Show Stephens Says the Cleveland Interview was Embellished ST Louis April 23State Treasurer Stephens who has returned from New York when asked this morning about the published interview between himself and exPresident Cleveland in reference t the policy of Cleveland on the silver question said HI had not the slightest idea Clevo would have any objection whatever to use being made of what he said Stephens was asked if the reports that appeared were accurate Ho replied Not by any means I did not write a line of the interview that appeared in the New York papers nor did I see it after it was written until it appeared in print It contained much that Cleveland said but also much that he did not say and i I had known just what its tenor was to be I would have removed re-moved many embellishments Cleveland did not announce himself as a candidate but spoke as a private citizen When I asked him what he would do in case he was l elected President and a free coinace bill f was presented t him he laughed and turned the question by saying it was longtime long-time until IbM I would prefer not t particularize par-ticularize the mistakes in the account of I my interview with him further than t state if it had been submitted to me would have struck out onehalf oft Mr Stephens said that the statement that he went t New York as the representative of anybody t see Cleveland is a misrepresentation misrep-resentation Ho says among other things I he asked Mr Cleveland i he was President Presi-dent would ho veto a free coinage bill passed by the Democratic party by a large majority I am a private citizen replied re-plied Mr Cleveland and I will not climb 1 any hill until I come t it i |