Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-07
EAST OF TIE ROCKIES.
Mora Of The Controversy Between
Cleveland and Dana.
FOUR PEOPLE AspHYxIATED.
A Foolish Girl With Coin Married
Chinaman and is Now
Seeking Divorce.
EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
FOUR PEOPLE AsPHYxlATED.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIoN.l
VULGAR ABUSE OF DANA.
Grover Cleveland is Said to Have Bee
Reportad Cnrrerslv

VULGAR ABUSE OF DANA.
Grover Cleveland is Said to Have Been
Reported Correctly.
New YORK, May 9th. = Frederick G..
Crawford, the reporter of the World who in
terviewed Grover Cleveland on editor
Dana, has written letter to the editor of
Frank LeSlies Newspaper, in which he i'm
pugns Cleveland's veracity and affirms the
truthfulness of the interview as printed.
Crawford's interview, at the dictation of
powerful politicians, was repudiated by the
World which went back on its own re.
porter and made the statement that its
news was faxed, all for the sake of helping
Cleveland out of tight place. The credit
of this unusual, and, indeed, almost I'M
precedented, act on the part of that paper
is to be given to ex Secretary of the Navy
Whitney, who brought his personal and
business pulp to bear on the World and
succeeded. The World convicted itself of
taxing, even when it knew that it had told
but the truth.
Crawford is newspaper man with sew
eral years experience and has done large
amount of interviewing, and says that this
case is the first in which any one of his in
terviews has been disputed. Crawford
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interview, and uses these words near the
beginning of his letter: 81 assert, on my
honor, that Mr.. Cleveland was correctly re-
ported IN the interview in question. He
was not misrepresented in any particular
did not write out all that Mr.. Cleveland
said, but what | did write was faithful
and accurate report of his conversation.
Much of what was omitted was simply I'M
printable in any respectable journal" y:
Crawford tells very infinitely the particu.
lars of the interview. The city editor of
the World showed him Washington story
in the Sun to the effect that Cleveland was
gaining flesh at the rate of twenty-five
pounds month, and told him to go and
interview Cleveland. He went to 'Cleve-
lands law Office and sent in his card as
reporter. They had three quarters of an
hours talk. Cleveland spoke freely and
deliberately, and seemed to be in a per-
fectly normal condition.
When Crawford spoke of the Sun article
Cleveland said he had not seen it. He
never read the Sun, and wouldn't touch it
with pair of tongs. Then Crawford gave
him the gist of it, and Cleveland straight
ened up and made use of a profane express
sion rejecting on the chastity of Mr.. Dana's
mother. Cleveland then launched into
vigorous denunciation of Dana, calling him
UldChSudIQ, NdRdUOuu duu udSldIQiy
scoundrel. He also characterized him as
senile old liar and thief, with the addition
of a profane prefix. There was considera-
BILE profanity throughout the interview, but
none of this was published.
When the interview had lasted some
time Cleveland asked how much of his talk
Crawford was going to write up. and taking
pad up, said: II will write little some
thing to guide you" He then wrote few
lines, closing as follows: He (must) be
his own judge of social decencies and pro-
prieties. am not sure that he should at
this time of life and in his peculiar mental
condition be moiested in his amusement"
Part of the interview Cleveland did not
write, but spoke. He alluded to his wife,
and said that Dana had not confined his
attacks TO him. He made war on women
as well as men. Attacks on Mrs. Cleve.
land had not been made openly or directly,
but by Mr.. Dana's favorite method-innu-
endo and indirection.
Cleveland said distinctly" says Craw-
ford, 1.-The old thief
Dana has not hesitated to drag my wife's
name into his scurrilous attacks. A man
who makes war on women is infamous
Cleveland spoke with considerable feel
ing in regard to the unwarranted use that
had been made of Mrs. Cleveland's name
by the malignant editor. He said if Dana
was not in his dotage. with one foot in the
grave, his senile rawlings would attack more
attention. The public was disposed to look
with some leniency on a man that has
paresis. This was all that saved Dan a
from being held to strict accountability for
his atrocious conduct.
Crawford closes by saying that nothing
was said to the effect that any portion of
the interview was private, and declares that
he could have had no possible motive for
misrepresenting the ex-President.
THE OTHER SIDE.
New YORK, May 6th.-Under the head.
ing "a Truthful Statement" the New
York World begins a long statement by
saying:
THE lying of the soured malignants,
and the false conceptions of the envious
and calumnisting agents of the press, make
it necessary that the World should print a
truthful statement concerning the recent
publication involving ex-President Cleye-
land
sent TO interview Mr.. Cleveland in refer
ence to the statement in the Sun touching
the ex-Presidents alleged obesity. The re-
porter returned with scrap of paper on
which Cleveland had written about hun
dred words, in which the following occurs
"Of course the entire thing is lie.
Judge that the venerable editor of the Sun
supposes he has at last hit upon subjec,
which can be used to annoy me. In this
he is mistaken. He must be his own Judge
of social deeencies and prophecies. am
not sure that he should, at his time of life
and in mis- apparently peculiar mental con-
dition. be molested in his amusement"
The reporter further averred that Mr.
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editor OF the Sun: had denounced him
with marked vehemence and had given
him (the -eporterl TO understand that what
he had said was intended for publication
The HorsdS editorial continues:
While the language attributed to Mr.
Cleveland was coarse and Incorporate, il
was believ ed in the World office that Mr.
Cleveland was incensed by the long con
tinued Misrepresentation and abuse, anG
that he bad finally made up his mind tC
express himself touching his prosecutor il
terms which. while emphatic, were no
altogether unwarranted. The policy o
thus reialiating upon the venomous black
guard was not considered.
The reporter who had served the Worlt
faithfully for several years, and the &C
cu.acy of whose work had never beer
called in question, prepared report of tn,
interview. and upon his repeated declara
ton Mr.. Cleveland consented to the inter
view. The matter, including that portion
penne6 by MIR. Cleveland. was inserted il
the World. II there had been the slightes
question as to Mr.. Cleveland's wish to hay,
the American people know something o
his opinion of the editor of the Sum- tn
matter would not have been printed.
"On the afternoon of the day of tn
publication Colonel Daniel Lamont callet
at the World Office with typewriter cop,
from Mr.. Cleveland, in which the gentle
man denied specifically having used tn
language attributed to him concerning Mr.
Dana, beyond that which he had prepares
with his own hand. as given above. Thi
naturally created some surprise.
Lamont was told that the matter woul,
be looked into, and after an investigation,
be returned to the Office with a still NOR
elaborate repndiaiion of the interview from
Mr.. Cleveland. Then Colonel Cockeril
called on Cleveland, and the latter gentle
man said he could account for the r1isreu