The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-27

The frfhusAsIonn o. tie African ~. T.
church have rot ended yet The point AZ
issue between Rev George A. Bailey. the
pastor and James /. Murray. former Sec
rotary Of the board al trustees. Is likely 10
cause q rather excited :in1e at the meeting
Of the stewards board this evening AZ
least, Mr. Murray 10 inclined % think the
discussion VIII be heated. wa.ie Ag. Bailey
does net know what viii cecur- Tas meet
ing has been called BY the pastor 70 esn-
sider routine mAtters u The church. eat
they viii likely be forgotten II TIE dis
pute now rife among the congreSzftou
should BE- iEssrjecsed-
Mr.. Murray awaits calmly the time OF
meeting. Shough he IL somewhat concerned
~ the fact that he has not been invited
70 - present He understands that IL Is
called for the express purpose Of hearing
hiz charges and he does not know how the
charges are To be heard. unless he b pres
ent. He says be does not want 10 force
himself into the meeting; stiI. he wants
. chance TO make his statements good
Ms. Bailey has different Ideas concern
Ing the objects OF the meeting. which viii
be composed Of the following. Mrs l.
Rey. John Hal. John wisey. Henry Gregg.
John Patterson and G. W. Thompson
The meeting h called merely 10 attend
10 routine matters" said Mr.. Bailey last
are not properly before the church nor any
officials OF the church. They have been
made at random and are not AZ all definite.
There is q way 70 DO these things and
have told AIR. Murray that II ne desired
to present formal charges against ne /
would show him now TO prepare them.
Now, l don't know thai this matter VII
be discussed at the meeting tenorr9S
night. 1t depends upon the board OF stew
4,a do
they may go Into the mater or they may
Name a date for 4 future meeting. waen
the charges viii BIZ fully considered
Ay. Murray says he 10 just az sure Of
the truth OF his charges Eow as hr was
at the beginning and he il anxious for an
investigation and an opportunity To sub
stantiafe them.
We want To know what has become OF
the funds Of the church, said he yester-
TO explain. II he can account for the funds
why not do 50? IL he cannot. We want TO
know what has become of the money. /
say that Mr.. Bailey has got matters badly
mixed and II Is time they were str2ighten-
ed cut. / learned that his statement that
there was only an indebtedness of $50.
SIC for sewer connections and $50 for the
Fourteenth avenue sewer. was not correct.
was appointed with him a COMMITTEES TO
And out the Indebtedness. and ne refused
TO act. Ny investigations showed that
there was an Indebtedness In addition 10
the $ls0. Of SIS for the sewer assessment
OK iHS, $6 on a note that had been In
dorsed by several members OF the church
and about $zs4 due for the grading Of Jones
street years ago. When these figures were
presented al the last trustees meeting in
December Mr.. Bailey became violent He
declared that he held receipts for these
yAftatxS anA kaf hax- r..
been paid. Hut be could not produce the
receipts and l was tnid at the city hall
that he did not hold receipts, because the
amounts were still due
Mr.. Bailey became 30 angry at this
meeting that he suspended the entire
board which he had right TO do. We
mad not been elected, but appointed by
him. so that he had power to suspend us
Inc predicamen; OF the church IL very
peculiar 50 woven ia sne mesfss Of CO.
ctesiassical custom that few of the mem
hsrs understand the situation M Bailey
being the presiding elder Of the church for
" Washington and part OF oregon. can be
iried only before an e.aer az his rank who
must be appointed by Bishop Gaines. Of
AtiAnta, Ga An investigation hy the
stewards OF the church and their decision
sna' ne was guilty OF misconduct would
NOT force him out He might resign. bur
ne could not be compelled to do So.
Mr. Murray said yesterday that Blshen
oaihes, VINO has been informed az The
charges. wrote 10 a gentleman here saw
ING that the cost OF the trial womb b. On.
great that he would NOT appoin, an e,f.r
10 conduct one. He said that the churc,,
must await the expiration OF Mr.. g.f,eyss
term In the summer.
Mr.. Bailey aaid Yesterday that an .lrc-
Ton OF trustees would be held aurinv ,ns
next two weeks. The whole ouex,,ar q,
tae guii' or innocence OF the nast,r NAV
become the issue in this election. Then a
vote OF Inc church would practically settle
the matter developments a. the meeting
lend an entirely different hue "a ,hs AZ
puse.