Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-22

minds over the impending canvass for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination and
when the sharp contest between Flower and
Slocum threatened dissension II not danger Y
quiet and thoughtful young man, Of deli
cate appearance and slight frame, was rum 2
ming his eye over Buffalo newspaper In an
Albany reading room. His eye lighted ON | :
message that had been sent TO the councils ,
OF Buffalo by its new mayor. He read 1t
lightly at first, then thougltfully and third
time He laid down the newspaper, picked
up his cane that had been standing In the {
corner, walked down TO one OF the national ,
presden .e Of wSo he WAS " sesrch
| went TO the office OF the Argus in the same
building and to its editor and chief owner,
who was the bank president, too, he said
I've found the man for governor" mWho
| ~ he ?" "Grover Cleveland" Who's
| Grover Cleveland T'
This was little over three years ago.
The then mayor of Buffalo Is now presi-
dent of the United States; and the late
president of the Albany national bank Is his
secretary Of the treasury. But in the little
town of Ithaca, New York, there was sor-
row yesterday; bells tolled, business was
suspended and flags hung at half-nast and
keen Discrimination in different parts Of the |
country, mingled their sorrows with 1thacas |
for its dead. Two mon elected president OF |
| tue Cbltcu ShVoS WoTo ulOurHorrs
This is reprinted from, the New York san
. of yesterday:
The Albany Times in honoring the men,
ory Of the Hon. Edgar X. Apgar has the fol-
/ | lowing comments upon political activity
"with the death OF the Hon. Edgar X. Apgar
expired one of the most active. brilliant and md
pemosr"ie leader leaders 'S IN this S state Ills lie was
!. | one almost continuously since his exit from
rtsssSS such
. | a career
!, MIR. Apgar did not die rich, neither was
he ever elected governor OF New York, but
/ he had the satisfaction of knowing that,
Il while deyoting himself voluntarily to politi-
cal interests, he was fulfilling one of the
}, noblest of citizen. All men should study
Ia and engage in the contests of contemporary
, | politics, and If everyone discharged that duty
= such a makeshift for government as civil
'e service reform by competitive examinations
l- would never be heard OF.
s. gentleman who knew him well writes
III me thus:
t. "Apgar Is dead. l am broken up by IT,
- The Tim es editorial paragraph of to-day was
=, y, the first knew of it. 1 saw him in Albany
I'LL a week ago to-day and babe him goodbye
a | forever. Think of It'll He was faithful,
no manly, generous friend one with whom
ho hunted in couples for % years. In his grave
sy are buried many memories and with his
of death part OF my own life goes There never
was a better man, and In all the broad do
,es Alas! the verve aud vigor of his nervous cen
tire were too much for his physical capacity
God knows weep and mourn for him VIII
sip an honest and unselfsh heart He was rar'
,h- man--and have known many good mel
lie these solemn years"
hS -
ag- / may be pardoned quoting this from
re- private letter never intended for any but on
life eye because believe that the life and dealt
gp of Apgar point moral and ! know tina
IL, ali
"a. pathies in political associations which adorn
es tale. "Prnt this in your paper" said one G
pie the first men OF the commonwealth yestel
ier- day; al want to cast a single flower into poo
eed Apgar's grave":
, tn "The death OF Mr.. +. X. Apgar is a ser
-. Gus loss to others as well as to the Democrac
ION of New York. The newspaper comment
ssp throughout the country showed that his il
oon fluence, although quietly exerted, was deel
oo ly felt far beyond the confines OF his ow
e TO great state He had moulded or assisted m
terally TO mould some Of the most impo
tant political movements In the history OF Il
ueo country. Among which may be mentione
ally Mr.. Tiidens candidacy for GOVERNOR an
,n,y also Mr.. Cleveands, which resulted in Il
election of both these distinguished reform
ne ers to the presidency.
and -" Mr.. Apgar was man OF extraordinaI
oIv ttainments-thoughtful studious, profoun,
53 ly read, able in discussion, sagacious
one council, and resolute in execution III
New York politicians knew his force an
value well, and the Pennsylvanians with Il
dis rest OF the country had begun to take a iii
ano view OF his character from their experien
o"o of him at Cincinnati and Chicago.
"Mr. Apgar was a thoroughly mode
man. He did not like conspicuity for its ow
lcah sake and never sought it He had no inclin
the ton to hold Office except as a means To
as end. It was generally believed that Pres
tier dent Cleveland would call hun 10 some vel
in | distinguished station, but ii soon appear,
NOR that Mr. Apgar was averse to federal oific
t,ie, He died in the prime OF life, and his dea
N. xyil an HaTInrah
lied r.
xact do not know when first met the ms
the whom so many true men mourn. He new
vily had the flippancy Of youth ia our acquair
ssed ance nor the decrepitude OF age. He W
Gar one of Governor Hoffman's secretaries
IS, was Tilden's friend, and Manning's co-cou
otes sellor. He certainly did asIn much any 9th
otal person to bring about Mr.. Cleveland's non
In nation for governor, and from the beginnir
arv of his successful state administration h
80 prophetic eye forecast the result Apgar WI
'ns at St Louis In 1876 for Tilden he was at CT
o'es cinnati in 1880, and though he accepted Il
5G2, issue with forebodings he went into the car
1888 paign with ardent zeal and his speeches #
or a Hancock were like those blades bammert
dis and tempered in Toledo. In the wild upro
80 Of the Chicago convention he made a maste
, ful speech against Grady's specous pleas
INTO rCbuster frame and stronger lungs woul
have served his purposes better in speakir
to the waves of human passion that surge
een through that great building, but those WI
low | listened 10 ana heard MIN were general
aye convinced that Tammany would suppo
a. Cleveland, as it had supported Tilden
ho 1876, after its protest against his nomination
and that he could carry New York and
elected.
mo- #k#
On the stump in Ohio during the La
presidential campaign; in Albany durin
OF the winter and frequently in Washington,
lat late, have seen more and more of Mr.. Apga
ure and my appreciation of his friendship an
ust my respect for his ability strengthened wit
for our acquaintance. He had supreme faith i
sm. correct political principles and i'm the fin,
not prevalence OF honest men and measures
1t His confidence in the power of sentimen
the and his own utter personal indifference
AXE place and power for himself, were some
nth the traits on his public side that made hin
Ia the power he was. / have seen some of hi
oic political prophecies SO strikingly realize
OF that await with curious interest the develoJ
ous ment OF some other of his predictions tina
nee must fail or be fulfilled in the near future
es. xxx
ON From California comes the news that on
in senior senator, Don Cameron, has not re
oils covered his health A story goes that he
~. | leading a plain and simple life at some mod