Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-08

Mondays New York World publishes,
under the caption of "a Truthful State.
Ment," the following:
Fds lying of tho soured malignants and
tha fetse conceptions OF tie enyiOus and
oalunuiating agents NJ tho press make it
necessary that tho World should print u
trnthtll statement concerning the recent
publication Involving ex.Presidsnt Oeve.
land. On the lGlh Of April last reporter
vns sent from tho World Office to interview
Mr.. Cleveland In reference to certain mail
q u ttstements which had been made In
too Ns@ York Sun touching his alleged
obesity. Upon his return the reporter
brought with hiua u scrap OF paper upon
which Mr. Cleveland had writtsn the fol-
lowing:
Il hare not seen the article you refsr 10,
md II It appears nowhere els but 10 the
iStia there 10 not the least chance of my sae-
ing IL, OF course, the entire thing Is Il lie,
without Tho least pretext to excuse 1t.
Judge fiCm what you say that the venerable
c6itor OF the Sun snpposes that ha has at
EAST bit rpou u subject winch eau ba used
Go annoy me In this he ia mistaken. He
must be his own Judge of social decenoies
and propds.ies. l am not sure that ne
should a. his time OF life and In his appar.
snlly peculiar mental condition be moiested
In his amusement"
Tho reporter further Rverred that Mr..
Cleveland had talked freely concerning the
editor OF the Sun, had denounced him with
marked vRhemenoo and mad given htm Che
reporer) 10 understand that whit he mad
81 wac intenied for publication. While
the language r tribnted to Mr. Cleveland
was coarse md intamperate, 1t was be-
li6vad In tho World office TINT Mr.. Olevs-
land, lncens'd by long-continuad misrepre-
Ean'ation Rni GSuse, had finally made up
his mind to Express himself touching his
parneeuor Ia terms waich, II emphatic,
were not altogether unwRrrantnd.
Tie policy Of thus retaliating upon O
vencmcus DlAckguard was not considered.
T'ia raplttAr, WhU hat served the World
faithfully 70! 1overal years, and the aeon.
rGcy Ut whose work hal never been called
In Question. prepared his report of the In.
icrvlsw, and upon his repeated declaration
that Mir. Cleveland had consented to the In.
terVirw, the matter, including that portion
psnret hy hr. Cleveland, was Inserted In
The World.
Ii lh-,o hal been the slIghts It question
"a TO Alr. Clsveinnd'J wish 10 huve the
American people know something OF his
opinion OF the editor OF thu SIN the matter
would not HAYS been printed. inc reporter
hVerrsd thar Mr.. Cleveland had started IN
tho OFFSET 20 write his entire interview but
t,'tlinE 1t tedious work had dropped his
PENCIL and bod expressed himself orally.
!nta Is how the m pgn' interview came to
published In the World.
o. the Afternoon OF the day OF publica-
tion Canttl Daniel Lumont callei at the
WC,3 lilao wtth type-writteR communal
cation Rom Mr.. cleveland, IL which that
gentleman denied specifically having used
the language attributed to him concerning
Dir. Dana beyond that which he had pre-
rnred vita iri8 own hand Rs given above.
5A1 nHtnrnliy created eome surprise.
Colonel ll'nolt was given to understand
that the master would be carefully looked
ito. TIE reporter was sent Tor and WAS
shown Mr.. Ctyeuud's deDInl. He re-
firuod the truthiulness Of his report. The
situation tneE became embarrassing. and
tho next day n staff editor of the World vas
directed TO hee MIR. cleveland lie did 30
and returned with fti more elaborate re-
puiiation Of the interview. This was after
The appearance In the sun OF the vulgar
az bcutal retaliat0ry assault OF Dana.
aiaantime the question OF veracity be-
tween Mr. ClsvSland and the reporter was
thoroughly Investigated, and a. a part OF
this Investigation the editor in-charge, at
hia own suggestion, called upon ht. Cleve.
land at his Tesidonce. He obtained from
him another and more specific r. puiiation
OF al that portion of the legged Interview
which had been pri1tei as an adiendum to
what he (air. Claveland) hnd submitted In
manuscript. Mr.. cleveland could only Ae-
count for the misrepresentation saddlei
upon him upon the theory that the re-
potter had uttered many Of the sentiments
ace pied, attributed them TO the person in-
tesviewed, and not to the Interviewer.
This styls OF interview being not alto
Eather pnkn1wn 10 some sections of the
county, tbs World accepted Mir. Cleve-
lands explanation, and inasmrch as the
policy Of the World Is to do Justice ut all
times and uuto all people the editorial
statement was prepared which appeared
on sunday, April 10th. This, OF course
left the reporter In IN embarrassing posi-
tiOu, but having weighed the testimony o.
thr only two witnesses verdict was ren.
deted honestly and sincerely.
In cons. quence OF his good character and
long service the reporter was permitted OF
tins 2O;h 10 tender his resignation. Thii
was accepted and tho Cleveland interview
was the last contribution from his pen tC
the columns OF the World. These are the
exact facts. and all stories concerning polit
zeal irfnenceB, personal opportunities
motives & g., are Dure fAbrieatlOus,