not
present to speak for himself. Rev. Mr..
further that it did not express the views
held by the defendants. The Moderator,
however, ruled that it might be read.
The remainder of the address was devoted
to a review and O summing up of all the
case. He asked the relatives of some of the
accused to divest themselves as far as possi-
BILE of kinship feeling in voting.
DR.. David McAllister next got up to
roundup, and he carefully went all around
the enclosure and stopped all the holes by
which the defendants might possibly escape.
In quoting Rev. L. M. Milligan in one in
stance the latter demanded that two of his
statements relative to the basis of settle
ment, and in one of which he said no author
ity outside the Church of Rome would de-
mand,s ETC., and demanded that they be
read. The stenographer was directed to
look them up. Rev. j. r. Milligan stormed
several points, requiring DR.. McAllister to
keep his ecclesiastical off eye skinned con-
stantly to see that all the ground chinks
were in place.
As to motive, DIR. McAllister held that tho
defense were responsible for effect without
regard to motive, just as much as would be
a certain Allegheny man, who holds that he
gets royalty drunk three or four times
year on principle, contending that it is good
for his health and therefore his duty. Should
that man commit q crime while drunk?
Rev. Mr.. Reed caused a little diversion by
disputing DIR. McAllister's construction Of
language used by the former, and the doctor
called on stenographer to read Reeds
statement. Referring to the stenographer
as "official'' brought up Rev. James War
mock, who demanded to know by what au-
thority Dr. McAllister used the term official.
Rev. Mr.. Warnock demanded to know if the
Synod had employed the stenographer, and
DR.. McAllister declined to say anything fur
-ther. This interruption was relished by the
accused and their friends to the full.
DIR. McAIlister in the Ring Again.
Relative to the question as to whether
Rev. f. NJ. Milligan had said he saw the
minutes of the East End meeting Mr. Milli-
gan arose and said he had never said to
anyone that he saw those minutes DR.. Nc
Allister called on Prof. Wilson for proof, but
Prof. Wilson read from his notes that Mr..
Milligan had spoken of having seen Rev.
MrsTemples record OF the meeting. Prof.
Wilson said he could not recollect that Rev.
Mr. Milligan had said he saw the minutes,
but was tolerably certain he had said the
organization was permanent.
Rev. Mr.. Milligan then said he would like
to make his affidavit before the court that
b. had never seen the minutes, but that he
never denied what Prof Wilson had stated.
dr0nnQd
DR.. McAllister said that whether the Pitts
burg Presbytery had erred or no in finding
the accused guilty, the action was neces-
slty. The maintenance of the Church in its
integrity was imperatively demanded
During his peroration DR.. McAllister be-
came quite impassioned and Rev z. NJ. Mil
out of order, but the doctor had passed over
the center and was going down grade, and no
whistling of "down brakes" had any effect.
At the conclusion of DR.. McAllisters argu-
ment, Elder Torrens, of Brooklyn, demanded
to be allowed to ask some questions, and he
proceeded to go all over the ground and
made the prosecution answer categorically
series OF interrogatories respecting the
conduct of the case before the Presbytery
from beginning to end. Elder Torrens con-
WINGED many present by his questions that
a superb lawyer was lost when he wentinto
the leather trade. Prof. Wilson strongly
ing admissions that he would not allow, but
Torrens carried full ballast and could,not be
checked. DR.. McAllister finally arose and
said it was high time to puta stop TO the
questions, but Rev. j. r. Thompson insisted
that they cease educating and gave aid anG.
comfort to Torrens, who despite all OBJ
jections continued to make interrogatories |
and inject terse speeches into them as he
went along 6-=
Rev. Mr. Ferris, the Illinois Spartan, next
propounded a series of interrogatories to
Rev. Mr.. McClurkin.
A General Rush to the Front.