The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-27
ROW In THE CONVENTION
PRESBYTERIAN IN 4 FIGHT OYER
CHINGES.

An Appeal Made by the Missionaries
Great Burden of Harm Would Fall Upon
Them-The Hubbard Resolutions Went
oyer-Re-eIection of the Board of Trus-
tees.
general assembly opened this morning
with the report of Chairman Booth of
the committee on bills and overtures.
The most important bill before the COM
mittee is the one in regard to the New
York Presbytery, which disobeyed the
order of last years assembly in ,receiv-
ing students from the Union Theologi-
cal seminary. The committee decided
to refer the matter to the committee
on church polity. DR.. John r. Davies,
chairman of this committee, is from
New York and his committee refuses
to take up the bill. A similar over
ture was received from the Long Island
Presbytery, protesting against the as
sumption of power by the assembly
and declaring the Presbytery would
not obey the order of the general as
sembly. The general assembly ordered
the matter referred to the judicial COM
mitee.
G. W. Birch, state clerk of the New
York Presbytery, is the second member
of the judicial committee.
The discussion of the Hubbard propo-
sitions relating to the mission house
sale went over until Thursday. A
| resolution was adopted referring the
whole matter to the joint committee of
home and foreign missions and fixing
the hour for discussion at 2:30 o'clock
on Thursday afternoon. DR.. Montford,
chairman of the judicial committee,
made his report, assigning four cases to
| special commissions for trial.
Rev. DR.. Kane of Indiana, chairman
| of the home missions committee, read
the report. Speeches were made on the
| report by Secretary Mcmillan, Presi-
| dent DR.. John Hall, Trustee James S.
Ramsay of New York, DR.. Agnew of
| Philadelphia, DR.. Hubbard of Auburn,
and others. Many home missionaries
| were in the assembly during the debate
and appealed to that body not to dis
| turb the board by controversies over
its administration. They declared that
| the great burden Of harm resulting
would fail upon them. One western
preacher asked the assembly to direct
| the secretaries to cut down their own
| salaries and expenses His words were
greeted with loud applause which con-
| tinued for more than minute The
| recommendations were adopted with
| out division.
| Chairman Kanes resolutions propos-
| ed radical changes in the distribution
of the funds of the board. These were
| to effect that moneys for home mission
work were to be distributed according
| to the direction of the Presbyteries in
whose jurisdiction the assisted churches
We're located. The sums thus distrib-
uted We're to be determined by the ex-
change of reports between the board
and the Presbyteries and the apportion-
ment recommended by the Presbyteries
was to be final.
A second resolution recommended a
| thorough scrutiny of the books and
methods of the board of home missions.
A special committee to report to the
| next assembly was recommended con-
sisting of three ministers and six elders,
to confer with the board regarding the
| methods of administration, to examine
the expenditures for Office salaries and
clerk hire; to examine the books and
| accounts, with the aid of an expert ac-
| countant; to ascertain the cause of the
boards indebtedness and to recommend
measures to remove the debt and pre-
vent the recurrence of the deficit.
These recommendations were submitted
to the secretaries and members of the
board and were heartily endorsed by
them.
The reelection of the following trus-
tees of the home board was recommend
ed; Thomas A. Nelson, D. D., of
Brooklyn; James M. Ludlow, D. D., of
Orange, N. j.; George l.. Spinning, D.
D., of Orange N. j.; Elders J. S. Ken
nedy of New York, J. E. Parsons of
New York, H. E. Rowland of New
York, and C. E. Greene of Princeton
N. j.