New-York tribune., 1902-05-15
PRESBYTERIAN RACE ON.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO OPEN To-
DAY.


SIX CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MOD
ERAToR-wHAT WILL BE DONE
WITH THE CREED.
PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
II a. m.-sermon by the Rev. II. c. Minton,
ID. d.. the retiring moderator.
ID. m.-EIectfon of "a moderator
u. m.-Observance of Lords supper.
Hundreds of Presbyterians gathered in this
city yesterday to attend the General Assembly.
which is to open in the Fifth Avenue Presby-
teran Church this morning at II o'clock. Old
friendships We're renewed and made
but everywhere the chief topic of conversation
was Who will succeed DR. Minton as moderator?
After that had been discussed for a while each
was more firmly convinced than ever that
whatever might be the outcome at the election
this afternoon the man who ought to be chosen
was DR.. Duff1eld or DIR. van Dyke or Dr.
Phraner or DR.. Moffatt or DR.. Holmes or DR.
Kerr. according the commissioner favored
one or the other of these six men. 1t is conceded
by all parties that no one of them is strong
enough to defeat all of the others. for a man to
be elected must have not simply a plurality
vote, but a majority of all the votes cast. While
local pride leads the New-York to prefer
DIT. Duff1eld or DR.. van Dyke, and State pride
will induce every Pennsylvania to support Dr.
Holmes DR.. Moffatt, and sectional pride will
insure a large vote for DR.. Kerr and sentiment
Of religious nature will bear fruit for DR..
Phraner. It is freely admitted that at least three
Of the men have equally good Chance-Dr.
Duffield Dr. Dyke and the Pennsylvania
upon whom the commissioners agree after the
first ballot.
While DR.. van Dyke is practically a New-York
pastor. having charge of the Brick Church while
its officers are looking for a successor TO DR..
Babcock, he Is a member Of the Presbytery of
New-Brunswick. 1t is expected by his friends
that he will get the bulk Of the so-called liberal
vote and a large part Of that which favors the
revision of the Confession of Faith; perhaps
three or four Of the New-York commissioners
Will vote for DR.. Dyke, and the rest for Dr.
Dufield, the pastor of the Old First Church.
It is possible that on the first ballot there will
be one or two complimentary votes for other
candidates, but the lines are pretty well drawn
now and in the East least il will be really
q race between DR.. Dufield and DR.. van Dyke.
Pennsylvania will divide its vote between Drs.
Moffat and Holmes. while DR.. Kerr, Of Omaha,
will receive a great many votes from the Mid
die West
DR.. Minton will read the report Of the re-
vision committee. OF which he is chairman. to-
special order Of discussion for next Thursday.
The object of this postponement is twofod: 1t
viii enable the commissioners to have nearly
week in which to make up their minds what
they wish 10 say in behalf of the report in
oppostion to it, and it will clear the table Of
the missionary educational and philanthropic
work Of the Church for the year. The great
subject of missions. home and foreign, with the
centennial exercises. in which President Roose-
Welt will have a part, Will be out of the way;
the reception at the New-York University, with
Chancellor MacCracken and Miss Helen NJ
Gould as host and hostess. will have been held,
and two or three days will be devoted TO dis
cussion without imrairing the main business for
which the assembly conyenes.
Two or three projects are under discussion
relative 10 the probable report Of the committee,
since no one outside Of the committee has seen
the document One of these contemplates the
adoption of the new creed, or prief statement,
without giving the presbyteries a chance 10 act
upon it. Another advocates sending the report
To the presbyteries without any action on the
part of the assembly other than approval OF the
work of the committee and its continuance in
order to receive suggestions from the presb|-
teries after they have had the statement under
review The third suggestion is that the report
Re adopted by the assembly. and then submitted
70 the presbyteries for their approval or disap-
proval but not for their amendment.
Among the prominent commissioners 10 the
General Assembly are the following: The ReN
Drs James W. McIlvain and John F. Campbell,
Of Baltimore William s Young, Of Los Angeles:
Henry c. Minton. OF Philadelphia Herrlck
Johnson Of Lake Forest. Samuel W Chlches-
ter Of Waukegan. Ill: II. ". Johnson. OF South
Bend Ind. r Z Hughes. Of Logansport' mo;
J. c McClintock of Sioux City. Iowa; John I.
Miller Of Emporia: William atty Jennings. or
Detroit: Thomas II. Cleland. OF Duluth; X n
Porter and Robert Brown. of MinneapohS:
Iaurice D. Edwards. of St. Paul; d. r. Kerr, OF
Bellevue: Joseph J. Lampe- of Omaha; James r
Riggs, Of East Orange; Ford {. Ottman OF
Newark A. Russell Stevenson, of schenectady
John II. Freeman, Of North Laos; William X
Taylor Of Rochester: Wilson Phraner. OF East
Orange: George F. Pentecost, of Yonkers; Alex
ander b Riggs of Cincinnati; Arthur {. LUDLOW
and Samuel ID. Sprecher Of Cleveiand X a
Mckinley. Of Steubenville: II. ID. LINDSAY OF
Allegheny: Samuel A. Martin, of ChamperSpure
David Tully. Of Media; James A. Little, OF
Hokendauqua: Robert Hunter. William Hutton
2 r. Craven. James G. Bolton, Charles a.
Campbell and Merle II. Anderson, Of Phlladel-
phia: ]. Frederick Dripps. Of Germantown'
Thomas Parry. Of Williamsburg; Richard -.
Holmes OF Pittsburg: James ID. Monat. OF WASH
ington. Penn. and John NJ. Harlan and john w
Foster of Washington; Dir. NJ B. Carleton, or
I,odiana: Charles T. Thompson, Of Minneapolis:
William Rankin. Of Newark. John T. Terry, OF
Irvington. y. Y: De Bonneville x. Ludwig
James Grant J. Renwick Hogg. James F. Ma
gee and DR.. John B. Chaplin, of Philadelphia;
Samuel Fulton Of Norwood Penn, and Robert