Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

New YoRK, August 23.-The Herald
gives the following synopsis of the
forth coming report of the Plymouth
Church Investigating Committee:
The report is lengthy document,
given in two parts. One is mere re-
port of the evidence; the other gives
the conclusions of the Committee. OF
course, these are all in favor of Beecher.
The statement of Tilton is first taken
up and gone over piecemeal, and each
main allegation is plainly set forth
without verbiage, the principal promi-
nence being given of course to the
alleged criminal commerce between
Beecher and Tilton's wife. This is
compared with statements made on the
cross-examination and the tergiversa-
ton there used. It is there shown that
the statements of what is known as the
ankle scene are not supported by the
evidence Of the person who claims to
have been a witness to it, inasmuch as
he could not swear to it's taking place
ut any particular time during period
of nine years. The report then goes on
to review Tilton's allegations of personal
chastity and claims of high moral
character, compared with the evidence
of other persons as to his alleged cor
rupt practices and criminal conduct,
notably in the case of the girl known as
Bessie Turner, whose evidence is given
to show that Tilton claims himself to
be what he is not. Therefrom is de-
duced charge of perjury, showing that
Tilton states under oath in one instance
what he fatty contradicts in another.
The Committee, in giving its conclu-
sion to this particular branch of the
subject, rule that in law his entire tes-
timony, as he is shown to have COM
lnitted perjury, is worthless. The report
reviews the testimony of other important
witnesses, among them Mrs. Stanton;
coming at length to the cross-examina-
tion of Mrs. Tilton, giving her accusa-
tons of brutality against her husband,
and of his infidelity, and still further
showing distinct contradiction of Til
tons accusations Mrs. Tilton's evil
dence is also quoted to give her denial
of having had criminal relations with
her pastor, and her own explanations of
several of the most prominent portions
of her letters. From this the report
proceeds to short statement of Frank
Moulton, as given to the Committee,
and dismisses it briefly as having made
no charges whatever against anybody.
Finally Mr.. Beecher's statement itself
is taken up and contrasted with several
of the more serious of Tilton's charges,
showing that circumstances, in them
selves apparently damaging, were in
reality capable of explanation. After
this review in detail, the more promi-
nent episodes of the entire controversy
are given. The report sums up the
whole matter pro and con, showing on
the one hand a man standing before all
the world, with a great reputation for
spotless purity, Christian character and
moral worth, and on the other man
of proven bad and criminal character,
the latter making accusations against
the former; one with nothing to prove
Ais story except personal allegations,
proven in part to be perjury and sup
ported by some letters which may mean
a dozen things, but one meaning given
to them. This statement is denied by
all having any connection with the mat
ter but one. The circumstances, as
well as burden of proof, are all on one
side. The Committee find that Henry
Ward Beechcr is not guilty of the
charges preferred against him.
The Western Press on the Scandal.
CHICAGO, August 24.-The comments
by the Western Press on Moultons
statements show no change in sentiment
rs regards the belief of the guilt or in
nocence of Beecher.
The Times, of this city, thinks the
statement conclusive of guilt.
The Tribune takes substantially the
same ground.
The Mter-Occan declares that it con-
tains nothing new and is utterly worth
less.
The st. Louis Republican says it SIM
confirms all but universal jud gment as
to Beecher's guilt, with many circum-
stantial and documentary proofs.
The Democrat says it leaves little
room for doubt.
The Cincinnati Commercial says the
correspondence divulged in the state
ment is Ineligible under hypothesis of
Beecher's guilt, and cannot be har-
monized with the presumption of his
innocence without violating common
sense.
Review OF the Wheat Market.
New York, August 24.-The London
Times of August 10th, in preparing a
review of the harvest prospects, claims
that the worst point of depression con-
sequent on the Vienna and New York
panics of last Autumn, a general re-
action from imitation of wages in oil
parts of the world was reached some
weeks back, and that slow but solid
commercial revival is now in progress.
The Neps of the same date observes:
The extraordinary wheat harvest is do
ing the work in depressing the price of
flour, aud certainly before the year is
out the masses of consumers in Eurone