The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-05-23
WHY GROVER WAS MAD.
A Wedding Gift From Georgia
That Aroused His Ire-


When the President was married a
present was received by express at the
White House from the Macon Ca Jeie-
graph. il was an enormous tupelo bread
tray. II was Democratic present from
a Democratic newspaper. The Telegraph
at that time. had as its editor Colonel A.
z. Lamar, favorite cousin Of the then
Secretary of the Interior, the Hon. l. q.
c. Lamar. For this reason the Telegraph
was one of the papers which the Presi-
dent saw frequently. That il often con-
tained singing and brilliant paragraphs
against the Administration rather sharp
ened the Presidents appetite for the witty
raspings of the Southern protection
journal
About the time Of the wedding. how
ever. the gallant editor of the Telegraph,
who had been clerk of the Confederate
House Of Congress. took high ground
against the Presidents not going 70 the
home Of Miss Folsom to be married, and
its criticism Of the chivalry of the Chief
Magistrate was calculated.t 10 irritate Mr..
Cleveland. When, therefore, the hum
BILE bread tray arrived at the White
House, no warm welcome was awaiting
it and when the T,icgFaph arrived the
same day with an editorial on the merits
and uses of the tupelo bread tray, sug-
gesting that its size and style made il
valuable as cradle, with prophetic fore
sight, the useless tray was at once return
ed the donor. Subsequently the tray was
disposed of at Georgia state T IL rs a
premium for the best homemade bread.
Some time after the bread-tray inci-
dent a delegation consisting of Judge
Crisp, NJ. C., of Georgia; Senator Col
quit. and Captain Evan Howell, editor
in-chief of the Atlanta Constitution, called
on the President to recommend a gentle
man 10 be United States Marshal for the
Southern District Of Georgia. After the
visitors had given their reason tort re-
moval Of the incumbent, they said that
they had called in the interest Of gen
tleman whose appointment would be en-
tirely acceptable TO the people Of Georgia,
and whose name was Lamar, Instantly
The name passed the lips Of the spokes-
man, Mr.. Cleveland brought his fist
down on his desk with violence, at the
same time saying with proiane emphasis
! that he'd see him BANKED first.
''No, sir; no, sir; not if every man,
woman and child in Georgia came here
and asked me to appoint that fellow TO
an office, wonld ! give him the meanest
place in py gift. Why, sir, that man
grossly insulted me as well As Mrs Cleye-
land by sending an old wooden bread
tray here as wedding present, and then
asserting in the paper that it was fit for a
cradle"
These remarks were interlarded with
BLUSH flashes that gaze evidence of the
Presidents belief in the Christian reiig-
ion and especially the doctrine of eternal
damnation. Senator Colquitt was so taken
aback at the Presidents outburst of in
dignation that lac almost tainted. He
recovered sufficiently TO give assurance
that the Colonel Lamar he was recon-
mending was nat the editor Of the 7de-
graph, but Colonel l.. NJ. Lamar, a mem
ber Of the Georgia Legislature, who had
a most gallant record as soldier The
explanation proved satisfactory, and Col
L. NJ Lamar is now Marshal Of the South
ern District of Georgia