The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-26
Consummation of Pres
 byterian Hopes.
CUMBERLANDS AT DES MONIES
Seventeen Commissioners Received
 Into General Assembly.
southerners In Session at GreenviIIe Decide To Hold Their Next Meet ing In Birminsham--Action In
 Caldwell Case.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 25.---Collum- bus, Ohio, was chosen as the meeting place for next years session of the Presbyterian General Assembly, de- feating St Louis by an overwhelming vote on the first ballot taken this af- ternoon.
 Tonight a popular meeting in the in terest of temperance was held. An eff fort was made to conclude the work to the assembly tomorrow.
 Church union sentiment reached It's highest pitch in the Presbyterian Gen. era1 Assembly here today when dele gation of seventeen commissioners from the Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly were received in tn eAssembly of the Northern Church, now in session in this city. As the hour set for receiving the visitors arrived, dead silence fell over the. great convention hall. containing the 750 commissioners and about 2,500 visitors. The next instant the air was rent with cheers as the gathering came to it's feet following the appearance of the visiting delegates at the front doors of tn auditorium.
 Part of the delegation was led down one aisle and part; down the other, by a reception committee of prominent commissioners. Before they had pro- gressed five. feet. pandemonium had broken loose, Men climbed into their chairs, women leaned far out over the balconies, and every one waved a hat or a handkerchief The applause was deafening and continued for five min- utes while the visitors were marched to the front of the hall and escorted to the stage.
 CumberIand's Introduced.
 The seventeen visitors were drawn up in row facing the crowd. Stated Clerk W. H. Roberts announced to the .LY- l,.. troduced them one by one to Moderator Corbett. the Cumberland Moderator Ira Landrith. being first presented When the Moderators of the churches which were two yesterday and one to- day. clasped hands. the demonstration reached it's zenith. commissioners and vFkitors realizing tkat actual union had at last come to pass. 4,
 As eaeh visftor waH formally intre- duced f0 Moderator Corbett. he stepped forward and the two clasped hands, while the great hall sweiled with round after round of applause. When the ceremony was concluded, there was scarcely dry eye in the auditorium. :. The visitors were then presented to the Assembly and each delivered brief address expressing joy and gratitude at the consummation of the reunion of the two churches. The visitors were the following:
 w. J. Darby. Evansville, Ind; J. Frank Smith. Dallas: L. c. Kierkes, Amarillo, Tex; L. L. Darby, Kirksville, Mo; E E. Beard, Lebanon, Tenn; Ira Landrith, Nashville. Tenn; s. F. Stahl. Fort Smith. Ark; W. J. Fisher, San Francisco; W. P. Bone. Lebanon, Tenn. :: J E. Aubry, Sterling, Colo; T. A. White, Anson, Tex; U. c. Howard Stamford Tex; c. S Davis. Abilene, Tex; J. M Hubburt, Marshall, Mo: J. D. Boone, Sulphur, I. T.
 z At the opening session of the Pres bvterian General Assembly today, Com missioner Samuel wishard, D. p, of Utah, presented a memorial to the United States Senate, praying the re- Inoval of Reed Smoot as Senator or Utah Amid scenes of greatest of ex- citement and without dissenting vote. the resolution was adopted and ordered immediately dispatched to Washington.
 The Shoot Resolutions.
 The resolutions are as follows:
 Whereas, The Mormon hierarchy claims the right and authority to make constitutions. presidents and kings; also asserts that there is no lawful or authorized government but the govern nnent of the Mormon priesthood and.
 Whereas, its teachers, claiming in spN-ation, declare that the govern ments of the United States and all oth- CT governments must be uprooted, and
 Whereas, Reed Shoot, claiming to be an apostle of Jesus Christ with all authority, is living in harmony with this teaching, and in harmony with Prophet Seer and Revelator Joseph F. Smith and other apostles, and who have sworn that they were violating the law of God and of the State of Utah, and
 Whereas. these violators of the law are a reasonable organization; there fore
 Resolved, as citizens of thls gov ernment, we earnestly petition the Senate of the United States to declare his seat vacant and thus help to re- move this reasonable menace to our free institutions,
 Resolved, that we urge all of our ministers to inform themselves of the reasonable teachings of the Nor mon heirarchy in reference to civil governments and citizens rights.
 Resolved. that a copy of this action of the General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church in the United States of America, In session at Des Moines, Iowa, be transmitted to the Senate and to the President of the United States,
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