| Show SIMPLY MEXDACIOUS I Cleveland Gives the Lie to the Assertion As-sertion Washington Feb 24A representative representa-tive of the Associated Press saw President Pres-ident Cleveland this evening at the I executive mansion regarding the report re-port circulated the past two or three days to the effect that the president I was suffering from a serious malady and was about to have an operation performed The president said I have been engaged every day in my office on public business and have met every day people who called senators sen-ators representatives and others Nothing would have been easier than to ascertain the absolute falsity of the reports I am forced to conclude there is an epidemic of mendacity emanating emanat-ing from the dull and stupid brains of some of these correspondents These men must be influenced either by a desire de-sire to deceive the public or annoy those affected by their disreputable work Those who read the newspapers should understand the extent to which their credulity calculated upon |
