The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-21
THE LIE STAMPED,
strong Ilefutatlon by his Feilow-cilisens OF
tho slnnders iIeaped upon Cieveinnds
Fair Name,

the slnnders Hehpeh up"h NisNohh"R
Fair Name,
NEW York, August l6,--As the result
OF inquiry made by Independents, the
following report is made concerning the
Cleveland scandal
Az Republicans and Independents re-
siding In Buffalo, and having peculiar
means Of knowledge, we have been called
upon By private letter and otherwise FOR
information In regard 10 the scandals
which have been put In circulation res
pectlng Governor Cleyeland'A private
llfo, We have felt II TO be u duty I'M
posed on us yclT umstances 10 examine
these stories In detail ana TO make a
formal statement Of the results NO
gneh examination would have been
necessary to satisfy ourselves but ~ was
due 10 those who have read the charges
against Governor Cleveland without
Knowing personally his general charae-
Ter and reputation In hla colllllulllty'
and without knowing ellher bhe posi-
tion or the means Of information OF thOse
who have made the charges, That we
should not put forth q mere general
statement without O previous lnYesIlga-
tlOn,
We have, therefore, through commits
| tee, appointed from our hummer Tor llal
purpoBe, carefully and deliberately made
| an investigation, and we nave taken
| every available means 10 ascertain lle
eXact facts In each case. The general
| charges of drunkenness and gross lmnOf-
| allty which are made agains Governor
| CLEVELAND are absolutely false. HIS rep
utation for morality has always been
I'goOd, There Is no foundation TOT any
statement 20 the contrary
He was sought out ana nominated Tor
the MayOralty against his VIII, and was
supported for that position by lhe larger
portion of the educated, INTEL gent ANA
moral citlzens Of Buffalo, without re.
GARD 10 pOlltiCs and on purely personal
grounds. After he hadgOpe through inns
contest he was again put forward ~ one
of the most distinguished citizens 0l
Buffalo M candidate for the Governor,
shin. and again received the support Of
tho Same class Of his fell0w-cltlZens In
this community, where he had lived loI
twenty-nlne years, and where his life
was known aud his character well un'
derstood, this support would not nave
been given to him had be been 4 drunk
ard or a llbertlne. We are able TO speal
from personal knowledge as his isacQuain
tances Of long standing, aud 10 say thai
his general private life has been that o.
a Quiet, orderly, aell-reapectlng, ana al
,, ways highly respected citizen -,
, Since he assumed hia present 0lllce M
! visits TO Buffalo have been few ANA o
short duration, II II susceptible OF ab
gOlute proof, aud has been proved 10 us
: that upOn no ono VI these visits has an!
thing occurred TO Justify the statement
which have been made by his dotractOrs
. The charge that he has recently takel
: part In a drunken and licenliOqs dC
y bauch IN Buffalo, on The occasion u
!, such visit Is entirely false, We hay
y been particularly careful a1d th0r0ug
v In our Investigations Of tie alleged he
y trayil, abduction aud inhum0n trQUO
" ment Of u woman Of this city vas detaile
q In u local newspaper
- The circumstances out Of which lhI
4 story was fabricated occurred eight yem
q ago. The woman IN question was NJ thi
"a time a widow between thirty and tori
y yOnra Of age, with two children, VI
y Younger Of whom was ten years old, III
70 fucts Of the case show that she was NJ
:. betrayed, and that the allegations re-
pecting her abduction aud ill-trealmel
, are wholly false We deem these VI
n only features Of the charge In cOnncctlo
f" with this motter which constitute u puI
q lie question, requiring any declorotio
y on our part, Our examination OF II
N other chnrgcs which have been mac
~ against Governor ClevelOnd's prl'0I
~ character show that they are wholly ~
"a true. In every Instance In which u
~ reports and lnsinuallOns have been tang
W bio enough TO furnish clue 10 guide
10 In our investigation they have been pos
y lively proven 10 hO false,
4 The attack upon Governor Cleveland
N character Is thoroughly dlscrcdiled whC
/. we consider the source from which
N comes. II was ilrst publicly made
Buffalo 10y q newspaper of no sl0ndii
~ whatever. We have twica called upC
If the editor Of this paper and asked him
,r produce his proofs the names, dates Nt
4 other particulars which he had public
AZ stated he was NJ liberty to show, lie Il
n. clines to do no, or 10 facilitate inyeslig
ton into the truth Of either his 0W
charges or those contained In the anon
nous letter which he published lie 4
mitled that no had no evidence TO su
A. port any accusation against Govern
a. Cleveland except In the one instance
Y. which wu have particularly relerrC
a lie rested his ease on that story and
n, to that story he Is coutrudiclOd by I
h witnesses having personal knowledge
N The two crrgymcn whose prolctsi
has been invoked to glyo weight To- the
gt charges have no personal knowledge
the fItcts, and, under the ClrCumsluuc
could not possibly have such knowlell
they have ycnlured 20 state ~ iul
known 10 themselves stories which +,
H., upon the merest honraOy, and which,wh
at traced TO their alleged sources are
ty every case denied by the persons TO wht
w they are uscribed We have design
Mt TO make a candid and judicial sOteml
ye Of the results Of our investigation Of u
N. matter without partisan colOrlug,
Of have not thought II necessary or pr0l
IL. 10 repeat the charges against 60yori
Nv Cleveland In detail, nor TO opresent In +
Ire the evidence by which they have he
~ disproyed
lW John B, OLMsrEAb, JouN r. C0wlNG
RALPH STONE, JOSIAH y. MuNR'
j. TALiMAN DAVIS, ANsLEY WILCOX
.0r JOHN NJ. RANSOM, l., u. RuMsAY,
Iu HENRY ALTMAN, MM, F KIP