New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-16

W. II. KOBEkiS
the Rev DR.. Samuel A. Mutchmore. of Philadcl-
phia. who presided at the Saratoga Assembly
year ago. Or. Mu;chmore is better preacher
than he is a presiding officer. but what he lacks In
parliamentary technics he makes up in good hu-
NOR, and thus preserves fairly even balance.
Commissioners to the last Assembly often refer TO
discussion al Saratoga where there were enough
motions and amendments to confuse any man not
we'll verssd in rules If order In the hea; Of the
debate a Western rose. and, interrupting the
speaker. said
''Mr Moderator. rise to a point Of order
Now. brother you just sit down for the present.
Let the brother who is speaking finish what he
has to saw and then | will hear your point Of or
der
This was too much for the gravity Of the COM
missloners. and an outburst o: laughter greeted
this decision of an original Moderator. Unseemy
as was this involuntary interruption. II was fol-
lowed by more hearty laugh five minutes later
when Dr. Mutchmore turned toward the Western
and said:
Nov, brother, you may state your poin; Of or
der"
But. on the whole. Or. Mu;chmore made good
Moderator One better learned in the rules Of the
book might have accomplished less pleasant re-
suits.
Of Moderator 20 MI a sleepng-car. New-York
Chicago Minneapolis. Leavenworth Kan. San
Francisco and several other cities have men in
the field Sections OF country more than theo
logical differences are urged. but IL may be added
IN parentheses that no man too liberal in his
views can hope this year TO succeed such stalwart
conservatives Mutchmore. Craig. Young and
Green The friends Of Or. Robert Russell Booth.
OF New-York. gay that ne will have a walkover,
and some venture the assertion that he will be
elected by acclamation. They point TO his long and
faithful services for TIE Presbyterian Church,
having been as he said on Monday in his
Presbytery. member OF that body In 1853 His
long connection with Princeton Seminary and
Union Seminary. before the latter left the General
Assembly. his quiet withdrawal from he directory
Of the New-York institution when It retained
Professor Briggs in its faculty. after the Asse nby
has dlsapproved his transfer to the Chair Of Bib-
cal Theology-all Of this tends to make Dr. Booth
popular with the conservatives in the church. who
are doubtless In the ma ority here.
Among other candidates mentioned is Dr.
Howard A. Johnston. Dr. Thomas G. Halls sue
cessor in the Forty-frst Street Church. In Chi
cago Dr. Johnston has many warm friends in
the Assembly. and while not widely known
throughout the country as DR.. Booth. many Of
the commissioners from Illinois and the adjon-
Ing states feel tnat ne Is the coming man.
Minneapolis sends some Moderator timber also
Dr. Robert y. Adams. the synodiCa missionary
of Minnesota better known as General Adams
because OF his military services in the Rebellion.
He is also a doctor of divinity. The San Fran
cisco man is Warren II. Landon who is pro-
fessor in the Theological Seminary that
city and the Kansas candidate j. Or. w. y.
Page. Professor Willis j. Beecher, Of Auburn
Seminary. is also favorably mentioned.
Unless all indications fail" said an ex-Moder-
ator to-day. "Dr. Booth will be elected but those
Chicago men have something on foot. which may
be the pushing Of Johnston the compromise on
Adams"
The Summaries Conference Committee has been
in session here for two days and It's report is
finished This subject will come up on Friday
morning. when the report will be read and time
set for hearing the discussion. which is likely to
be animated While seminary has directly
opposed the action taken at Saratoga. of
the larger institutions has agreed 10 accept the
terms laid down by the last Assembly. Omaha
alone II is said, has agreed without reserve TO
the proposed plan.
Frequently the most heated discussions grow
out of minor questions. cloud Of trouble has
risen on the blue Presbyterian horizon. now as
large as a mans hand and Of considerable local
interest. Ii Is with regard TO the Presbyterian
bookstore set up in the basement Of the Third
Church. 1t is regarded as unnecessary and some
what improper for the Philadelphia Board OF