The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-18
CLEVELAND HAD PROOF SHEETS.
Copies Of "Harper's' Attack
on Him Kindly
New York CORRESPONDENCE PHILADELPHIA

New York Correspondence Philadelphia
Press.
Proof sheets of an article which APP
peared in Harper's Weekly this week were
sent to President Cleveland several days
ago, and a thousand copies SO marked as
TO call attention to this article were sent
day to Democrats of commanding influence
throughout the United States.
Especial care was taken that copies be
sent to those Democrats who were con-
spicuous In the spring OF 1892 in those ef-
forts which had the denomination OF Mr..
Cleveland in view, and particularly TO men
who had been disposed to defend him since
he proved himself to be the greatest dis
appointment of his time
TWO weeks ago this same periodical pub
lished an article occupying an entire page,
setting forth that the Democratic party
had proven a failure. that 1t was no longer
entitled TO the confidence OF the people, was
imbecile. weak. wavering. and absurd i'm
It's administration, and that MIR. Cleveland
himself was largely responsible for these
Published thus conspicuously i'm a Jour
nal which has for ten years been steadfast
and conspicuous in its support of Mr.. Cleve-
land, the article did not fail to attract great
attention and TO cause very much interested
A copy of 1t, carefully marked, was sent
to Mr.. Cleveland, and there is now indica-
ton that its publication concerned him
more greatly than anything that has been
written In the past two years. His friends
have seemed to be commissioned to try TO
find out who the writer of the article is,
and whether its publication indicated that
the President could no longer rely upon
that journal for support
These friends learned nothing respecting
the authorship, excepting that there was
purely inferential evidence that the article
was written by Me Schurz. They did learn
that it was the intention to follow it up
by another article. and that one was al
ready in type. They did not learn what is
really the fact-that there has been an
agreement reached by which certain bright
and well-informed men who know the his
tory of the anti-snapper movement here
and who have been in position to become
familiar with much that has taken place in
the White House since Mr.. Cleveland be-
came President last March, will, at fire.
quent intervals, furnish for this same jour-
nal articles similar in tone and as vehe-
ment If not brutal in attack as was that
one which was published yesterday in the
form of a communication addressed to the
editor of the journal.
The sending to Mr.. Cleveland of the
proof sheets of that article can be con-
strued as indicative of no other purpose
than the determination by fierce and un-
sparing attack on the part OF those who
nave hitherto been continually his friends
either to force him TO alter his course in
many things or else to intimate to him
that he VIII be completely thrown over.
repudiated. unfrocked and revealed to the
country as a person who has either been
untrue to ideals which he has ~pretentiously
advocated, or else has been the most con-
summate hypocrite in American history.