Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
WHAT DR.. DAY SAID.
Quotation From Book in Which Ac-
cusation Is Made.

| NEW YORK, March 1.-Though official
confirmation was not to be had here
! last night. it is understood in Methodist
+ circles that charges INVOLVING church
| discipline have been preferred against
| Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse
| University. DR.. Day, who is an ordained
| clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
| Church, is a member of the New York
| conference, before a presiding elder of
which, DR.. P. NJ. Waters, the allegations
have been laid.
When seen at his home in Yonkers
last night DR. Waters would say only:
| My position in the affair is judicial
| one and it would, therefore, be improper
| for me to discuss the matter in any
way.
1t is stated that DIR. Day is charged
with having spoken EVIL of magistrates.
in violation of paragraph 30 of the gen
eral rules OF the Methodist Church. which
warns against 'uncharitable or unprofit-
| able conversation: particularly speaking
| evil of magistrates or of Minister'S
| In an interview of May 8. 1906. Chan
| cellor Day is credited with saying:
'.Anarchy of the sort practiced by
| President Roosevelt is the most danger
Gus kind of anarchy. Anarchism in the
archism that has ever threatened our
country. 1t means anarchy if the judges
are to be set aside and their verdictS held
up to criticism by the President
| None of the prominent Methodist cler-
| gymen of the city would discuss the
Cooke charges for publication last night
| though in one instance it was pointed out
| that "speaking evil of magistrate" in
| the generally accepted sense of the term
| and as probably intended in the disci-
pine could hardly be construed as for
bidding criticism of the public acts of
| an elected executive.
Calls Cooke Joke.
| SYRACUSE. March {. = Chancellor
James r. Day last night made public the
| following statement regarding the charges
| brought against him by the Rev George
| A Cooke:
| Cooke is something of a joke to those
who know him. He seems to have d
mania to bring charges against some one.
and he has exercised this privilege many
| times in the past Something over week
| ago he wrote me letter saying that he
| intended to bring charges against me-
Among other things he said: This is a
| serious matter for the republic. 1t may as
| we'll be fought out over you as any one
| else
1T did not seem to matter against
whom charges were brought long as
| they were against some one. | am ut
| terly lndl1fefent 10 MI COOKE charges
| Or his procedure. If the time comes when
| il is necessary | believe | can success
| fully defend myself against his accusa-
| tons ! have not received any notification
| from the presiding elder with whom he
| has filed the papers. The reason for filing
In New York is that my formal connection
| is with the New York conference
| The committee has recently rejected
| the charges which Mr.. Cooke made
| against the Rev Dr. James NJ Buckley
| editor of the Christian Advocate He
| brought charges against Prof. r. p
Bovine of Boston University whom he
charged with being a hereto. He also
preferred charges against Prof Mitchell
| of Boston University. and Dr.. MacFar-
| land. secretary of the Methodist Sunday
School Union, and has threatened many
other men of standing and reputation.
He has made himself notoriou:
| in this way that ii is serious question
| in the church what to do with him.