Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-20
WEEKLY HERALD.
THAT MORAL loLlHILl.
Result of Gen. Horatio Kings Inves-
tigatton of the Cleveland PeccA-
d1lto--Deoehsr and eohurz Are

A ooa2Ee Alo
satisf1ed.
The refusal Of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher to support Coz. Cleveland for
President II the scaudalous story pub-
lished by the Buffalo Telegraph about
the candidate was found to be true has
caused great deal Of discussion. At
Mr.. Bcecher's solicitation Gan. Horatio
C. King went 70 Buffalo recently 70 in
vestigate the stories.
'sThe paper In which the slandor was
originally published" said Gen. King,
'sis an insignificant, sensational sheet.
and one of the strangest things Is that
other papers ID good standing seem to
give credence to the story"
He said he had no doubt that more
prominent men than the editor Of the
Telegraph were behind the scurrilous
srandai, and the Indignation in Buffalo
over the affair Is very great. the general
feeling being only contempt for the men
and paper.
In an interview yesterday Gen. King
said he left Brooklyn last Monday de.
ternined to get at the bottom facts OF
the case, II possible, for his own satis-
faction and in order to set Mr.. Beech
er's mind at rest.
II felt confident, " be continued, s'that
these stories about the Governor were
false, because the whole character and
life Of the man repudiated the cowardly
and unworthy sctions attributed 10 him.
And my high opinion Of him was fully
justified on flushing my investigation.
learned enough TO convince me that he
had been wrongfully accused. l went
everywhere and did quite little bit Of
detective work on my own account. The
facts seem to be that many years ago,
when the Governor was sowing his Wild
oats, he met this woman, with whom
his name has been connected, and Le.
came intimate with her. She was
widow and not good woman by any
means. Mr.. Cleveland, learning this,
began to mako inquiries shout her and
discovered that two Of his friends were
iutimste With her ct the same time ~
himself.
VICTIM or CIRCUMSTANCES.
''when child was born, Cleveland,
In order 70 shield his two friends, who
were both married men, assumed the re-
sponsibility Of It. He took care Of the
child and mother like man, and did
everything in his power for them, and
he proyidod for them until the woman
became confirmed victim to alcoholism
and made II impossibls BY her conduct
for him 70 have anything to do with her.
He never separated the mother and
child. nor did he do anything TO injure
the woman. He was, throughout the
whole affair, victim of circumstances.
He accepted respousibiiities that not
one man In thousand has shouldered
and acted hunorably in the matter. l
Questioned many men in Buffalo who
have known the Governor for years and
found that he was admired and respected
even by those who disliked him person.
ally.
THE OTHER STORIES ARE FALSE.
''Ex-Supervisor Krumbolze, Of Buf
.falo. had served in his official capacity
while Cleveland was Mayor. He had
known him for years, and assured mo
that the first intimatiou OF immortality or
anything Of that kind which he had
seen came from the sheet that Published
the scandalous story. Like many men,
Mr.. Cleveland likes good living and
good company, but he never goes to OK.
cess in anything. and he respects the
opinions and prejudices OF others. The
other stories told about the Governor
cannot be snbstRntiated; indeed, the ev-
idence all goes to show that they were
manufactured out OF whole cloth. No
one seemed willing 70 father them; it
was. 4 hsard this aud heard that and
'So-and.so told mo this.'"
AHKRoIc ACT.
AFTER the child was born the woman
made habit Of visiting every man with
whom she had been intimate aud de-.
manded money under threat Of expo.
sure. Three Of her four admirers
she was m attractive woman were
married. and the man who In reality was
the father Of the infant had an interest,"
ing daughter whom he idolized. He was
In constant dread lest his ofIensc should
reach his wife and child, and Cleveland,
being the only unmarried man, relieved
him Of his embarrassment by shouldering
all the responsibility. That man IL dead
and the child is his perfect image Ia man
ner aud looks. Cleveland acted heroic
part. suffering the obloquy that his
friends might not bring unpleasantness
to their hearthsides."
From Buffalo Gen. King went direct
to Albany aud called on Gov. Cleveland.
II told him." added the General, s'thst
Mr.. Bsecher was very much disturbed
by these stories that have been circu-
lated about him, and that l would like .
statement from him about them. The
Governor then frankly told me that my
version OF the stories was substantially
correct, and that the account published
In the Buffalo Telegraph was false and
scandaious. i acted throughout he
said, 'as any honorable man should >"
''No man" continued Gen. King, with
some warmth, could have looked at the
Governor and not have felt that he was
speaking the truth. l am sorry this
thing ceme before the public st all. il
may force the Democratic party 10 show
up the private life Of the Republican
candidate, and you can take my word
for II there is q scandal In the life Of the
Plumed Knight that would not like to
see published even about an onemy.
THE REVEREND AccusER.
The Rev. Ball, who origjnally
fathered the story, said Gen. King, sis
the pastor OF small Baptist Church in
Buffalo, aud formerly held q position in
the Custom House. He Is . campaign
orator. who puts the highest value on
his political Iabors. Senator Titus, Of
Erie, II is alleged, paid BAII's25O for SER
vices rendered Ia Q political contest
while County Treasurer. r. N. Jones
aad Mr.. Scheu were bied to an equal
extent. Ball claimed that he had done
Jonathan ScovilIe some service when
the latter was running for Congress In
Buffalo and tackled the Congressman
for $50. asking Cleveland to back up
his claim. But the Governor refused to
do this, good naturedIy giving the
worthy Ball the sum he was Ia need of.
How he was requited the events OF
the last few days will show. The alle-
CATION that the Governor visited the
clnb-house on Grand Island, resort Of
lust and drnnksnness, ne Ball saws. il
ridiculous. The club house wns The
headquarters for the best families Of
Buffalo, where such people a. Judge
Haight and his family were daily to Be
fonnd. Ball continues that the Cover