Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-04
Called Upon For evid,les 4 u
spufIousaass Of lAe cIers|all
Letter.
Vice Presidential Candidate Refers 20
Statement OF Executor Of Exprssi.
dents Estate-speaks In 0soroIa -
Enthusiastie crowds-Taiks on
Tariff and Dominating Power.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.l =
MACON. GA. Oct. 3.-John w.
Kern was accorded rousing welcome
when he reached Macon tonight. The
station was packed with q wildly en-
thusastic crowd and when he reached
the auditorium where tonight's meet
ing was held, the big hall was nlled
TO It's capacity.
Mr.. Kern talked on the tariff issues
and spoke at length about the "domi.
mating power" in Congress. which he
said hangs like a sword Of Damociss
over the heads OF the people"
When he paid tribute to Mr..
Bryan. when he said was recognized
the world over as 1.-The champion Of
humanity" the audience applaudsd for
several minutes.
The only other public address made
by the vice presidentia; nominee
today was an after dinner speech - I
a company OF prominent Georgia
Democrats who attended dinner n
his honor at the Piedmont Hotsl 49,
lAnta. s s. =
!. =. Ksrn ans stntsna - .1r<
nor Hoke Smith, Who paid Q glD1in
compliment TO the Democratic stan-
dard bearers.
Mr.. Kern said his commis6ion n !
the South was not to do missionary
work. but to pay tribute to no
Southern Democracy at the request OF
Mr.. Bryan.
At Grimm, on the route to Macon.
crowd had assembled and shouted
for view OF the nominee.
Mr.. Kern left the train and shook
hands with as MANY a. possible dur-
ing the brief stop.
Mr.. Kern will return to Atlanta and
leave for Savannah tomorrow.
Mr.. Kern tonight feIegraphed H.
reply to request from the New YORK
Times for proof Of the Spurious M
ture Of the letter attributed to tn
authorship Of the late Grover Cleve.
land as charged by Mr. Kern h -
speech at Birmingham Yesterday.
The letter in question pdrported -
show that Mr., Cleveland favored tn
candidacy Of the Republics pgea1aeo-s
tial nominee and Mr.. Kern bfao0o9
II az a spurious campaign 6oeuDaks
circulated by MI. Taft's cAApaaoD
managers as an attempt to GO =
stigma uDon the Democratic pafty-
He further declared he had proven
to be q fabrication snd that the A9WU-
papers responsible for tn esrcu1ae1na
either have failed to right TIE 49,
sd wrong or have 10 p3oce9 1ho -
traction rs to attract no attention.
The Times declared In . l0ag ts1e.
cram that reached Mr. Kern q BlsUv
inxhsm last night that the evidences
against the gepuinenees q tie lst1ef
was flimsv. ard called upon the vic0
presidential candidate to produce ny
proof he might have to bear 0ut H.
charge nsade In his soeech.
Mr. Kern's reply follows:
Exeeueors Word Fer u.
when the executor Of 0Fovoes
Cleveiaud's viii. sitter Cue exa1eDa
ton declared the letter I'm S1eUtjoa
- be spurious, II was but conoWe
tory OF the opinion held and expgoso-
ed BY the Surviving members q PresG
dent Cleveiand's cabinet, his De0t -
timaie friends. and - ] uo4esveooa.
BY Mrs. Cleveland.
Every intelligent and faif m1Doeo
man. familiar with Nr. Cseve3anGe
character. his language ssd 1asDse g
expression. must hsve fssea saf1oooa
on . casual reading u the bettey -
question. Of its spurious nature. To-
manner in which the letter woo
hacked about tire New York uevo-
paper cNsces before it caDe 70 -.
ought to haye sroused susp6c3oD 81
the Cleveland letter.
The direct evidences Of Hasfe0.
fortified by the opinion of those 80
qualified to testify. and the evt1sece
surrounding the case s1reAy su0ees
to. seems to have convinced every
body bot the editors Of tie TsUe@
that the letter vss never wrsftee - 5
Grover Cleveland. The TINS owee
70 the American pablo the suy 9
rishtipe this wrong"
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