Daily Republican., 1884-08-22
EDITION..
Ne echer SIM Opstinaee.

fEEkskiLL, N. T., Aug. 21.-TGe
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was by no
means DESTROYS Of being interviewed
to-day, although he extended q courte-
Gus welcome to the Press correspond
emit. He Is entertaining distinguished
visitors from England, the Rev. DIR.
JOSEPH Parker, Of the City Temple,
London, and his wife.
wish to say very little" replied
Mr.. Beecher, when questioned In re-
gard to the editorial in the Indepen-
dent. Am in no way moved by the
utterances of that paper and the an
support OF Cleveland. nor have any
faitn in the sincerity Of the reasons for
the change of front.
81 am perfectly convinced, however
that the article has neither the sy mpathy
nor the approval OF DR.. Twining, the
. sociAte editor, who was one of COM
mittee appointed To investigate the
Halpin matter. He does not deny that
affair, but maintains that the whole
story has been warped in tissue of ex-
aggeration. Since that time..I am con-
WINGED, by the repeated assurance OF
honorable men, that Mr.. Cieveland's
life has been pure and respectable, and
now 1 am not only determined to support
him, but shall, in future, decline to
to listen or read anything further of a
scandalous nature regarding the Demo.
cratic candidate, unless something &C.
ours far beyond what can imagine.
I'VE are in the midst Of q great cam
paign, and means are being used, dis
tasteful 30 both parties.e which can
never be justified. equally decline to
listen or refer to any scandals against
Mr.. Blaine. | am sick of the whole dis
custom. Every post brings mt stacks
of protesting and abusive letters, but
am not to be- moved from my determi.
nation. l shall vote the Republican
ticket with the exception of the electors
Those / shall remove and replace with
the Democratic electors.
NO LOVE FOR BLAINE.
Ii Mr.. Cleveland were withdrawn,
is there anytother Democratic candidate
whom vuu would support"
don't know but under no pos
sible circumstance could l he induced
to vote for Blaine. I made up my
mind to that effect three years ago.
Had Gresham or Hawley or Edmunds
been nominated l should have voted the
Republican ticket"
Do you intend going on the plat.
form for Mr.. Cleveland"
g have no idea," was Mr.. Beecher' s
reply. eff you are prophet you can
tell me what | am going TO do better
han can myself"
Mr.. Beecber then Joined DR.. Parker,
and Mrs, Beecher continued the CONVEX
satiou.
] know that this worry about Mr..
Cleve land has almost killed Mr. Beech
err" she said " He feels it very deep
ly, for he had formed the highest opin-
ion of the Governor. He never depu.
ted Mr.. King or anybody else to make
special Investigation of Mr. Cleve-
lands character. He, however, will
Jihgly accepted the testimony of the
sixteen Buffa 10 gentlemen who nnrav-
eled the whole scandal. Among the
sixteen VITO testified to the upright con-
duct of Mr.. Cleveland In every particu.
lar except the one unfortunate affair
were two classmates of my second son,
and Mr.. Rumsey, a Blaine man. Mr..
Beecher will never allow himself to be
influenced except by his own conscience,
and certainly not by political clamor. "
DIR. Parker leaves US tomorrow"
remarked Mr.. Beecher, as he returned
TO the room. He sails on Saturday in
the Germanic. Of course, you know
that he is one of the NEST famous preach.
ers in London. He has just been elect
ed chairman of the Congregational Cen
ference of England and Wales, the
highest compliment which can be pa id
to any dissenting clergyman in the Brit
ish Isles"