The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14
CLEARED.
A orrEsrAsLE Tic EXPOSED.
Commended 10 the Inventor, Cleveland
ha- In tlis,Hs In 81 ThlnE-, ArIrd
Iihr - hHu-ilis Heroic
Deed Itg,, itr,

Henry Ward liuuchcr, arrived home yes
trrday aitor personal and thorough
Investigation Of the liu,Nll srluda
about toy, cleveland, The mission a.
: Gen, King WIS the outcome Of a confer
once between l,rrChur, SchuTa aut
George William Curtis, who demanded
thut the real facts In the eJ q Zoe mad,
known before they proceeded further h
. the canvass, Mr. svhuH refusing g.
speak IN public until lhi, was done, Mr.
! King makes the following report;
If reel runNdun, that these stories
about The Governor are false, because
I the whole character and lilH ut ihD man
rcpudiltcs the vuWHully aud unworthy
/ action r'pu,Ui tp him, / learned enough
/ "a rOuy iuru uIr that hp had been wrong
/ mllY accused, / went everywhere
and did quito a lltt,u hit ut dc
/ ttCtiVp work on luy own account The
when the Governor was sowing his
. wild OATS be met thIs woman with
. whom hi, name bua been connected,
and hyvBmu Intimate with h.r, Sine
/ was % widow, and uuLa good woman boy
amy means, SIR. Cleveland, learning
! this, began 10 mako inquiries tluI, her,
and discovered that Two 80. his friends
| ,imc as himself When Gilu wus
/ born, Cleveland, iu order 20 ~ui"ii bis
/ two friends, who were both married
. mon, resumed Iht responsibility uI TO-
. ice took caro- col the child and wH.hrr
like muu, uuI
pip EvENru SU ron Tir u
T in hi, power, hc provided Tor tpum until
tlc woman lc'umo uuoniirmru victim tu
drink and WUdp q, Impossible, 10y her
conduct, for him tp hayc anything 10 do
/ with har. lie never separated the
mo her and child, nor did he do amy
thing - iniurr the woman. He va,
. throughout victim of circumstance.
| lie accepted cSpuu-iIi,itIcS that not one
man iu Il thousand hH, sauU!Icrc2, and
acted hUuurHhly In the matter. ! puCs-
| toned many men in Buffalo who have
known the Governor for years, and |
/ found that he Wa admired aud respected
even by those who dislikcd him pplici
ra!ly. Like many men, Mr.. Glove
! land likes good living and good
COMPANY, but hu never goes
/ To uScess in anything, and he respects
| the prcjudlces and the opinions Of 9TH
prs. The other stories told agaius, The
Governor cannot bc Suhstaniiatcd, and,
| indeed, the evidence all goes to show
/ that they were manufactured out of
whole cloth. 40 one seemed willing To
| father them. II was: u heard this and !
heard that and $50 and 50 told me this.
! After the child was born the woman
made habit of visiting every man with
| whom she had been intimate and de-
mandci money under threat of expos
urc. Three OF her tour admirers Tor
( she was an attractive woman-wcre mar
| riud. and the man who in reality was
! the father OF the infant had an interest
| ing daughter whom he idolHed. lie
| was in constant dread lest his ollcusc
should reach his wife and child, and
/ Cleveland, being the only unmarried
man, relieved HIM of his cmbarraSs.
/ ucnt by
/ SHOUT DERING ALL THE Il 3SPoNS BILirF.
That man is dead and the child is his
| perfect image in manners and looks.
/ cleveland acted heroic part, suffering
/ the OblOquy that his friends might not
/ bring uupleasantnoSS to their hearth o
/ sides. From Buffalo | went direct to
| tlhany and called on GOV. Cleveland.
j told him that Mr., Beechcr was very
much disturbed hy those stories that
/ have been circulated about him,and that
| | would like Il statement from him. The
| Governor then frankly told me that my
/ version of the stories vas substantially
/ correct, and that the account published
in the buffalo Telegraph was false and
( scandalOuS. Il acted throughout he
said 'as any honorable man should
| 40 man could have looked ut the Gov
/ rrnor and not felt that he was speaking
. y
! ching came before the public at
III; It may force the Democratic party to
( show up the private life of the Republic
/ can candidate, and there is scandal in
( the life of the Pumbcd Knight that !
/ would not like to see published. even
about an enemy. The Rev. Mr.. Bali
who originally lathered the story, - tho
/ pastor OF a small Baptist chur'u in Bnf'
alo and formerly held ppSijI" in tn"
( custOm-house. lie is Il camp uEn ora
tor who puts the highest value ON his
political laborS. BAH claimed that he
mad done Jonathan Scoville some ser
vice when the latter was running for
Congress in Buffalo, and tackled the
Congressman for $50, asking Cleveland
10 back up his claim. But The Governor
, refused to do this, gOOd-natUrcdly Civ
need OF. How he was requited the
events of the last few days will show
! The allegation that the Governor visited
the club house ON Grand Island, re
SORT of lust and drunkenness, as Ball
saws, is ridiculous. The club house was
the headquarters for the
REST FAMILIES IN BUFFALO,
where such people as Judge Haight and
his family are daily to be found. Ball
continues that Cleveland was one of q
riotous party who accompanied Oscar
Folsom when the latter was thrown from
his carriage and broke his neck. This
is an outrageous and actually ridiculous
perverson of the trouble, as all Buffalo
mans know that Folsom's only compan-
ion was Warren Fisher clergyman
named Mitchell, who has been in Buffalo
three wears, and who is an old friend OF
Blaine, having preached in Washington
wears ago, seems to assist Ball in his
work, we had his facts secondhand
from Ball, as the Governor had been
away from Buffalo during almost the
time of Mitchell's ministratiOns, and he
does not hesitate to prefer prave
charges, the truth Of which
he has no means Of know
ing. AS IA consequence the more
respectable members Of his congrega-
ton are fast leaving him, and it he
persists in his present course serious
split in his flock is imminent. How
ever, / understand he is about to back
out of the ridiculous charges urged
against Cleveland. After | had con
cluded my researches | called on Mr..
Beecher at Peekskill, and related the
result of my visit to Buffalo and Albany.
Mr. Beecher said that he had been
wrongfully made to mistrust Mr.. C!eve-
land and that now he could not do too
much to show his appreciation of the
man. Eighteen copies OF the Buffalo
Telegraph containing the stories had
been mailed to him from different parts
of the country, besides letters from the
man Ball and others. The whole mat
ter having been explained to Mr..
Beecher's satisfaction, he will now sup
port the Governor, as the foolish pecca-
dilloes of a young man committed four
teen or fifteen years ago will not weigh
against his present life and political
rocord."-t Post-Dispatch Special.
Abilene's Late Postmaster and the New
One.
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