The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-12
DEFEAT FOR PROF. BRIGGS.
,osrrlE DNLEGATION SENT TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,.
.,,,,.e,,ug Was uncommonly Lively IL
rr, .bytery. and a Ready.Mads Ballot
a.,e,red, u. " Provided by y secret
.....,.-Dr. Paxton Finds Thlngs Blue

r,o New York presbytery. which voted in
v.romhcr last to dismiss the charges against
~, Charles A. Briggs. elected yesterday q
I...,;cally solid anti-Brggs delegation to
Ipanrcsnnt the Prcsbytery in tho General As
..mhlv. which meets next month in Portland.
o.. charges were freely made that the result
..J hscn brought about by wirepulling. and
~ vas discovered TINT n ticket bearing tho
a.mes OF tho anti-Briggs men had been dis
.s,,ntcd among tho members before the
voting. q.
priccs's friends wcro there In force. Presi-
dont Hastings. DR.. Philip Schafr. Prof. Marvin
n Vincent. and the Rev. c. r. Gilctt Of tho
Union Seminary faculty were present. and
avon DR.. larkhurst found time to attend and
ssst vote for DR.. Briggs. The electioneering
hocan almost as soon as tho Prcsbytery had
convened at 10 o'clock
Seven minister's and seven ruling elders
~cre TO be chosen delegates. and these nomi-
nations for ministers were madc
WI b !cganan. Audrey sm. sh,iand'
Nv WITT i' Il mc''e'' 4 T sample,
s s.s.s sS'II's srn,ns VIZ; francis brown
W. spruuli. Nhloh!
These names with the names OF the elders
nominated were posted up around the room.
and both the friends and opponents of DIR.
briggs worked industrousy to carry the day.
The ticket which the Briggs men favored for
the ministerial delegation boro the names Of
Thomson. lIoadley. Rosster. Smith. Brown.
Shining. and Elsing. DIR. Briggs himselftalked
with one and another Of tho ministers as tho
routine business Of tho day was transacted.
and his friends worked hard to obtain votcs
among ministers and elders both. DR.. &. w. +.
Brch, the Chairman OF the Committee on
Prosecution. led the forces on tho other side.
and had confidential talks with members
every few minutes. In the afternoon the NOM
bers gathered around the bulletins to copy Off
the names thcy proposed to vote. and this gave
an opportunity for more clectoneering; \,
Before the voting. which began at r NJ;
Dr. Robinson got up to insist that the the s thre
clerk should bring inc 81 tho hsr
iresbyteres. With these three men out the
Presbytery would have been entitled to only
six ministerial delegates instead OF seven.
! must protest against such action. saiu
Dr. Briggs, One OF tho great evils OF our
Ss Sans t N h .ne Smaller 5 This
great iresbytery doesn't have its proper ren..
resontqtion row. and to stu iuTthe' reduce 1t
WIN" THE PresSysery sided with Dr. Briggs on this
point Considerable excitement was caused
that the other side was, industriously circu-
iatin= typewritten ballots containing an OPP
whos s,sn names appeaEed on the ticket were
Bliss, i.ampe. shcarer. W, L. buchanan: Ram,
sy sGM r nna 5Sp pEn Tn hG say!s xiFe
Cook. r. biume. ]. j. Stevenson. ". Il. W9rralI.
ana James ayes A. the Sni tssrs s wsTo eos
there any law by which a typewriter ticket.
concocted outside can be received heres 1t
Dr. AtterbHry wanted to have all the ballots
thrown out that were not written IN INK .rdor.
in state Sae of c.oynslderabIe sXcitsment.
Of the ,hs old he s sId w nartS
agree on ticket there is no way of stopping
them. II they get up enrler than t y" da why
can say that it was as blue as Scotland"
DR.. Sahple. one OF the cnndidat"s. SAID that
hs Tad lad Paa taos
Eerss DR.. Rqbinscn's name a ioS1n as IN
ahshad~vitl,drawn;h meme; doe , show
that the ticket was nam anv
caucus. and he called upon tho other brethren
to clear themselves. 49,. ,..,., one 49,, ,n
said Elder j. J. Stevenson. one OF tho Briggs
prosecuting committee: .
g PSSsdfd ss IT to Ts
written, This is too small business for Pres
Further debate was cut off by the announce;
ment OF the vote for the seven ministerial
deegates The total number Tt votes east
on this ballot were J. p. Ramsay. h. +: sam
lamSs and b. @
are generally looked upon as conservatives.
with su Of
tee Of Prosecution. buchanan and Shearer
arc uncoapIGmisiHs opponents q Dr. tE Briggs S
Pix names, were on the tynewritten ticket
pa ses with It'll os votes each. and after several
tnots Esing was ELECTED. Or. Hoad ley retir-
Ing in his favor Dr. IL ElslnG is the only Briggs
The result was complete surprise to Dr.
Briggs 5 fronds; who were contldGnnt, Of elect
resentatiyo anti Briggs vote, SO. while Prof
Brown. the personal friend OF DR.. Briggs.
e1 Wien the presbytery wns voting for the sew
enth ministerial delegate DR.. Paxton again
II appeal ar to the generosity of Presbytery,"
he said 1T won't do any harm to let ono
nan from the other side Elsingl get into the
This irriitated DR.. Robinson. and no said:
Those Of us who voted for Esing regard this
as an unwIoesome speech. 1t should not be
Why sor" Gueried DIR. Paxton.
Electoneerng is out Of place." retorted
Il have a right to, express my sentiments
on this floor" laid DR.. Paxton. cXcitely,
Tn w9 ns a 1Iitn it, is ny W y
Dr. PASTOR Was heard from again after the
, II move that tho alternates on tho printed
ballots j" elect d." he said. We might Just
A. We'll carry tho whole thing through now.
This Is the strnngest Presbytery ! ever saw.
II Noles TO dismiss the charges, against
Or. i'rigg3 in October tNovemberl and it sends
aiio.ld delegation to hang him in April"
n, iatuGh,sr greeted Pr PaXton's sally; but his
ton Of elders the opposition ticket went
vnhronGl, with hardly q hitch. The seven
Whose names appeared on tho tyrewritten
ticket We're the seven who received The high
e eSt number OF votes, but on the first ballot
through on the later ballots. This is the re-
suit VI tho voting:
MINISTER'S
:, D~'JItc. h,ernate,
John c Bliss W C. Stitt
J. d. Ramsay Is Il, Law
T. T. sample y. {. Nightingale.
~; .; lamp g., T. Mallory.
W. n, 'hHhan tieorge Nixon.
Wsor rEW, ~ nhcafeF' 4. ". smith.
WI F's'hs l"!ltOu 81. smith.
ELDEES.
LOGAN VI Murray. kiaen Van Rensselaer,
y Ihcher - L. FGyd
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