New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-29
TO REACH A VOTE TO-DAY.
NEARING THE END OF THE BRIGGS TRIAL.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE PRrsByTERy INDICATES
A MAJORITY FOR THE DEFENCE.


roach vote I'm the trial OF DR.. Charles A. Brggs 10
day IL was decided at yesterdays session. VINO"
WAS held In the lecture OF the scotch ircS"s ia
Church In Fourteenth-st that the members vi no
court shall have only three minutes each IN "n'n
to express their opinions on the who@ CASE '"''''
casting their vote. A.,
Considerable time was taken up in discussing the
question as 10 whether DIR. Parkhurst, Or '" w. l.
Shedd c. H. Tvndall and Alexander WILSON s"V
he allowed TO vote. II was finally decheu ''i' '"oN
caoxd not, as each OF them had been absent run
the meetings OF the rresbytcry for more than TWO Gays
Nnen the gathering Vas called to order al p
m there was an unusually large number Oh Clergy
men and elders present. II was eNpcc'eu ''' "
vote would I've reached yesterday ana 'na' wue ~.
c.us. Of the unusual crowd. The Rev. DR.. HerricR
Johnson, Of MCCORMICK lheoos'oSi '0''' w.
a visitor. -,
When the Moderator called the gathering 10 oroe'
DIR. Briggs faced the men who will decide us case
and read his exceptions TO parts OF III LAmpe
orUpn,ant The exceptions submitted TO 'he
presby,ery and placed on record
The report of the committee on leave OF aos.n1e
xa. sa,en pres eIod ard It led 10 discussion Wnch
lasted for an hour more. Inc report vi '''
committee showed that DR.. Shedd had been absent
nrr DAYS c. II. Tyndall FIVE days, DIR. hhi""o'"
Two DAYS, Alexander Wilson seven days and DIR. Park
hurst nine days. The discussion arose when mouoh
was made to permit the five TO vote. ieS'eruaf
session was the seventeenth. and II had been de
allowed 10 vote who had been absent from the meet
tvs ,~o sessions or more. As Dr. Elnnwood hao
ashed m he excused for two DAYS and the eaVe nau
hecn granted II was decided that re Shond no' DC w
urlyed OF his vote. But IN The case OF inc lo"r o"
fbe Presbv,cry decided that they had iorc'ei 'uc'
,,c,. N vote one OF the excuses given by DE-
p.rbhnrst WIS that he was compelled 10 spend TWO
..x, Tn cour, Tho reason given for the rejection
~ hrs p,rkhurst Shedd and tho others were 'p''
,h.v had not heard enough OF tho testimony 10 D' 'o
petent 10 judge Tire question.
The Rev Dr. Charles l.. Thompson made S'Fons
,lea IN favor q the men, Dr. h>D"7'" VIZ
Tho other h,nd said that It was unconstitutional 10
s,oro tho brethren 70 their seats. There were ohiy
aho,,t ton votes against admitting th"m, ont d.
II required unanimous vote the monOn WAS ''N"
The discussion continued when the following r''o
lution which is part Of the "order Of riV'''"'
Was presented: "Resolved that when 'he cur, "aS
cone INTO private session. the members VINO o'>"e
shall have ten minutes 10 express 'io'' Vf
the whole case 100
Tho resolution was no sooner presented lor con
sideration than two amendments were onereu. i"'
frs, asked for change Of the time to three mhulcN
and the other 10 five minutes. inc iorner ""S
adopted. uoso.
-, Procedure. called forth much more discussion
aRcsolvcd that the roll shall he called In alphao''a
c,,er and members not desiring TO speak snan HUI
bo pcrnittcd TO give their time To others
To this Dr. Brown offered an amendment 'h"' tue
aolIberatIon Of the case be limited TO two hours
~ rt,, soio that il would be nothing more than
q s,or Judgment II the time were limited TO TWO
hours; in fact no Judgment at all
DR. Robertson said. 1--WE Will make ourselves NV
laughing stock of the community If we do not '"He
more time for conslderalloh' INV SP'N'">"
not be read in three minutes
DIR Hastings was of a different oplllph' Inv IeN'
,,,iop WAS carried rs was also the following; ""heh
the opinions have been given, Inc wore vi
the charges and specifications shall he taNr" "'"o"
debate First the vote each charge SA;l De ''Non
. nj ono roll call. Each member shall vote on e'on
sreocatiop and each charge in the several items the
cote on each being sustained or not sustained. foi
,ornr the vote committee OF three shah be appointed
nv the Moderator bring in the result OIL 'he Noe
snc the judgment OF the Indicator
Tho session to-day will be In the church instead OF
I'm the lecture room. The session VIII probaoE De
secret one Some Of the clereymen say that vote
viii NOT be taken to-day but most are OF the OPINION
TIA, IL will. -,
The majority OF ministers and elders mat arc lei,
Fl the Presbytery TO compose the court arc coia'eu
already to either one side the other, and many OF
the listeners OF the last few days have Dcsuh 10 '
thcir estimates of the final vote
The following list shows the names OIL 'lo9' On
titled 10 vote together with the position which they
took ON November %, the last time that test vote
was had In the Prcsbytcry, the list heinG based upon
the roll called in the open meeting OF PIeSDy'@S
yesterday:
,nr.,ssd N favor Dr. Briggs Minsters-Cc0rge
Alexander. Antonio Ariegh, Arson /. Auerlmy, w.
Wallace Attcrbury Frederick c. Beebe. Francis Brown,
James Chambers Edward L. Clark, Ira 5. DoGd, ID.
Stuart Dodge, William DuTsnt, John H. Edwards
!. Frank F. EIBnwool. william T. Esne c. p. Fagnani
n Henry NJ Field, Herbert Ford, Charles r. Giliett,
Henri L. Glaudncn ird william II. liarshAw, Thomas
S. Hastings FJwSro W. Hitchcock, James ii. lloadley,
James Hunter sam. el ". Jackson. Milton :. Little
fed Daniel T Lorcuz, William NJ Martin Francis H.
MarHng Henry l. .lcEwen. james II. Mcllvane
Duncan j. Mcmillan George J. Mlngns, Daniel II.
Overton George ;. Psyson. James :. Ramsey, Daniel
Redmon. Stealy b. Ross tier, Albert c. Euif'on Will
lam A. Rice JSseph T. ssXGn PHILIP icl 2hom D.
bSloom eS saT yna sn 25 van pyh Marvin T.
Vincent and George 5. Webster .. u.,.,.
n. Iedonx Central. v. Nickens Fourteenth street
t. Reeve; Madison Square, G. H. woodbury. Morrisal'
UaWisy phillips: J. F. Ware Iurlt'ns, g. {. Lay
Riverside. Cleveland II: Dcdse University P l,ia
Washington aSIffa V Height william a. w6,s!ocl; West
Robert jaffray West End. g p, Leggen -
supposed To favor the prosecution: Minister'S. D:
Akx nder Nj hOla, Bjerring Robert Il. booth samuel
Inyden, Thomas hadner Waite ID: hTchanan
Howard Dufield Henry p; Elliot, Matter j. Floyd
Jesse F. Forbes James Hall A. Woodruff h Eig
Theodore Leonard. John c. Lowrie, Charles P Mallery
Alexander Mclean. Horace t. NlGh'ingatc; oeoTS e
Nixon Israel H. Norlhup, Levi II. Parsons. James g.
patter on. Edward p. Iayson, Hugh prchard Charles
Robinson George L. sheaTsf Andrew E"rc s ln,,n
Alexander W spronl. John J. Thompson, Henry N.
Tyndan Frederick f. NCegelu, Thomas q. Wall, ~ l..
IT, Matte Livingston willard and David g. Wylie.
Flders-Bethany, James Tompkins Calvary A. T.
Ketcham: Christ, Andrew Robinson East Harlem.
Jam,s Mcdowell; Fifth Avenue II. Edwards Rowland;
First f. McJunsey Fourth, John McWllllam toHrih
Avenue. George f. SterTy: Harlem. samuel II. VII
lard Knox. JOSEPH Moorbead Rutgers, William NJ.
'Ondtrionk; scotch. Robert Houston; SEVENTH James
Anderson: Thirteenth Street, William X. WCrral ;
III niont. c. f. Garry; Westminster, Richard Drum
nGrd.
As will be seen by these lists, forty-n ministers
snd fifteen elders supposed TO favor Dr. Briggs.
while fory-hye ministers and sixteen elders are sup
Toscd 10 be opposed 10 him. This would give vote In
favor Of acqJtting Or. Briggs. "a 10 81. DR.. Briggs
himself cannot vote can Drs. Birch. sample and
Iampc The Moderator. DR.. Bliss. is not counted on
either site the Rev. John b. Downs, who has been
excused from voting up the present Tine. but who
VIII vote today There IS nothing 10 bind the voters
20 The Side that thev counted and IN The nnal