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Show THE BEECHtR SCANDAL. S. V. White, a Plymouth church member, has set out with the determination deter-mination to either force Mr, Henry C. Bowen, another member of Plymouth, Ply-mouth, to tell what he knows about FW-cher's alleged ninra! delioiipnc.ies. or confess that he knows nothing. At a recent meeting of these parties before be-fore the examining committee of the church, Mr. White related his grievances, griev-ances, but Mr.Bowen refused to show his hand. The trouble with White seemed to be that Boweu would give him no satisfaction in regard to what he (Boweu) had locked up in his breast about Beecher. Eowen went away from the conferenca disgusted, declaring it to have been a farce. "Why, .'aid Liowi-n, wasn't Mr. Beecher pre:en: tt n?k mo torn? questions? 1 should h-tve Ucn fihi'l l have met hioi there. Ifur.yman has a frrievar.ca, lit-ha; lit-ha; one. I uin resnly to meet him, the exan.ii. hi omnvl ee, or Plymouth rburt'Q openly, arol 1 will ergage to give taeia pkn'.yef bu-'.ne-i. Now Mr, White proposes to try to reach Bowen on another tack, as will be sc. ;i by our dispatches. The New Yorl. Sun says that the Plymouth church advisory council "will carry no weight with the' public or serve the interest of reiigion so long as it leaves unexplored the two questions: 1. Is Henry Ward Beecher an adulterer? adul-terer? 2. Is Henry Ward Beecher a perjurer?" The next few weeks will throw a good deal of fresh light on this scandal. It is reported that the be3t sentiment among the Congrega-. Congrega-. tionalists seems to favor tho cutting adrift of Plymouth church and Henry Ward Beecher from the denomination. denomina-tion. I |