St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-16
Cleveland Pro

Cleveland Pro l am able to give
some inside infOrma-
posed ton about eX-President
ClevelandS romance,
Five Times. writes Mrs. Grundy ,Jr.
At the time of the we'd
ding the mouths of the president and
his wife were as tight as those of clans
concerning their love affair." None of
their friends knew much about their
cOurtShip, and they went on the princi-
pie of the great German prOverb, that
"Speech is silver, but silence is golden"
The wedding is still gossiped about
here, and the women pronounce it a
love match, while the men invariably
take the ground that the White house
had good deal to do with Mrs. Cleye-
lands acceptance.
A lady who lately returned from a
wedding trip to the continent gives one
of my friends conversation which she
had with Mrs. Cleveland not long ago.
The story, as it comes to me, is quite
spicy, and do not youch that the re-
port of the talk is verbatim. / give it as
/ heard it, This lady said:
81 met Mrs. Cleveland shortly after
landed in New York, and one of the
first questions she asked me was to pray
tell her how long | was engaged before
| was married. | answered her and
told her the story of our courtship. She
listened with interest, and when | was
through / concluded that l would learn
something from her in return. | asked:
"'Mrs. Cleveland, have seen a great
many stories about your marriage, and
the most L have seen habe been contra
dicted by you or your friends. l have
told you my story, and now l want you
to tell me yours. How long were you
engaged to the president before you
were married"
Mrs. Cleveland laughed and blushed
and said:
"'Oh, there are the most ridiculous
stories told about us, but, honestly, they
are hardly as funny as it really was.
Uncle Grover proposed to me five times
before L accepted him. First, when
was fourteen, and just laughed at the
idea, for he seemed so much older.
Then again two years later, when went
to college, and the third time when he
was elected governor of New York. 1
was by no means ready to marry any
one. and he let things go for year, or
until he was nominated for the preSi-
dency. Then he asked me again, and |
again refused. AT last he was elected
and promised to marry him in year.
always liked him better than any one
else. and | always meant to mary him
some day."
Fat Fees for "New York Is the
paradise of lawyers"
Lawyers. said veteran member
of the bar yesterday,
''and some of the fees paid here would
amaze the practitioners in other cities.
The late James L. Brady was paid fee
of $4,000 in one case. Henry L, Gin
ton is credited with having received
100000 in the Vanderbilt will suit. in
which he appeared for William IL. Van
derbilt. Scott Lord, counsel for the
contestants, received 100000. and both
fees were paid by William Ii. Wander
blt, under the terms of settlement with
his brother and sisters. How much the
late William O. Bartlett received in the
Danser will suit do not know, but his
fee must have been large, and the es-
tate was ample to pay liberal reward
for his successful efforts in behalf OF the
forgotten heirs. The surrogate's court
is the place for plumS, but they are not
such easy picking as in years gone by,
when an allowance was made whether
contest had merit or not. The fees of
lawyers in criminal practice are, as
rule, what they can get, and often such
cases are carried through without any
pay whatever"
Senator Senator Plumb. of