The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
CHARGES AGAINST
BISHOP MORRISON
Mr.. Packard. of Texas and
Clay Street Church,
Back Of Them
SENT TO COMMITTEE
AFTER LONG FIGHT
Nothing in Papers Affecting Moral
Character of Bishop--Fa ndtr--
bilt Matter to be Brought
to Settlement.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ASHEvILLE, N. c.. May 1t.--No
session OF the General Conference has
exceeded to-day's in intense personal
interest. The Vanderbilt University
question came up early. The COM
mittee on education PRESENTED their
FIRST report recommending that the
board OF trustees OF Vanderbilt Uni
versity be requested to meet not later
than next Wednesday to finally settle
the questions between the University
and the Church before the General
Conference adjourns. Bishop Hendrix.
the chairman OF the board OF trustees
OF the university. spoke, saying that ne
himself. and, he believed. the board OF
trustees, would accept the findings OF
the Vanderbilt commission, though he
could not guarantee that this would
be the decision of the hoard.
Bishop Hendrix opposed an inuc-
date calling together Of the trus-
tees. DIR. Cannon, of Virginia. urged
the Importance OF settling this Ques-
ference. He said individuals could not
speak for offfciai bodies.
Urges the Call.
Judge Orear, Of the supreme bench
of Kentucky, who was chairman OF
the commission on Vanderbilt Uni
versity. spoke. urging the calling OF
the board OF trustees. He said he
was a seif-appointed peaee-maker
and hoped to succeed. He said the
situation was very grave: that II
litigation ensued. 1t would be bitter.
and that either the church would be
eibowed out OF Vanderbilt University
or Chancellor kirkland and others
would be eibowed cut Of their ofiices.
DIR. @. b. Winton. the editor OF
the Nashville Advocate, asked VI there
was time to zsve legal notice TO the
trustees. Judge Orcar replied: "Chas.
Dickens wrote a very interesting
hook, Or, W-fnton. on how not TO do
IL" tGrcat laughter.)
The motion 10 call together the trus-
tees was passed by an almost unafai-
nous vote.
consoiidats Mission Work.
Drs, Lamhuth and Brown presented
for action the report Of the mission
COMMITTEES consolidating the work OF
the home mission. foreign mission and
woman's boards into one. The new
arrangement does not interfere with
the work of the women. They still
have control OF their own work. and
which gives them ten members of the
thirty on the general board. Tho build
ing OF parsonages is transferred from
the Woman's Home Missionary So
efcty to the Church Extension Board.
The payer was adopted.
{. Charges Against bishop.
The sensation Of the day was the
case of Bishop Fl. c. Morrison. The
committee on episcopacy. DR.. Denny
chairman, laid before the conference
charges against Bishop Morrison's ad-
mintstration from w. Z. Packard. OF
Texas. A motion Was made TO app
point a committee to investigate the
case and to bring all charges against
Bishop Morrison before this commit
tee. II this investigating committee.
sitting a. u grand Jury. find trial
necessary, the committee on epis-
cpacy will be the trial jury.
DR.. Christian, OF Virginia. asked
DR. Lipscomb IL charge came 10
the committee on episcopacy from
the Richmond district against Bishop
Morrisoh, which neither Bishop Nor
rison nor witnesses who knew the
facts werc allowed to meet and ex-
plain. DR.. Cannon asked II the paper
from Clay Street church, Richmond.
was before the committee. and moved
hat II also be committed to the in-
vestigating committee. DIR. Chris-
3ian- asked pE- LpseosaA e this Elay
street complain was addressed to DIR.
ripscomb or 10 the conference. IT
TO the latter, II belongs to the con-
ference" A delegate. III 30, why
ID 10 not in the hands Of the con-
fercnce?"
After inslstent questioning from DR..
r.hrfstfan and others DR., Ltpscomb