Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-30
PATRONS TRIUMPH
Most Complete In the Case OF
Professor Briggs.
PRINOETONs THEOLOGY INDoRsED

ThlNOhlUNS lhECLuG1 1NDUhSkD,
The Vote Being 40 to so That the Pro-
fessor'> Ideas Are Bad Presbyteria nism
Intense Excitement and solemn still
ness a the Ballot Was Taken-The
West and Southwest stand Up for Dis
approval, n Do the Foreign Delegates
Extracts from the Debate.
DETROIT May 30--The Briggs fight was
fought to the end yesterday and Princeton
won. Prof Briggs doctrinal views Were
disapproved by great majority and DIR.
Patton was once more triumphant in a
fight against loose theology" At the
opening of the assembly yesterday some
greetings were exchanged wi ST. other Pres
byterian bodies. y feeling of sadness
permeated the assembly over the sad event
of Thursday, which for a time modified
the excitement consequent on the open.
ing of what was expected 10 be the final
debate on the great question before the
body; but as the debate proceeded it seemed
that the awful presence Of death was for
gotten for while. and theological guns
Numbered with increasing vigor all along
the line.
Pleaded for Temporary Disapproval.
Rev. Hathaway, Of Jersey City, began
the debate. He urged disapproval of the
Briggs appointment for a year rather than
permanently If the assembly disapproved
for a year it would give time for such in
vestigation as was necessary. II would be
sad day for the church when they al
lowed a techuicality of law TO defeat JUS
tice. He pleaded not for DR. Briggs. but
for the best interests of the church. The
assembly was making history Let it not
make history for which their children
might have to apologize.
1t Must BE Now or Never.
Rev. :. Bowden. of Genessee. y. y, said
the assembly must disapprove or let the
appointment be confirmed by default. 1t
was now or never as to the veto If this
assembly did not disapprove the thing
was finished. No action could be taken
except that proposed in the committed s
report The amendment of DR.. Logan de
laying the veto nullified the report, and
DR. Briggs appointment was settled. This
would be held by any judge before whom
the compact should come. The assembly
must protect all its rights 1t was the
highest court of the church, and when a
reversed or affirmed.
Railway Lawyers Views.
Colonel John J. McCook. the great rail,
road lawyer and a member of Rev John
Halls church in New York said he wanted
to burn into the hearts of the commission.
ers what their departed brother had said
and impress upon them the necessity OF
doing the only possibly thing it could do
Suggestions had been made about the lob
bies warning the assembly to he careful
Careful of what, OF doing their duty? II
they did that they would send out TO the
world a report Of the only honest action
they could take Rev. Mr. Hathaway had
shown his opinion of Union by deciding to
send his son to Princeton, after he had ar
ranged for him at Union, rather than
place him under the influence of man
who attacked the Bible. This brought
cries of shane shame and the speaker
sat down.
Logan Defends His Amendment.
Rev. Mr.. Logan, who had moved an
amendment sending the case over until
next assembly, then spoke in defense OF
his amendment He did not undertake tc
controvert the law as laid down by the &c
Clesiastical lawyer, DR.. Patton, and the
civil lawyer. J. J. NcCook, vet he
thought il was a strange law which al
lowed them TO mingle eX parte position.
with law. This report was not only a
blow AT DIR. Briggs, but at the seminary
lCTies of No" Mo- Should the sem
mary be driven out Of the church by pre-
Cipitate action, 1t could be taken up when
the assembly met next year if there was
trouble in Union college That was good
fundamental law OF the church, and would
be sustained by the highest civil courts.