The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-10-02


I will pay 40 per cent.
= Yours truly,
Broughton Brandenburg.
Apparently ignorant of the ma
ture of the articles referred to ami
apparently sweetly. unsuspicious Of
fraud, the executor responded
BRIEFLY:
On behalf of the estate of the
late Grover Cleveland and with
the knowledge, and consent of
Mrs. Frances Cleveland I here
by accept the foregoing.
F. S. Hastings.
Executor of the estate of
Grover Cleveland.
Brandenburg then sold the article
to the New York Times, which paper
supports Taft. The Times, before
publishing the letter, received tel
egram from Mrs Cleveland express
ing doubt as to its authenticity, but
this was followed by letter from
Hastings saying Mrs. Cleveland's s
doubts had been removed by him.
The letter was then put before the
public in The Times, and the Re-
publican National Committee lost NO
time in flooding the country with it
in pamphlet form. 1t was a sweet
morsel and the Republicans made a
great to do over it.
AS the Augusta Chronicle says
"It was the strongest blow dealt
the Democratic nominee and cut
keenly to the heart Of loyal Demo-
Gratis. Coming from Grover Cleve-
land, it was a powerful weapon
against his party and cruel one.
So studiously was Mr.. Cleveland's
style and mannerisms reproduced.
that the forgery convinced the most
reluctant and sIlenced many of the
earnest Bryan supporters. The
Courier-Journal, however, marshalled
line of argument and spoke with
fearless conviction of it as shame
less fraud and canard of the Re-
publicans. And so it turned ou',
as the following letter proves:
so Broadway, Sept. 25, 1908.
To the Editor of The New York
Times:
Sir: Since our interview. Of
Sept. %, which was followed on
Sept. % by the publication in
The Times of statement then
made by me relative to the
article attributed to the author
ship of the late Grover Cleve-
land which was published in The
Times on Aug. 80, I now desire
to say that there has since
come to my knowledge "evi-
dence" which leaves in my mind
no doubt Of the fact that the
said article was not written nor
signed by Grover Cleveland, and
therefore is, in my opinion, no
longer entitled to credit as his
production.
Mrs. Cleveland, in my judg-
ment, was right in regarding it,
when she positively declared to
US since it's publication, II do
not believe it is genuine. Z" I
therefore hasten to inform you
Of my conclusion regarding the
article and beg to express the
hope and belief that you will
promptly give to this communi-
cation the same degree Of prom
inence in The Times that was
given to the statement made by
me in your issue OF Sept. %.
Yours respectfully,
F. S. Hastings.
Since being forced to publish this
letter, The Times has abandoned any
further effort to give Semblance
of realty to the fraud, which was
undoubtedly worked up by the Re-
publican campaign managers. AS
the Augusta Chronicle well says
THE entire matter is miserable
and disgraceful exposure Of the in
decent and low measures to which
political partisanships can lead an
erstwhile respectable journal. The
fraud can have but one effect-that
of strengthening the Democratic
cause. It's perpetrator, or perpetra-
tors, should be made to suffer the
legal penalty and social disgrace
which mas been SC richly earned.