The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-04-10
say. nr. Cleveland Was Drunk.


BosroN, APRIL 5.-f!rose who heard
Rev. /. J. Lansing speal, before the New
England Methodist Episcopal conference,
at Salem last night. were startled by the
broadnesS.of OF bis stasemerts. Ii@-Said:
Wapu; afasn atihe hea,lof his,snunz
try vtso j. a etlrunkSfd. g'his * pretts
plain salk, lf1l ann gerry carefIl mol .
I make statement ,annot prOye. We
1 all remembsr the naval f,atadc Gn the
Hudson river. wheu tlQnsanSs ofspeople
/ were Obliged to wall several hours for the
| President to sober of enough - review
the parade.
J ~ We are deserving of hard times. Some
say IL is caused by the tinkering with the
tariff. and that free trade j. the best pos
sible thing we can have. II i really "A
matter of conscience, bat conscience new
er entered into the rum trallic, .-.
Tins afternoon Sir. Lansing said he did
not believe pc. aade tIle statement that
the Presidolf WAS d 'dItIhkard, but was
positive he was intoxicated at the naval
review. adding:
| have it ff6in Gndispuied authority.
| Everyone that knows anything. and was
there then, knows that Air Cleveland
Mss int0Nicaicd, and | stated Thursday
night that did not intend 10 attack dig
nitaries. made, the remarks when
speaking OF the hard tiIpes. j said that
| to-day people had lost the sense OF moral
responsibility, and had grown eaiious.
| They care not who is the ruler, provided
| they can get all the csiSh they want IL Is
well known that fron! the time Grover
| Cleveland was Governor of New York
mp to now, he has been addicted T. liquor
and has been under its influence both in
public and private.
MIR. CLEVELAND SAYS THE PREACHER
LIES.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-When the
report of speech made in Methodist
conference at Salem, Mass, by Rev.
Dr. Lansing and a subsequently, pub
lished Interview with the same Ean,
accusing the President of incompetence,
was shown to President Cleveland this
evening, he said with considerable
warmth:
This is simply an outrage. Though it
* not the irst time = thing OF this kind
has been atieuip:sd, L 9iulioE avoid a
| feeling snirdlJnatdot taat any man who
makes any claim 70 decency, and eSDe-
cialiy one who assumes the role Of "A
Christian minister, shoald permit hilussii
10 become = 'c!is>emrfiIioT OF Wholesale
lies and ciiun,nieS not loss stupid than
! they are cruel and wicked.
| | easily recall other occasions when
those more or less entitled TO be called
ministers of the gospel nave been instr;f-
mental in putting. Into circGlatiOH the
most ScandalOuS falSchOods concerning
my conduct and character The elements
or factors OF. the BioSt approved outfit
for placing a false aud bsre-f8ced ae-
eflsation before the public appear Ia be
iirst someone with bisaEVss and motives
sufficient 10 Invent IL f: Ses-snl. "A minister
with more gtillibility and love of noto-
rie.y .tin pleiy.g .greefiiiy willing 10 listen
and sabblo 1t, and, third, a newspaper
anxiously willing 10 publish it.
For the sake of the Christian religion,
J am thankful that these sGsIndal-mon-
gering ministers are few. and on every
account am glad that the American
people lOye fair play and Justice. and
that, in spite OF all eilort 10 misle=id them.
they are apt 10 form correct estimate Of
the character and la5ors of their public
servants.