The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-20
pREsRYTERIAN AssEmeLY.
An Opinion on the Chinese Exclusion
Act to Be Formulated,

Washington, May 19.-The devotional
exercises which opened the second days
session of the Presbyterian general as
sembly were conducted by Rev. DR.. Smith
of Baltimore.
Previous to reading the minutes of YES
terday Permanent Clerk Moore requested
that brother who had exchanged over
coats with him come and get his own, and
also that the person who had the modera-
tors overcoat be requested to return it.
Rev. Mr.. McCallie Dayton moved recon
sideration of the vote of yesterday on the
worlds fair Sunday opening for the pup
nose of offering a substitute for that reso-
luton going more into detail Reconsid-
Grafton was refused by an almost unani-
nous vote, and Mr.. McCauley then
moved to add the substitute to the resolu-
ton of yesterday, but the assembly
refused to adopt it or to reconsider it.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
On motion of DR.. Harsha of Nebraska
a resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of a committee to formulate an ex-
preston of opinion upon the Chinese ex-
clusion act, as it affects foreign mission
ary work.
Stated Clerk Roberts announced that
the reports of the various boards, com
mittees and officers of the church and as
sembly had been received with p few
exceptions and would be duly presented.
A, d. Randolph of New York presented
the report of the special committee upon
the publication Church, Home and
Abroad
Dr. Smith of Baltimore introduced Rev.
Dr. Duncan of the Episcopal church, who
rcpresented the joint committee which
had under consideration the subject of
church unity. This committee has been
in session the past two days, and
DR.. Duncan was selected to
represent the Episcopal church
before the assembly. He said that there
were four points which the Episcopal
church believed to be essential to a basis
of union and upon three of them they had
practically agreed. The fourth, upon.
which no conclusion had been reached, in
yolved largely difference in terms. AS
the final outcome of the committees work
DR.. Duncan prOphesied that in the not far
distant future instead of two church
organizations there shall be but one.
The moderator then announced the
standing committees.
The special committee on the Chinese
exclusion act was announced to consist of
S. NJ Catchings of Detroit, M. H. STRAIT
ton Of Salem, n. j., and Cyrus l.. Perish
ing of Pottsville, Pa.
Rev. William Henry Roberts was an
nOunced to be vice moderator
AT the afternoon session q resolution
was offered by DR. w. H. Roberts and
adopted, authorizing the committee to in
vite President Cleveland to visit the as
Sembly at his convenience.
The correspondence between the COM
mlttee on church unity and the Episcopal
commission in the past.year was read, to
the great interest of the assembly. From
this 1t appeared that the Episcopalians
offered to make such changes in the
methods of selecting members of the
episcopate as might be deemed essential
If thereby the union of American Chris
tlans could be secured and, further, that
the authority of the presbytery was re-
cogni2ed in the Episcopal church The
Presbyterian committee suggested that
the practice of exchange of pulpits OBJ
served in all other evangelical denomina-
tons be established under suitable regu-
lations between the Presbyterian and
Eplscopalian churches of the United
States.
Rev Charles L. Thompson of New
York, chairman of the committee on CO.
operation with other churches, presented
the third annual report of that committee
Tor consideration in connection with the
previous report. The committee recon-
mended that no church be established by
either of the denominations named in a
field fully occupied and properly cared
for by any evangelical organization.
The assembly then adjourned and pro-
ceeded in body to call upon President
and Mrs. Cleveland at the white house.