The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-05
Conclusions Of an Independent Commit
Tee Of Investigation.

When the recent scandal concerning |
Mr.. Cleveland was first published, tho |
New ork Independents appintcd a com |
mittee at Buffalo to investigate the al |
fair. and this is the result OF the inves-
tigation:
As Republicans and Independents residing
in Bunaio, AMI having peculiar means uI
know edge, we have been cHlled upon 10y pri-
vHtc letter and otherwise for information IN
regard to the scandals which have been put
in circulation respecting Governor ClcNeiAnd :
private life. We have ielt II TO tie n duty i'm
posed ON us by circumstances to examine
these stories in detRil aud to make u formal
statement oi the results. No such cXamina-
tiuu would have been necessary to satisfy
ourselves; but II was due to those who have
read the charges against Governor Cleveland
without knowing personally his general char
actcr nnd reputation in this community, ami
without knowing either the position or the
means of information of those who have
made the charges. that we should not put forth
Il mere general statement without previous
inv c,tigat on
We have, therefore, through IL committee
appointed from uur number tor that purpose.
carefully and deliberately made an IiNrstlgu-
ton, and we have taken every available
means 10 ascertain the precise facts IN each
case. Tn general chur2es OF drunkenness
and gross immortality which are made against
Governor Cleveland as absolutely false. His
reputation tor morality has always been good
There Is NJ foundation for ANY statement to
the contrary.
lie was soush, out and nominated for the
tor that position by the larger portion OF the
educated, intelligent aud moral citizens ut
Imlalu. without regard to politics ANA ON
purely personal grounds. After he lad gone
through the contest he was AZ ain put forward
Il. one al the most distinguished citizens ut
Buuu,O ~ u candidate Tor the Governurship
and agtuu received the support OF the same
clus- u his fellow citizens. In TINS cOmmuu
w. VIII tc he had lived tor twenty-ninc years,
where his lite was known and his character
well understood, TINS support would not
have been HiScu to him had he been either
IL drunkard II lbertne We ARE able
to speak from personal knowledge, ~
his actluuntAncrs OF long standing, and to
SAY tina ns general priv Ate lite has been
that OF quiet, orderly, sell respecting,
and always highly respected citizen
Since he assumed his present othrc MS Wis
its to BuGao have been few and OF short du
ration. 1t is susceptible OF absolute proof
AMI has been proved To us, mat upon no oucut
these visits has anything I, Cured To Justify
the statements which have been made 10y his
detractor-. The charge thar he has recently
taken part in n drunken aud liCCutiOu> de-
bnuch in Butlaiu ON the occasion OF SUCH II
visit Is entirely false. We have been pirtiC.
uarly careful aui thorough in our invrstigt-
| lions OF the al eyed betrayal, abduction ami
nhumIn treatment of u woman OF MS oity
! ~ delta led in local newspaper.
| THE circumstances out OF waiCh this story
| was fabricated occurred eight years AGO The
| woman IN question wa AT that time a widow
| between thirty and forty years OF age, " II
| two children. the youngest of wnOm was tct
| years old. The facts of this case sh w thai
she Was not betrayed, aud hat the allegations
/
| are wholly false. We deem these the unl,
! features of the charge in connection with TIM
| matter which constitute II public question re
| uuiring any declaration ON our part. our "a
| animation of the other charges which have
been made against Governor C,cv"luud'S pri
| waite character shows that they are wholly I'M
| true. In every instance IN which the report
| and nsinuutions haNc been tangible enough 4,
! furnish "A clue 10 guide MS in our iuVe>tiHH
tons they have been positively proven to b,
iHlsr.
Tho attack upon Governor Clevcland',
character Is thoroughly discrelltcd VII u VT
consider the sources from which II comes II
was tirst publicly made in Buffalo by II news
puucr of no standing whatever We hu,t
twice called upon the editor OF tins pHpc
aud asked him to produc" his prOot-, tn
names dates ami other particulars, which h'
had publicly stated he was AT liberty to show
| lie declines to do so, or to facilitate iuNcsii
CATION into the truth OF either ms owl
charges OF those contained IN thu ununyiu"u
letter which he published. H. admitted tina
! he had 10 evidence TO support any ACCUSE
! ton against Grover Cleveland except IN tn
one instance to which we have particu arl
referred. He rested hi case on tunt story
AMI, as to that story, he is CDntluiictri by
the witnesses having personal knowledge.
The two crrGymCn whose profession hH
! been invoked to give weight to the,r charge
have no pcls mai Knowledge OF the FACTS. ana
under the circumstances, could not -pOss hi
Nave such know ledge. They have venture
! to state rs facts known to Themselves tturir
| which rest u ,On the m"rrst hrhrruy an
| which, when traced to Their alleged source
are In every case denied 10y tho persons I
whom they ARE asctibcd. We have drsiguc
the results ol our investigation ~ tins matt"
without part san ooorinH We have no
thought 1t necessary or proper to repeat IN
charges aga nSt Governor Cleveland IN Diet al
nor TO pre- ent ia full the evidence by whic
! they have been disprONcd.
: | JpuN H. DINsIEAD, joins II GpwIsG.