The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-02
AS FALSE AS FILTHY.
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For week past the Republican organs OF
the mud-slinging grade, have been giving
currency to vile attack on Governor Cleye-
land private character, put aiioat In dis
reputable Buffalo evening paper over the
signature of creature signing himself
Grey. G. 'Ball," and who claims to be
clergyman Of the Free Will Baptist Church.
The story stripped Of its filthy adornmen's,
is to the effect that ten years ago or more
Cleveland had accomplished the ruin Of
Young woman in Buffalo, and to get rid Of
her had her locked up in an insane asylum,
As nothing had peen heard of it before in
Buffalo, where Cleveland had lived for many
years and filled high official positions, the
publication caused considerable excitement,
and as il was found to re without the slight
est foundation, yet violent effort being put
forth to make considerable capital out of ii,
the friends of Gov. Cleveland deemed it Of
sufficient importance to set it at rest at once
by instituting criminal process against the
author. They say that when Thoroughly sited
the facts of the case are such as to reflect
none but the highest credit on Gov. Cleye-
land as a humane, high toned christian gen
tleman.
Meantime c. W. McCune, Esq, President
Of the Bu1dlo Courier Company, gives to the
Associated Press the following authoritative
contradiction of the lie, written in answer
to private letter from Chicago
BUFFALO, n. Y, July 27.-DEAR SIR: Yours
of 9th inst. received, and we thank you for
your manifested interest in Gov Clevelands
behalf With reference to the reports about
Gov Cleveland, you can say, and you will
tell the positive truth every time you say 1t,
that the story over "Rev." Balls signature,
and the other reports about Cleveland's i'm
morality, are absolutely false. The "Rey.'
Ball was an ardent supporter Of Cleveland
during the gubernatorial campaign, and was
paid for his work We understand, however,
that he was disappointed in some position,
hence the "hop" and the dirty work unbe-
coming any man. whether he wears the cloth
or not. "Rev" Balls article has no weight
in this place, where he is known. The story
az published is false, absolutely so, and will
be met in due time. Cleveland will carry
Buffalo by about 5000 or 5000 ma ority,
and New York state by at least $4,000, and
in all probability considerable more. He is
a man whose social or public life has never
been married to prevent his associating with
and having the confidence of the best people
in Buffalo. And if elected, which he surely
will be. the United States will have an up
wi,
truly, c. W. McCuNE,
President Courier Company.
The low grade Republican organs that have
been giving currency to this filthy lie about
Cleveland are forced to admit that no nc
ton is more contemplate and cowardly than
to bring charges against candidates pri-
vatc character in the brief and busy days of
a campaign, and that nobody but dolt will
be influenced by them, especially when as
in this case, they come from an irresponsible
and unworthy sourse. But they excuse
themselves by saying it is no more than
what the Democrats are doing in assailing
Mr.. Blaines private character, by bringing
against him charges of venality, corruption
and official degradation. But every fair
man must see that there is vast difference
in the two cases Mr. Blaine is assailed as
a public man upon his public record He is
his own dcnouncer. Over his own signature
he is shown to have solicited favors from
wealthy and powerful railroad men on the
ground that by the misuse of his power as
Speaker he had saved large land grant to
their road and deserved to be rewarded,
Every voter in the land has right to know
what he meant when he wrote to n friend
who had offered to admit him to paricipa.
ton in new railroad enterprise: 81 do not
feel that I shaH prore deadhead IN The enter
prise il once embdrk IN IT, see rarjous
channels in which / kaow / can be usejM"
His suspicious attempt to enforce valuable
contract held by foreigners by the power Of
the United States Government in his dealings
with Chill and Peru is also public matter.
With the private affairs of Mr.. Blaine any
more than with those of Mr. Cleveland, the
public have nothing to do, although reference
has been made to passages in Mr.. Blaine's
early history in Kentucky that, if properly
elaborated, would give him no advantage over
Cleveland should even the Buffalo scandal
be true, yet, we should have no hesitancy
in denonncing Democratic journal for pub
fishing n private scandal about Mr.. Blaine
as readily as we condemn the Republican
journals and their subsidiaries for publish
ing such falsehoods about Gov. Cleveland
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