St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-31
THE scAvENoERs WRATH.
Charges .igainst Goc. CIeveldnd Proved to
be False and Un5oWnded.

Boston Oct. 1S-In the correspondence of
the Eoening Post from Buffalo find this SEN
tence: IA pamphlet containing the most
revolving and disgusting charges against
Gov. Cleveland, signed by the notorious
Ball and Endorsed by other clergymen, has
been sent by mail to all these ladies' who
attended DR.. Cary's reception to Gov. Cleve-
land. That can be matched by worse fact.
! Copies of the Buffalo Ecening Telegraph and
/ other papers, with the grossest charges against
the governor, have been mailed to his own
!, sisters in Ceylon, who certainly are not vot-
ers in this country and cannot be presumed
to have political influence here. saw to-day
clergyman from Worcester who said that a
pamphlet of the above nature, apparently the
/ Identical one, had been sent to him. After
reading the first half page, and glancing
| through the remainder, he judged by its an
! onymous appearance and sensational dis
! play of type that it was the work of Il crank;
and, disguised threw it into the waste basket.
! That pamphlet appears to be distributed free
| " in this neighborhood, and to come from
! Philadelphia. But the charges in that OBJ
| tanned q limited currency here before it APP
! peared, it would seem. Under date of De-
/ tober they were written by Buffalo clergy
| man to a correspondent In Boston, and
were followed by request that they be
| loaned to two gentlemen. While so loaned
| copies of the entire letters were made and
circulated by Blaine men. This letter con-
tanned ag offer to furnish satisfactory proof
of the Ten specific charges made if some one
would go to Buffalo and investigate them.
1t was frank fair, offer apparently, and a
! gentleman has been to Buffalo from this city
for the sole purpose of making an investiga-
! ton of these charges, full proof of which was
offered. Several new counts in the indict-
ment were added and the list was formidable
The letter has been put in circulation by
means of the copies made when it was loaned
and no attempt has been made by those who
circulate it. so far as know, TO learn wheth-
er the charges we're sustai ned by the investi-
| cation. To the persons to whom this pam
| phlet is sent it says in large capitals: ''The
names and residences of all the parties men
toned are available in case OF need, though
they were withheld until the investigator
went to Buffalo. The evidence is said to
have been gathered by seven of the Buffalo
pastors, to have been carefully sifted by COM
prisingly full and available in every court of
| justice"
Under the promise of such evidence as
would prove conclusively Mr.. Cleveland's
real character, this gentleman went from
Boston to Buffalo. He was referred by the
clergymcn who wrote the original letter to
Rev. George II. Ball. and the two attempted
to make thorough work of each specification
DIR. Ball, as familiar with ali the facts, &c
furnish his companion with proofs of the
] oh Tha fpcf cha
quaintanee of "many years. and offence:
charged were said to have occurred "not
many months since" When found the wit
ness said that he had known little of Mr.
Cleveland for five or six years, but refused
positively to testify. Nothing could be learned
from him. The ''witnessn to charge No.
was learned to be a drinking man, and so fal
broken by his dissipation in Buffalo as Il
make life there unadvisable for him in tn,
opinion of his family, and he was taken from
the city by relatives before he could be seer
by the Boston visitor. So charge No. failed
of confederation. Regarding charge No. 8
which related to an alleged occurrence las
winter, the witness positively refused TO sa,
q word. Nothing could be obtained to verif,
the attack on the governor. But the witnes:
did say that there were those of his acuuaint
ance who would assert that he was so strong
a partisan that he would lie for the sake o.
his party, and this admission he made wholly
gratuitously, with no question or exigency
which required it.
When charge No. was reached DIR. Bal
said that it would be useless to visit the wit
ness, for he would positively not testify tC
them, nor would he make the statement re-
garding the governor to any one except hi:
own pastor, not even to the ''provisiona
committee" of seven clergymen. So no salts
faction was obtained there. Charges and {
related to occurrences alleged to have been
seen at railroad station 90 miles from Buff
falo. AS there is only one train day each
way, a man was hired to drive there and
make an appointment with the principal wit
ness to come to Buffalo and meet the inquir
ing BostOnian. The appointment was set al
half-past 10 in the forenoon. At that hour Dr.
Ball and his companion were there, but the
witness was not, nor did he come at all. Sc
that endeavor failed. The promise was made
that affidavts would be procured and that aft.
davits would be procured and sent 10 Boston,
but none have yet been received.
Charges No. z and s, relating to occurrence.
es in Gov. Cleveland's rooms, witnessed by
persons who were watching on the other side
of the street, were affirmed by the witnesses
offered. But the physical conditions of the
place are such as to make their testimony
improbable. The witnesses to charge No. 6
could not be found. To support the tenth
charge awoman was produced who wa:
vouebed for by Methodist clergyman. But
her testimony wholly failed to support the
insinuation which was the sting of the
charge, and left doubts as to the reliability OF
what she did say. 1t was noticed concern
ing the witnesses that all the men were Re-
publicans, politically opposed to Mr.. Clcvc.
land, and that all OF them, men and women
appeared to have a strong bias against him.
So, as regards seven out of ten charges which
the public is informed can be substantiateG
BY Surprisingly fulli' evidence, there is alb
solutely no evidence forthcoming
These charges, with no indication that the
witnesses in most cases refuse to testify, are
in circulation here. and the person who read:
them may be well moved by their serious as
pect, If he knows nothing of the REPUTATION
which should by right accompany them.
Something of the same sort, / have beer
told, has been sent to the Catholic priests
Among Mr.. Clevelaud's friends here there
is growing indignation at the character o.
this warfare upon him. Special efforts have
been made to influence the Rev. DR.. James
Freeman Clarke, because his stand in favo
OF Cleveland is significant in this communi-
ty, where he is so identified with the anti
Butler contests of the past and the issues o.
honest government to-day. He has beer
piled privately and in print. The Blaine pa
pers acknowledge the power of his exampl,
By devOting much space to him, and tn,
Journal, evidently alluding to the lettel
above mentioned, says: ''We happen t.
know that in the interval between Mr.
Clarke's two speeches he has been supplied
with considerable amount Of unpublished
evidence of character and coming from
sources which be would not, under ordinar,
circumstances, question for moment. ;