Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-27
Overheard,

IHE independents VI NSN iOAh
have been compelled 40 abandon the
canvass for Cleveland. The revela-
ton of his amours with the widow
Halpin have demonstrated that he is
not the man that they thought him
to be- They have cast him overheard,
as may be fully learned from the fol
lowing editorial taken from the New
York Independent OF August Il, Is
81: We published last week, in our
correspondence columns, communi-
cation from DR. Kinsley Twining, one
of our editorial staff, giving the re
suit of mis- investigation in regard to
the Cleveland scandal The grave
and serious part of this scandal,
which he declare that he found to be
true, is that which imputes personal
impurity to lIr. Cleveland in the spe-
cific instance that has come to the
knowledge of the public. We can
not. IN view of all the facts, resist
the conclusion that this part OF the
scandal is true: and this is quite
enough to determine our course
This damaging charge came upon
us wholly unexpected, and with the
sudden, stunning force of thunder
bolt out of a clear sky. None were
more surprised and overwhelmed by
it than the Governors friends and
intimates among the independents OF
Buffalo. and it was a case that called
for thorough and fearless inyeshga
ton.
That we felt this in every fiber, and
that we intended to impress this
feeling on our readers, and to hold
ourselves absolutely free to act as
circumstances required, is the sim
pie truth; and our silence as to the
Cleveland nomination from that day
was intended
We utterly refuse to accept two
standards of character Werepudiate
with contempt the doctrine that a
public man 5 private life is not to be
inquired into. DR. Twining's inves-
tigation went on the recognition of
this principle.
On this subject, as it now stands,
we Will not be slow to give advice.
The conditions have wholly changed
since the Independent Conference.
Then we were ready with real en-
thusiasm to support the tried and,
as we then believed, honest reformer,
Grover Cleveland. Now, without one
word in derogation of his record as
Governor of this State, our enthu-
siasm is wiped out by the discovery
of the acknowledged and awful facts.
We hence desire to have all our
readers plainly understand, once for
all, tnat whatever has been said in
the editorial columns of The 1nde
pendent favorable to the election of
Governor Cleveland was said prior
to the recent sickening disclosures
in regard to his private character,
which have Justly shocked the moral
sense of all pure and right-minded
people. The attempt now to force
such candidate upon the people
would, in our opinion, disgrace the
partv which nominated him, and the
whole nation, if he should be elected.
Ne VIII have no hand or voice in
helping ON this matter, let the con-
sequences be what they may, and we
will not advise the readers of The
Independent to smother their con-
science and disgrace themselves by
engaging directly or indirectly in
any such movement.
We are now In serious difficulty as
a nation, in regard to the unchecked
progress of Mormonism; and shall
We now, in the face Of threatening
evils and perils, plunge into a deep
er gulf by any seeming Indifference
as 70 the private character of one
who has been nominated to fill the
highest Office IL the gift Of the peo-
PIE? We say No a thousand times
No. Governor Cleveland should pos
itively decline TO be a candidate, and
Immediately from the can