Show INFAMOUS ACT OF SECRETARY John ohn W Kern Denounces Cabi Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet net Member for Circulating Circulating Circulating ing Fake Article STIGMA UPON CLEVELAND STRAUS NOT MANLY ENOUGH TO RECALL HIS WORDS Birmingham Ala Oct 2 The pub publication publication publication and use by the Republican campaign manager as a campaign doc document document document of the letter attributed to the authorship of the late Grover Cleveland which contained a strong endorsement of or the Republican candidate for president president president dent was the subject of a speech by oy John W Kern before a large audience in the Jefferson theatre here today He declared such use of the document to tobe tobe tobe be an infamous attempt to place a vile stigma upon the name of the great de departed departed departed parted statesman and likened it to O the use made in the Garfield campaign of the famous Morey letter forgery Circulated by Straus Mr 11 Kern said that Secretary S Straus raus of the presidents cabinet had in a speech referred to the letter as authentic auth n tic and that speech found fo nd its way to all parts of the country countr He said fald Proofs that this alleged alle ed letter Itt r of Mr lr Cleveland was a base bai e and crim criminal inal fabrication are so overwhelming that it is conceded on all hands that fiat the distinguished wrote no o such letter and District Attorney Je Jerome Jerome Jerome rome of New Nev York has already taken steps to determine the guilty author determined to bring him to 40 justice And yet and yet the Republican cam campaign campaign campaign document carrying car ing this fabrica fabrication fabrication fabrication tion still circulates Secretary Straus has not yet recalled his endorsement as to its authenticity I Republican newspapers which original originally ly printed the fabricated letter under great headlines have either refused to print the exposure of the crime or have so placed such exposure in their jour journals journals journals nals as to attract no attention The publication and amI circulation of this fab fabricated fabricated fabricated letter is more infamous in all respects than the publication and cir circulation circulation circulation of the celebrated Morey More letter forgery in the Garfield campaign It is ismore Ismore ismore more infamous because in that in instance instance stance tance General Garfield was living and gave prompt and effective denial In Inthis Inthis Inthis this case the alleged author is dead lead and unable to repudiate and deny den it It is all the more infamous because it fol followed followed followed lowed so closely that tender and splendid splendid splendid did tribute to his memory unanimously adopted at the recent national conven convention convention convention tion of his party and is an attempted stigma upon his name as a Democrat and an American The Manly Manly I Way It remains to be seen se n whether tho the leaders of the Republican party those In charge of its campaign will be manly enough to right ri ht this great wrong prong which has been done to the memory of Grover Cleveland by the circulation of this vile fabrication fab Colonel J H Lewis of Chicago has joined Mr Kern at this point and will accompany him on his tour of the southern states |