Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-25
He tells his Friends they must
not Clap their~hands
nor Cheer.
Mr.. Bowen Makes some Scandal,
Gus Statsments about the
Plymouth Pastor.
He Tells of a Woman who Ad-
lnits that Beecher Out
ragged her Twice.
Remarks by Mr.. Beecher and Final
Adjournment.
Beecher's Examiners.


Beecher's Examiners.
BHooKLYS, Feb. 2 224.-Rcv. Lyman
Abbott, chairman of tlt--busincss
committee rcpoTtch-Adversely OF, rcso--
lutions offered by DIR. Bell, that the
council declare 3cccher innocent of
the charges preferred against him.
Report adopted.
| DIR. Bell explained chat he only de-
sired the committee to know the feel
ing Of the council on Beecher's in
nocencc. iDr. Bell admitted he had
given the news to the press and be-
lieved he had done right and acted
with discrimination.
Last night session commenced at S s.
O'Clock with II crowded house. All
of Beecher's family were in church
and all the noteworthy people Of the
congregation.
About s o'clock Beccher ascendcd
the platform and said:-'sl wish to
renew request that every friend
Of mine in this audience, at every
part Of the session and on the reading
of any document, and on the. question
of any result, that ii may be received
with profound quietness. Anyma,,
that claps his hands would knock me
down,and every man that would cheer,
II think must be the man that would
open his mouth against me. demand.
t,f-a well-efea- -aad-decent- to
regard my ysoryis, and let this mutinv
be for more quiet than an ordinary
sabbath meeting. | make request,
because ii would be matter Of bad
taste to greet thcrcsul, of the council,
iw'luST: szssIUrs if11vc- been most -r1rrr-
,stlv religious, aud who have been
called to discuss tE: fundamental Gle
Imen,s OF he Christian church with
common rcjoloing or secular demons
tra,ions; bnt ii should be received
grateful -hear.s,w ,witi, ,hank!'.,l,,ess
and silence before God; and take
this opportunity, before the council
comes in, of making this request to
] you.
Then burst of!larmony arose from
the organ and the council filed in by
Two separate doors and the choir
arose and sung a triumphant hymn.
/ AT the conclusion OF the reading
of the committees report remarks
we're made by DR.. Bacon, and Dr..
S.urtevant, and ss.Jcsus lover of my
soul,' was then sung by the choir
and congregation, after which Mr..
Beechoo assembled the platform and
spoke at great length ofthc suflcrings
he. rad endured, yet, if it pleased
God to have him 90 on, he was ready
and willing to go on for another FIVE
/ years. He-was the child Of noble
father and a noble mother. He was
brought up in the midst of morality
4 and in household with unblemished
love, which to him was greater than
anything else. He adored the memory
of his mother as did Catholic the
virgin Mary. His love was built In
Il household where the name of wo-
man was only next to that of saint.
He asked them to trust in Jesus
Christ, and said, ''fathers and broth
ers, bid you farewell. DR.. Bacon
then declared mcconnell discharged
Ml.. BowEN's sTArEMESr.-y- -y-s-7,s.
The Brooklyn Eagle says Bowen
desires to give the text of his state
ment toStne newspapers and the ply
mutt, committee say they will not be
given. The substance -ofthe- statement
has been ascertaincd,, Bowen does not
claim to have any knowledge Of guilt
on Mr.. Bccchers part he says he be-
4 licves- him guilty because Of what he
has heard from different parties.
y The only names mentioned by him
are Mr.. and Mrs. Richards, who he
said told him Mrs. Tilton
confessed to them. Another
woman whose name he declines
. to give told, him, he says, THAT in
i 1858, she saw Beechcr enter, in a
suspicious. manner, the study Of
, Plymouth church, with a woman
whose name he also declines to men.
) ton. His informant did not say that
she. knew adultery was committed
there, but she believed there was.
The chief case cited by Bowen is that
: of woman who, he says, told bin,
/ she had been twice outraged by Mr..
Beecher. That subsequently TO the
outrages, she remained improperly in:
Ultimate with him.
: Il Who this woman was whose al
y legged outrage took place, or when
= they took place, arc facts which
e Bowen declares he cannot be induced
to disclose. Apart from these three
b