Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-08
Gratz Brown in New Haven.
The True Story of His Sick
ness Told by One Who
was There.

From the New Haven Palladium, July 27.
We have kept aloof from the dis
cussion concerning Gratz Browns
performance during his recent visit
to New Haven, intending to have
something to say on the subject
when the proper moment came.
The narrative we publish below con-
tains nothing which we have not
known-and, indeed, our kno wledge
of it has been shared by several otl
ers-but we preferred not to gve it
to the public till we could present it
in such a shape as must end contro-
versy That we must do so will, we
are sure be admitted by all candid
readers. At all events Governor
Browns friends have now the op-
portunity they ought to desire, if
any of them are sincere in asserting
that his condition while in New Ha-
ven was such as becomes a candidate
for high and responsible office
Were he not q candidate for office,
his ofense against public decency
might be passed over in silence !;
being a candidate it is our duty to
let the people know what manner of
man is soliciting their votes. Were
he the candidate of the Republican
party we should pursue precisely the
same course, only in that event we
should also refuse to support him,
and call upon him to resign his can
didature We may add that prob
badly the only persons who will be
surprised at the narrative to which
we now invite their attention, are
those who know least of the habits
of Gratz Brown. The name of our
informant, who is an official at the
hotel where Gov. Brown stayed
while in New Haven, is at the ser
vice of any one who may desire it.
He says:
Mr.. Brown came to 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, I suppose to the
Yale commencement exercises.
When he came back from there, BE-
fore he went to the alumni dinner,
he went to his room and sent down
for some brandy. 1 sent him up,
before he went away, three drinks of
brandy, for which l 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 i
am not sure but more. l know that
1 sold him six drinks of brandy, and
1 think l 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, l saw that
he was very drunk. He paid his
bill, however, and then turned to
the porter said: What in-has
this man done? (Here followed a
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 Ol Iue SpceCu, anu DIOWn re-
piled: Il don't care q Cd d-n
for any newspaper" and other ex-
pressions 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 fin
slly went away alone. About fifteen
minuets after. Governor English
came down stairs and l said, Gov
ernor Mr.. Brown was rather tight
wasn't he ?" "Yes, replied the Gov
ernor, somewhat set up" On
being asked to state again what Mr..
Browns condition was. the rply was,
HE was boozy drunk"