The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-12

A DErEsrABLe LIE EXPOSED.
Commended TO the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
has In this, as la All Things, Acted
Like HHn-His Heroic
Deed Etc, Etc.

Gen. King was the outcome of a confer
ence between Beecher, Schurz and
George William Curtis, who demanded
that the real facts in the case be made
known before they proceeded further i'm
the canvass, MIR. SEIZURE refusing Tn
speak in public until this was done, Mr..
King makes the following report:
~ feel confident that these stories
about The Governor are false, because
the whole character and life Of the man
repudiates the cowardly and unworthy
action reputed to him. | learned enonph
to convince me that he had been wronr
fully accused. | went everywhere
and did quite little bit Of de
tectlVe work on my own account. Tho
lagtS seem 10 De mat many years ago,
when the Governor was sowing his
wild OATS he met this woman with
whom his maine has been connected,
and became intimate with her. Sb0
was WIDOW, and not u good woman by
any means. Mr.. Cleveland learning
this, began to make inquiries about her.
and discovered that two OF his friends
were intimate with her at the same
time as himself When a child was
born, Cleveland, in order to shield his
two friends, who were both married
men, resumed the responsibility of il.
lie TOOK care of the child and mother
like man, and
DID EVEHYTH M rOR THIN
in his power, ne provided tor them until
the woman become aeon lirmud victim To-
drink and made it impossible, by her
conduct, for him To have anything 10 do
with her. He never separated the
mo her and child, nor did he do any
thing to nnjure the woman. lie wa,
throughout Il victim of circumstances.
lie accepted responsibilities that not ore
"A al IA. ltI.. Il a
acted honOrably in the matter. | uues-
TONED many men in Buffalo who have
known the Governor for years, and |
found that he was admired an respected
even by those VINO disliked him pOlici-
cally. Like many men, Mr.. Cleve-
land likes good living and good
company, but he never goes
TO excess in anything, and he respects
the prejudlcAs and the opinions Of 9TH
ers. The other stories told against the
Governor cannot he substantiated, and
indeed, the evidence all goes TO show
That they were manufactured out Of
whole cloth. No one seemed willing to
rather them. 1t was: Il heard this and
heard that and so and So told me this. =
Alter the child was born the woman
made u habit of visiting every man with
whom she had been intimate and de-
manded money under threat of expos
ure. Three OF h four admirers-for
she was an attractive wnman--w were mar
RED, ana the man who in reality WAS
the father Of the infant had an interest
ing daughter whom he ldoliZed. He
was III constant dread lest his offense
should reach his wife and child, and
cleveland, being the only unmarried
man, relieved HIM Of his embarrass
meut by
sHouL DERlNd ALL THE II sPONSlBGLIrY.
That man - dead and the child is his
perfect image III manners and looks.
Cleveland acted IA heroic part, suffering
the ODlOquy that his friends might not
bring unplcashutngSs to their hearth
sides, From Buffalo | went direct TO
Albany and called ON Gov. Cleveland
told him that Mr.. Beecher was very
much disturbed by those stories thai
have been circulated about hiln,and that
would Ike statement from him. The
Governor tnun frankly told me that my
version OF the stories was 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
No man cOu.d have Looked at the Gov
crnOr and not fell that he was speaking
the II. h. | am sorry this
thing came before the public at
all; II may force the Democratic party to
show hp the private life of the Republi-
can candidate, and there is a scandal in
the lite of the PumbGd Knight that
would not like to see published, even
about an enemy. The Rev. Mr.. Ball,
who originally tathered the story, is the
pastor of small Baptist church in Buff.
alo and form irly neld position in the
cuStom-housc. lie is u campaign ora
tor who puts the highest value on his
political laOOrs. Ball claimed that he
hau done Jonathan ScOville some ser
vice when the latter was running for
congress in Buffalo, and tackled the
Congressman for 800, asking Cleveland
To back UP his claim But the Governor
refused 10 do this, gond-naturrdly Civ
ing the worthy Bali the sum he was in
noed OF How he was requitcd the
events Of the last few DAYS will show
The allegation that the Governor visited
the club house ON Grand Island, a re-
sort of lust and drunkenness, MS Ball
says, is ridiculous. The club house was
the headquarters Tor the
hESr FAM LIE IN RU' FNLO,
where such people aS Judge Haight and
his family arc daily to be found. hall
continues that Cleveland was one of "A
riOtOus party who accompanied Oscar
Folsom when the latter was thrown from
ms carriage and broke hlS neck. This
is an outrageous and actually ridiculOus
perry ersiOn Of the trouble, as all Buffalo
mans know that Folsum's only compun-
ION was Warren Fisher. 4 clergyman
named Mitchell, who has been in Buffalo
ihree years, and who is au Old friend OF
bluine, having preached in Washington
years ago, seems 10 assist Ball in his
WORK, We had his facts secondhand
UOn Ball, ~ the Governor had been
away from Buffalo during almost the
9,mt of Mitchel's ministratiOns, and he
goN not hesitate To prefer pravo
gnirgcs, the truth of which
le has no means of know
my As "A consequence the more
respectable members of his congrpgA-
uon are fast leaving him, and il lac
persists in his present course "a serious
Splli IN his llhrk il imminent. How
ever, ! understand he Is about to back
WI OF the ridiculous charges urged
against Cleveland. After / had con
GUIDED my researches | called on Mr..
heecher ut Peekskill, aud related the
result ofnly visit u Buffalo and Albany.
mr. Beechor said that he had been
Wrungiully made tn miStruSt Mr.. Cleve-
And and that now he could not do too
much to show his appreciation of the
y man. Eighteen copies ut the Buffalo
telegraph containing the stories had
oecn mailed TO him from different parts
oItho country, besides letters from the
man BAH and others. The whole mat.
tter having been explained to MIR.
heccher'S satisfaction, he will now sun
port th3 Governor, rs the foolish pecca-
uliloeS of n y'ung man committed four
teen ur fifteen years ago will not weigh
against his present life and political
retord."-, POSt-Dispatch Special,
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