Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16


Lxs,Sr4ys Urxssra rnrfy1ss<~ fbe a..
faleatinns fahinr niane every day-f,f Presi-
daYlfs and "a sIiers Al banks Of town ana CITY
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ish lives beEnn az nsstnlness in exile, death
=, S.st fh hans ~ f.,T,cs.s.ss s.,a sS1ff issis
1afif,n maze those haIIs the nlaces round
which tbs injection mostly ravesT and to
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dam s,sn Arm hIer eno - the older
sr, ns i, ea.r - IA hs me I,s.raSe 70
dssfr had man in his orY, marty. ana To check
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osn friends And -
500. s :, 8 i, = so, 80 =, !. IN
IA = MAA " - "a y 2 - s1A1o - 49,
First as Mayor OF Buffalo, he delivered the
city from the planaerers who were laying It
best men of both parties; next, as Gov
ernor OF New u 0rk the has supported. as my
ne, ssns yy I 10 ratenf TIE ne
pie from official piundsrers. Because ne has
pIncked the prey from the jaws of the wick
ed. the baser elements of his parry have COM
binea with bitter hafred AGAINST him Tnis it.
self is 4 proof tnsat he is the man needed now
90 execute justice en- . stlll hlgher platform.
to give way a little, TO make few promises TO
these Democratic leaders, bride them with q
has she1r determined and unconcealea and I'M
veterate hostility. *4fE Is sg5s8 a 49, s.
'.But what" it viii be said, :" shall we sup
ser,t--a man whose life is stained with de-
hauche-y and xieeg' No. No such man shah
other Qualities might be- he never could ful-
I'll his public duties right A depraved man
evil but / 40 not believe Cleveland to be
s,,cf n mar, and Il will give tny reasons for
this conyiction.s ss.
zens OF Bunaio. VINO knew HIM we'll support
and elect him Irinmphantly for The office of
nh sseT 81 n ssos sss wso knew
Why did such an eminent man as sherman 5.
Rogers lead the Republican, party 70 his slider
ward when he was candidate for Gorernor2
The apparent reason rs that there were peo-
knew that such charges were false and only
when his candidacy extends TO States where
| he is not known are the accusations made
against hkn @ ri s4EI.a 4i@
SecoHd-These charges originated in one
Buffalo newspaper, of which hundreds of
which accused him Of s.beasfiy drum kenness.s'
..babitnAi immortality with women OF being
found in drunken tight IN . saloon, of Sc
ducrioa ana of being notorious lfbertine.
Thereupon Rev. DIR. Twining, one of the ed
1tors OF fhe New York Independent, was sent
his report:
There refnasn the worst and damni ng charges
of general. iberInism and drunkenness. !
say distinctly. after abundant inquiry, they
are false They are, believe the product Of
the lima ginatlon OF the stews. Every attempt
TO trace them aed back into the nerest gossip
of saloons and. brothels. On the other hand
my inquiry Of the froblest Christian men IN
TINS city. especially in the legal protest. On,
men above all reproach. men who will vote
tor him ana men who will vote and speak
against him for political reasons. men who
know Cleveland Ibest intimately. VINO have
been his parIaersdn business or his nearest
neighb0rs, men who know him by day
and by night. brings the unanimous
reply that it is utterly Impossible that
such reports can be true. He is a
9lssaai ;of, true and Kind heart, frank and
ties that it Is iposslbe fa1 he should be
debaaehee- He has the heartiest respect of
the best families in the city, who only regret
that he keeps himself SO much out of the So
ciety to which be would be welcome. There
are some severe prejndices against Mr.. Cleve-
in the saloons. against whose tyranny his
election TO the Mayoralty was the protest OF
not forgiven him for their defeat From the
best sources Of information, L have received
Ittest1mony of the strongest CHARACTER that Mr.
est Independence and honesty Of character q
man who believes in reform TO the bottom OF
|, his soul and has the Independence to carry it
Of once have rested with serious and solemn
W eight The men are very few who could
have received such testimonials to their er-
rfieIency, sand conseientionsness, and indie
M Tevean6 from rhe m1st inti,,ensfiai ana
trt1sfworthy cit,zens Of Bnffalo - = : =
Third-A Committed of sixteen Buffalo gem
| tlemen were appointed to search this matter
to the bottom, and this is the substance OF
their report: 5 - -
| We have. therefore. through committee
apTOiutAd from number for tn at pflrpOSH.
carefully aud deliberately made such an in
yestiyation and we have taken every avaik
| able means TO ascertain the precise facts in
| eacn case. The general charge of drunken
| ness and gross immortality which are made
against Governor Cleveland are absolutely
| false. His reputation for morality has been
good. There is no foundation for any state
/ Inenr to the contrary He was sought out and
| na,llira ell for the Afayoraity Against hrs viii
| aiiG WAS supported Tor that position by the
IL e psrfIon of the e,li,eats,d is,1 itrssrat an
| mora. citizens of Buffalo without regard I'd
| 20 itics and On purely personal grounds. We
are ale TO speak from personal knowledge,
/ as his acaHaiutanees of long standug,.and to
say that his general private life has been that
OF = quiet, orderly. self-respecJing and always
| highly respected scitiZen.. Since he assumed
his present ONCE, MS visits to Buffalo haYe
/ been few and of short duration. 1t is Sos
| proved to ,fs that upou no one of these Visits
7 has 2anyttrfns occurred to Justify the stase-
] ments which Fave been made by his detracf-
| p ps a drunken and iicentdous dehanch in
Buffalo, on the occasion of such visit, is en-
tirely false
4 sFoufth-One OF the slgnerS OF Inls paper,
| Josiah u. Munro Is gentleman whom 1
KNOW Well Il wrote TO filn personally and e-
ceIvea the following answer ~nlcn 4 WIZ 1 read
/ TO you:
BUFFALO ~. r., september .. Ioct@
Rev. lanes freeman rec oiarke, Magnosa,
Mass.-My Dear SIR: Deg TO acknowledge
/ your valued letter OF the 9th. During the ten
| years | have lived IN Bufaio Mr. Cieveiand
mas neen Ely oWn Iesl aesiser as Wen
,s.as ,,as n 49,, 49,, saa,a ~,
IhInee IN Mr. oleyeiana Whlch would lead ne
70 ae Ws or one WIG
cnaracters; HIS assocIates @hom l know are
men "a hien stahaifie AZ ale Iy---iIosI
| of them OF the highest STANDING De would
pc "eiconied ittp NY noAse 5. anu 1 I, 20
not iaina any ln i has iiani ous ~ ,nI-
iado soc9.g %. nls 9 s, lliouesas aaa rElirlng
| accusation except IN q general way. Wnvrey
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