The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

to this by the unionists also, and with the list of the commissioners already before him, leader of the union forces de- clared today that the union majority in the assembly will be even larger than 1t has been In the presbyteries. A great deal of extreme sentiment has been eA- pressed by a few of the more jealous antis, some of whom would be willing to lead a revolt If their following were large, but several of the presbyteries that voted against union voted at the same time to abide by the will of the majority, and that sentiment is growing daily among those who conscientiously stand against union, hence there is every req son to believe that there will be no se- rious rupture when the details of union are completed and the two churches become one under the name of the older and larger, the Presbyterian church in the United States of America, the West minister confession of faith. as revised in 19O3 being the creed of the united church.
 Fight Between Leaders.
 From the first the fight has been one between the leaders of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, most of whom Ia vored union. and an equally jealous com pany of ministers and laymen. or twenty one living -moderators of the general assembly of the church, all but one has been in favor of union. The church newspaper, the Cumberland Presbyterian
 was for union, as were nearly all the members of church boards. the presidents and faculties of all the colleges except one. The faculty of the Theological sem mary with one exception, voted for union Most of the presbyteries in which are large cities stood for union, though Memphis. Birmingham and Chattanooga were exceptions to this rule in the south. Sectonalsm Was Injected.
 Much of sectionalism was injected into the discussion. so that many southern presbyteries voted against union, though the lines were not clearly drawn section ally, for numerous presbyteries In the south voted for union and a few In the north, two of them in Illinois, voted against 1t.
 It has also been to some extent fight between the pulpits and the pews, the vast majority of ministers favoring | union and many ruling elders opposing | 1t. The strongest possible appeal has | been made by antis to get elders commit l ted against union, and with such results
 as must have gratified the eampaigners. l Anti-union debaters have been travelling ! over the entire church lately. Extreme
 utteranees have come from the pens and l lips of few, but the great masses of
 the church have maintained a digniied
 relation to the matter discussing 1t in | fraternal spirit For this reason 1t is | believed that in the end the union will be complete, very few having said that | they would not go Into the united church. The Vote Up to Date.
 | The vote in the Cumberland Presbyte- rian church to date is as follows:
 | For Union-Alegheny. Amarillo, Ar | kansas. Athens. Austin, Bacon. Bonham,
 Brownwood. Cherokee, Chicago Chicka- saw ChIllieothe. Colesburg, Columbus,
 Corsicana. Dallas. Decatur. Fort Scott, Fort Smith, Fort Worth, Foster, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas City. Krksvile Lebanon, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Los An
 geles. Miami, Mt Vernon Nebraska,
 Neosha. New Lebanon. Oklahoma, Ox- ford, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Portland, Red River. Rocky Mountain. Nashville, Sacramento, Salt River, San Antonio St. Louis, Snyder, Tulare, Union, Vandalia, Wabash, Waco, Walla Walla. Weather ford, West Iowa, West Plains, Wichita, and Willamettel Total for union, B.
 Against Union--Abilene, Bartholomew, Bell Birmingham, Burrow, Chattanooga, | Clarksvlle, Columbia Cumberland Den | ton, East Tennessee. Ewing. Greeneville, | Hopewell, Illinois, Knoxville, Leithfield | Louisiana, Madison, Marshall Mayfeld McGee, McGready, Memphis. Mississippi, | Morgan. Morrillton, Mound Prairie, New | Hope, Obion, Owensboro, Platte Prince | ton, Robert Donnell. Sangamon, San Ja- cinto. Springvile, Springfield. Talladega, | Texas, Washita West Prairie, White
 River Total against union. A.