The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-23
Charaoterizes His Aoousers as Be-
meath His Contempt.
MURRAY WANTS A TRIAL.
CoIored Church-Goers Are Greatly
Parsen Is Not Eager for n Trial.
but the Congregation seems Dis
posed tai bring the Matter to
some Kind of an Issue Soon.

TIE row N the eongre gasion OF the AZ
rican Methodist church bids fair to as
sumo even greater proportions than at
present. Rev. Bailey, who IS accused ~
one ot his flock J. :. Murray. win hav-
ing done several things that are unsatls-
factory 10 the church. was seen yester-
dag and asked fer his side OF the con-
truEerSy-
The reverend gentleman was highly In
disnant over the publication of Murrays
charges and characterized them as false
while ne said their author was beneath
his contempt re refused however %
make q detailed denial of the charges
bat endeaVored 10 get one % the members
Of the church - do Ia this he Jailed.
the member refusing to answer IN the
pastor ; stead.
Murras and his friends say that all the
former wants Is q trial, which will enable
him 10 prove tire charges he has made or
viii stamp him as slaHdering the minis
ter, While Rev Bailey SAYS he is will
ing 10 give Murray "a hearing il is alleged
he shows decided Discrimination 10 DO
So Yesterday. in the presence OF the
member before referred 10 ne was asked
II he dId not think il was bis duty 10
make Murray substan,iate the charges he
heu made. but the pastor made innumer-
able excuses. saying that lit would be "a
ease OF nis word against Murray's, and
admitting THAI he could not tell how all
tAe money he had collected had been
spent the receipts etc. in some cases
had been lost but be maintained that the
money had been properly spent and said
that Murray himself had helped him Tx
up the accounts OF the church Cor the an
hlal conference. Rev. HALEY clain,s that
when the report was made 70 the annual
conference and accepted the matter was
ci9Sei and he objects 20 reopeniug ii.
This IS what Murray and his friends
want 10 do. They say that al the time the
money collected was spent Rev HALEY
aad no board Of trustees and that he
should certainly he able to tell how the
business OF the church was conduc ted
when everything was in his own hands.
In regard to several statements made
by Murray the trustees who acted with
him say they are incorrect. For instance
the trustees say that Rev. Bailey did not
say the church was entirely out NJ debt
ana did mention the fact that the bin
for street work 81 sl3i was not paid. bnt
this Is H. far as they go. Said one trustee
YESTERDAY: We think Murray should
have been given hearing and since ne
was not he should. now that he has made
his charges public. be compelled 10 sun
stantiate them Rev Bailey cannot afford
:" let tHiS matter go without a thorough
investiga ton"
Rev. Bailey bears an excellent reputa-
ton IN his church and has long been
known as an. earnest and able worker.
Ills standing i'm the church is high. as Is
evidenced by the fact that he is the pre-
siding elder of this district They saw he
- an exctable man and that his treat
nent OF MURRAY IN the recent past was
due 10 action taken under excitement and
believe that the trouble can and will be
settled without injury Ia the church. lut
they agree that an Investigation is ne
c@ssary.
Rev Bailey defends his action ~ hay
ing an officer present at last Monday
nights meeting and said that he believes
now the presence % the officer on that
occasion averted serious trouble as
threats had been made which, II carried
cut. would have led n most disastrous
consequences. The CougrA station Of the
4. VI =, church may take the whole mat
ter tlp on next SUNDAY regardless Of tho
wishes of either Rev Bailey ar Mr. Muir
ray. and II IS propaesieI II this Is done
there viii bc about as lively a time as the
church is ever likely tn soc