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CLEVELAND DIES
his efforts should be an abiding Inspira
tion to his countrymen."
EX-PRESIDENT STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND, HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
IT
Attack Comes Suddenly and
Ends Fatally in Uncon
scious Period.
WIFE HOPEFUL TO LAST
Ex-President Passes Away Without
Speaking Friends Hasten to Aid
of Widow Princeton, Which
. Loved Him, Mourns Most.
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numerous that the police authorities
placed a policeman on guard at the
Cleveland home and no one but inti
mate friends and those In charge of the
funeral arrangements were permitted to
approach the house.
The Cleveland residence stands in a
beautiful spot at Bayard lane and Hodges
avenue, on the northwestern outskirts of
J'rlnceton. The house, a comfortable
looking 214-story structure of Colonial
architecture, is well back from the two
thoroughfares. It is painted white and is
almost hidden by stately pine trees. Here
it was Mr. Cleveland's wont to roam and
enjoy the life of retirement.
Funeral Will Be Private.
It was not until late in the day that
messages began to come in from all parts
of the world to Mrs. Cleveland. Among
the first was one from President Roose
velt, who will attend the funeral, which
will be held on Friday afternoon, and
which, in deference to Mrs. Cleveland's
wishes, will be as ouiet as possible.
Mr. Cleveland's body will be buried in
Princeton Cemetery In the family plot,
where now lie the remains of Ruth, the
eldest of the Cleveland children, whose
death was a sad blow to her father.
Friends Rally to Widow.
Mrs. Cleveland denied herself to all but
a few callers. Professor Andrew F. West,
Professor John Hibben, of Princeton Uni
versity, and Bayard Stockton, a Princeton
lawyer and a member of the famous
Stockton family, were at the - house all
day and were in charge of all arrange
ments. Among those who came here today
to extend personally their sympathy
was Cleveland F. Bacon, of New York,
a nephew of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Bacon
is the son of Mr. Cleveland's .sister,
Mrs. M. B. Bacon, . of Toledo, O. He
came here in response to a telegram
and is assisting Mrs. Cleveland in the
funeral arrangements. Others who
came to Princeton were Paul Morton,
president of the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society, of which Mr. Cleveland
was a trustee, and Richard Watson
Gilder, of New York. Mr. Morton re
turned to New York in less than an
hour after his arrival here. He came
to Princeton for the sole purpose of
extending his sympathy to Mrs. Cleve
land and to tender his services. An
other caller was Colonel Frederick
Gilkyson. Assistant Adjutant - General
of the National Guard of New Jersey,
who came as the personal representa
tive of Governor Fort. Colonel Gilky
son did not see Mrs. Cleveland, but
through Professor Hibben extended the
Governor's condolences and also ex
tended on behalf of the Governor the
services of all or any part of the Na
tional Guard of the state as an escort
for the funeral. The tender was de
clined, because of Mrs. Cleveland's
preference for a quiet funeral.
So unexpectedly did Mr. Cleveland's
death occur that none of his four
children .was at home. The children
are at the Cleveland Summer home at
Tamworth, N. 13., under the care of
Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother.
Word was sent to them of their
father's death and they will start at
once for Princeton. The children are
Esther, aged 14; Marion, aged 12; Rich
ard, aged 10, and Francis Grover,
aged 5.
Active Interest in University.
Ever since Mr. Cleveland's arrival in
Princeton 11 years ago he has been a
conspicuous figure in local life. Al
though his only connection with
Princeton University was his lectures,
known as the Stafford Little Lec
tureship on Public Affairs, and his
membership in the board of trustees,
he was regarded as a strong friend of
the institution. As a member of the
board of trustees his counsel and
astuteness were Invaluable. The last
trustees' meeting which he attended
was October 17. He walked from a
carriage to the trustees' room leaning
on a heavy cane. This was an impor
tant meeting of the board and Mr.
Cleveland is said to have taken an im
portant part in the discussion concern
ing certain proposed changes in the
university social system.
Mr. Cleveland was heartily inter
ested in the welfare of the university,
and a story is told that he practically
induced Andrew Carnegie to present
Carnegie Lake to Princeton.
Popular With Students.
Grover Cleveland was well liked
among students and faculty. His last
public appearance in the university
was while delivering a public lecture
about two years ago. On the last Fri
day of the college year it has been the
custom of the freshmen class, on be
coming sophomores, to serenade him
at his home. On June 5 of this year
"the freshman parade" was held, but,
owing to the ex-President's Illness,
"the parade" did not . serenade the
Cleveland home. Last year on this oc
casion Mr. Cleveland stood on the
veranda of his home and spoke for a
few moments to 'the assembled col
legians. Princeton University is closed now.
Except for a half dozen students who
are doing special work there are none
but the professors here who are con
nected with the university.
Condolences Pour In.
Telegrams of condolence came in by
hundreds from all parts of the United
States and other countries during the
day, and they continued to pour into
the telegraph office here far into, the
night. Besides President's Roosevelt's
telegram, messages of condolence came
from Government officials, Governors,
legislators, prominent educators and
citizens in various "walks of -.life... Jew
of them, however, were read by Mrs.
Cleveland, who decided not to attempt
to learn of their contents until she has
recovered from the shock caused by
her husband's death.
Why He Chose Princeton.
Mr. Cleveland's selection of Prince
ton as a place of residence after leav
ing the White House was due to the
visit of ex-President and Mrs. Cleve
land to Princeton in October, 1896, on
the occasion of the sesqul-centennial
of Princeton-
OF HEM
FAILURE
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WOULD NOT DDDGF
issue on sue
Cleveland Scorned Advice to
Be Silent When Nomina
tion in Balance.
FREE COINAGE DANGEROUS
Declared Purpose to Write Letter
Denouncing Economic Heresy and
Said, "Presidency Can Go to
Hell" Old Partner's Story.
NEW YORK, June 24. Francis Lynde
Stetson, who was associated with ex
President Grover Cleveland in the prac
tice of. law, said today:
"Were I to select one quality which
more conspicuously than the manyothers
entitled him to the love and regard of his
countrymen, I should say that Grover
Cleveland was the purest-hearted patriot
I have ever known. In his consideration
and decision of public affairs, without ex
ception, he was guided and controlled by
what he believed to be the best interests
of the country. Neither the wishes of his
friends' nor even his own public desires
were permitted to determine his decisions.
This essential quality was clearly seen by
the poet's vision and finally praised by
the poet's pen when Mr. Lowell described
him as the pilot 'who held his rudder
true.' "
Urged to Dodge Issue.
Air. Stetson then pointed out that the
room in which he was sitting was once
Mr. "Cleveland's office.
"It was in this room." he said, "that
one of the most important incidents in
Grover Cleveland's career took place.
The day before the big anti-free silver
meeting in Cooper Union I forget the
date a gentleman of great influence who
now lives in this city, came to him to
discuss the situation. Both were strong
ly opposed to the free silver movement
and the talk naturally turned in that
direction. '
"Air. Cleveland had an engagement to
Bpeak at the meeting, but for some rea
son could not go.
"Are you going to send a letter," asked
the gentleman.
" 'What do you think about It?' asked
Mr. Cleveland.
"'I should not.' said the gentleman
in reply. 'I regard such a step as need
less. Your position is well known.
Nothing you can sav at this time will
put you more definitely upon record and
I think it might cause needless embar
rassment to your friends if you were
to take any part in the meeting, either
by your presence or a letter."
"J4r. Cleveland said nothing in reply
for a time. Then, takinar off his big
glasses, he turned around and looked
the gentleman straight in the eyes.
Determined to Speak Out.
" 'I am a citizen of the United States.1
Mr. Cleveland said to him. 'I am a citi
zen of the State of New York and of
the City of New York. Naturally I
ought to take the part of a citizen in
the affairs of the city, and especially
upon a matter which is of so deep an
Import' I deem l my duty as a citi
zen to do so. I regard the expression
of an opinion in a matter of so great
importance as this of more importance
than personal matters.
" 'It is said that I ought not to go
there, nor to write a letter of any sort
upon this matter of supreme importance,
because it might embarrass my nomina
tion. 1 api going to write a letter to be
read at that meeting, and the Presidency
can go to hell.'
"Mr. Cleveland did write. His letter is
history. In outspoken and burning words
he stated his position upon the silver
movement. He said then, as he had be
lieved since, that 'free coinage of silver
was wrong and dangerous.' Nobody has
forgotten it."
NOT TET FULLY APPRECIATED
Ex-Governor D. R. Francis Com
ments on Cleveland's Work.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 24. Ex-Governor
D. R. Francis, who was Secretary if the
Interior during the second administration
of President Cleveland, when told of the
death of the ex-President, said:
"Mr. Cleveland was a truly great man
and a patriot of the highest type. The
services he rendered the Republic have
never been fully appreciated, but will be
held In higher and higher estimate as the
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years roll by. He was a Democrat of
Democrats, and understood the true'prin
ciples of the doctrine as thoroughly, if
not more so, than any man of his gen
eration. His taking off at this Juncture
is an overwhelming loss to the country
as well as to his family.
"I knew him well and I never enter
tained the slightest doubt as to his sin
cerity of motive or his unselfishness of
purpdse. When in public office he was un
tiring in his devotion to duty, and so
mindful of the public interests that he
was willing to sacrifice thereto not only
personal friendship, but every interest
and relation that came into conflict with
his official trust.
"The country and every good citizen
owes him a lasting debt for the part he
performed in establishing the Republic on
foundations broad and deep. His charac
ter is a priceless heritage, and all who
are aspiring to public office should study
his policies and emulate his wisdom, his
patriotism and his courage.
"Every Democrat should be proud of
the record made by the only member of
the party who has held the chief magis
tracy of the Republic for half a century,
and every citizen, regardless of party
affiliation, should claim interest and be
thankful for the noble example of citi
zenship furnished by Grover Cleveland."
Mr. Erancis, accompanied by his wife,
will depart for Princeton late today for
the funeral.
HIGH PRAISE FROM CORTELTOU
Realized Fully Ideal 6f Incorruptible
Public Servant. '
WASHINGTON, June . 24. Secretary
Cortelyou, who is the senior Cabinet offi
cer in Washington at present is now the
acting head of the Administration. The
first word that came to Secretary Cor
telyou from Oyster Bay was an instruc
tion, which the Secretary at once promul
gated to all executive departments, to
place their National flags at half-mast.
It Is probable that they will thus re
main for a period of SO days. Secretary
Cortelyou made this statement regarding
Mr. Cleveland :
"Although not entirely unexpected at
this time by those who knew Mr. Cleve
land's real condition, his death is none
Judge T. C. Becker Pays Tribute to Cleveland
Former Associate Tells of Late Ex-President's Political
Sagacity Some Unwritten New York Political History
JUDGE TRACY C. BECKER, who is
conducting the Oregon land-fraud
prosecutions, was personally ac
quainted with ex-President Cleveland and
for a number of years practiced law in
the same courts m Erie County, New
York. In discussing the death of the ex
President . yesterday. Judge Becker re
lated the following Interesting anecdotes
and paid a tribute of respect to the
memory of the deceased:
"When I first went to Buffalo in 1877
to begin the practice of law, Grover
Cleveland had been both Assistant Dis
trict Attorney and Sheriff of Erie County.
He was a member of the law firm of
Cleveland, Bissell & Sicard, one of the
most prominent law firms of the state. I
did not become well acquainted with Mr.
Cleveland until 1881 when. as. one of the
assistant prosecutors of that county, I
assisted in prosecuting the case against
Joseph Bork for stealing $115,000 worth of
city and county bonds. In' this case Mr.
Cleveland acted with other lawyers as
counsel for the defense. District At
torney Hatch, afterwards Supreme Court
Judge and who is now a partner of Alton
B. Parker, in New York, and myself
prosecuted the case on behalf of the peo
ple. It was a very important and highly
contested trial, exciting great public in
terest. I was impressed from the start
with the frankness and sincerity of Mr.
Cleveland, who took a leading part in the
defense, as well as with his ability as a
lawyer.
- "Later on we had other associations in
other cases and I became very well ac
quainted with him and was as ardent an
admirer of the man as I could be of any
man that was such a strong adherent of
the Democratic party while I was an
equally strong adherent of the Republi
can party.
"Within a year following my first ac
quaintance with Mr. Cleveland, he was
nominated unanimously for Mayor and
was elected by a large majority in a city
nominally Republican. Almost his first
official act was to veto a resolution of
the Common Council awarding under
suspicious circumstances a fat paving
contract to a firm of which a very inti
mate friend and associate of his, named
George Talbot, was a partner. In that
veto message he made use of the ex
pression: 'Public office is a public trust"
which, subsequently, was so much quoted
when he was candidate for Governor and
later on when he was a candidate for
President.
"As an illustration of Cleveland's- poli
tical sense and his strong character, there
is a bit of history not known to many,
connected with his nomination for Mayor
which throws light on subsequent events.
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the less a keen sorrow. He was a fine
American type, rising from obscurity to
the highest office in the people's gift
through sheer force of character a char
acter so rugged, so loyal and so sincere
as to excite not only the respect and af
fection of those who were privileged to
be his friends, but of those who were op
posed to him for political or other rea
sons. "I know of no man so unflinching in the
performance of what he believed to be his
duty. No man realized more fully the
ideal of an incorruptible public servant.
His example has been most wholesome
in these years of social and economic un
rest, and the influence of his calm, rea
sonable and hopeful spirit made for a
better understanding of the needs and re
sponsibilities of our citizens. His death is
a very severe loss- to the country."
Secretary Straus said:
"Another of the great fathers of the Re
public has gone to his eternal home. His
fame and services belong to the country
and will be handed down to a grateful
posterity as an inspiration and as an ex
ample of unswerving devotion to the
country's welfare. Our greatest Presi
dents, Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln,
each rendered the services to the coun
try which in their time it stood most in
need of. Cleveland was one of these a
mighty giant of political righteousness."
WrATTERSOX'S VIEW OF MAN
Sturdy and Honest, but Handicapped
as President.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 24. "I knew
Mr. Cleveland well. It was a mistake
that there was ever a personal quarrel
between us," said Hon. Henry Watter
son today, on being informed of the
death of ex-President Cleveland. "My
only difference with him was public
and political, not private. Indeed, I
liked Mr. Cleveland rather than dis
liked him. He was sturdy and he was
honest. His. failure to unite the great
liberal forces of the country into a
compact body and to lead them onward
to the realization of the enlightened
and systematic reforms which had been
already marked out by him, was due
partly to his lack of preparation and
training in National affairs, partly to
At the time of his nomination for Mayor,
John C. Sheehan, who later went to New
York and became prominent as secretary
of Tammany Hall, was City Controller of
Buffalo. Sheehan was very powerful in
Democratic politics in Buffalo as later
on, his brother, William C. Sheehan, who
was afterwards Lieutenant-Governor, be
came, but Cleveland felt that if he ran
for Mayor he might be sacrificed in order
to re-elect John C. Sheehan as Controller.
Therefore, when the committee from the
Democratic convention tendered Cleve
land the nomination of Mayor, he refused
to accept it if Sheehan should be re
nominated. In this way Sheehan was
forced off the ticket, Cleveland accepting
the nomination for Mayor.
"This led to bad feeling between the
Eheehans and against Cleveland and ever
afterwards, expecially the second time
Cleveland was nominated for President,
when the entire New York delegation op
posed him in the National convention,
due largely to the influence of the
Sheehans. The Interesting point is that
if Sheehan had not been forced off the
ticket in Buffalo's municipal election, the
probabilities are that Cleveland never
would have been elected Mayor, Governor
or President.
"Cleveland's nomination for Governor
followed his election as Mayor about a
year and there also is some interesting
history in connection with that nomina
tion. There had been a great schism in
the Democratic party, Tammany Hall,
under the leadership of John Kelly,
having bolted the state ticket, headed by
Lucius Robinson at the preceding state
election. The problem was to select a
candidate who would ba acceptable not
only to the up-state Democrats but to the
city Democrats adherents of Tammany
Hall as well.
"Tammany and William C. Whitney,
who was even then associated with
Thomas -Fortune Ryan in municipal
public service corporation promotions,
was on good terms with John Kelly, an
intimate friend of Wilson S. Bissell, who
was Cleveland's law partner. It is said
a secret meeting at Syracuse was ar
ranged between Bissell, Cleveland,
Whitney and Kelly, a few days before
the Demot:ratlo State Convention. As a
result of this meeting, when Cleveland's
name was presented to the convention by
the delegates from Buffalo, although
Cleveland was at that time a compara
tively young man, Kelly threw the Tam
many strength to him with the result
that he was nominated and elected by an
enormous majority over the Republican
nominee, . Judge Charles J. Folger, our
party at the time being torn in factions
by dissensions existing between SeniWt
Boscoo Conkitog and the- so-called stal
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his lack of tact in the management of
men.
"Throughout his first term in the
White House, he was handicapped by
the want of familiarity with both men
and the measures' of the time. Through
out his second administration he was
as a man treading on eggs, who does
not always see clearly or choose his
way with circumspection. He had
grown over-confident from success. He
had gained favor from the popular be
lief in his good intentions which were
undeniable and he trusted too much
to the heavy hand and not enough to
moral forces and organized ideas.
"Mr. Cleveland's duty was his integ
rity, his courage and his common sense
within the radius of his mental vision.
Impatient of restraint, he had a lean
ing toward the lowly and distrust of
the official great; somewhat over
quick to resent advice and to regard
it a an intrusion. In point of fact, he
was a sympathetic, though not an emo
tional or effusive, man, and as sensi
tive as a woman." '
HE TOOK GOAT BY HORXS
-Cleveland's Tariff Message. Written
Against Whitney's Advice.
MILWAUKEE, June 24. 0"he Mil
waukee Journal today prints a story
purporting to be the authentic history
in connection with President Cleve
land's stand on the tariff, replying to
charges alleged to have recently been
made by Henry Watterson that Grover
Cleveland was not only at heart the
foe of tariff reduction, but that he did
everything in his power to prevent his
party from taking advanced ground on
the subject. Secretary Whitney, the
Journal says, was the stumbling block
in the way of a tariff reform plifllk
that rang true.
In the Fall of. 1887, the Journal says.
President Cleveland, during his tour of
the West, spent two days at Madison,
Wis., a guest of Colonel William F.
Vilas, a member of his Cabinet, and
broached his plan of devoting his an
nual message entirely to exposition of
the evils of the high tariff. Colonel
wart Republicans and President Garfield
and the so-called Mugwump element of
our party.
"Mr. Cleveland was a most tireless
worker even down to the smallest details
and he told me once when I compli
mented him on an argument he had made
in a law case that he never summed up a
case to a court or Jury without finding an
opportunity by some hook or crook to
prepare and write out, usually in long
hand, a very considerable portion of his
speech and commit it to memory. He had
a very retentive memory and could mem
orize such a speech or passages from a
book by reading it over once.
"Before Cleveland was elected Gov
ernor, he went to Albany to appear be
fore Governor Cornell to ask for the com
mutation of the sentence of a man named
Martin Flanagan, who had been convicted
of murder. A man named Miggal was
Governor Cornell's pardon clerk and had
exclusive charge of pardon matters.
When Cleveland applied for a hearing
before Governor Cornell, Miggal refused
to let him have it, saying Governor
Cornell had made it an absolute rule
never to exercise executive clemency in
a case where a jury had convicted a man
of murder. Cleveland then applied direct
ly to the Gavernor himself. The bearing
was granted and Cleveland made a most
eloquent appeal and for the first and only
time during his term of office, Governor
Cornell exercised his pardoning power
and commuted the sentence of Flanagan
from the death sentence to life impris
onment, all that Cleveland asked.
"After- Cleveland was elected Governor,
Miggal, the pardon secretary, wrote the
Governor-elect a letter suggesting tihat
in view of Mlggal's long and valuable
services to the state he should be re
tained by the incoming Governor as his
pardoning secretary. To this application,
Mr. Cleveland in his own handwriting re
plied as follows:
" 'My first official act as Governor of
the State of New York will be to appoint
your successor.'
"The subsequent career of Cleveland as
Governor and President is part of the
world's history. Although opposed to him
politically, I always have believed in his
honesty and sincerity of purpose. He-had
great political sense and judgment and
was far from being the bluff and hearty
'King Hal' kind of a man that most
people think. He was a very astute and
far-seeing politician, in my opinion, much
more so than his political foe within his
own party, David B. Hill. In my opinion
Cleveland's only political mistake was
trying to be a bigger man than his own
party and even in that he succeeded tor
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Vilas assured the President that the
members of his Cabinet would abide
by his decision. Continuing, the Jour
nal says:
"Sometime later, after the Presi
dent's return to Washington, he an
nounced to his Cabinet his intention to
carry out this plan. Secretary of the
Navy Whitney advised against it. It
would hurt the party in the next elec
tion, he declared, and he advised tem
porizing. Colonel Vilas, replying to
Mr. Whitney, strongly sided with the
President and declared that the right
thing to do was the expedient thing
to do.
"When the Cabinet adjourned there
was no doubt that President Cleveland
would take the goat by the horns. He
did so, and his tariff message of 1887
stands today as the most famous of
American public documents dealing
with the tariff"
ENGLAND STILL REMEMBERS
Newspapers Refer to Cleveland's
Famous Venezuelan Message.
LONDON, June 24. The flags over Dor
chester House and the American Embassy
were placed at haif-mast today on the
receipt of the news of the death of Mr.
Cleveland. Mr. Reld said:
"I had a high personal appreciation of
Mr. Cleveland, and my cordial relations
with, him, which began when he .was
Mayor of Buffalo, never were broken. I
believe Mr. Cleveland had grown steadily
In the respect and appreciation of the
American people since his retirement from
office."
Mr. Cleveland is best remembered in
England as the author of the "Venezuelan
Message," and. most of the afternoon pa
pers, while speaking appreciatively of his
career, recall this incident. The Globe
says it astonished the civilized world and
that only the statesmanship of Lord Sails
bury and the calmness of the British pub
lic averted a war at that time.
The Evening News publishes the dis
patch, giving Mr. Cleveland's death under
the headline:
"The President Who Threatened War."
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SPEAK
Officers of National Committee Tes
. tify to Cleveland's Greatness.
DENVER, June 24. Speaking of the
death of ex-President Cleveland, Roger
C. Sullivan, Democratic National (Com
mitteeman for Illinois and chairman of
the committee which is preparing for
the next convention, said today:
"In Mr. Cleveland the Nation lost Its
greatest citizen, the Democratic party
one of its truest leaders and many of
us a personal friend."
Governor John E. Osborn, National
Committeeman from Wyoming, said:
"A man whose honesty, sincerity of
purpose and courage no one can ques
tion, Mr. Cleveland's name will go down
to history as one of our greatest Presi
dents." Colonel John I. Martin, sergeant-at-arms
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, lost a personal friend of a quarter
of a century in Mr. Cleveland, of whom
he said:
"When the history of the Republic is
written and the record of all its great
statesmen and great Presidents from
Washington down Is completed, the pages
dealing with the career of Grover Cleve
land will show that in many respects he
was equal to the best."
There was an intimation today that out
of respect to Mr. Cleveland's memory
the Democratic convention would be
asked to adjourn for a day immediately
after convening.
HAS LARGE PLACE IN HISTORY
Stevenson Says Cleveland's Like Not
Soon to Come Again.
BLOOMINGTON, 111., June 24. Ex-Vlce-President
Adlai E. Stevenson was greatly
shocked when informed by the Associated
Press of the death of ex-President Cleve
land. Hr. Stevenson said:
"I am deeply grieved to learn of the
death of Mr. Cleveland. His will be a
large place in history. He was the pos
sessor of great talents, of untiring in
dustry and executive capacity that had
few parallels. His eight years of ad
ministration of the Government will
safely endure the sure test of time. His
personal and official integrity were be
yond all possible question.
"As a candidate upon the National
ticket with Mr. Cleveland in his last con
test, I was in confidential relations with
him and often a guest at his home. He
was a delightful host. Blessed in his
domestic relations, his home was one of
the happiest I have ever known. Not
only as a statesman, but as the affec
tionate husband and father, he is entitled
to grateful remembrance.
"The passing of Grover Cleveland marks
an epoch. He was, indeed, a striking
figure in American history. His like we
may not soon see again. He was a great
man a great President His early strug
gles, his tireless energy, his lofty . Ideals
and tha splendid success that crowned
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Will Reveal Lofty Character and
Great Powers, Says Vilas.
MADISON. Wis.. June 24. Colonel
William F. Vilas, ex-United States Sen
ator and member of President Cleve
land's Cabinet, when informed of Mr.
Cleveland's death, said:
"Notwithstanding his feeble condition
was known, his recent seeming im
provement had dispelled the imminence
of apprehension and the news of Mr.
Cleveland's death fell as a stunning
blow. Its unexpected suddenness de
prives us of present power- to deal with
the memories it awakens. For myself,
I dare attempt but small expression of
the thoughts that arise in me.
Passing time has already done much
and now will do more to clear away the
clouds of contemporary differences and
leave his lofty character, his great pow
ers and his eminent service to his coun
try in the undimmed splendor under
which its history will display them."
HAD DECISION AND RESOURCE
Dewey Says Cleveland Believed in
Efficient Navy.
WASHINGTON, June 24. Admiral
Dewey said of ex-President Cleveland:
"In the death of ex-President Cleve
land the country lias lost a citizen whose
wisdom, courage and patriotism were of
the highest order. The whole country and
its interests were the subject of his unr-.-mittiliR
industry and best efforts, and ha
ignored any effect which a strict per
formance of duty might have upon his po
litical fortunes.
"When during his second administration
financial disaster was impending, he met
the situation with decision and resource,
irt a manner for which history will give
full credit. He believed in the usefulness
of an efficient Navy and deemed of great
importance the character and qualities of
naval commanders, in whose hands might
at any time be placed questions which
would involve peace or war."
LED IN INDEPENDENT THOUGHT
Paul Morton Snys Cleveland Put
Country Above Party.
NEW YORK, June 24. Paul Morton
said:
"Grover Cleveland was a most remark
able man broad In thought, sound in
conscience and always safe in action.
Simple as a child in his tastes and reso
lute as a giant in his Integrity, he was
the highest type of public servant, and
It is to be regretted we have so few men
of this sturdy character In public life.
"He was a patriot rather than a par
tisan and his moral courage to do what
he thought was best for the country, re
gardless of the party, was the beginning
of independent thought throughout the
country, which is now such a factor in
our public affairs."
NEWS OVERCOMES DICKINSON
Suffering From Nervous Collapse,
He Cannot Express Opinion.
DETROIT. June M Hon. Don M.
Dickinson, of this city, ex-Postmastcr-Gcneral
In President Cleveland's Cabinet,
is ill in a santtariu-m at Flint. Mich., suf
fering from nervous breakdown. John
II. Cullen. one of Mr. Dickinson's law
partners, said he spent yesterday after
noon with Mr. Dickinson, and, while he
is Improved, his condition is still such
that his physician probably would not
permit him to be told of Mr. Cleve
land's death.
This afternoon Mr. Dickinson was in
formed of the death of Mr. Cleveland.
He was overcome by the news and did
not feel able to make any statement at
present.
ONE OF GREATEST PRESIDENTS
Governor Johnson Pays High Trib
ute to Grover Cleveland.
OTTAWA, Kan., June 24. Governor
Johnson, of Minnesota, who is here to
day, when told of the death of ex
President Cleveland, said:
"I am deeply shocked to hear of Mr.
Cleveland's death. I regard htm as
one of the country's greatest men, and
I predict that when history is properly
written, he will be rated as one of the
half-dozen greatest Presidents."
Governor Johnson said that he is not
a candidate for the Vice-Presidential
nomination, but that his name would
be presented to the National Conven
tion for the Presidential nomination.
TAFT IS GREATLY SHOCKED
Says Cleveland Was One of Really
Great Americans.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 24. Secre
tary Taft was greatly shocked when he
was Informed of the death of former
President Grover Cleveland. He was in
the commencement procession with the J
university officials when the news was
conveyed to him by the Associated Press.
' "I am very sorry indeed," he said, "to
hear of Mr. Cleveland's death. He was
one of the really great men of the coun
try, and his passing away is a distinctive
loss to the American people."
Judge Gray Speaks Praise.
WILMINGTON, Del., June 24. Judge
George M. Gray said today: "I am
deeply grieved at the announcement of
Mr. Cleveland's death. I had hoped
that his useful life might have been
prolonged for many years, with com
fort to himself and for the benefit of
his country. The wisdom, conservat
ism and courage which characterized
his two administrations have made his
place secure In American history."
Metzeer sells watches for leys.
FAMILY OF FIVE
AM Lrank Coffee From Infancy.
It is a common thing in this country
to see whole families growing up with
nervous systems weakened by coffee
drinking.
That is because many parents do not
realize that coffee contains a drug
caffeine which causes the trouble.
"There are five children in my fam
ily," writes an Iowa mother, "all of
whom drank coffee from infancy up to
two years ago.
"My husband and I had hjart trou
ble and were advised to quit coffee.
We did so and began to use Postum.
We now are doing without medicine
and are entirely relieved of heart trou
ble. (Caffeine causes heart trouble when
continually used as in coffee drinking.)
"Our 11-year-old boy had a weak di
gestion from birth, and yet always
craved and was given coffee. When
we changed to Postum he liked It, and
we gave him all he wanted. He has
been restored to health by Postum
and still likes it.
"Long live the discoverer of Postum:"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read tlie above letter t A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, tme,nd fall ot human
Interest,