, 1886-05-20
The at'rekln Areus.
THURSDAY, MAY %. 1856.
The Beecher Trouble.

The following appearedin the New
York li"rid. "f April 2Sth:
Il was ANNOUNCED III an afternoon
paper yesterday, III dispatch from
Washington, that the ~on II the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher. whom the
president had nominated for a post
on the Pacific slope. would not get
that Office and that his farther had
appeared before the committee and
had argued, pleaded and cCaxe6 that
his son he given the position. The
reason for his rejection, it was alleged
was that he had been given $500 by q
certain person IT, buy postal notes.
but squandered the money for an
other purpose and had been obliged
20 give his note, for the amount to
the person who gave him the money.
The Rev. Mr. BeeCher was a guest
ot the new Hamilton club, on Remsen
street, Brooklyn last night To a
World reporter who questioned him
about the dispatch he said.
at is all false. l have never been
10 Washington about my son. nor
have / argued with any committee in
his favor. never spoke to the pres
ldent, either before nor after my sons
nomination. and never raised my
finger to help him get the office.
These charges are now four months
old, and he has refuted them all.
Now that Herberts character has
been assailed, | would like to see him
confined, and / think he Will be. /
don't know any reasons why he
should not; but as to nay going to
Washington about this matter it Is
lie made out of whole cloth. All
this is done to prejudice his case
Mr.. Wm. Beecher, another son OF
the eminent clergyman, was found at
his residence on Columbia heights,
and said: Il have taken q personal
interest in my brothers case. He
had never seen the charge till called
East by the department, when he pre-
pared and filed his answer under oath
denying that he had ever retained
any money intrusted to him by Dan.
kepler or any one else, and adding
that after receiving the money from
kepler he had delivered it to one
Temple, q postal agent on his mail
route. and had instructed him to for
ward the postal orders in accordance
with Kepler's instructions. and that
he subsequently, received word from
Temple that they had been forward
ed. Temple was afterwards removed
by the postal authorities on com
plant of Captain Beecher, on ac-
count of his immoral conduct. Af-
ter Temples removal if was learned
for the first time that the postal notes
had not been sent. My brother then
told Kepler that he was responsible
for the money intrusted to him and
he would make it good. He employ
ed Kepler to hunt up Temple and
paid him S1.5G a day for his time, and
all his expenses. After two weeks
Kepler reported he could not find
Temple, and then my brother paid
the amount in full
"In my brothers reply all this was
stated and there were also filed affi-
davits of number of residents al
Puget Sound testifying to Temples
bad character and my brothers good
reputation
1.-THE charge and reply have been
referred to the committee on com
merce, whose subcommittee, Senators
Vest and Dolph, have the matter in
charge. Senator Dolph has given his
personal assurance that no definite
action will be taken by the commit
tee until my brother has had an op-
portunity, in person or by consul to
be heard before the committee"
Mr.. Temple, mentioned in the
above, is running as mail agent on
the North Pacific, temporarily, in
place of Lyman Mann who is i'll ID
Olympia. Mr.. Temple says the fore
going statement is thin enough to be
silly. He says he was never discharg-
ed from the mail service, and has
served continuously, but was trans,
ferred to the Portland Wallula route
at his own request, because his per-
sonal relations with Capt Beechel
were not pleasant when they were on
the Evangel together. He says his
whereabouts could have been ascer-
tained at any time from any post
master 1T the principal offices OF
Puget Sound; that his father lives al
White River in King county
and that Capt. Beecher knew it and
could have found out there as to his
location at any time Furthermore
he says no one has ever charged him
with the theft of any money. and that
his only intimation of any attempt tc
implicate him has been through the
public prints.
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