Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-02
CALLED HIM NAMES.
President Harrison Boldly Accused
of Demagogism
BY THE UNITED PRESBYTERIANS.
Delegates Very Bitterly Assail the Sunday
Newspaper.
STRONG LANGUAGE USED .RUTHLESSLY

President Harrison was boldly accused of
demagogism and unchristianity, and the
Sunday newspaper was declared to be the
mightiest piece of enginery that now as
sails the sacred institutions of the Christian
people of the United States last night BY
the General Assembly of the United Pres
byterian Church.
The excitement about the Assembly last
night was most enthusing to the tempestu-
Gus soul and the delegates had a most in
vigorating time. Everything passed off as
we'll as they usually do in General Assem-
blies until the report of the Committee on
Reform was read by the Rev. j.
T McCrory. The report took
up a number of subjects and reviewed them
at length. In referring to the course of
events during the last year it said: "The
most significant is the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States, affirm
ing that this is Christian nation. The
President has no longer a valid excuse for
refusing the recognition of Christianity in
his annual Thanksgiving proclamation"
The legislation relating to the exclusion of
the Chinese from America was character
lied as anchristian unpatriotic and a mon
strous injustice. The Presidents signature
to such a bill was pronounced as an evil
dence that the President was not Chris
tian.
Endorsed the L. & o. Society.
1t was recommended that the resolutions
of last year referring to the saloons and the
liquor traffic be reaffrmed and that the
relations of the Church with the American
Sabbath Union be continued ave would
heartily recommend" the report saws, "the
movement inauIurated by the Western
Pennsylvania Sabbath Association and the
Pittsburg Law and Order Society Tor the
suppression of the Sunday newspaper"
The Sunday newspaper was declared to be
the mlghtiest piece of enginery that now
assails the Church and the dearest rights
and most sacred institutions of the chris
tian people of the United States.
The report was adopted as a whole by a
vote of 53 70 33. 1t was discussed for over
an hour. Rev. DIR. Meloy said that he had
no special love Tor the President but he
would not like to vote for the language
which accuses him with acting in hot haste
and through the promptings of dema-
gogism. He said that even the lowest and
most illiterate class of people in the country
did not ask for the exclusion of the Chinese,
let alone the highest and most educated
and broad-minded people. Moderator Nc
Din said that the word demagogue was too
closely associated in the report with the
name of President Harrison. 1t would not
be right, he said, to charge our Chief Magis-
trate with demagogism. He asked that
the President decline to sign the Worlds
Fair appropriation bill unless it provided
that the gates of the Exposition be closed on
the Lords Day. A main part of the report
was devoted to praise of the Law and Order
Society and of the work it has done. A large
number OF the delegates objected TO this
on the ground that it was merely local and
not general
Thought 1t Was Roughly worded.
The Rev. A. S. Wallace took exception to
the vigorous handling of the subjects in the
reports, and declared the report was too
roughly worded and WAS not in the spirit of
the Master nor according tojustice "Whyn
said Dr.. McCrorv, 1--WE cannot use too strong
language, even If we hunt the dictionary
through and through to characterize the
evil of the Sunday newspaper. 1t is our |
mightieSt Toe and must suppress it."
Rev. I. B. Stewart believed the wording of
the report was hot too rough, and claimed
that the Sunday newspaper Is "a terrible in
iquity," and that no lang auage is too strong
that shows the real evil of the Sunday news
paper.
A few delegates tried to defend the Sun
day paper, but their efforts were so futile
the Chairman did not accord them a hear
ing. The report was then adopted.
Previous to the reading of the report on |
reforms the assembly adopted the report of |
the Finance Committee and expressed their |
accord with the committee in desiring the |
creation of the office of Financial Secretary
and in pursuance this office Will be created |
at the next General Assembly with n salary |
OF s., 600 year attached The report urged |
all congreg ations to adopt some regular !
system OF collecting funds Tor church pur-
poses. The envelope method'' was recon-
mended and the giving of one-tenth OF each |
persons income was strongly commended.
Tne report of the Committee on Educa- |
ton was then taken up and adopted. 1t |
was OF general interest inasmuch as it re- |
1erred to the issuance of a regular book of |
GSalns- Some OF the Older members OBJ |
Jected to such an innovation, but their pro-
test was of no avail and it, as well as the |
advance OF music as an adjunct to the wor- |
snip OF the Church. was commended.
The report OF the Committee on Judiciary |
was read. In it was reference to large |
number of appeals and complaints. but none |
were of special significance. That of Rev |
J. I. Mckee, of the Presbytery of Solkut, |
India, was not entertained.
Condemned Secret Societies
The Committee on Secret Societies re- |
ported that the Church recognized that the |
existence of such organizations was in ac- |
cordance with the laws of the country, but |
as the laws of the U. p. Church forbid asso-
ciation with any oath bound secret So |
clety. the committee commend the Church |
to stand by the attitude it at present holds
and have nothing to do with such societies |
The report was adopted, were the re-
ports on bills and overtures, and the Elders |
conference. Special commendation was
made in regard to the action of the Letter
Committee on the grounds they had taken
relative to the giving of one-tenth of their
income to the work of the Church,
The Committee on Nominations reported
the names of the following persons to fill the
vacancies on the boards of the Church and
standing and select committees of the Gen.
eral Assembly:
List of the Nominations.
Trustees of the General Assembly-Thomas
Jamison, S. L. McHenrv. T. j. Gillespie.
Foreign Missions-Rev. w. W. Barr, D. d..
Rev. d. w. Collins, d. D., and Rev. NJ G.
Hyle. Home Missions-Rev. d. Barclay,
James McCutcheon, Thomas S. Stewart
Freedmen's Mission-Rev. Joseph Hyle,
Rev. w. II. McMillen, d. D., Rev. d.
W. Carson. Church Extension-Thomas
McCance, Rev NJ. NJ. Patterson, W.
@. Sawyer. Ministerial Relief james
Mccartney, James s. McCracken, James d.
Ferguson. Board of Education-Rev w. C. |
Williamson. Rev. Russell Graham, David
Graham. Board of Publicatfon-Ad-
olson Lysle, J. d. Frazier s |
u. Donaldson, Rev. d. S. Littell, Rev. j.
A. Douthett. Special Committee on the
Federation of Presbyterian Churches-Rev
j. Z. Sankey, Rev J. A Reed Rev. W.
S. McEachrow. Credentials-The clerks of
the General Assembly. Ways and Means-J |
j; Porter, w. j. Sawyer, W. III. McGinness |
W C. Shaw, NJ. D., W. S. Weir j. s. Nc. |
Cague, G. G. Wallace Young Peoples |
W ork-Prof. j. H. McMillen, Corresponding |
Secretary of Young Peoples Work Rev. NJ |
G. Hyle. Delegate and alternate to the Hol-
land Reformed Christian Church-Rev W.
e: Williamson, ID. d., and Rev. w. L.
Meloy, ID. ID. Committee to Holland |
Reformed Church-Rev. w. B. Mellow |