The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-28
he Believes that It Was Foreordained He
Should Remain Unmarried-How He
Bears Up Under His Burdens.
Pennsylvania's Brainy Delegation in the
House Of Representatives.
A Millionaire Who Was Not in the Habit of
Talking for Nothing-Phil Armour's
Deal" with Young Bride.
CLEvELASD,s PHILOSOPHY.

now tlA0 ET0Siu0nG negarOS MaCrhmOuys anu
How He Bears Up Under His Burdens.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-'President Cleveland
will never be married man-mark that" said
Buffaloan to your correspondent to-day. "Why2
Well. will tell you. He is social philosopher.
Or, in other words, he philosophers on social
matters. had a long talk about household
affairs the other evening. and tell you he has
bushel OF sense about them, all practical, too.
But he won't marry. He believes in foreordina-
tion-at least so far as being at the head Of
family is concerned"
docs Mr.. Cleveland believe he was born to be
bachelor97
Precisely. He said it was all very well for
other people to get married and raise families.
and all that, but as for Grover Cleveland the
idea was 80 foreign to his tastes that he long ago
concluded to remain a single man. The more he
saw and heard, and the more he thought Of it.
the more he was convinced Of the truth of the
adage that our first thoughts are our best
thoughts He has mapped out, in his mind, an
ideal bachelor. maiden, wife, husband, and has
his distinct ideas about how they should live.
My! what a pious old husband he would make if
he would live up to his creed"
'Then, he thinks there is reform in being a
husbandp
'Yes; he believes that the domesticity Of
home is a part of a mans religion-that there is
something even more sacred in the marital than
the church vow because in the former you link
the life of one with your own while in the latter
you stand alone. Mr.. Cleveland and his sister
both believe they must remain single. But in
this matter think the latter must be little
selfish There is nothing selfish about him. He
is very companionable, and he is generous. He
has system for everything. you know, even to
his generosity, and guess he must be sys-
tematic in his way Of concluding that it was
decreed that he should be a bachelor"
isn't he getting tired of life at the White
House9" inquired.
The BnSglo man smiled.
'Mr. Cleveland wouldn't get tired anywhere.
He has the happiest way Of adjusting himself to
the circumstances and making himself comforta-
BILE and satisfied of any man ever saw have
gone fishing with him up north. Now, people
may talk as much as they please, but the man
who can trudee along a river bank all day with
out catching fish, and neither swear nor get
drunk, is good one. remember once to have
walked full ten miles with him, fishing, and
along in the afternoon, when we began to get
tired. and had caught nothing, Mr.. Cleveland
drawled out, in way that made me roar with
laughter. oh! let's sit down in the shade and
have little game, and give the fish rest It's
evident the suckers are all away from home
today"
1.-THE President bears up under his burdens,
does he not"
'He tells me he has gained several pounds, on
account of sitting so quietly at his desk. sup
pose the thing he misses most is the exercise he
was used to, even after he became Governor.
He was fond of putting his arm in that of
friend, after his o'clock dinner. and war rdering,
wandering away out on the unfrequented streets,
and talking and staying out till late. AS sat
with him in the White House the other evening"
where it was 80 quiet you could hear pin drop,
he exclaimed: 1t would seem like Sunday here
every day if 'twere not for the ofice-seekers.' I
remarked that supposed the men who came to
see about Offices were therefore God-send, when
he said I think prefer it to be Sunday"
"He doesn't seem to get used to giving out
oficesl"
"Well, he is enough at home in that. but he
says the men who get them are unapprec,ative;
that they take them as o matter of course. /
presume tits because he has been so frequently
imposed upon He told me that he could name
men who had induced him to make bad appoint
ment, and who, when the discovery was made.
never came around, but just left him to do the
best he could. tell you he is an ardent friend,
except when 1t comes to dispense the functions
of his Office. He has high notion of what
man should be who is an elevated officer. He
told me- in referring to General Grant having
carried his friendships into the White House,
where no rewarded those he liked. that he be-
lieved that was a great mistake, as all people
should be on a level with the President. But he
is not without his prejudices have discovered"
A STRONG DELEGATION.
The Advantage Pennsylvania Enjoys In the