Evening journal., 1888-12-12
EULOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
Mr.. IngallsT Characteristic De-
nial of an Accusation.
HE NEVER RETAILED SCANDAL.

A Magnificent Compliment 60 Mrs. Cleve-
1and-His Hostility to the President Is
Political and Not Personal lie Loves Him
as He Loves the Fever and the Blizzard.
WASHINGTON, Dec. le-During the cam
paign some ugly stories were widely circu-
lated concerning the home life Of Mr. and
Mrs Cleveland. Last week an interview was
published in The Chicago Tribune with the
wife Of Secretary Whitney, in which she
charged the circulation Of the stories to
Chauacey NJ Depew, Of New York, and
Senator ingalls,. Mr. Depew has emphatic
ally denied responsibility for the stories and
says that he merely commented upon them
in common with everybody else. Now Sena-
tor ingalls, makes the following statement
for publication:
"The social leader Of the administration,
the wife of a cabinet minister, would hardly
consent to a formal interview upon a subject
so delicate and personal as the domestic rela-
tions Of the president without his authority.
assume, therefore, that the publication in
The Chicago Tribune was mnde with his
knowledge and sanction.
"ln falsely attrihutiug to me the invention
and dissemination Of ISLANDERS, even in the
guarded and cautious phrase which is em-
rloyed, Mrs. Whitney transcends propriety,
and evidently relies upon the prerogatives Of
her sex for immunity. The man who made
snch a statement directly or by inference,
would be required to prove it or to retract it.
! have never been either bitter or vindictiye
ngainst the president Politically | have
been opposed to him, and my opinions have
not been furtive or stealthy In The North
American Review, in The Sun, in various
speeches in the senate and on the stump, |
have declared the grounds Of my hostility,
which need not be rehearsed now. | have no
more III viii against him Than | have against
the yellow fever OF the great March blizzard
Ny weapons have been those of the gladiator,
not Of the assassin.
Those who remember the criticisms on
Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Arthur win not
differ with me when I affirm that Mr. Cleve-
land owes more TO the consideration Of his
political adversaries than any other public
man in our history. It would be idle to deny
that have heard the stories to which Mrs
Whitney alludes ana others much worse.
which time and events alone can verify or
disprove
'They have been the common gossip and
rumor, the open secrets OF the promenade
the hotel and The club for many months. but
they are OF Democratic origin, like tbe
scandals Of 1854. Republicans are not ~
sponsible for them. They have been circs-
lated and repeated by the highest Democratic
authority, masculine and feminine. II the
partisans Of the executive are wise, they will
be silent.
"The presidents marriage was the most
popular act Of his administration. The mis-
tress Of the White House has no enemy and
no rival in the nifectionate admiration of tho
American people Amid many temptations
to levity and many opportunities for frvol.
ity, she has borne herself with unexampled
grace, dignity and composure Adulation
has not disturbed the charming and un-
affected simplicity Of her character. She
will carry with her into retirement tho una
bated honor and regard Of all who have been
50 fortunate as TO know her She win re-
main among the noblost illustrations Of
American womanhood 50 long as virtue has
a votary or beauty a champion.
Some things are self evident ia morals
and history, as wen as in logic They prove
themselves and are disproved BY evidence
To deny some accusations is 70 plead guilty
TO them. When you have 70 offer evidence
that an egg is good that egg is doubtful, and
a doubtful egg is always bad The merchant
who is compelled TO produce ahldavts to
estab ish his honesty is probably a thief. The
citizen who is now obliged to prove that he
was loyal and patriotic during the war was
either rebel or a copperhead.
Shakespeare cast an indelibie stain upon
the lady who protests too much and no
body cares 70 marry the woman whose chas
tity is open to discussion and debate. SO
when it becomes necessary for a husband 70
obtain certificate of good moral character
and to prove by the testimony Of experts
that he is faithful, considerable and tender
toward young, lovely, and affectionate
wife, he may be innocent but he certainly
is unfortunate
Since Thursday last, when she was inter.
viewed concerning the SANDERS on the presi-
dent, Mrs Whitney has declined To see ro-
porters, but when called on by Mr. Walter
Wellman, the special correspondent Of The
Chicago Tribune, who had the original in
terview with her, and asked what she had to
say in reply to Mr.. Depew, she made this
reply;
Il dislike to say anything more for the
press on this subject, but it distresses me very
much that Mr.. Depew should have beeome
50 much involved in it. Still, il is the very
fact that MIR Depew had told these stories
that stung me into my indignant outburst
Tor II ne would believe them-and he would
not repeat them unless he did-what man or
woman in the whole land would not have
the right to believe them, tooi For
Mr. Depew is eminent beyond all for
fairness and courtesy to friend and foe. and
Is beyond my criticism or praise in his
friendiness and indisposition to harm Others
and yet he Of all men was given as the
authority for these stories-not by one
but BY several persons-for he forget in the
excitement Of telling them that his vivid AZ
scriptive powers sent them flying again, and
IN passing from one to another his quali6ca-
tions Of them were forgotten But his denial
OF belief in them now win 60 for more than
anything have said to crush.them forever
back into the dirt whence they came.
Please say also that what l said was with
out communication with and without the
knowledge Of any one took the response
bility alone, and | am glad I did. for the
letters receive show that it was high time
some one spoke
The Pope Condemns ireland.