Show COOKE FOR TIlE Tiff FRAY Methodist Preacher Who Brought Charges Against Chancellor Day I Makes Statement Brandon Vt March 7 Rev George GeorgeA A Cooke pastor I of the Methodist church of this town who has brought charges against Rev Dr James R Day chancellor of Syracuse university on the ground that the chancellor has defamed the character of President Roosevelt said today that he would Insist on a public trial of the charges Charges of this nature said Mr Cooke should be aired in open court and I shall not consent to any star chamber V hearings Mr Cooke said that his charges were in five specifications all based on ex extracts extracts extracts tracts from Chancellor Chan ellor Days book The Raid on Prosperity and in these extracts he claims Chancellor Day has violated the rule of the th Meth Methodist Methodist Methodist odist Episcopal church which forbids the defamation of magistrates Mr Cooke said that he was a stranger to the New York conference where the charges will be tried and he did not know how favorable the clergy of that conference would be toward him He said however that he was prepared to support with proof each of his five specifications of or defamation on the part of Chancellor Day |