The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-07
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IN THE EXTREME.
Mayor GeVeland's De-
nunciatiOn of Wick
ed Campaign
Slanders.
ANAPPEALT LTOHISTORY
His Record Elected Him
and Reelected Him
and Will Do,It
Again.
CONSPIRACY TO LIBEL.
Exposure of an Infamous
Attempt to Spread E1ec-
tion SANDERS
Broadcast.
CONSPIRACY TO LIBEL.

The following manly and dignified
letter has been written by Mayor Cleve-
land in reply to the slanderous attack
upon him in this mornings World
JERSEY CRY. April z, $780,
To the Editor Of the Jersey city Netcs:--
It would seem as If the villainous, mali
cious and outrageous attacks that have
appeared in the press during the past
week might have run themselves out, but
in the New Jersey edition of the World
OF this morning are so many new attacks,
SO false and without shadow of truth to
cover them, that am inclined to.seek the
courts for protection.
The matters spoken of in that article
makes any party circulating it liable for
criminal libel, and | hope to prove that
circulating scheme, if cannot prove who
actually wrote the article itself. These
matters are difficult to prove, because the
parties deny responsibility. A large
number-I believe 100000 these papers
are now in Jersey City for free distribu-
ton Who pays for ita
The attack in relation to Jersey City
bonds during the war is SO well known to
be false that / need only to denounce it
at this late day. For what I did then I
was elected and reelected, and thanked
by the people of this city, and no such
transaction as stated ever took.place. No
bonds of Jersey City were ever delivered
to bounty brokers in Hoboken or else
where. But the facts will all come up
again in the courts.
The Avenue Commissioners spoken of
were Solon Humphreys, Peter Hender-
son. John H. Bonn, Hermann D. Busch,
James Gopsill and myself, and think
another. I do not believe one OF the COM
missioners took 9 single option on prop
erty, nor bought any in connection with
it, nor did ever take such an option on
any property In this county in my life.
never was interested, directly nor in
directly. nearly or remotely. in any con-
tract for public work here or elsewhere
in my life, and never had anything to do
with pavement OF any kind, as stated or
otherwise, nor with the construction of
any reservoir, nor the purchase or
sale of any estate, Harrison or
other. by the city nor for it, nor with any
peculiar transactions as stated in the
dock or market Departments of New
York. To quote, Where fine or impris-
onment fell to the lot of city official.
the proceedings leading up to the climax
revealed the bland smile of Orestes
Cleveland somewhere or somehow con-
nected with the proceeding
The matters limited at had not the re-
motest connection with me or anything
that ever did. The allusion is vile in
the extreme. The Boards were Republi-
can at that time and the transactions
were all by Republicans only. held no
Office whatever and was in no
way even cognizanu Of them
till saw them in the newspapers at the
time The World has been grossly inn
posed upon by the one who wrote the
article. 1t was probably written by q
violent and malignant republican,
formerly g reporter for the EUening
Journal of this city. but taken to
the World Office for this class
Of sensational work. It is not my pur-
pose at this time to characterize the arti-
Gle or the man or the whole motive, but /
have this moment learned that
the ten thousand papers to circulate,
with the vile article, were brought
to this city and the bargain for their dis
tribution made by one Holton. who, am
told. is employed at Lorillard's, and a