BEESON THE BOUNDER. Truth

NZ Truth, Issue 103, 8 June 1907, Page 4

BEESON THE BOUNDER.

Truth

published eveby saturday moening at Luke's Lane (off mannebsstbebt), Wellington, N.z. subsobiption (m advance); ibs, pee annum. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907. . '

If this paper, or properly 'sj&Ucing, its proprietor, took serious heed of every adventurer, fraud,, qjuaok, charlatan and religious h<uinb<U'g, KVfh© sought by a -threat of legal proceedings for libel, to stifle the voice of truth and to dimf the powerful se&rohligjht of -exposure .on their wicked - and malodorous doings, the natural consaguen.ee would -bo that "Truths," printing press would lie. idle. Moreover, if ihalf ■ the threats of proceedings were ever carried into ' execution, our judges and juries Would have a particularly busy time of. it, and "Truth,", needless to ; ; remark, would, by the judges, be Voted a iblessied, or otherwise' nuisance. There is scarcely a hum'biug, religious. or otherwise, whose evil-doings have . been oharonicled or exposed m .these columns, ; who has rios attempted Iby some underhaind and covert means to intimidate and scare ' the paper by threats, either of H'bel or promises of personal chastisement on those responsible, in/to holding its hand, and leaving unsaid and undone, what, m the interests of the community, should foe published broadcast. - To say the least, these threats are like pouring water on a duck's back, and. if ever a mistake is. made, the Courts of the colony, are open to those wtoo feel aggrieved. In these columns last week there figwrad one 1 A. Beeson, a. kind of amateur : Westeyain parson, whom we Qbar.gi&d with 'having used a city church pulpit for ventilating a personal arjd private 1 •grievance, a>nd who, m the course of a "sensational ""■ sermon, showed thai) he was a prying parson, a key-hole evangelist, to whom the sanctify : of- married lif-© was not sacred. Why on earth ■ this puncture-patclier should .ha^e trou^lert himself whether "Truth" was going to interest itself m the unsavory matters of a private family aiid made public property from a Wesleyain Church pulpit, this paper is at a loss to understand, though, this may be accepted as a reason. Last week the mention of this fact was omitted ; m his cruel and cowardly pursuit of his victim, this boumder Beeson is alleged to have threateried his with an exposure in ''Truth." Anyhow Beeson did 'not come to this office, though, we wete warned of bis intelntiori to oootne, and, needless to remark, Beeson would have hadi to^ justify his "disinterestod" conduct ere anything of his saw daylight m these columns . ■* ' Ttoer-ef ore, ,it is pnotaable that Be©son l 's anxiety, as to i the attitwde to be -talc-en 'by this pap- ! er on his slimy slanders frdin a pul»' pit, can b© gathered from the allegation that a tew mon'tlis back he threa'teined has victim with ah e&posure ,m "Tiu-Mi." \, But this Beeson is a dirty, cowardly -and contemptible cur, without the courage of a Ipitse. Anxious Ift. asperjbai^L. r .v;«hat "Truth"; was goiiivg" to-rsay ;pn . -his "sensational" sermon, "the^ dirty cowr ard hatd not lilve miafmliness to communicate with Utoe office, or anybody of any respamsi'bali'ty oh the paper's staff, hut he must needs ring up the "Evening Post/ and through one of the memibers of the staff of that paper enquired of the whereabouts' of anybody who might lonow anything of the inner workings of "Truth" office. The '>'P<teV" wwm, hot knowing who tl>e most likely person was, indica'te-d to Beeson that one gentleman connected with the Press Association mish't supply the inforania'tion the fooumder needed; and strai<"hiHaway the holy horror Beeson rang up the Press Association, Q-«d from the gentleman mentioned at the "Post," the key-foole listener wanted to know wwhatt t "Truth" was gpiug to say on the matter. : Being a journalist, and unlike Beeson, holding principle sacred, and, moreover', regarding the editor's* sanoibum as a confessional, he straagM-out told Beeson that h>e did notiknow, that if he ■ did know he would not /tell him^; that he knew nothing Of what "Truth" was going to publish Except m one department, and fbhat the best . ■ thing Beeson could do was to- go .to the . "Truth" office, or wait till Saturday morn-ing and tfead the paper for himself. ProTrafoly Beeson was convinced that he was to toe draggjod over the coals, as he next said that (QObody took notice Of "Truth," that it 'h,ad a very small circulation, which forced the Press Association man to laugh, whereupon Beeson gpty nasty, and threatened that if anything was printed detrimental to him, he would at once institute legal proceedings. This i'ltformation was conveyed to this office, and ,-the fact that legal proceedings might be wisiatuted did not m the least dismay us.' ilather would we welcome a suit for libel, as it would giv-e any clear-heiad»d, libierat-mind'edi jury an opportunity for declaring, whetiheir Beeson was a -bounder, whether he was a skunk, and whether, above all, the pulpit of a \Vesleyan . Church is the most fitting place' to publicly ventilate a private -grievance. The sneaking and creeping and crawling conduct of. this Beeson BiblebanginK ]>ersoii m his endeavour by such methods to corrupt an honest journalist 'by endeavouring to wheedle firom him an office secret quite justifies the opinion this paper last week formed of him. Beeson is that kind of a religious Wgot that' is a disgrace to a Christian community. He cannot toe called a man. Men, real men, aire honest, fearless, and straight-forward; and therefore Beeson is m a class all by himself. . '