The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-26

Shaw, when the turmoil had ceased
that DIR. McGiffert was honest in his
letter. He will walk out of the church
He will say, L will have no stain tr
my conscience of another hereSy trial.
Thirdly, 1 want to say that you can
trust the presbytery of New York
Leave us free and we will take our
stand for the right"
Then Elder James Yereance of the
New York presbytery sprang sensa-
ton of the first order. Pale with in
dignation. he declared that DR.. Shaw
had broken a solemn agreement of the
New York presbytery that none of them
should speak or try to Influence the vote
on the question before the house.
Mr.. Moderator, Mr.. Moderator
called DR.. Shaw, who was now thor
oughly aroused. II wish to say that
there was no such agreement, it was
simply understood that we should not
speak as representing the presbytery. /
spoke only for myself"
Il am glad to hear that explanation, v
said DIR. Yereance, but there was a
trace of irony in his tone. Immediately
after he struck DR.. Shaw another blow.
"Only twelvemonth ago. he de-
clared with great intensity, DR.. Shaw
told me in a conversation that he had
read DR.. McGifferts book and saw
II recall no such statement what
ever passionately exclaimed DR.. Shaw.
Another Turmoil Started.
"Stop it, gentlemen; stop it, enough,
enough" came from all parts of the
house. Lets have no personalities"
said the acting moderator.
In all manliness to God and man,
Dr. Giffert should retire. said DR.. .Ye-
reance in conclusion
DR.. John w. Dinsmore of San Jose,
Cal, spoke briefly for the majority re-
port. When he was through the house
clamored frantically for the question.
For fully five minutes there were min
gled shouts of Question:" ''Voter'
"Voter and shouts for DR.. d. w. f.
Birch of the New York presbytery, who
was begging the moderator to let him
speak.
At last the house voted to hear Dr.
Radcliff close the debate for the ma
jority, Dr. Hobson generously explain
ing that it was his right, and in his
turn DR.. Radcliff gave Dr. Birch a
couple of minutes. He explained his
position, which was that since he was
one of DR.. McGiffert's judges he would
speak on neither side. He indicated
DR.. Shaw by stating that there had
been no agreement about speaking, he
CDr. Birch having simply given coun-
sci to that effect. DR.. Radcliff hastily
summed up. Again the house clam
ored for the question, and some de-
manded the roll call, but an emphatic
mo- vote disposed of that motion.
DR.. Radcliff moved the majority re-
port.
Dr. McKibben moved to substitute
the report of the minority. A parlia-
mentary tangle followed, with a half
dozen speakers and numerous motions
But a motion to lay DR.. McKibben's
substitute on the table prevailed.
Then came the vote on the majority
resolution. THE ayes have it," said
DR.. Graham.
Somebody called for division. for the
negative vote seemed to have large
volume.
But when it came to standing up, the
negative vote. which had given prom
Use of being almost equal to the affirm
alive. dwindled so sadly that the few
ISLANDERS were laughed at. The ma
jority shouted for joy. Next, the vote
was made unanimous.
The eleventh annual assembly of the
Presbyterian church had dealt with the
hardest problem that confronted it.
Fallows On Mormonism.
At the morning session, by an over
whelming aye vote, the assembly
ADOPTED the committees report In Ia
vor of the Compton avenue and Wash
ington church of st. Louis as the next
meeting place.
Bishop Fallows of Chicago delivered
an address, in the course of which he
said:
I'VE of the Reformed Episcopal
church will join with you in preventing
the Equalization of that hybrid combin-
alton of lust and lunacy, brass and
blasphemy, depravity and disloyalty,
which is now Haunting itself in the face