Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-10
THE CLEVELAND STORY.
One Merchant Writes It to
Another.

Another.
Tit Worst Features OF tho Scandal
DfsprOved-Black-Mail by an OBJ.
Penny.a.Lfner The Gov
ernOr Enjoins His Friends 20 Tell
h Truth.
We ind the following article reproduced
in the Enterprise which is the leading Re.
publican paper Of Nevada. II appeared
originally In the Boston Herald, the paper
OF the largest circulation in that city. II
is Independent In politics and has been &C
for years. II has 9 daily circulation Of
over 10000, and IL is presumed to be
careful about what IL prints. This is the
story 40 the Herald prints ii:
A Buffalo penny paper Of q sensational
character having published o story about
Gov. Cleveland, charging him with drunk
eness, seduction and so on, and the story
having been copied in whole, or in part,
by various Blaine organs, including one
In this city, . Boston merchant wrote q
friend In Buffalo, . merchant Of the
highest reputation there, asking for q
true statement Of the facts in the case.
The reply 10 given In full below, except
that the names Of the writer and his cor.
respondent are suppressed:
BUFFALO, N. Y. July %, 1884.
Dear Mr.. -: Your letter Of the 21st
was received at noon yesterday. I am
not q personal acquaintance Of Grover
Cleveland, and at the time your letter
was received knew but little Of the
scandals in circulation. I have to-day
talked with two gentlemen, men OF
family and high character. who are
intimate personal friends Of Grover
Cleveland, and who know all the fact0
of the Maria Hslpin case, and who
are also warranted, through close per.
sonal acquaintance. to speak as to his hab-
its. The following story, the result Of the
interviews. is, I feel certain to be de-
pended upon as being 9 true statement.
/ inclose with this the story as printed in
one Of our sensational evening papers last
Monday. Upon the appearance Of the pa
per Monday evening, one OF the Govern
or's friends advised with him, asking what
action should be taken. The reply came
by telegraph: "Tell the truth" Grover
Cleveland has not lived q chaste life; but
his connection with impure women has
not been Haunted in the face Of the public,
and, except for his present prominent po'
sition, his life in this respect would doubt
less have been unknown to the general
public.
Now, as TO the story Of his connection
with Maria Hslpin. She was q widow. with
children, at the time Cleveland became in
innate with her. and she herself was, ani
had been for some time, intimate with two
or three other men, although at the time
Cleveland did not know this fact. When
she became with child, she charged Glove.
land with its paternity. and he made pro
visions for mother and child. While nurs
ing the child, the woman began drinking
heavily, and the child wa neglected
About this time Cleveland decided to put
the matter OF the care OF the woms and
child into the hands OF some n on whom
he could depend, and chose Judge Bur
rows, Of our city, a gentleman advanced in
years and OF high standing in the com
munity. One day . report was brought te
Judge Burrows that the woman was in q
high state of excitement through drink
He, without Clevelsnd's knowledge,
sent detectives to the house, who, or
their own responsibility, took the
woman 70 the Providence Asylum, where
she was kept but . short time. and
the child was taken to the Protestant
Orphan Asylum. Cleveland then gave the
woman means to start in business OIL
Niagara. She did not stay there long,
however, returning TO Buffalo, where she
frequently visited. and finally abducted
the child from the Orphan Asylum. The
woman then consulted Milo A. Whitney,
we'll known lawyer Of our city. with refer.
encs to bringing suit against Cleveland,
Soon after o brother -in-law came on from
the East. and the matter, SO far % the
woman was concerned, was settled by tbs
payment OF $500. she agreeing 70 surrender
the boy. The boy 10 now adopted into q
family In this city. where he 10 well cared
for, and knows nothing Of his p~arentage.
Mr.. whitney. the woman's lawyer. states
that in oil her conversations with him, she
never told him there was any promise
by Cleveland Of marriage. The worst
features of the story seem to be
disproved. In that 1t was not o case Of
seduction, and that the woman being taken
to the Providence Asylum was without the
knowledge Of Cleveland. The stories OF
his drunkenness are pronounced TO be abb
solutely false; in his use Of liquor he is
not en- abstainer. but IL temperate. / am
informed that other stories in circulation
concerning immoral actions said TO have
been committed during late years are
without foundation in fact. The letter In
the Telegram, headed "a Citizens State
ment," was written by o man who is con-
vioted Of offering TO sell his vote and in
fuence in our last city election. In short,
Clevelsnd's character In this city stands
as one in which our citizens take pride,
because OF his good judgment and ster-
ling integrity in all public matters; and
he has. and will continue 70 receive the
support in his nomination for the Presi.
dency. OF the best olsss Of eli the oppo-
nents OF Mr.. Blaine. Very truly. -.
Ox.ur-o ~e wonxHora