The sun., 1893-05-23
TIE BRIGGS CASE COMES UP.
wRASGLE IN TIE
pRESBY. ERIAN ASSEMBLY


saw such an Outbreak While q Vote
ws. Being Tnken-Tho Motion Lost.
WARRINGTON. May 22-At this mornings
..s,lon OF the Presbyterian General As
..rbly the Briggs question came to the
s,,,t at n bound. and II did not mitigate
,hs results OF tho short struggle to know
rh.n IL was over that 1t was chiefly the
,,sult Of u misunderstanding. Or. Young.
chairman OF tho Committee on Bills and Over
tutc,. announced what had been done with q
numbcr OF ovcrturcs from the presbyteries.
trov, OF thom relating to the Briggs case
having teen rcforroi TO the Committee ON
Judieiary.
Dr. Young had hardly ceased speaking when
nr Herrick Johnson Of Chicago inquired what
had become 0f the overture from his Prcsby-
tery on the Briggs case which overture be-
,oueht the Assembly to refer this celebrated
ev back to the Synod OF New York.
dr. Thos G. Hall OF Chicago. in sym pathy
With DR.. Briggs. made n brief speech In favor
a, sending all resolutions in the Briggs case
IN the Judiciary Committee FIRST. ns all would
eventually go there.
adsr Eujaly Of Cincinnati snii that tho As
,.mbly had to do simply with the law as 1t is.
not 40 Il ought to be.
There was a general parliamentary confu-
s,on, various Commissl sloners ATTEMPTING to get
tbs Goor. amid which the announcement was
made that the Chicago overture had gono to
the Judiciary COMMITTEES. While tho Mod
orator was attemp ptIrg to put the question DR..
Johnson remained uron his feet. calling re-
rsatedly. Il claim the right to 10 heard" his
words being received with applause.
Commissioner Cutchings OF Detroit snid that
there was an overture from his Pres5ytery.
and In view OF that fact he supported the mo-
Hon to refer all the Briggs overlures to the Ju-
dietary Committee. He complained that tho
Moderator had not permitted HIM to speak. al
though he had been repeatedly upon his feet.
Mr. Cutchings snld that he would appeal from
the decision OF the Chair. and was applnuded.
DR.. Young. from the platform. asserted that
the Moderator could not see every man who
ought to be seen. and this statement received
the vigorous apl lause Of the anti Briggs peo-
ple
Mr.. CutchlnGs who is physically one Of the
larres. men on the floor. retorted that the
failure to sec him was possibly due to the fact
that he was SO small
Moderator Craig said in reply that 1t made
10 difference how many times Mr.. CutchinRs
had been on his feet so long as he had not
caught the eye OF tho Chair. He added: Il
being taken" and this remark was received
With loud applause.
The reference OF the overtures to the Judi
elsry Committee was carried. and then DIR.
Craig stepped to the front OF tho platform.
What he said was short and sharp Don't
you try to overwhelm US with such points ut
this stage OF tho game" he said. en- mphasizing
bis remarks by a flourish OF the gavel which
he held In his hand. This was greeted with
cheers and the incident ended for the time.
o.. ihe EepSrt OF the special committee on on
Hh5ath sI,ts Q6servapce. Of which tho late Col
shieh Was % read by Elder M IT, %"rTsl q 't tho
FSs hs
erss u !hs death 'oi Col. Elliott +. shepard.
sstyiees T h" - 'Rst' has rrndered @ to to- the Sab
Msrse M esstributions, Anoihsr rssolusisn dc: S
Il the. Chicago Exposition on the SABBATH
science anu fiagrant breach OF. filth.
Another outbreak on tho Briggs case oc-
Cured Just tetors the morning adjournment.
Bile anu 6iertures. returned to the platform
end ssd that the two oys5sSres the
El1er Cutchipgs as bearing directly upon the
Briggs case. had been found upon examina-
ss is, bstors Se
W, but referred wholly to proposed changes
In the standards Of the Church. He therefore
tion Of the Committee be adhered to and the
txo oyeItnres sent to the Committee on
York claimed tho iioor. and said. With great
% designed Tor q special ccm mmittee, though on
mot an W. nf hA
iSns q the 60 o1erture t H from tic Chicago Pres
orery referred mnnifestlY to the judicial case
SSsw before the fsssTbly. view in WHICH tsh
house The Intention Of that Presbytery was
tnst tn 4 should bear upon the judicial case be-
Dr. Warfsid Of Lafayette Seminary took the
erouud that the Assem- bly, could not afford to
elrcutous route . in az order Ter to carry out what a
ss,ei V. .s, /! DID moi il &c Sysrtars i
the Committee on Church Polity alone.
I1Eh Ms r1Eh OF BloominGdale declared that the
assembly was not made UP OF mind readers.
goins on In the minds OF the Chicago Presby-
x,s ss,s Th"n pIepared IT'S ovsrtnres. The As.
"ni hs Seuha asea Even sSe PS
sISld m,,,s. pTSEsry send il TO the Judiciary Com
cl.nS,no ahis ~ su stateneht was met with iond
4. !hs lev. Mr. Halli1eld Of New Jersey said
Nat Inc committee had done its duty. but Mt
tae same time there WAS some friction, and ho
SGshavru ne saw way ont Of tho difficulty.
ne moved that copies OF the overtures be scnt
r. the Judiciary Com nittee for thci. informa-
mpn. and that the originals be sent to tho Com
mMlttte on Church loity.
inss yalh not meet with tho approval Of either
SnS. snS. Elder Enlaly Of Cincinnati could not SEQ
tnhy .ne Assembly WAS called upon TO violate
,I"laaWnt H." INV ~ tho Church because 1t had been in
hh,aateH, ,thqt some particuIar cnse was to come
ns,' ne;nrs me Assembly for trial. He had heard
rng 81 sNch u case save in the way Of ru-
s,n,nii inc ,overturrs. in question referred
cn,riy c,ar 20 y change OF Church policy. ami ho
Sc S"1,u n.S sce no reason why IN exception should
"a LI'rLyDoIy wanted vote on he amendment.
s.n.M1 s'.m mne1 Dr, Charles II. Booth Of New York
dasnnusl nnnu slepped to the front hc was IN ct with
6lstinnonIl9c demand for tho question The
Ssmnku!sned divine calmly waved aside the
shouted: "''u ""oh II n"u quie'eu doWh
horMyoa were to cnll for the question for nm
Nav In.l IIod could not pat me down. / am from
,,ss, ns ssaid that he was opnoscd to the amond.
mani 90 20, mo reason that it introduced the clr-
"ndeloerative :" body.
raaI,erc lurther discussion by Prot Brown OF
trat a'h seminary and iidor Cutrhings OF be.
S,n. SSo. the crdmcnt was lost and the over.
Etisss We're sent to the Com nittee on Church
ssu w u vote that met with practically no
"Posltion from the Briggs mon.
M recess was taken at noon. during which
m atsat