The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
BRIGGS CASE TAKEN UP.
The Professor Granted Five Hours for
His Speech in His Defense.

Washington, May 2A-The Presbyter-
ian general assembly was called to order
this morning at 9:3O o'clock by Moder-
ator Craig and opened with prayer by
Prof. Roy of Chicago At o'clock the
galleries were well filled with visitors
who had evidently come to remain
throughout the day, holding their places
that they might obtain view and hearing
of the proceedings in the Briggs case dur
ing the afternoon session
DR.. Young's sessional report from the
committee on bills and overtures as to the
distribution of the overtures among the
several committees went through without
objection. Sixty overtures relating to the
new creed and twenty proposing changes
in the present confession of faith were
sent to the committee on bills and over
lures for answer.
The responses to kilograms of congratu-
lation and fraternity received last week
were read by the stated clerk. To the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church south, at Macon, Ga, the follow
ing was sent: f'The general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in session at
Washington responds cordially to your
fraternal message. There is one body
y
hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, one God and father of all,
who is above all and through all, and in
you all "
Reports from committees consumed the
remainder of the morning session.
The committee on aid to colleges re
ported, and the report was accepted,
recommending that the proposition of
Arthur Brown to donate 100 acres of land
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ing of the Westminster College of Utah
be respectfully declined.
PREPARED FOR CROWD.
In anticipation of the crowd to hear the
Briggs case, the officers of the assembly
and of the committee of arrangements
prepared to handle it equitably and salts
factOrily The pulpit and space In front
were reserved for the officers of the as
sembly, the parties to the case,
the chairmen of the various committees
in connection with the meeting of the as
sembly and ex-moderators and elders
over 80 years of age. The last five pews
in the body of the church We're given over
to visitors, clergymen preferred, and the
gallery to ladies, who were not admitted
to main floor A small detail of police
were present to aid the ushers in carry
ing out these arrangements, as yesterday,
long before the hour of opening the pro-
CCCuliHS, every Dlt u th6 dNdlluDle seat
ing and standing room was occupied The
pressure for adnlittance was terrific but
the arrangements were fairly well carried
out.
Rev. George D. Baker, chairman, re-
ported that the judicial committee unan-
imously recommended that the prosecut-
ing committee be allowed one hour to
open it's case; that five hours be given to
Prof. Briggs, and that the committee be
given two hours in which 10 close, to be
extended, if desired, to four hours The
reported was accepted and its recommcn-
dations carried out as far as the
time allowed. DIR. Birch opened
the case DR.. Briggs spoke
an hour and half and then ut
450 O'Clock yielded for a motion to
adjourn. Tho assembly will reassemble
at O'Clock tomorrow morning, and half
an hour later will be convened as a court
and proceed with the Briggs case
DIR. Briggs argument was chiefly of a
legal character, and was directed against
the regularity of the present proceedings.