The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23

ing that the statement never was true,
and is not now true. Over the offer
of the original speaker to give his au-
thority there came the first serious
parliamentary tangle Of the session.
The moderator ruled the offer to give
authority for the statement out of or
der. Appeal from this decision was
taken, and the appeal was sustained.
The authority was then stated to be
a, member of the committee from the
synod of Illinois and Indiana, which
went to New York to confer with the
board Of home missions upon the work
of the board, but his name was with
held After adjournment considerable
! indignation was expressed by various
| commissioners that such mountain
| should have been made Of SO small
mole hill, and one at least expressed
wish for just such a friend.
| The assembly today was opened this
| morning with devotional exercises by
DR.. Samuel T. Studdiford, Trenton, N.
J. Among the papers referred to ap-
| propriate committees were four on Or
| ganization of Presbyterian churches
| North and South. The regular order Of
| the morning was the report OF the
| board of ministerial relief. The report
was presented by Hon. James A.
| Mount, governor Of Indiana, lay COM
missioner to the assembly. After re-
viewing the work of the year, the COM
mittee recommended approval of
change of rule by which legacies will
| be expended for current work instead
| of being invested in permanent fund.
Efforts were recommended to increase
| contributions to this charitable work.
The selection of Mr.. Benjamin L. Ag-
new, Philadelphia as secretary of the
board was approved The interests of
the board were presented to the as
| sembly by recently elected Secretary
| Agnew. The remaining hour devoted
! to the subject was occupied by a num-
| ber of speakers, who presented the
matter from various points of view.
| Consideration of the report on the
| Presbyterian building, New York, oc
| cupied the remainder of the morning
| session, and the sole speech was made
| by Hon. John Wanamaker. After
! speaking Of the resolution for the ap-
| pointment of the committee, he went
| on to give the results reached. These
| were that there was no evidence found
| that the boards had done anything
beyond the authority given by former
general assembly; that the men lii
charge Of the boards were men sue.
cessful in great business enterprises
in New York; that these men were full
of love and loyalty to the church; that
| there was no reason to expect mira
Gle for the special benefit Of the Pres
byterian church to relieve 1t from diff
| ficulties which beset the whole bus1-
ness world The committee recognizes
the good business ability and sagacity
of those in charge, and the speaker
expressed the conviction that the
boards ought to have moved five years
ago, and asserted that the building is
one worthy Of the Presbyterian church.
| The remainder Of the speech was di-
rected against the minority report,
stating that 1t dealt with a question
settled by previous assemblies, and
that they cannot be reopened. At the
close Of the session unsuccessful at
tempts were made to close the debate
and take a vote Immediately. Notice
was given that many commissioners
wished to be heard, and a protest was
made against gag rule. The assembly
was declared adjourned till afternoon.
The afternoon session was opened by
the appointment of commission to
try the judicial case Of the synod of
Missouri against Rev. w. J. Lewis, q
suspended member Of the Presbytery
of st. Louis. 1t was decided to con-
tinue the discussion of the question of
the building in New York on Monday
afternoon next as second order, and
the report on home missions was made
second order for Monday morning
The afternoon discussion was Of 4