Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-27

We wonder if Mr.. Beecher will be Secre-
tarv of State under Mr.. Cleveland. No more
appropriate selection could possibly be made
There as @ close sympathy betlCeen the tico
gentlemen. Theu hare beth had trials an the
mast. and 9,o1c iCitb such thoughts as the truly
dood are dlsOays sustained by, they could, IN
leisure hours, compare experiences, Tej0tce
to0etlaeT oUer all the SO1TOlGS they mare sur
mounted, and make one Of the hdppieSt Jdni-
lies imaginable.
Having made the suggestion, people
will naturally want to know what it thinks
concerning Mr.. Beecher's fitness. On
December 21st, it spoke of Mr.. Beeeher
and the office in these terms:
II would break no hearts in the United
States should Mr.. Cleveland send Henry
Ward Beecher as an extraordinary envoy to
the Court of st. James. Mr.. Beecher Is IN
full sympathy with the gentlemen who
direct trade in Great Britain. In his visits
to the Golden Club, Mr.. Beecher would lind
sympathetic friends in his advocacy OF free
trade, a single gold standard, and the entire
Justice of inundating this Republic with con-
tract, servile and pauper labor. Mr..
Beecher is much more an English
man than an American in his present
ideas Even in his drink he abjures
American whisky and sticks to brown
stout He would make splendid after-dinner
speeches; he could adjust bis religion to
meet the most liberal believers on the other
side of the pond; possesses the first qualli-
cation of diplomat, according to the Euro
pean rule-he is a colossal liar; he could
quote the classics with Gladstone; he could
toady beautifully to the royal family; in
short, he is the most ably equipped to fill the
place. Then, in lonely hours, the President
could lCrite TO Mrs. Beecher the full assurances
that his morals 1Cere bOn1b-prooC, and Mr..
Beecher would announce the fact to both
continents. 1t seems to us that it would be
an excellent arrangement, and we hope the
rumor will prove to be true.
On December 2, it spoke of him as fol-
lows:
1t is not at all surprising to hear that
Beecher is eliminating from the Bible one
book after the other. 1t is clear enough
that all the religion in his soul is an almost
unknown quantity. He, we think, in his
youth, tried to be honest and tried to be-
lieve what he preached. We believe he
breaches now solely for the salary which he
draws and for the excitement and graft
fication which his vanity receives
through the plaudits and admiration
of his listeners. But we believe a
higher salary would lure him from the pulpit
forever, and that the lecture field or the
forum would suit him vastly better. Last
winter, his lecture was but a puff of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, paid for doubt
less, by the company, and then he was paid
beside by the dupes who went to hear him.
We honestly believe he was paid round
sum for his exploit of electioneering for
Cleveland this summer. To do it he had to
belle the professions which he has been MAX
ing for twenty-four years, but he never so
much as blushed at the spectacle he made.
On the 9th of December it paid the
following tribute to Mr.. Beecher:
1t will take Mr.. Beecher some time to out
live the effects of the part he took in the
late campaign. His Pensioners evidently
have strong suspicion that he was not en-
tirely moved by patriotism to do what he
did. In his old age Beecher is throwing off
many of his DISCUSSES. He is in favor of
cheap labor for the poor of America, and as
his avarice naturally increases with age, he
becomes more and more toady to wealth.
His support of Mr.. Cleveland was in the in
terest of free trade. We cannot, of course,
prove the fact, but we certainly believe he
was directly hired and paid in English gold
for what he did in the campaign.
Such is its opinion of Mr.. Beecher, and
such being its opinion, it is plain to see
how fitting it thought Mr.. Beecher's ap-
pointment to Cabinet Office would be.
1t also shows what it's opinion of the
President is. 1t called the election OF
President Cleveland and Vice President
Hendricks "a direct impeachment of the
gratitude and intelligence of the Ameri-
can people; the direct offering of pre-
MUM to mediocrity and disloyalty, some
thing which, in adversely, would have
been astounding; something which, in
prosperity, made a disgracefm page in
american history"
This is a sample of the earnest praise"
that the Tribune has lavished upon the
President.