The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-30
RECONCILIATION SCANDAL.

I The eonet having come and gone with
ont any perceprible damage to our planet,
the all Also. bing topic left curious u ortals,
or this continent, is the Beeoher- iiton
/ scandal.
At the present writing we base a re-
pcrter's statement that Mrs. EIiz,-3sth
Cady Stanton, the "-trong minded was
delighted to be interviewed as TO this all
important affair,
She rrc"ents, among other thing. that
at pie Lie for scandal at a supu@i table,
where dear Tiitsn Elizabeth Cady and
MR.. Billiard, composed the trio that Til
ton. the refsied, entertained them Will .he
particulars Of his wife's mfaithfulness,
which in his sworn statement he claims
he ever tried to cover.
Not content with this, size felt that she
could mike her strong minded and free
love sister, Susan B. Anthony's, statement
better thin Susan herself, as sister Snsan
was a modest dore aud did 1t like to be
interviewed; by which sister Anthony is
made to say that she, took tea with Mrs.
ilion the same afternoon, and while at
tea the sanity Iilton came in, when Grim
ination and recrimination .pringing up be
tween Mr.. and Mrs, Tiiton the modest
Susan retired TO her room. Soon Mrs Til
ton came up crying to her. Sister Susan,
ate: locking the door, was about to take
Mrs. Tiiton in herr arms and press her to her
heart cfhearts, in sympathy for long suffer
ing WomaBhood, when the suraged 1iltou
came Numbering at her door demanding
admittance, which she ia tly refused He
Insisted, and she declared that he should
no: invade the sancAty Of her sleeping
apartment unless he walked oV;r her dead
body. Tilton sucumbed. Mrs. Ti.on then
began the confession Of her fail, and its
. subsequent consequences, ip the strictest
confidence, Of course. The next morning
| Cay Stanton and sister Susan met, when
Cady opened with Tilton's tate. SISTER
Susan allowed she could discount her, rs
she had it from Mrs. Tiltou's own lips.
( Thus it will be seen that Mrs. Stanton,
with or without establishment by the re-
porter, has gotten up what she and Susan
knew about the Beecher- Tilton scandal in
good shape for the. enduring public Next
comes the news that 1ilton has been arrest
ell on the affidavit of a curious Tankee, one
of Iilton's friends from Boston, ho wants
TO haOlc, you hue,c, and has him bruu.ht
INTO court, where the attendance of such
reluctant witnesses as tie brazen-Caced
and shameless Vic. Woodhull and her
sister Jennie c. may be compelled to give
their evidence, and the evidence in regard
to that uinn who wanted the scandal stop
ped or the "hfe of Christ would get
knocked higher than Aite," viii also
come out in this court
If the brazen Woudhull trio Do not tax.
the courage out Of Beecher, the devil him
self may as well waive a Il ial in the life to
come, should he ever come within his
each.
In the meantime the better portion of
the community throughout the land will
await Mr.. Beecher's answer and proof,
before passing sent, nee on IL man whom
heretofore has not only led blaimless life,
but led the advance guard to all charities
or progression of his day and generation.
No just man Gao desire that Mr.. Beech,
er shall be condemned or declared Innocent
on insufficient or doubtful testimony. The
New York Herali, T1JiRe and World,
the three best Informed papers, pre- iict that
Beecher will 20 through the fiery ordeal
without being sirsel. E. u. llolton.
OF Milwaukee, who was present at one Of
the beecher, Bacon and Tltun meetings
ut the time these things were trauspiring,
wa. interyiewed by Sentinel reporter says:
i doubt not Mr.. Beechcr will clear hun
sell All citizens must wish (excep
those who think those above them should
! lie BUNDLED to their moral leyeli him sue
cess, as his immediate opponents arc of the
stamp tLat Lorenzo Dow used to denumi
nate as g rag, shug and bob tailed"