The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-19


cer-Choice of Mr.. Sample Re-
garded as a victory for the Com
servatiye Faction-McGiRert Case
Has Not Yet Appeared.
Rev. Dr. R. F. Sample, of Westminster
church,. New York, formerly of Minne-
apolis, proved an easy winner in the con-
test for the place of moderator of the one
hundred and eleventh annual assembly
of the Presbyterian church in the United
States, which convened in Westminster
church, Minneapolis, yesterday forenoon.
Immediately after roll call in the after
neon the election of moderator was taken
up. DR.. Sample was elected on the first
ballot, receiving 1893 votes, 300 being neces-
sary for the choice, to 127 for the Rev.
Matthias Haines, of the First church, In
dianapolis, and 1873 for Rev. r. F. Coyle,
of Oakland, Cal.
The contest was d spirited one and dur
ing the first part of the long call of names
the outcome was doubious. DIR. Samples
election is regarded as triumph for the
conservative element.
The morning session was devoted to re-
w
about 600 commissioners and so many
spectators that the 1,S00 seats of the
church was not sufficient to accommo-
date EACH DR.. Henry Branch, of Elliott
City, Md, pronounced the invocation,
quartette sang the anthem In the Wilder
ness by Goss. Rev. Pleasant Hunter,
of Minneapolis, led In responsive reading
to the 121st and 1920 Psalms, a number of
hymns were sung and DR.. Douglass Put
nam, of Gogansport, Ind, read the Bible
lesson; Dr. Sample, of New York, read
the prayer. The sermon was preached by
the retiring moderator, the Rev. DR.. Wall
lace Radcliffe, Washington, D. C..
ELECTION IN ORDER.
Rev. w. E. Moore, called the roll and i'm
mediately afterwards the election of
moderator was declared to be in order.
DR.. McKibbin, Of Cincinnati, hitherto
prominent candidate for the place HIM
self, got the floor and nominated the Rev.
r. f. Sample. This was regarded as
move to concentrate the conservatives
ON a single candidate. Dr. McKibben said
that although some men require certifi-
Gates of character or orthodoxy, DR..
Sample required neither. He was also
clear-cut and firm. He appealed to the
assembly to elect DR.. Sample unani-
mously. DIR. Samples nomination was
seconded by l.. Y. Graham, of Philadel-
phia, and Rev. John Balsom Shaw, of
New York.
DR.. H. P. Carson, of Brooklyn, placed In
nomination the Rev. Matthias Haines, of
Indianapolis, whom he characterized as
man of keen, ripe Judgment, sagacious,
methodical and of the most honorable
purposes. He was man who as mod
orator would set new and rapid pace
in keeping with the strong position Of the
church now that the boards were out of
debt. No man could question DR.. Haines'
loyalty and earnestness In advocacy of
the great. cause of Presbyterianism Yet
he was not an extremist. Rev. Howard
Taylor, of Baltimore, and Rev. d. p.
Putnam, of Logansport, Ind, seconded
the nomination of DR.. Haines.
DR.. E. B. Wright, of Austin, Tex, nomi-
mated Judge Robert Wilson, of Phila-
delphia, because, he said, he always made
it a point to nominate an elder. Judge
Wilson withdraw his name, knowing, he
said, that the assembly would not elect
an elder.
Rev. John Dinsmore, In the most elo-
quent of all nominating speeches, put for
ward DR.. r. F. Coyle, of Oakland, Cal,
who was regarded the liberal candi-
GATE. MI. DlllSlnOTe uSSCrlD6u Df. COyle s
merits and begged the assembly once
more to name moderator from the Pa
cific coast, which felt itself isolated and
in need of the inspiration that would flow
from such choice. Elder Montgomery,
of San Francisco, and S. G.. Anderson, of
Maumee, Ohio, seconded DR.. Coyle's nomi-
nation.
The moderator appointed as tellers: A
r. Quaiffe, Washington, D. c.; G. T.
Coxhead St Louis: J. w Pettihons Chi
cago; P. W. Lyon, West Jersey, Pa.
1t took about an hour to take the bal
lot, with the result as given above. It
was greeted with great applause.
Messrs. McKibben, Shaw and Graham