Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-09

iic place, sesms 70 have knack Of appearin1
on tho scsne o the timely rnousnt a sayfu9
just WHIST should be said and ii the right man
ner Nothing that the prestdent-eleCt has ever
done, either personally or oflcfally, has moro
highly commended him u the good eracaa Al
the American people than his silent journoy.
rom his mddwinter retreat In the forests a.
New Jersey, TO pay his last tribute u manly
ana patriotic respect - the memory Of On.
President Hayes. 2 S. -
Even the New York Tribune, which
has never been fair to Mr.. Cleveland
except where it could print bitter as-
sault on his party--as has happened
times not q few to be sure-recognixes
the beauty OF his action without siur-
ring it. It says that The would not
have been criticised had he consulted
his own convenience and comfort and
contented himself with communicating
to the family OF the deceased ex-presi-
dent the ordinary formal assurances 81
his sympathy without putting himself
to the trouble of making the journey to
attend the funeral in person. And it
further says:
'sHe has done with modesty and dig
nifty and at considerable sacrifice Of
personal ease and comfort very gra-
cious and becoming act, for which all
American citizens who have pride in
their country, its history and its rul-
ers, and all men everywhere who be-
lieve in that common humanity which
at the edge of the grave forgets all
unkindness, will hold him in high
honor. 1t may be but a little thing,
but it is one of these little things that
go long way toward smoothing out
he 90 olrn &C.
understandings in the world"
The New York Recorder has SINH
lar Communications:
"President-elect Cleveland has per-
formed gracious act in making dur
ing this inclement season long jour-
ney to Ohio for the purpose of attend
ing the obsequies of ex-President
Hayes. It is an act of delicate official
and personal courtesy which every
American gentleman will commend, no
matter to what party he belongs.
President Hayes will not be ranked
among the great men who have held
the first Office of the republic, but he
was one of the very best of them, and
his administration from many points
of view was model one. This, how
ever, is not the question now. It is
whether one of the most distinguished
of our countrymen, who held the loft.
est position an American can hold,
shall not be honored in death as his
public service and his private life de-
served President-elect Cleveland has
answered that question for himself;
has answered it in his private as well
as his public capacity. All honor to
him!''
And the Philadelphia Press takes the
tribute of Mr.. Cleveland as text for
reviewing the history of Hayes en-
the fact that Tilden's election in 1876
was and is an article of faith with hon
est and patriotic men, relating briefly
the signal triumph of free institutions
in the settlement of the question and
saying:
There have been times when Amer
cars of both parties were almost pre-
pared to apologize for the noblest act
in our recent history. President-elect
Cleveland has shown Just apprecia-
lion of it's character. His attendance
At the grave of ex-President Hayes is
one of those noble and significant acts |
for which men live in history, and by /
which they make history. Elected |
president by one of the largest major
ties known in a round century of pres
Dental elections, he has, by a step as |
ull of personal consideration as it is |
.eplete with broad patriotism, affirmed |
lis allegiance and loyalty to those en-
Turing principles of law on which |
states rest and by which alone coEa-
nonwealths are great"
Quotations from other journals
night be added to these to the same eff
ect, but these are enough to show the
triking impression which Mr.. Cleve.
and's simple and unpretentious action,
n accordance with the dictates Of his
'wn direct and honest character and
ender feeling, has made upon the
'eople without distinction Of party. A
,enuine character has only to act it.
elf out to win the approval Of the
vorld.-Springield Mass. Republican.