Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-18
GENERAL NEWS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE apcoRp-vsros.I
DOMESTIC.
Cleveland's Morality.

Clevelands Morality.
CHICAGO, July 17th.-The following let
ter has been received by Rev c. r. West
editor of the Adrance a leading Congrega-
tional paper of this city:
BUFFALO. n. Y, July Il, 1851
Dear AdpGace: II may be too late TO do you
any good, and may not be needed, >ut l feel
moved to warn you against saying much TO the
credit of Grover Cleveland He is a lbertine
No Christian should condone his crimes so far
as 10 commend his candidacy. About seven
years ago he seduccd the head of the cloak de-
partment in Flint & Kents, leading merchants
here; He kidnapped the woman amer the boy
was born. sent her to the Catholic Insane Asy-
lum and took the child from her. She escaped
got Milo W. Whitney 10 help her finally settled
and gave up the child for 500. This | know TO
be true, for have it confirmed by Flint & Kent,
oy MI whitney, her attorney, and by Mrs. Will
Jams Baker, where the woman boarded
Mr. Cleveland has the reputation here of the
groSsest righteousness. Judge James Sheldon.
of the Superior Court, told me this week that he
had direct proof OF his recent attempt 10 seduce
young lady Of excellent character, but She
becoming aware of his intent repelled him 10
spiritedly that he beat hasty retreat. l have
written to the Independent and the Christian
lTioH, and they will play shy of him. though
they did speak of him as irreproachable. HAY
ing seen nothing in the .idrdRcc 10 alarm me
did not write You, but il will do no harm for
you TO know the facts. Yours,
GEORGE II. Ball.
Rev. Mr. Bali is pastor of the Hudson
street Baptist Church of Buffalo.
The Lltes'- Ocean says \ private letter
from Il Buffalo pastor of eminence and
piety to several religious papers of Chicago
and New York warns the editors of those
papers, III the common interest of religion
and Christian morals, 10 abstain from any
Endorsement of the so-called Grover CleNe-
lands moral or social character, for reasons
which, if true, should be made the subject
of judicial Investigation as promptly as
possible. The Inter Ocean is moi disposed
TO encourage campaign of smut and SLAM
der, and does not intend 10 publish such
charges against Governor Cleveland unless
they are founded upon proper inveStiga-
ton. If the charges made by the Buffalo
minister are true, they can doubtless be
subStantiated, and will be. In that case the
best thing that the men who nominated
Cleveland can do is To insist ON his leclin-
ing the nomination. While VIC thus refuse
TO give currency TO the scandals which are
reported against the Democratic candidate
II seems evident that he is not the remark
ably pure man that il has been claimed he
Is. Where there is so much smoke there
must be some fire. and we feel securely con-
fdent from the reports now current that
the time is speedily approaching when
George W. Curtis, the Harpers, Jones,
Freeman Clarke and the rest will each feel
like hiring an ablc-bodicd man to tiagellate
them with an old-fashioned blacksnakc
rawhide for ever having Endorsed in any
way 5. q. Cleveland.
An Address from Irish Republicans.
New YORK. July l7th.-The star, Kellys
paper, prints a column report of the doings
of the Executive Committee of the Irish
American Republican League yesterday,
under the head of Irish Boom for Blaine"
A L. Morrison of New Mexico presided
The meeting was held with closed doors
The plan of the campaign was arranged
and an address prepared, which the Star
says is directed TO the Irish throughout the
country. 1t is strongly partisan, and APP
peals broadly, sometimes illogically, to the
well-known prcjudices of the Irish. 1t be-
gins by stating that under the Republican
party the nation has been wisely governed,
and invokes the aid of the Irish vote in the
coming election. "Our President" it says,
is the son of an frishman; the Com
mander-in-C Chief Sheridan is an Irishman
the most distinguished living statesman,
our candidate for the Presidency, Blaine, is
of Irish lineage Logan is the son of an
Irish rebel of 179S." The League proposes
to hold u Convention at Cincinnati in Sep
tember for affecting a closer union and to
unite the strength of the Irish vote for the
struggle in November