The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-14
THE CLEVELAND SCANDAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST:
Sm-I hope you Will say something
concerning the wretched social scandal
now extensively circulating In the west,
involving Governor Cleveland. do not
myself give any credence 10 the gross
allegations, but many anti Blaine men
may be led TO wayer In their opposition
TO political corruption II they have any
reason 10 fear that In supporting Cleye'
land they may be sancIlOning or con-
doning social corruption. II, ~ | be-
lieVe, there Ia no ground for these base
charges, what condemnation sufficiently
severe can be visited upon n eO'called
religious journal, the Chicago Advance,
for printing the Rev, MIR. Hnrat's letter
In which the charges are made In detailY 7
Mr.. Hurst purp0rts TO be Baptist cler-
gypan OF Buffalo, and, II he has not
positive, overwhelming proof OF the
iniQuitiea with which no charges the
reform Governor, no ought 10 wear
striped clothes and have daily hour OF
devotion at the whipping pos', II lere
is any truth In these statements II would
very seriously affect the canvass for
Cleveland, aud place him and his sup
pOrters In very painful position. An
| this seems TO far exceed the average
campaign c0nc0cti0n, will you please
favor me and several thousand Others
with your views upon these slanders, AZ
fully believe them TO beY
Y. @. EATON
CLEVELAND, ONO, July 20.
We have seen the acandalOus and 70.
voting story alluded 10, and we have
only few words TO say regarding IT,
| We do not believe that the American
people will ever elect q notorious liber.
tine and prOAlgate 10 the Oillce OF
President Of the United States, Al oil
events we shall never lend our aid to the
election OF such q man. PresnmptiVe
evidence that Governor Cleveland IL not
such, Is furnished by hls election az
Mayor Of Buffalo aud ~ Governor OF
| New York without the breath OF sns.
picIOn that his character was Of the
kind ascribed 10 him In the disgusting
story printed In the Buffalo Telegraph
and circulated In other wayai also by the
fact that tho story when printed caused
almost IN much surprise NJ Buffalo ~ IN
other parts OF the country A seduceI
and debauchee comes 10 he known as
such In his own neighbOrhOod without
mistake, aud II IL unreasonable 70 anp
pose that II such were Governor Cleye'
lands character, the best people In
Buffalo (for they were the best and moi
the woTst) ehould have chosen him fol
the highest Olllce In their gift, aud that
the clergyman who now writes to The
Advance should have remained dum(
while all this immortality was going on
The case bears all the marka Of IN is0
lated and long past error, revived, moi
by any nggrieyed party, but for the pur'
pose Of drawing attention away from
Mr.. Blainea railroad transactions, and
exaggerated and colored TO suit the most
deprAyed tastes,
IL II Is intended to set up u standard
which would have ruled Hamilton
Franklin, jefferson, Webster, aud Clay
out OF public life, the attempt will
hardly succeed. Nevertheless, we shall
not knowingly support u seduGer or Y
notorious prOlllgate for any high olllco
| The charge preferred RgainsG Governor
| Cleveland that he IN u HeduCcr IL made
on its face impossible by tho fact thut
the charge relates to n widow The re-
naming allegations are that he eubae'
qnently treated his "ylcllm" with cru
city by locking her up In IN Insane asy'
lum, ard that In other why's no notod d
dish0nofalle 10 part, All this, we venture
TO say, Ia u lie. IL has no support what
ever, is not authenticated by any re-
spOusible person or anybody who clnims
To know the real facts, II la evidently
put forth on the supp0slti0n that, u,
there Is one grain OF truth In the whole
mass, and ~ there " u woman In The
case who IL, perhaps, leading0 respect
able life, those who know the real facts
and who could contradict the liea will
keep silence for her sake, and In order
TO spare the feelings Of friends aud rola
tiyes. There are sc0undrels base enough
TO work upon this hypothesis. II this Il
the basis and theory OF tho attack up0I
Governor Cleveland, NJ w0 believe II IN
tho recoil upon its authors aud promo
ters will bo something that thoy vii
remember long after tho campaign II
ended.
We may Odd further ~ u valid reasof
lOI UOl OluVuNhlnR VII lhululVu VHhlKO VI
this kind against any public man, TIM
there IA no worse place for the Oxamina
tlon Of such charge than the columni
Of u newspaper, and no woro tlise thai
heated campaign, Wohaye too mnel
respect for human nature to insist thu
any respectable man shall delent
hlmaelf against such an accusation
through the columns Of tho press, an,
everybody knows we'll how many ras
Gala stand ready to invent or magnif
such accusations against anybody, eyol
tho purest, who shows any eonaltlvenOs
to them. Plenty Of offers 20 cover MI
Blaine with sllme OF this sort are NJ
ready afloat but we trust, for the credi
Of the American n0m0, DO Will never b
called 10 meet any impu,ations bu
those which touch official conduct