St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-28
FOOTING ONES OWN HORN
President Cleveland Says he Does Not
Enjoy That Sort of Business.
HIS TALK TO vIRGINIANs.
Commencement Exercises of the Uni
Versity of Virginia at Which the
President Confers the Degrees.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, June 27.-
This was the final day of the commence
ment exercises of the University of Vir-
glnia. Diplomas were delivered, de-
grees conferred and the usual exercises
of closing day gone through with. At
20 O'Clock a special train arrived with
President Cleveland, Secretaries Bayard
and Villas, Senator-elect Barbour and
Congressman O'Ferrall. They were
escorted to the public hall through the
crowds that lined the streets. President
Cleveland conferred the degree of
master of arts andkdOctor of phil
ology and science upon the graduates.
AT the conclusion of the ceremonies he
held an informal reception and shook
hands with 1900 or 5000 people. Later
in the day the president and party were
the guests of the alumni at luncheon
held in the library and at which 200
people sat down. The president re-
Sponded to the toast: 1.-The President of
the United States" He said: 81 first
have to thank you for electing me a
member of your society. | hope your
calling for me so soon after l have be-
come one of you is not intended as a
foretaste of what you intend to do with
me. Your orator said to-day that a
friend of his enjoyed himself talking.
l am
NOT THAT SORT OF A MAN.
A noted Virginian, not Thomas Jeffer-
son, said to me yesterday, that the best
thing to do in predicament. such as
yourself and sit down. The latter part
of the advice is easy to take, but the
first is not. The first part is something
like playing the fiddle; it looks easy but
it is not. l have no excuse and cannot
plead Ill-health nor previous engage
ment. Still, l am ashamed that | have
nothing to say. | bethOught myself that
your institution is the work of a man
who in his young days established a
government which lie afterwards man
aged, and in the maturity of his powers
laid the foundation of this great seat of
learning. 1t was his purpose at the be-
ginning to place
POLITICS AMONG THE STUDIES
which he thought should be pursued
here. | suppose the politics that he
referred to were very different from the
politics to which we are accustomed to-
day. l wonder how much attention is
paid to politics here by the students and
alumni. We hear a great deal about the
student in politics. As to whether it is
a good or bad thing depends much Oh
the student. l should say that if he
were student of politics it would be a
very good thing. Every small boy in
the country expects to be president. An
experience of little more than three
years does not make me feel very
kindly towards officeseekers. Still
the ambition is laudable one
l should hope that every student
would want to be president, and desir-
ing to encourage the aspiration l ought
not to say much on the subject. | don't
want to dampen their ardor by telling
too much about 1t. While the perpleX-
tiles of the Office are great, they are the
perpleXities of the highest place in the
United States, and in its occupant is re-
posed the confidence of the greatest
people on earth"
Secretary Bayard responded to the
toast, ''The Jurisdiction of the United
States" Secretary Villas to ''The Cab
met" Gov. Lee to The Governor of
Virginia, and Senator Voorhees, to 1.-THE
Congress of the United States" After
luncheon the presidential party visited
Monticello and the grave OF jefferson,
and at O'Clock left ON a special train
for Washington, reaching the capital at
midnight.