The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-05

The New York Independent has abandoned
he Independents, and ina double loaded edi.
torial, demands the withdrawal Of Cleveland
on account of the Buffalo scandal Here is
the article complete:
THE CRISIS OF OUR DUTY.
We published last week in our correspond
snce columns a communication from DR..
kinsley Twining, one Of our editorial stall,
giving the result of his investigation in regard
TO the Cleveland scandal. Ti Ii grave aud seri-
Gus part Of this scandal, which he declares he
iound to be true, is that which imputes 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 all the
facts, resist the conclusion that hia
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 a clear sky, None were
more surprised and overwhelmed by 1t than
the governors friends and intimates amona
the Independents of Buffalo, and it was a case
that called forthorough aud fearless invcstiga-
lions. we felt this in every fibre, and
that we intended to impress this feeling on our
AS@dOAos alF1 W nUlu OURSELVES dDhOluI6lY Tree
70 act as clrcumstanceSrequired, lis the simple
truth, and our silence as to the Cleveland nom
lnation from that day was intended We utter
~ refuse TO accept two standards of character.
We repudiate with contempt the doctrine tina:
= public mans private life is NOT to be in
quired into. DR.. Twining's investigation
vent on the recognition of this principle.
Tn this subject as 1t now stands,
we will not be slow to give advice. The con-
ditlons 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 reforIner, Grover
Cleveland. Now, without one word in deroga-
tion Of his record as goyernoro of this state, our
enthusiasm is wiped out by the discovery OF
the acknowledged and awful facts. We hence
desire to have all oar readers plainly under
stand, once for all, that whatever has been said
In the editorial columns of the Independent
favorable to the election Of Gov. Cleveland,
was said prior to the recent sickening disclose
ures In regard to his private character, which
have justly shocked the moral sense Of pure
and right-minded people. The attempt now to
force such q candidate upon the people
would, in our opinion, disgrace the
party which nominated him and the whole ma
ton 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
DhaOhACI A4Gl GOAoStOANSC Gha dAoHkaNO AA0hA
selves by engaging directly or indirectly, in
any such movement. We are now in serious
difficulty as q nation in regard to the un-
checked progress of Mormonism and shall we
now, in the face Of threatening evils and perils,
plunge into a deeper gulf by any seeming in
difference as to the private character of one
who has been nominated to fill the highest
office in the gift of the peopieg
We sly no. Al thousand times, no!
Gov. Cleveland should positively decline to be
a candidate, and withdraw Immediately from
the canvass, and be compelled to do SO # it is
necessary. The party which nominated him
through its chosen representatives should then
reconvene and select a new ticket that will COM
mand the hearty support of the people Of all
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 60 blfndly
forward with the present ticket, would, in our
Judgment, be vi insult to the Ruler of nations,
sure death to the Democratic party, including
also its leaders, and an everlasting disgrace to
the republic"