Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-20
TELBGRAPHIC .
BAD FOR DR.. BRIGGS.
The appointment Of the judicial Com
mites UniaVorable.
CONSERVATISM PREVAILS.
Business Transacted by tho Presbytcr'
ian General Assembly at Wash
iugton Yesterday.

WAsuISoToN. May l9.-After the
routine business had been disposed OIL
cx.Moderstor Young projected in'o
the pro ceedi ngs tho frat Of the impor'
tsnt questions before the assembly
tho report Of the COMMITTEES upon the
relations Of the assembly and theoiog'
icai scminaries. The committee Gays
II Ia evidenced that at the timo OF The
formation Of the first theological SEM
mary Of the Presbyterian church II
was the purpose Of the church to
maintain direct and complete control
by It's general assembly Of the tech
ipps and OF the property Of its theolog-
icaI sominaries. While Union aud
Lane are regarded M In connection
with the Presbyterian church, the
church has no control Of any kind
over the teachings or property OF thee
seminarics, md can afford the donors
Of funds to them no protection In the
matter Of applying their gifts to the
purposes for which they " ere made.
Elder Thomas McDougai Of Cincin-
natl, who largely drafted the report,
said he believed the time had come In
the matter Of control Of theological
temiDaries when the genius OF the
Presbyterian church should be ct least
equal to the executive ability display
ed In ordinary business, and II any
teacher employed for a specific pur-
pose Mt q specified salary should Tor
any reason become unnt to discharge
his duties, n way might be- found to
dispense with his services without
splitting up the church. tApplause1
Rev. Charles A. D,ckey, chairman
Of the special committee OF judicial
commissioners, reported In favor Of
sending oveitures down 10 the presby-
teries Tor changing chapter Is Of SEQ
ton lis 90 rs to provide that the gen.
efal assembly Of each synod and prss-
bytery shall have power to ap-
point Judicial commissions from
their respective bodies, In num-
beers not less than eighteen, from the
general assembly; twelve from any
synod and seven from any presbytety.
All judicial CASES TO DO submitted TO
such commission, and their decisions
shall be subject to reversal only by tho
superior JudicAtory, except In matters
OF law, which shall DO referred TO the
appointing :Iudicstory for adIudica.
tlop, aHd also all matters Of constitu.
tion and doctrine mny be reviewed Ia
the appointing body and by the gu
perior Judiciatory. The assembly
adopted the report aud ordered the
overtures sent down.
Rev. DIR. Smith, chairman Of the
committee on church unity, reported
that II had been deemed best TO drop
for the present tho discussion Of the
differences between the two churches,
ami leaving to the future the work OF
securing the organic external union
desired.
Without action on the reports the
general assembly adjourned til 10.
morrow morning and proceeded In q
body TO call nj the White House.
President and Mrs. Cleveland received
the visitors In the East Room. DIR.
Craig, the moderator, was presented To
the President by DR.. Bartlett, chair
man OF tho committee on arrange.
mcnts, and made u speech, closing
with an Invitation to the President to
attend the assembly. President Clsve.
land made brief address In response.
The visitors were then presented by
mare to President and Mrs. Cleveland
and then strollec through the parlors
and conservatory and afterwards took
their departure.
In the general Lsasembly today per.
haps the most intense interest clustered
about the names OF the members Of the
judiciary committee, for this lie the
committee that will pass upon the up.
peal In the case Of DR.. Briggs and will
report to the assembly upon the ques.
ton Of the propriety OF that body enter
tanning the appeal. The Rev. George
ID. Barker, selected to act ~ chairman,
10 classed among the conservatives, anu
M such his appointment gives the
greatest satisfaction TO that function Of
the assembly, by all odds tho largest.
The committee 10 for tho most part
made up Of men who are known to be
conservatives, that 10, to DO more def.
mite, ant!-Briggs men.