The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
The Pastor Severely Criticized
for His "Audacious and I'm.
warranted Act.
PROMPTLY CALLED TO ACCOUNT
Opponents of the Guilty Man Meet in
Secret Session-Deacons Securing
Evidence.

DIR. Pond-Assuming the report of the
United Press dispatch to be correct, as L
suppose we must, DIR. Browns cours e
seems to me unaccountabIe and most
repreh ensible.
The representation in that dispatch of
the meaning and effect of the result of
council is most misleading and appar-
emily cannot be characterized otherwise
than as a falsehood.
have 1abored with myself to find
some way of explaining it, without SO
fearful a conception, but find no way to
do so.
If DR.. Brown supposes he can defy the
council his wisdom is even less to be
praised than his spirit. The decision
has, it is true, only the force of the rea-
son it gives and which the churches rep
resented in it supply. But this implies
an amount of moral force which no man
ever yet successfully resisted. i earn
estly desire to learn that he has been
misunderstood.
William Ross, San josef think the
council was very Ienient in it's verdict,
and L feel that DR.. Brown should have
received severe censure for his unmin-
isterial acts.
o. B. Parkinson Stockton-But the
findings make it very plain that it was
the sense of the council that had we had
certain other evidence adduced at the
trial, which we heard of from outside
sources, the finding on this point might
have been more explicit.
James L. Barker, BerkeIey-How are
we to regard the findings given to the
council by DIR. Brown in the Rocheste
and other cases wherein he claimed he
was entirely exonerated?
Rev. DIR. Henry n. Hoyt, Sacramento
There must be some terrible mistake
somewhere.
Rev. DR.. George Mooar, Oakland-I
only feel as any other person would feel
to have man tell a barefaced false
hood.
Rev. W. W. Scudder, A1ameda-He
of the City.
DR.. Browns trick on the United Press,
by which dispatch was sent to the East
announcing that the council had acquitted
him unanimously on every charge, seems
TO have placed the plausible preacher in
even a more difficult position than ever
There is only one opinion entertained by
the members of the council and by every
one else as to the moral turpitude of such
aof nd ray.Ortod In fcrb+ +los
it had been determined by leading members
of the First Congregational Church to call
DIR. Brown to account for deliberate false
hood and deceit, and to request his resig-
nation should the statement of facts be
ascertained to De true.
With this object in view two deacons of
the church last evening called upon Night
Editor Frazer of the United Press for
full statement of what occurred on the
occasion of DR.. Browns visit to the night
editor with Lawyer Nagle, Mr.. Kimball
and Valentine Brown.
1t is understood that this statement will
be made the basis of charge of unminis-
terial and ungentlemanly conduct on the
part of Pastor Brown.
The attempt of DR.. Brown to shift the
responsibility of this telegram to the
shoulders of Attorney Nagle will not be as
successful as sonic other of the reverend
gentleman's moves, it is thought. Nagle
simply played second fiddle on that occa-
sion, as he has ever since the scandal came
to light.
The most remarkable incident connected
with yesterdays developments came in
the change OF heart experienced by DR..
Pond. Whatever may have gone before
that gentleman now thinks with his
brother judges that Brown is man utterly
devoid of principle.
Attorney Woodlands, who acted as Judge
advocate of the council, seems also to
have suffered complete revulsion of feel
ings.
He was closeted for over an hour yester-
day with Deacon Barnard, discussing WAYS
and means to dethrone Pastor Brown, and
the result of the conference is not known.
The preparations for Browns reception
continues with unabated zeal. His lady
friends will gather in force to-day in the
First Church to complete the floral offer
ings.
1t is rumored that Trustee Dodge has
severed his connections with the church.
and will tomorrow be confirmed at st.
Paul's.
To DEPOSF RPOyAyN