Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-19
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
Report on Temperance o. Rejoicing
over Opening ~ OF Philippines
The West Point Incident.

Minneapolis. MINI. May io.-The on
~ excitement Of the morning session Of
the Presbyterian general assembly was
caused by. the West Point committee
report This committee was appointed
by the last assembly to lay before the
President Of the United States. the Sec
rotary OF war and other officials "a pros
test against giving permission for a
Roman Catholic chapel on the West
Point reserve. The committee stated
that although the President. the scc-
rotary u war and the chairman OF the
House committee on military affairr
had given assurances "aH 10 their In
tcfvat In the subject. and their Eratif-
cation nt the action OF the assembly,
the Roman Catholic bill had suisse
quently passed both Houses Of Con
grcrH ana had been signed by the PrcHi-
dent" The assembly took no formal
action, but Indignation was expressed
ON all sides.
After religious exercises this morn
Ing In the Presbyterian assembly. the
chairmen OF the standing committees
and part Of the committeeman were
announced. The moderator IN Dr.
Royal i. Graham. -. D.. and the chair
man OF committees are as follows.
Bllls and ovcrturcs. Rev. Wallace
liadtllnc. judicial committee, Rev. VIM.
Mckibbcn. u. D.. polity. Rev. Hughes
u. Gibbons. u. D. home missiona, Ray.
Robert y. Coylc. II. H.. foreign mis-
HionH. Rev. Matthias l.. Hnineu. u. D..
educational. Rev. A. y. Kirkwood. D.
D. publication. Ruv. Andrew H. Mel
drum, u. D.. church erection. iiev.
Douglas y. Putnam, ID. D.. theological
seminariea. Rev. John W. Dinnmorc ID.
d.. ministerial relief. Rev. VIM. ~.
Ienhnilcgon. u. D.. freedmen. Rev.
Charles Herr u. n. aid for colleges.
Rev. John Malcolm shaw. D. D., cur
rcspondcncc. Rev. WIN. 4. FULTON. DID:
bcnevolcncc. Rev. Cameron Mac kcnllc
ID. ID. narrative. Rev. J. Wilson. u. II. 7.
temperance. Rev. John ~. boyd, u. u. (,
leave Of absence. Thomas u. Iioughton.
mileage. Mr.. Samuel HARRISON. finance.
Samuel a. Scott.
Following this announcement. tho
special committees reported.
The committee ON reduced representa-
ton reported alternative resolutions
one making the number OF commission.
crn ~. and the other 300
The permanent committee on tenn
pcfancc submitted their report which
The committee has iabcrcd 10 culti-
Nhtc public sentiment In favor OF
total abstinancu from Intoxicating
beycreFcH by the individual. and the
complete suppression Of the traiiic by
tho strong arm Of the law. In the
year now closing, ms heretofore. tho
endeavor has been that from the pulpit.
IN tho homo and sabbath school, and In
All schools and collssu sound inStruc-
ton should he given prOmotiyc OF prop
er personal habits and ~ tho correct
ion OF social drinking customs.
we ask the general assembly 10 con-
slider the hdviHnbiiity OF Recommending
that IN all such states the amending of
school laws shall b, sought AZ shall
pNhlblt the employment ~ teachers Of
person Indicted or addicted TO IN.
oceaHlonai use OF Intoxicating bever-
oken' what railway companies de-
inand even In the engineer or conduc.
tor " a freight train viii moi ,,,rciy H.,
deemed an excessive requirement re.
clcty." '''' ~"
The IMPORT Of the board Of relief for
disabled ministers and the widows ami
..phAhs OF deceased minlstera showed
,nv receipts from sabbath schools and
churches, t'p.lN: individualA tig. 0oi'
Interest, permanent funds, y,O.als, in,
terrHt. deposits In bank. 1915: Interest
from FUNDS, $50. unrcAtrict.d leptei.,
tlss,lh.; total. sis5.6il, as agalnnt sis7
lSs IN ihyi-sA The permanent fund
hmounta 10 ll.i57.s0i
pgrlng the year the collections were
trcclNed trom iOiA churches, 1891 faIi-
inE 10 send any. For IN. wear cnains
march dlnt there were ON The roll n,
names, dii ministers, as wido,vs "a
otlhnnh families, one widow OF IA ,nedi-
.ai missionary. nine female mlssion.
aries, ana nineteen guests In the min
iHtsfs house AT Perth Amboy, n. j.
The transfer Of tho philtn,t,.
lslands 60 the United states opensh
now ncld for Christian missions. Tho
noAfd hhd prepared for this by "A con.
ference with other missionary agcncis.
that there might be no waaiefui COM
petition IN the new fields and by offer-
W 20 receive any contributions which
mikhl Pc made for missions. Nenrlv
10000 has been received Tor This ~
pose and two missionaries sent 10 A.
MIA other missionaries will soon be-
sent. w." w
THE general ferment In China led IN
hueh az openness 10 the gospel as has
never been known there and tho han.
uHinH In our missions were as NJ
compared with 9as the previous year.
IN Korea the members received ntlmber
], lh9 and more than 5000 cntechisms
The board rejoioes 10 report that The
year ends as u began without any De.
iicit. The receipts for the year have
been fsG3.'il. ~ compared with sSsi III
for the year is91-9s, the latter lneind,
lng the contributions for the deficit az
lhst-3i. TIE report ~ the Treasurer
showed that offerings had been received
from i.iha churches and that no direct
fNlA' AiNiAA sfhtt churches. The
report OF the auditors showed that the
current and invested assets amount Ia
si,7es,2 l0, and the liabilities to 81, SEQ
2i2, The total number OF ministers en-.
ployed was ana, OF which 92i We're un-
der the charge Of the Hynodu OF eight
States and independent OF the board.
The synods expended si25,3c5 In their
support. and the board s6s5.i5i on Held
work" 70
The committee on bills and overturss
Will hear the Meuiffert letter.