, 1875-05-31
THE powENs OF BROOKLYN.

THE BoWENs OF BROOKLYN.
It seems to bo popularity Of tho DowEN
family Of Brooklyn to say moro and still say
less than most mon arc capnblo OF who COM
mlt themselves to print. Words appehr to
lose their uso, II not their meaning, when
they como out Of tho mouths Of tho DowESs.
We don't know that DowEN, Sr., ought to DO
mndo responsible for DowEN, Jr. but, II not,
thcn tho editor aud publisher Of tho Inie-
pendent ought to send bis scion OF to Europe
for vacation, where ho may alop over with
out making public nuisance Of himself. 1t
is not quite clear what has induced young Mr..
DowES to put his oar into the turgid stream
which Aows from tho Brooklyn scantinl but,
whnteycr it was, It is very certain that be
has failed to attain any purpose creditnble
10 himself. Ho hasn't ovon contributed any
thing Of interest to the gossip of tho scandal.
WhateverA he knows Ia secondhand, and 1t
does not appear from his recent statement
that he has even secondhand information
that Is worth communicating. Wo do not
want my more mysteries or sido-issucs in
this BEEcuEn scandal there are already
enough, in tho trial md out, to confuse the
case beyond any reasonable hope Of solution.
And ns to Mr.. DREonER's business relations
with A1r. DowEs, auy public concern they
might excite under other circumstances is
totally lost in tho greater public interest felt
in the scandal itself. Considered in one
sense, young Mr.. DowEx' conversation places
h[r. BEEcnEn ID n rather moan position
commercially, but this is not commercial
question; If It were, tho public would prob
ably wait to hear Ntr. DEEouEn's side Of the
case before coming to any conclusion. 1thas
been ono Of the mysteries whnt Mr.. BErcuER
hns found to tlo with oil the money he hna
acquired at tho rate Of from $4,000 to
$4,000 for number OF years; but, unless
he chooses to explain. or 1t is brought ont In
some Legitimate way, even The most curious
will havo to admit that it Is none OF their
business. Unless young Mr.. BowEs knows
more than he could tell in m interview ot aix
or seven columns, lie Ind better retro from
the interviewing business. A1r. Bowen, ST.,
will do well to snuff out this young man for
the credit Of tho family. His gnrrulity has nj
even tho excuse Of old ago, and his general
itics lack the brilliancy which mako those Of
DEEcuER and T1hros tolerab1e.
As to the responsibility Of the elder Bowen,
| this is a different matter. Flo has been mys-
| teriously as<oclatad with this scandal from its
very inception. Flo has never diBavowcd tho
allegation that be Ia familiar with some i'm
portant facts bearing upon 1t. Indeed, ho
las, from timo to time, either personally or
By proxy, thrown out vague inti,nations that
he could an lie would" He has besn at
this sort Of thing Tor years. 1hs last state
ment Of his son's in the New York Tines ia
but repetition OF this general policy Of the
elder Bowen. THO thing has gone
on long enough; it hns become atale,
| flat md unprodtable, e,--tlreary beyond
| measure. Bowen had better resume lis
ablo pulls Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, and devote bis spare time to elabo-
rate notices Of uE1.nolD's decoctions. If
his object has been To gain reputation for
knowing something be doesn't know, he haa
overreachod himself. There was time when
people generally supposed that DowEx knew
| all about it; they have now Just Is generally
coma to tho conclusion TINT DowEN doesn't
know anything about It. Therefore, the
| sooner DowrS ard Ills progeny can mako up
their minds to close their mouths aud keep
.,a.,aoita. F ,s 49, 49,. saI,.s H., w.. ..n, ~
sra-a sa .,'e a W.. '' '''''A ''4'' WIZ
~A'@ 'D' e'':
AS tne chf'saan ealtof anti the chf1asan
publisher Of a Christian Newspaper, Mr..
HEBnY G. uownt has very peculiar notions
! about Christian responsibility. II hia igno-
| rance on the matter Of Mr. DEEcuzR'B person.
al morality is as .!onse as We now suspect It
to b. X Was hfa Ilutv In cnrno mt and snv ~,