New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-08-08
A Grave Charge Against Gratz
Brown.

The Springfield Republican, which has iron
the outset supported the Cincinnati ticket
has been investigating somewhat the charge.
made concerning Gratz Browns condition
and conduct during his recent visit to New
Haven at the Yale Commencement. 1t now
publishes as evidence bearing upon this point
the following statement, which was furnished
by the clerk of the New Haven House to the
Palladium of that city:
MIR. Brown came to the New Haven
House late Wednesday night from his class
supper, and went to bed. What time he got
up do not know, but he went out, sup
pose, to the Yale Commencement exercises.
When he came back from there, before he
went to the alumni dinner, he went to his
own room and sent down for some brandy
sent him up, before he went away, three
drinks of brandy, for which / received pay
He came back after the dinner, and between
that time and the time when he made his
speech he sent down for three more glasses
OF brandy, and L am not sure but more. 1
know that / sold HIM six drinks of brandy.
and l think that 1 sold him eight, and he paid
me for them. When he came down to the
office, before going to the boat, to pay his
bill, saw that he was very drunk. He paid
his bill, however, and then turning to the
porter said: 'What in - has this man
done /" QIere followed conversation with
the porter, which was too vile and profane to
put in print, but which the clerk can swear
to) A reporter then stepped up to him and
asked him to look over his notes of the
speech, and Brown replied: 81 don't care a
Cd d-n for any newspaper" and other
expressions of the same sort. He then
started for the side door, where hack was
in waiting for him. He staggered as he went
along, but finally went away alone. About
fifteen minutes after Governor English came
down stairs and 1 said, 'Governor, Mr..
Brown was rather tight, wasn't he ,"
"Yes," replied the Governor somewhat set
up" On being asked to state again what
Mr.. Browns condition was, the reply was,
:" He was booty drunk"
Upon this testimony the Republican itself
says:
"We gave currency, but not credence,
some days ago, to the charge that Mr.. Il.
Gratz Brown was drunk while i'm attendance
upon the Yale Commencement, at New
Haven. The charge is repeated with such
particulars and has such possibilities in the
well-known weakness Of Mr.. Browns consti-
tuition, that we think the burden of truth is
changed by this evidence to the defense
Mr.. Browns friends ought therefore, without
uelay, meet TINS question:, either by evidence
of the untruthfulness of the charge, or frank
confession of his dsgraceful conduct, and the
acceptance of the just penalty of it, in with
drawing him from the high candidacy which
ne occupies before the American people,"
The Republican says that this failing of
Gov. Browns was lone of the reasons re-
peatedly urged-thoush not so publicly and
boldly as it should have been-against the
nomination of Mr.. Brown at Cincinnati, for
either of the Offices for which he was there
candidate" and adds:
1t is a reason now why he should be
Withdrawn from the Liberal ticket and Mr.. |
GrOesbeck or Gen. Cox or Mr.. Trumbull or
Gen. Hancock put in his place by the Ma
tional committees of the Liberal organiza- |
TONS"
The demand of the Republican for refuta-
ton of these charges or for new candidate
is, it will be seen, emphatic, and it evidently
believes that the probabilities all favor the
truth of the accusation. 1t very sensibly
does not want the Andrew Johnson disgrace
repeated on next Inauguration day. The |
election Of Henry Wilson will prevent it be-
yond all question.