Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15
THE CLEVELAND SCANDAL.
Statements and Comments of the Press
In Mr.. Cleveland's Home.

1nbIuillltN
rmtlalo Commercial Advertiscrl
A number of our newspaper friends /
have assumed because the Commcrcidt .
has i.pi published the scandalous details
of Gluycr Clcvcland's privateliic, as given
in The independent ErCHiHU TcicUdW I
of tn city. that there is no truth in the
story Sow. we wish il distinctly under
stood tnlt ia" tOidHlctriUi has not dis
crcdl'.,i the terrible tale On the contra
~ t.rrr is very strong, unanswered cNl-
drutr that the essential details OF that
story are true. We rCtraiucu from pub
Hshi,.g Il ter the reason that such journal
ism i, mon clean, such rea ling - not wei
come in ne family circle amt, moreover.
we rrti tIlt Mir Cleveland can br defeated
with mt -uen an oNrrhaullng ni MS per
soma. 'ccpId
lnuiyalo Christian Advocated
IsiiIcrc TO he no yindcation OF Grover
cleveland from the grave charges to which
we r.ierrrd last week Is there no one
of hs law partners or personal friends 10
speak word toward relieving his .moral
character of the Udum which now at
tachr. Ia it Is viudcation impossible?
[l,uilalo frcic prc~>r.
Mr. Cleveland would not be wise to sue
the newspapers which have published the
scandal in regard To him.
New York Wtncssl
We nave many letters some from Buifa-
To- stating that MIR. Cleveland character
for morality is wei known 10 the police "I
that city to he decidedly bad.
what the Religious Papers say.
fChri,inn Statesman Philadelphia ENnngcli-
.calJ
If the conference in indorsing Governor
Clnv,.i1nd lem its influence knowingly to
further the election of man VINO is not
rrrn,,rJ ~ his ntIirinl integrity. if stultitipd
,t.nlf j., tbn ,.tin,ntion Of nli who believe
in thn ,,nnlicntinm of coos moral laws to
xii .ti,iir. Emphatic teStimo-
NV Luwrvnr. has reached us that he is not
n',,,' ,f Ll,,n,ni..s Iifn
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lHionN Herald lMcth""lSb.
The springfield RCpUHiCuU denounCcs
the pubic press for referring to the shock
Ing statements in reference to the personal
immoralitics of the Democratic candidate
for President. The RcpuhIiedH also aiirms
that there is not an intelligent citizen of
BuIia!o VINO give" any Scli""H'oilH ,
, ,,1a n ,m If thm n,nst rrsnrrt,J of the
clnryvmnn If thnt civ writes tn MS
..r1, ,r,.,nl,,,t ..,,,,,,.I ,.,, NAV, l,li,.,,.
,vithm,t ono int or, tittir Of abatement. don't
think there is an intelligent citizen Of Huralo
who knows Cleveland but hrlicNcs the story OF
his immortality as published 10y the Telegraph.
Thc religious papers 4'lEht to LOOK mitGr nm
ihi,hiuiE ~ = tv III, j.. ~ .m",uI
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If the charges against Grover Cleveland
are true his friends should counsel him to
take himself off from the ticket ana II
they do not the lovers of domestic purity
and the respcctorS OF womanhood should
sweep him off.
The family is more than the state social
don, ,,,.lIi 10 ~ iIn iS mn, a.
deadly than political corruption and it
would be better by far to postpone polltl-
cal reform for il season than to attempt 10
purchase it at so dear price as the cleo
are presented. and from whom and from
whose friends and supporters there il,
neither denial nor explanation. Every
man is to be presumed innocent untll ne Is
proved guilty; but only after he mas plead
not guilty. ms scandal mas passed pc
yond the limits within winch a pupllc
temnt
rCbic,co Advance rConyrcy,tionnA
\o,ro,, oonsoio,,s Of innoconco ,,,,ld
wa SbnmjJ sunnosn aIIoy an hnur tn mass
oftar 10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of 50 fntoi , r.,nrt
without demandinp n retraction We
nave waited 1or tnat patlehtiy ana IN VAIN
nessps Increase The lapse of nearly "A
month with no denial is settling fine Dub-
lie in the conviction that no denial
is possible, The Advance is not a par
tisan, either for Mr.. Blaine or against
Mr. Claveland If a renort of any
onything so infamous rs This were in cir
culation regarding the Republican can
didate we ShouId saw nreciselv what we
saw today. We sneak only for common
morality and decency and the honor of
the AH.rinop nennia mo Execntiva
mansion has never in our entire history
been dispraced inv the occuDancy of such n
man us Mr., Cleveland is represented to
De. ~ SIea, par! since 'ne ,iiiie vi
i ~ "n S 80 ',I
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JCotbnlic Institute Journ,l Amsterdam
NYl
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no man WIN CieNeiaiii pau leoo!u ~
private NE can nope lol eleG.io'i M a. 'ne
nandS Oh the American Peopie. ne re
nglOtS ana moral elciiien's III o''i ny ny. are
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