Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-17
cLEyELANp.s DEFENSE.

1hc answer OF tnc uclcuuaut III WV
Cleveland scandal has been proffered
at last. 1t is a plea of guilty, with ex-
circumstances. 1t is as fol-
lows:
II is admitted by Grover Clevcland's
friends that twelve years ago he form
ed an irregular connection with via
ow. with two children, the eldest four
teen wears old; that she was person
of Incorporate habits, and that the pa
ternity of child born subsequently
was doubtful, but he accepted ii, and
m.de provision for the child; that al
ter suffering much annoyance from |
her-one of the natural and common
penalties of such hOrrO rs-and after
satisfying her brother -in-law who APP
reared on the scene a. her protector
that he had behaved fairly toward her
bc laid the whole matter before MT.
Burrows a lawyer Of high standing m
RufIalo: that Mr.. BurrO ws advised hiin
Ia leave il TO him, and thereafter took
CHARGE of il: that he Mr.. Burrow)
copcciying the mother for the reason
riycua hove unfit to have the custodyoi
The child, placed it in an orphan asylum
the mother conscnting thereto, anu
making .as we understand it, legal sur
render of the child for that purpose and
occasionally visiting it at the asylum at
forwards; that she subsequently stole
and carried it from the asylum tiiat
Mr.. Burrows was notified OF the iac's
bv the authorities of the asylum
whcreupon. acting on his own respon-
sibility and without Mr.. Cleveland's
knowledge. he employed detective
To discover and look after the child;
that i'm one of the detectives visits he
found the mother suffering from de-
| lirinm tremens and threatening 10 XII
the child. which lay on the floor; iha'
he carried her off then 10 the lnebriate
ASYLUM for treatment, and she stayed
there until she was cured, and no
longer. and that the child was res tored
to lis previous guardians. The lawyer
who acted for the woman IN one Stage
of the affair has formally and IN Will
ing repudiatcd any charge of sednc-
ton or breach of'promise OF any KIND
This is the Cleveland story, rs en-
doysed by Cleveland himself so"Gcn.
Kin" SAYS in the Globe interview
and it NAV, therefore, be accepted III
lieu of the "prompt and fiat denial
which we were vociierously promised
n few DAYS since. We still adhere to
our expressed opinion that tho
original story of Rev. Mr.. Bai
and the Buffalo Telegraph, cn'
dorsed in detail by many other Buffalo
clergymen and newspapers. and spe'
ciallv endorsed 10 the Dispatch by IN
absolutely trustworthy authority, Is
ouite AS much entitled 10 full cred
ence. as This long delayed confession
Hence, while we account the comics
sion good. so far as it goes. rs against
the contes>or himself, and therefore
conclusive evidence of the truth of al
that was material and damaging II
the original allegation, we still reserve
the confession naturally sOitencd and
colorcd in favor of the contessor, ant
the original allegation more nearl,
true, "a to accident and detail.
On the basis Of this humiliating con
fession. the New York Evening Pos
fsels obliged, as all other Democratic
papers who do not instantly and abso
lutcly repudiate Cleveland. will fee
obliged, to at once argue in palllatior
and excuse of his offensc. The Pos
SAYS:
The standard bv which some minis
tiers now propose To exclude Cleveland
from his high place would have pre-
vented Washington, Franklin, jeiler'
son, Hamilton, not to go any further
from taking any prominent part II
the foundation of the American lie
public. 1t would have excluded from
Office ia England nearly every great
statesman or reformer of the last hun
drcd years. except. perhaps, tiomiiiy
Wilbcrforce and Gladstone. IL would
have visited nearly every prominent
politician i'm the Republican part,
since 1860 with popular odium. j.
would. had the Democrats chosen 10
apply il. have defeated one Republi-
can candidate for the presidency by
charges worse by far than Cleveland
in that they added the sin of broker
VOWS TO the sin of incontinencc.
Thus it will be seen that, IN order to
excuse itself for its continued support
of Grover Cleveland, an admitted
profligatc and libertine, the great Jour
nalistic cxemplar of American NOR
alitv. the New York Even
inc Post, finds it necc 'sary
not only TO argue that libertinism and
profligacy are pardonablc vices, but
also blackcn the character and dciam'
the memory of the greatest statesman
of England and America.
There is something extremely brutal
in the treatment of Maria llalpin by
the Democratic press. The facts are
these: She was reputable, accom-
pllishcd, and every way worthy wo,
man when she met Sheriff Cleveland
Since the birth of his son she has led
n quiet and blamcless life. The motor
ietv now given the circumstances oi
the mutual relations of the two was III
no way her act. She has kept quiet
retired since, uttcring no word. Every
manly principal goes out in sympathy
with her position. Yet for weeks she
has been prosecuted and maligned as
everything she is not. simply 10 sub
serve a party purpose. Whatever may
be said in this matter, this suffering
woman should be respected. Govern
or Cleveland owes il To the mother ol
his child TO stop this abuse.