The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Demands o,eveland,s I witharAwai.


The New York Independent has abando
the Independents, and ina double loaded edi,
Etorial, dem ands the withdrawal Of cleveland
Il on account 5of the Buffalo scandal here y
/ the article complete: Isl 3s Ess
a THE CRISIS OF OUR DUTY. ~
4 We published last week In our correspo q
/ once columns communication from Dr.
Kinsley Twining, one Of our editorial star,
| giving the result of his investigation IN reg
GUS part Of this scandal, which he declares he
found to be true, is that which 1mputes per-
] sonal impurity to Mr.. Cleveland In the specific
instance that has come to the knowledge OF
the public We can not in view OF AL the
| facts, resist the conclusion that his
part Of the scandal is true, and this
Is quite enough to determine our course The
damaging charge came upon US wholly unex.
pected, and with the sudden stunning force OF
Q thunderbolt out Of q clear sky. None were
more surprised and overwhelmed by 1t than
the governors friends and intimates among
the Independents Of Buffalo, and 1t was case
that called for thorough and fearless investiga-
tons. That we felt this in every fibre, and
that we intended to impress this feeling on our
readers, and to hold ourselves absolutely free
to act as circumstances required, is the simple
ination from that day was intended, We,utter-
" refuse to accept two standards Of character.
We repudiate with contempt the doctrine that
public mans private Life is not to be in
CURED into: Dr. Twining's investiga tton
re vent on the recognition q this principle.
we will not be slow to give advice. The CON
ditons have wholly changed since the indie
dendent conference. Then we were ready with
a real enthusiasm to support the tried, and as
we then believed. honest reformer, Grover
Cleveland. Now, without one word in deroga-
enthusiasm is wiped out by the discovery Of
the acknowledged and awful facts Ne hence
desire to have all our readers plainly under
stand, once for all, that whatever has beensaid
in the editorial columns Of the Independent
was said prior 70 the recent sickening disclose
ures in regard to hia private character, which
have justly shocked the moral sense Of all pure
and right minded people. The attempt now to
force such candidate upon the people
would IN our opinion, disgrace the
lion il he should be selected. We have no
hand or voice in helping on this matter, let the
consequences be what they may, and we will
not advise the readers of the Independent to
smother their consoiences and disgrace them
selves by engaging directly Or indirectly in
difficulty as nation in regard to the iun-
checked progress Of MormoniBm and shall we
now, in the face Of threatening evils and perils,
plunge into deeper gulf by any seeming in
difference as to the private character of one
who has been nominated to fill the highest
We say no a thousand times, no!
Gov. Cleveland should positively decline to be
. candidate, and withdraw Immediately from
The canvass and be compelled "a; do 80 IL 1T lid
necessary. The party which nominated him
through it's chosen representatives should then
mand the hearty support Of the people Of MI
parties. There is time enough to do this, and
there is no hope or safety in any other course:
To stand still now, or to attempt to go blindly
forward with the present ticket, would, in our
Judgment be an insult to the Rulsr Ct nations
also its leaders, and an everlasting disgrace 70
| the republic IS ss5f s3s