The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17

To-day.
flrTsBuEdh, May lo.-ht IL O'CLOCK
this morning tho ono hundred and
soventh peneral aysomblv Of TIM prcsbv.
,a,;n, .L,,.ol, ,oL L. 49, rLi.,
'o'"' e"u." opo"eu !" ""o Ant.u
church IN this city. lhero Wero nearly
600 commissioner present when the
~onsninv hour arrived. and |. WAC a
.1,;..aLI. a., ,La, Ill. a.,..,,I..
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composed aiiioSt entirely o. young
unKuown mon.
The preliminary serviceH woro begun
by prayer by Or. Robert n. Adams. OF
Minneapolis. This was followed by
Scripture reading by Or. William N.
Page, OF Leayenworth, Kas. After
muqic DR. Georpe Norcross of C,rlialo
~ a. c.
iai, ioaa u paSsaSe i.oNt s"o p,uiI
,o',omeu W p.uyoi ps M
INouei.8' .ho Sta'eu c.ofh' tne ietItinS
MouoL"IoI, II 1a'huo' a. 'u'chhote'
'nen uo.,'eieu us seiuioh.
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lhoy say 'nat the ltouoio 10 INC hou9
n MY 'Jseisn o u,n -, m9 noJIonueu
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"n' PAM aI' "Ie e'eH sHnn'ns toF
see.esa'le IA "1y teSom
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y q !nc suolecs may eoune III Son-
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p'"'us'
FIRST BUSINESS SESSION.
The first business session OF tho Pres
| hv,or;o, Ganero, sssombIv o,onad a.
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oc'ocS MS a''esuooh WIN 'ae com-
mit:ee on commissioners report OF the
roll. Following this was the call for
nominations for moderator. Gen. James
4. Beaver, ex-governor OF Penhsyl-
vania, took the floor TO nominate DR..
Robert Russell Booth, OF New York.
Ito referred eioquent!y 10 tho historical
interest that attached 10 the sihird
ehutGh nnu .ne pI M p |. ' ENI o'
tvensv.fye vears AGO. ue said:
1--WE want a man for moderator who
believes that the scriptures teach what
man should believe. We want a man
VINO believes in the government OF the
Presbyterian church, and believes that
it should govern"
lie then named pr. Booth Tor the
oihce. n the NOMINATION was greeted
with cheers.
Rev. andrew e. Zenos. d. D., OF Chi
cage, seconded the nomination on be.
half OF the western contingent.
The western commissioners were de-
termined not TO let the Office oil moder.
ator so without a hight, and Or. Samuel
). Cryor. oil Albert Lea Mlnn., noni:
mated General Robert n. Adams. OF
Minneapolis. lie referred to General
Adams brilliant military record and to
a home missionary. dc was followed
by ID. Clarence b. BacSus, oil Kansas
City, b placed IN nonlnation Ut.
William n. Page, OF Leayenworth,
Kansas.
DIR. BOOTH ELECTED.
Dr.. Backus entered a plea for the
vast in cboo,;nc Of n modara.or and
h.s,a hi. .lo;,, =, hi, rro,,a n
oAsed IN sa'u' " .us h.ouue. ~
George q. Pollock, OF Litchteld, Mimi.
aud Hon. T. {. White, LII D., OF
Columbus. w.. spoke IN behalf oil Or.
Page n DR.. j: J. Lampe, OF New York,
pressed the claims Of Or. Booth.
Nominations were then closed and
Isaac D.. Fry, OF Cincinnati, and Fl. I.
Nash, OF st. Louis, were appointed
~te!less. Tho frst ballot resulted as ioi-
lows: booth, ooo; rage, 1907 ADAMS
S.: total DIS.
On motion tho election o. Or. Booth
Moderator va, c1lled 10 tho platiorm
aud mazda n nIeosinr addrass Is