Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-20
organization.

It LOOKS as though the BrSSS prOSecu- ting committee had brought their case to friendly body. The outburst of enthu- siasm that brought about the election of Dr. Craig as moderator was an assurance. The friends of Dr. Craig view it in the same way. Dr. Craig is an uncompro- missing foe to Briggsism, and Briggs men will receive no quarter at his hands. Yesterdays session was very interesting. After some routine business of not gen eral interest had been disposed of, ex- Moderator Young projected into the pro ceedings the first of the important queS- tions before the Assembly, the report of the Committee Upon the Relation of the As sembly and the Theological Seminaries. The report presented history of each seminary with reference:
 First, to the legal status of each and the ownership and control of their property. Second the present control by the Pres byterian church over the teaching and property of the seminaries.
 This showed that the original purpose of the church was to maintain direct and complete control by it's General Assembly | of the teaching and property of it's semi naries. Princeton was the first to depart from this rule.
 Says the report: ''Union is a civil cor corporation, whose charter is undenomina- tional and makes no reference of any kind | to the Presbyterian church. No control of | the seminary, either in it's teaching or property, is, by the terms of it's charter, given to the church ill any of it's agencies. ''While these seminaries have been re- garded as in connection with the Presby- | terian church and heretofore operated in l the interests of that denomination, the | Presbyterian church has no control of any kind over the teaching or the property, and can afford the donors of funds no prOtec- | tion ill the matter of applying their gifts l to the purposes for which they are made. :" The report of the permanent committee l on Temperance enters into that subject | largely in detail and makes some recom- mendations that will come before the l Assembly. Referring to the Chicago Fair, | the report says:
 l "We cannot contemplate except with | feeclings of shame the proposed spectacle | to be placed before all the world of a vast | national grOg shop and a vast national eX- | hibition of the trampling down of law" | The establishment by Congress of an i'm partial commission of inquiry concerning | the liquor traffic is favored
 | "The bill" says the report, 'has sev- | eral times passed the Senate. but the liquor power, rallying it's forces, has al | ways defeated it in the lower House. J | Local option is not regarded as the best
 and ultimate solution of the liquor prob
 lem, but the most of the presbyteries l have favored it as a stepping stone toward | general prohibition. Among all the re l ports of presbytcries the license system
 has no advocate or apologist
 The report emphasizes the statement
 that the Church is not political organiza
 tion, but owes it to God and humanity tC
 give unequivocal utterances on moral
 questions
 li,a CIt n1 NTofn st ha in.
 stitution known as the army canteen, iu
 which it says army officers and soldiers art
 detailed as saloon keepers.
 | After the adjournment the body pro
 ceeded to the White House to call on tn | President.
 President and Mrs. Cleveland received
 the Commissioners and visitors to the
 General Assembly in the East Room o
 the White House at 4:15 o'clock. Mrs
 Cleveland wore gray gown of soft, cling | ing material trimmed with black velvet
 and looked the embodiment of goot | health.
 Dr. Craig, the Moderator was presented
 to the President by Dr. Bartlett, chairman | of the Committee of Arrangements, an made brief felicitous address, in which
 after speaking of the early experiences o
 the President, and complimentlng Mrs | Cleveland, he said
 q have but one word more to say, sil and this gives me more pleasure tha
 most men who are addressing you in thes
 early, and am afraid, later hours. Yo
 ought to be refreshed when you talk wit a man who represents 2,500 people, wh don't want single office" (Applause.)
 In conclusion Dr. Craig delivered tn Assembly's invitation to the President t
 visit the Assembly.
 In his reply President Cleveland ey
 pressed his pleasure in welcoming tn
 distinguished representatives and reminde , them of their duty as teachers and as cit
 zens.
 The visitors were then presented b name to the President by Dr. Bartlett, an to Mrs. Cleveland by Col. J. M. Wilson
 superintendent ofabuildings and grounds | who was in full dress uniform. The ] then strolled through the parlors and COT servatory and afterwards took their dt parture.
 7 The gavel wielded by by the new Mod orator, w. G. Craig, D. D., IL. D., B | Chicago Theological Seminary, is the gil
 of w. B. Gurlay and wife. MT. Gurlay