Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-24
MR.. AND MRS. CLEVELAND.
ssMay Their Sum Ride High In the
Heavens"-A Simple, Democratic Mar
rage.

inlay SUN niue Nigh the
Heavens"-A Simple, Democratic Mar
riage.
s.Give me health and day." saws
Emerson, =. and I will make the pomp
of empires ridiculous. President
| Cleveland has been given health and a
day, and he has made the pomp of
royalty absurd. Many splendid
| pageantry of royal marriage has been
portrayed by the pen of the historian
and chronicled in the columns of the
public press; but more impressive than
| the pomp and fanfare of royalty was
| the simple ceremonial at the White
| House. when President Cleveland was
united in marriage to Miss Folsom.
| And whatever the political antago-
nisms which the President may invite.
| there can be no question that the sim
| plicitv which characterized his recent
| marriage has won the hearty recogni-
| ton of the whole country.
And the spectacle is assuredly an
| imposing one. Mr.. Cleveland is the
chosen ruler of sixty millions of peo-
! pie. He is the head of the most in
| teiligent the wealthiest, and-despite
| its small army and its paper navy
| the most powerful Nation on earth.
| And yet his wedding at his official
residence W as SO simple as to present
| a striking contrast to many a wedding
which has taken place in our principal
| cities, whose pomp and glitter and
| display were depicted in the news
| papers the next day from a very diff
| ferent feeling and for very different
| reason from those which caused the
| public press to give to an interested
| yet deferential and respectful public
| the particulars of the simple White
| House ceremony. At that wedding
| there We're no gorgeous uniforms.
| There was no show of the military
| the White House was unguaried by a
| single trooper, or police officer; the
| grounds were just as free to the pub
| lie occupancy as ever, and even the
| doors OF the White House were open.
| 4 distinguished Englishman. struck
| with this unusual sight, was con-
| strained TO pronounce it on the whole
the most notable sight he had seen
| in the United States.
We are told there were but twenty
/ FIVE persons. including the President S
| and the brides relatives, intimate
| friends. and the members of the Cabi-
Itt tllt IuclI WIVES. 1ItSGAl> bul III
| reality the whole Nation was present;
| at least it took deep interest in the
| event which itself is rs unprecedented
no other President was ever married
| there-as it is important. For there
| can be no question that it is far better
| that the President should be married
man. although in the present instance,
| as in the case of a former bachelor
| President, the loss was inappreciable
| from the fact that the social side was so
well cared for by the one who up to his
| wedding had performed the responsible
duties of lady of the Presidents house.
| And let us say woman has her
| place in this country and in
the home of it's Chief Executive,
| though we have no court. and though
| there is no circle of royal families on
! this continent. And the social success
| of men, we may even say of Admins
| trations. which counts for so much in
| public life. is due to no small extent
to the character of the Presidents wife.
| The people want to see American
! social life at its best at the White
| House. They want to see an absence
| of vulgarity, of narrowness, of any
cause for evil report. Recognizing
| what public duties and official inter-
course demand. they yet want to see a
timely simplicity, and they want to
know that the atmosphere ofthat Wash
| ingtOn home is pure and sweet.
The country will like the President
the better for his entering into the
marriage state-and so worthily into
it-peculiarly fitting the head of the
| Nation And it will like him the bet
| ter for having maintained the simple
ity so dear to the hearts of Americans.
and especially to the plain people
| whom Mr.. Lincoln heart so well APP
preciated. The whole Nation will
wish for long life, happiness and pros
perity to the President and his bride.
in whom are crystallized the virtues
and graces of American womanhood.
Nav their sun ride high in the heavens.
and their sunset be as calm and peace
| ful as the morning is suspicious and
radiant with promise. Christian al
| Work.