The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-28

To the asking OF this question Mr.. Til.
ton manifested the greatest indignation.
He did not exactly rage, but he denounc.
cd the implication IL the loitiest terms.
be was dramatic. he put himself on o
very high pedestal Of dignity.
MIR. Tracy then asked Mr.. Tilton as 10
his private relations with another woman,
naming her
To this Mr.. Tilton replied very calmly.
he was not wounded In that place.
Mr., Tracy then asked MIR. Tilton II he
had ever held any improper relation or
criminal intercourse with third woman,
naming that woman.
MIR. TiIton thereupon again ragged and
TUNED, and expressed his indignation in
terms oil theatrical and almost tragic i'm.
port.
Mr. Tracy then asked Mr.. Tilton II he
had not had improper relations with an.
other woman, the sister OF the last one
referred to; II he did not take her with
him on one certain occasion 10 Winsted,
Conn, when he delivered lecture there,
and II he and that woman did not then
and there occupy the same room together.
Mr.. Tracy Indicated also that his question
was founded upon charges to that effect
made by the clerk and proprietor OF the
hotel in which MIR. Tilton and this woman
arc alleged to have stayed.
MIR. Tllton again ragged with indigua-
ton. He made, as he does in answering
nearly. every important question put 10
him, speech. He declared that If this
form Of warfare was 10 be kept up he him.
sell would do some talking. II names
were to be called in that way, he would
have some names 10 mention. The thing
should not end in that way.
In fine, Mr.. Tilton put himself on the
record as threatening to expose other
parties, who, as he insinuated, had been
guilty OF improper conduct at some time
or other and In some place or other.
MIR. Tracy said MIR. Tilton, you have
charged your vito with having commit.
ted adultery with Mr.. Beecher. Now.
answer this question: Did you ever com.
nit adultery? -.
MIR. Tilton Cunning his hands through
his locks, Strengthening them out to their
longest extenO Sir Talk to me as one
gentleman talks to another. | decline TO
be questioned in that way.
MIR. Tracy-l ask you the Iuuestion
squarely. 1t is question easy 10 be I'm.
derstood, and you can see that It is a
question essential 10 this case. You have
stated that you had a beautiful home IN.
u Dir. Beecher corrupted your wife. The
Committee want 10 know what sort OF a
home you made for your wife; whether
or not you brought other women 10 your
house and held improper relations there
with them. You see it Is essential 10
know what sort oil q peaceful and happy
home you made 1t for her before MI.
Beecher, as you say, corrupted her and
ruined that home. Now, Mr.. Tilton, l
put the question squarely 10 you, did you
ever commit adulteryG
Mr.. Tilton (striking q Tiltonian attitude
and stretching out his finger OF the man
ner OF Nathan to David)-Mr. Tracy, did
you ever commit adultery
MIR. Tracy-When l shall have charged
my vile with committing adultery It will
be time Tor you to ask that question.
Mr.. Tilton-Well, sir, l decline 10 ans
wer that question. 1t Is an insult to me,
Sir II have ever had any intimacy
with ladies, would DO a sc0undrel, sir,
to call their names!
Mr.. Tracy-Well, under that head we
will suppose that you have already nam
ed your vile.
MIR. Tilton again rose to an indignation
pitch and refused to answer,
MIR. Tracy-Mr, Tilton, do you know
that your intimacy with public women
greatly disturbed Mrs. Tilton and made
her lie unhappy?
Mr.. Tilton with another attitude
What do you mean, sir, 10 talk to me
about public women 4
A Member OF the Communicable. TIL
ton, Mr.. Tracy does not mean public
women in an odious sens. He means re.
formers. ~
Mr.. TiltOn Coming down to his usual
manner sgain)-0h, yes; Elizabeth was
very much annoyed that ever should
associate with such persons. She said
they were not sound in theology; they
were heretics and exercised bad influence
on me. She talked very much about It,
and always opposed it. "She hated" she
said, such women as Elizabeth CadY
stanton and Mrs. Woodruff" She said
they were on the wrong side always"
ene feared l was going 10 be led astray.
In another connection Mr.. Tilton said:
one great grievance oil my wife was that
l was not clergyman. Thank God, am
not minister l want you to put it
down, Mr.. stcnographer. despise the
church, despiSe creeds. Not but that
/ am a religious man, though; l am re.
ligious man. l love God, but | despise
the Church. saw the cowsrdice of the
Church IN the great auti-slavery fight,
and It has always been false. But Eliza
beth has always had reverence for the
Church, and she has been greatly dis.
turbed because l could not receive the
doctrine Of the divinity OF the Lord Jesus
Christ, could not receive 1t. Ihad TO
reject It, and 1t disturbed her very much.
II Is sort Of keystone TO her whole faith
that Christ Is divine, and my refusal to
believe It has been the subject Of many
conversations and many Of her prayers.
She spends whole hours on her knees In
prayer, A whiter-souled woman docs
not live today than Elizabeth Tiltonl