The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-08

pay and settle this question forever.
.@'' SENATOR MURRAY
Read a letter from q bondholder saving
that if the State would make a Just and
fair offer-say seventy five cents on the
dollar in now bonds, running thirty years,
the smaller bondholders at least would
gladly accept the compromise.
The Poehlor resolution as amended
was then recommended for passage. 3. 4
History Of the. Beecher scandal.
Mr.. Francis D. Moulton sent 1 letter to
Gen. BENJAMIN F. Butler, on January 10,
1876, calling upon him. to verify state.
ment of certain points in the history Of
the Beechcr scandal. Gen. Butler re.
piled yesterday, explaining that pressure
of business had made him neglect to, do
so sooner. and unqualifedly affirmine the
Of Moalton'snarratiye,t the sub
stance Of which is as follows:
Moulton did not seek the aid of Butler
to overthrow Beechcr, but honestly
sought, until attacked by Beecher, to
suppress the scandal. In june, 1874.
Gen. Tracy. as counsel for Beecher, went
to Boston and consulted with Butler about
the case: and as an immediate conse.
quence of that interview, which was not
made known to Moulton until the next
July, Butler wrote to Moulton strongly
urging that there should be :'no more
publications or outgivings,' - and inviting
him and Tilton to Z consultation. on
July 20, 1874, Butler and Moulton went
to Tilton's house, by agree.
ment with. Tracy, and counselled
him not to make statement to the in.
vestigating committee charging his wife
and Beecher with adultery. They induced
Tilton to consent that he would not pub
lish the statement,nor say anything about
it, if he could procure an adjournment
of the investigating committee; and after
getting that promise they went to Tracy's
house, by appointment, and communities
ted to him the result of the in
terview with Tilton. Therefore
Tracy went avowedly to
secure an adjournment of the committee,
and promised that, should he fail, he
would not attend the meeting if T,lton
would promise not to read or publish his
statement. 1t was agreed that Tilton
should go to the committee room, as q
formal compliance with his engagement,
and return to Moulton's house. Butler
and Moulton anxiously awaited Tilton's
return, and, at last, fearing that some
thing was wrong,they:sent to the commit
tee room to find, to their dismay, that
Tracy, Notwithstanding his agreement,
was there, and that Triton was reading
his statement.
On the evening of August 9, 1874, But.
Ter, Tracy and Moulton had an interview
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Tracy then
earnestly urged Moulton not to meet
Beecher's challenge by the presentation
of the facts and documents, and pointed
out how a partial statement could be
made without accusing Beecher of adul-
terry. The consultation was continued
next day at Moulton's house, when the
"short statement was prepared to be
used instead of the complete disclosure.
Tracy, on the same evening, after the
'tshort' statement had been read
by Moulton to the committee,
to him and Butler
his thanks; and next day Tracy and But
Ter met in consultation on Beecher's case,
and Butler dictated plan Of defense,
part of which was used in the trial with
a perverted purpose. Moulton supposed
that his connection with the
scandal was then ended, and he
all the documents
to Butler, intending that they
should never be accessible for the pur.
poses of controversy. In the interview
with Tracy the guilt of Beecher was the
expressed and conceded fact upon which
they proceeded, and that they labored to
save him, believing in his repentance,)
the Borrowing mother, the innocent chill.
dren and society, from the publication of
his transgression and it's dreadful conse-
quences.
Butler became Moulton's counsel after
Beecher's attack upon him, having pre-.
viously co.operated with those meant to
suppress the scandal. Before the publ
cation of Moulton's second or full state.
ment, Beecher was given an opportunity to
retract his accusations of blackmail,
but he did no do so until compelled by
the cross-examination of Fullerton, when
he said the untrue charge was made at
the instance of his lawyers.
Protection Against Grasshopper
r. Raids.
The bill for the protection of agricul.
ture against injurious insects, as amended
and reported by Mr.. Frelinghuysen, of
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