Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-27
LOS ANGELES Is SELECTED
Next Presbyterian General Assembly
to BE Held I'm Cali
fornia.

NEW YORK, May 26.-The Presbyterian
General assembly Of today's tassion chose
Los Angeles, Cal, as the place OF next
meeting. ~
The geenral assembly acted adversely on
an overture from the presbytery OF Los
Angeles requesting that the Southern
Presbyterian be honorably retired with the
same privileges as IL they had served al
ways with the church under the general
assembly. The matter came before the
assembly In a report from the committee
on ministerial relief, which recommended
adverse action.
Rev. william 8. Young, D. D., pastor OF
the Emanuel Presbyterian church, Los
Angeles, advised that the assembly act
favorably on the overture. In the west,
he said, there were many ministers who
had come from the southern branch and
that favorable action by the assembly
would help to bring the two churches to-
gether.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Parity of William
burg, Pa, chairman OF the committee, took
the opposite view.
He said 1t would open the door for min
listers Of other denominations to come to
the Presbyterian church and claim the
same privileges as the ministers who had
served the general assembly all their lives
Rev. DR.. Benjamin l.. Agn'w W. v. A..
secretary Of the Board Of Ministerial Re.
lief, spoke inlthe same vein. He said tbs
result of granting the demand of thu
preshytery of Los Angeles would be thai
many Of the retired ministers who HAD
always been with the northern Presby.
terrain church would have their already
scant allowances cut down.
HWhen the civil war was cInaed n.
said, II would AVE been willing to vot,
for the union Of the two churches, but
am utterly opposed to holding out AM
money consideration to win them over
When they come over to us they have tht
same privileges as our members" s.
Rev. DR.. James d. McIlvain of Baltimor,
said 1t would be unfortunate If the over
ture did not receive favorable action
There is no difference with us between
the church, north or SOUTH he said.
When the question Of selecting a meeting
place was taken up Rov. DR.. Henry c
Minton, former moderator, made a ten
minute address in favor of Los Angeles
He said Los Angeles had worked two year
to get the assembly and should have /
next year.
Rev. DR.. Richard 8. Holmes of Pittsburi
pointed out that there was a great differ
ence between the mileage for Cleveland an
Los Angeles. "If you want to burden tn
membership for such a big sum as this dif
ference would be, let the money go T.
home missions or to pay of the debt on tn
Presbyterian building. We have no RICH
to do a thing to favor any big corporation
or railroad"
The Presbyterian general assembly ad
j~ourned sine die.
DIR. West Enters Protest.
DALLAS, Tex, May 26.-At today's ses
sion OF the general conference Of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, south, DR.. Anso
West Of Alabama entered a written protes
against the action Of the general confer
ence creating the order of deaconesse'
which ELECTED a spirited argument but tn
conference permitted 1t to be spread on tn
records Sin difference to the long servic
Of DR.. West"
A resolution was adopted that no legis
lation enacted by this general conterenC
affecting the local preachers shall go I'M
effect before September 1, 1902.
An appeal to the church at large, signt
by the bishops In conference, for aid
the cyclone-smitten town Of Goliad, wa
admitted. 49,