The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
About the Cleveland Fake.
 Letter.
SHOULD RIGHT TIE WRONG
Everybody Convinced of Fake Ex-
 cept Times Editors.
The Times Wired MT. Ksrn That the Evidence Against the Genuine ness of the Letter Was
 FIimsy.

Macon. Ga, Oct. 3.--John W. Kern, the Democratic vice presidential can- didate, upon arriving here tonight, telegraphed his reply to request from The New York Times for proof. of the spurious" nature of the letter attributed to the authorship of the late Grover Cleveland, as charged by Mir. Kern In a speech at Birmingham yesterday.
 The letter in question purported to show that MT. Cleveland favored the candidacy of the Republican presiden- tial nominee and Mir. Kern branded it's use as campaign document by Mr. Taft's campaign managers as an attempt to place a stigma upon the memory of the ex-President.
 He further declared that although proven to be a fabrication, the news papers responsible for its circulation either have failed to right the alleged wrong or have so placed the retractlon as to attract no attention. The Times declared, in long telegram, that reached MT. Kern at Birmingham last night. that the evidence against the genuineness of the letter was fiimsey and called upon the vice presidential candidate to produce any proof he might have to bear out the charge made in his speech.
 MT. Kern's reply follows:
 When the executor of Grover CleVeiand;s will. after due examina- ton. declared the letter in question to be spurious. 1t was but confirmatory of the opinion held and expressed by the surviving members Of President Cleveland's cabinet, his most intimate friends, and as l understand, by Mrs. Cleveland. ...
 Every intelliRen. and fair-minded man familiar with MT. Cleveland's char ,fn1 70 pression. must have been satisfied on a casual reading of the letter in ques- tion, of it's spurious nature. The man. ner In which the letter was hacked about the New York newspaper offices before it came. to you. ought to have aroused suspicion as to the Cleveland letter.
 The direct evidence of Hastings fortified by the opinion of those best qualified to testify, and the circum- stantial evidence surrounding the case already alluded to, seems to have con- vinced everybody but the editors of The Times that the letter was never written by Grover CIeveiand. The Times owes to the American public the duty of fighting this great wrong"
 The Times Telegram.
 Following is the telegram from The Times to MT. Kern:
 You are reported by the Associated Press as saying in a speech at Bir- mingham. Ala. today: Proofs that the alleged letter of Mir. Cleveland was a base and criminal falsehood. are so overwhelming that it Is conceded on all hands that the distinguished ex-Presi- dent wrote no such letter and District Attorney Jerome. of New York. has already taken steps to determine the guilty author and to bring him to jus tice.'
 "If you have In your possession such proofs as you mention, will you oblige The New York Times by putting them in its hands. so that they may be im- mediately and conspicuousiy published In its columns or If you have not the proofs yourself. but know where they can be found, will you kindly put this newspaper in the way of obtaining them.
 "If you have taken the pains to in form yourself on the subject, you should be aware that the only evil