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acting moderator, disposed Of the matter
by holding that q resolution TO reconsider
was out OF order because the matter
had been previously adjudicated.
Immediately after the committee was
shorn OF it's power, DR.. w. R. Dobyns, OF
st. Joseph communicated with all men,
bers, including those present and at their
homes, and obtained authority to sign the
names OF nearly all t., the letter Of resig-
nation.
REASON FOR REsIGNING.
The complaint is because the assembly
took from the committee the power to
name executive secretaries in the men,
bers of the four executive committees,
which have the entire management Of the
church's affairs. The members resigning
were W. R. Dobyns, Missouri; Teomas S.
Clyce, Texas; John Stiles, Kentucky; j. S.
Munce, Virginia; H. E. Ravenel, South
Carolina, and Oscar Newton, Jr., Mississ-
ippi. The assembly adopted motion to
instruct' the alternate committeeman to
fill all vacancies caused by designations.
The refusal of the assembly to adopt the
majority report Of the committee on Ro-
manism, urging an attack on the Catho-
lie church and recommending the crea-
tion of foundation to support converts;
the adoption OF a resolution declaring that
the only way the church would meet the
rnn Of pic hu fYll
and earnestly preaching the gospel and by
the dissemination OF literature, the selec-
tion Of representatives to the.Pan-Presby-
terian assembly at Aberdeen, Scotland,
next year and the refusal of the assembly
to make judicial deliverance on the sub
ject Of whether the 'courts of the church
can constitutionally indorse proposed leg
islative enactments were the principal
happenings OF the last day.
The several hundred delegates left the
city this afternoon and tonight
REJECTS MAJORITY REPORT.
The general assembly this morning re-
fused to adopt the majority report OF the
committee on Romanism, submitted yes
terday, which urges comprehensive plan
Of attack on Catholicism, among the evan
gelical churches Of the United States and
Canada and the establishmentof founda-
tion to support converts from among the
priests, munks and nuns Of the churches
of Rome until they can learn gainful oc-
cupations."
A minority report, submitted by Judge
Allen G. Hall Of Nashville, was will, drawn
in favor Of resolution by DR.. R. q. Reed
of Columbia, SC, unanimously adopted
by the assembly and expressing its ideas
on the subject 1t follows:
That in meeting the menace of Roman
ism, this assembly would recommend no
other means than the dissemination Of
knowledge and the faithful, earnest,
preaching Of the gospel of Christ, that the
assembly instruct the executive committee
on education to punish the first two divi-
sions Of tie ad interim commissions re-
port in pamphlet form for the information
OF our people,"
The matter referred to Is an attack on
the Roman Catholic church prepared by
Thomas 6. johnson OF Richmond and 9th
erS.
OPPOSED TO POLITICS.
After the disposal Of the Sinnot case
from Alabama yesterday, DR.. E. N. Green
Of Kentucky presented resolution intend
ed to cover the point involved in the Ala.
bama case but not passed upon. His reso-
luton was to the effect that no court OF
the church could constitutionally take a
political stand. 1t was referred to spec
ial committee and majority and minority
reports were made on it. The majority
report was to the effect that no church
could recommend political measures for
adoption by the legislature or attempt to
control the votes Of the citizens.
The minority report referred the in
quiry to- previous judicial deliverances OF
the assembly on the subject and it was
adopted. This was the question in the
Alabama case as DR.. w. L. Sinnot chal-
lenged the right OF his presbytery to in
dorse prohibition and appealed to the as
sembly, but his complaint was refused and
he was harshly criticised.
! DELEGATES NAMED.
The assembly named the following dele
CATION to represent the church at the Pan
Presbyterian council at Aberdeen, Scot
land, next year: Alabama, DR.. J. Waldon
Arkansas, Dr. NJ. NJ. Mckay; Florida, DR.
j. C. Times; Georgia, DR.. l. S. McElroy
Kentucky, DR.. d. NJ. Sweets; Louisiana
DR.. George Sunny; Mississippi, Dr.. j. V
Hutton; North Carolina, w. ]. Martin; Ok
lahoma, DR.. J. NJ. Clark; South Carolina
ME- Ansel; Tennessee, Dr.. Z. S. Clyce