, 1890-04-24
EDITOR Dana SCORED
The Suns Statements About
Cleveland Are False.
NOT GROWING TOO CORPELENT
The Ex-President Very Much
Troubled at the Criticisms
of His Wife.

NEW YoRK, April IA World re-
porter interviewed Mr.. Cleveland to-day
In reference TO the SUMS statement that
he was under medical treatment for
corpulency. The ex-presidents appear
ance certainly did not bear out the
statement that he was rapidly increas-
ing in weight. II anything, he weighs
less now than when he left the White
house and his face has very healthy
color. ~ have not" said Mr.. Cleveland,
seen the article you refer to- OF course
the entire thing is false and without the
least pretcxt to excuse II. | Judge from
what you say that the venerable editor of
the sun supposes he has at last hit
upon subject which can be used to
annoy me. In this he is mistaken. lie
must be his own judge of social decen-
cles and proprieties. | am not sure that
he should At this time OF lifo and in his
apparently peculiar mental condition
be molested in his amusement"
Mr.. Cleveland added: lido not care
how much I am criticized for my public
acts; that Is perfectly legitimate. There
is a line. however, II seems to me, where
criticism and abuse should stop. The
man who invades the privacy Of the
family and INDUCES in coarse and
wnnton attacss on private character is
no better. than u highwayman. He
places himself on level with the black
guard and his vulgarities can have no
weight with decent people
Regarding the frequent personal at
iacks upon himself In the columns of
the sun, MIR. Cleveland said that. while
lIo mover saw them, every time one ap-
d Il -.
would write to him about II. when |
receive these cranks' letters said
Mr.. Cleveland, 81 know that
old liar and thief, Dana, has
been at II again. That Is the only way
| keep track of his mental rawlings. The
| object suppose, Is to annoy me and
my friends. There is only one thing
that | care anything about in these at
tacks. They are not confined to myself.
1t seems that the senile Dana does not
contine his warfare to me. Women are
not free from his dastardly assaults,
and Mrs. Cleveland has not escaped.
II is bad enough for Dana to
print his lying statements about
myself but IL Is infinitely
more cowardiy and dastardly for him to
include, as hc has done, my wife in his
attacks. Nothing could be moro con-
temptlble, or so far removed from all the
instincts of manhood.
Cleveland spoke with considerable
feeling. There was no language, he said,
strong enough to charNctcrzc the con-
duct of such u man. 1T Dana was not in
his dotago, with one foot in the grave,
his senile rawlings would attract more
attention.
SULLIVAN INsuLrED ALSO.
Jack Barnett publishes the following
card; kindly permit me to correct the
gross misstatment which appeared in
yesterdays issue of the Sun under the
heading, sullivan Too Fat, Too" The
fact is that sullivan has been in Boston
several weeks, anxiously awaiting to
hear whether the California Athletic
Club will put up the amonnt he requires
to fight Peter jackson. lilo never knew
such a man rs DR.. Gibbs who is sup
posed to have been interviewed, nor has
he had any consultation with such a
man. When John L. Sullivan wishes to
reduce his avoirdupois, he will do so in
the ordinary way, familiar to all trainers,
and don think he will require the aid
of a physician. Very truly yours,
JACK BARNETT.