New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19

the charter was obtained the Constitution OF
Ohio had been amended so as to prohibit special
legislation. The change could not be MADE WIN
out the enactment Of a general law, which "ou'o
affect every institution In the State. he re-
sented the statement OF Hr iouns' 70 .ne e" nc
plan OF revision were not Presbyterian. Inc
charter says that all members OF It's ooard enai,
be members Of the Presbyterian Churcn IN sOuu
standing Lane Seminary has stood py the com,
pact with the Presbyterian Church ana wou. :.
continue to do So but would not cnahee It's
charter. II Lane goes out OF the Churcn: 80 WI,
Danvile and Mccormick. Danvile, ne said, nao
made a compromise by enactlng bylaws. put Dr'
White said ne would much rather nave the zen
eral Assembly possess veto power IN tne ap
pontment Of It's professors. DR.. White saio ne
would as soon commit perjury as 20 cnahss
what had been planned out by the iathers Oh
Lane Seminary. =. a..
fore tear down what they have put together.
A politician could not set to work ana secure
the changes they propose without peins pranueu
as dishonest, and l say what Is immoral IN q
potican is immoral in Presbyterian minister.
lane Seminary will 60 on serving the Cnurc"
and promoting our common Presoyterlanlsm.
The Rev. DR.. Mutchmore, acting chairman OF
tho committed came next. He said tnat though
he had the floor he would yie.d IT 10 Elder NC
Dougall, of Ohio. He said: he mas more
patience. II you puncture me would get req ~,
the face but If you puncture him 1t would not
hurt him anywhere. . -,
Thomas McDougall, an cider and member or
fha La
Committee. then assembled the platform. He said
the question was purely legal, civil and ecces-
os,ical one The General Assembly is not a legaI
body. 1t has 10 right to hola propSl'!, anu -
there was an attempt to transfer the trusts 10
the General Assembly, the deeds wouid nor De
worth the paper upon which they should be
written. He said that an that was wa.soa W.
an insertion in the charter saying that the
ser,ina RES are Presbyterian. The Omaha SEMI
nary had inserted the following clause IN It's
charter:
Ali funds and property OF every name az or and he b na
hv the SAID The Presbyterian Theological seminary
at Omaha shall be he'd BY !. IN trust for the rIcs
aya be- used only for theological education in the
ct IN fp tSa y sS Of
lea as now hereafter interpreted by Us Genera!
and al ss ShsT Or
irrevocab.e and involaoe'
Tho sneaker added: IF 1t is good for Omaha
whv Is It not good for the others? | would IKE
DR.. Johnson TO tell why ne voted mat way 'o'
Omaha and opposes ii for the others.
This stirred Mr.. Johnson up, and he answered
that IL was because the answers OF the o'heis
were not presented fairly to the Assembly, uo
The second proposition was taken up by MT. NC
rougaII IT was that the election Of trustees
should be approved by the General Assembly, or
vetoed not satisfactory M McDou ,t,. Sa ~
Il was only to compel the seminares to i've up 70
the standards of the Church. Unless the conpac'
of 1870 is put into the charter, the Church wou p
better without 1t. II the Legislature snouia nake
the change then it would create the GeneIai
Assembly uuasi-corporate power to so into cour.
in case If disobedience 1t would give the Iignl
To the Assembly TO enforce the compact. - 10
only proposed, he said, to give the ueneI ..s
sembly the same power as possessed BY the Attor-
ney-General Of any State to inquire whether OF or
not corporation is complying with the terms 90. Oh
IFS charter Mr. McDougall showed tnat since .ne
new Constitution Of Ohio went into erect the
charter Of Lane Seminary had been amended once,
and he explained how it could be done again Ine
Recommendations submitted by the committse
sinnlv guard against the alienation OF the FUNDS
OF the seminaries to other purposes tnah ina
which the PRESBYTERIAN Church has Inen Tsar,r
When Mr.. McDougall ended, Dr. W. -. i" Ohp
secured the floor but the time had expired ana
he will not speak until Monday morning. A.,
In the afternoon the commissioners sPen. .ns
time in committee meetings or in conferences
looking TO the business to come before the AS
senbly.