The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-18

inscfiptfon. 1t states tnat janice N
FOLK Was the 10th president, and IL
mas been severely criticised. His I'M
mediate predecessor was John Tyler.
who succeeded President Harrison. tie
ninth elected president. President Ty-
Ter was elected vice-president, but be-
came the 10th president on the death of
Harrison. join Tyler. jr., who was pri-
vate secretary OF his father. was great
~ incensed at Mrs. Polk for calling her
husband the 10th president. as the fol-
lowing letter written TO the author OF
The Ladies OF the White House" will
show. As all the people concerned are
now dead. there Is no longer any reason
Tor withholding IL from publication,
while Its interest. as showing the ex-
tent OF the party animosities OF other
days. 1ustffes it's appearance In the
sun. Tyler was the first vice-president
to become president. and there was
more or less hesitation on the part of
the public in extending to him he title
n dignities OF an elected president.
But the constitution provided for the
emergencies that placed Tyler. Fill
more. johnson and Arthur In the white
house. and in law they were presidents
in the full sense OF the term. The letter
Is as follows:
Mrs. Folks puritanism as to dane
ing In the white house. setting the ex-
-, -, AtGtl III
tack us. as ~Episcopalians. on account OF
that Innocent amusement, in which the
Man after Gods own heart often in
dulged. al did also General Washing
ton, lost to her husband all a Of
denomination for the presidency. He
was indebted to my father for his first
nomination and election, more than all
the world beside. But, nevertheless. he
warred upon our friends. and his wife
set the Puritan pulpit upo US. The
result was that the Catholics and Epis-
copalians were arrayed against him,
and although he had brought the dem
ocratic party again into power, he lost
to that party the succession, and his
own name was not even mentioned in
the convention for a denomination.
They thought Mr.. Van Buren, their card
and hence assumed hostility to US. The
good lady by his time pretty well
understands how she got to the white
house. and how she could rot stay
there. She has fully immortalized the
traits OF herself and husband through
the inscription pom his tomb. in which
a lie is written down. She would wish
the world to believe that he was the
10th president OF the United States
considering herself more supreme and
authoritative than the constitution
and history upon the subject. The
chiselled lie upon a tomb equally APP
plies to President Fillmore and Presi-
dent Johnson, as to my father. 1t
stands. however. cut in the rock by her
direction. and as the emanation of a
heart equally as hard. and no less self
ish, vain n conceited. This is Sc
we're. but she deserves it,"
The third of Tennessee's presidents
was Andrew Johnson. who, as vice.
president. became president after the
death OF President Lincoln. His grave
Is at Greenville. East Tennessee, on a
lofty hill that he selected several years
before his death. The place Is known
as Monument Hill. and the family OF
the ex-president own the grounds,
which are large and Dramatically situ-
ated. The monument is a tall shaft OF
granite surmounted by an eagle with
outstrentched wings. IL was unveiled
in May, 1873. Its inscription states hat
he was the 18th president of the Init
ed States. SGcs has been published re-
garding the removal of the remains TO
Nashville, where Il has been proposed
To place them under a suitable monu-
ment on the capitol grounds. AS An
drew johnson was three times COVER
nor of Tennessee. twice elected and
for a time military governor. ap-
pointed by President Lincoln. Il
is argued that it would be fitting that
Tennessee should pay this honor TO its
famous adopted son. President john
son was born in North Carolina.
President Van Buren, died near Kin
derhook on the Hudson on July "a.
1862. His home. Lindenwald. was a
beautiful old mansion. and is to-day
an attractive place. Upon the granite
shaft that is above his grave in the
rural cemetery at Undertook are in
scribed the words: Martin Van Buren,,
With President of the United States.
Born Dec. 8, Use. died July "a. 1852"
Hannah Van Buren,, His Wife. Born
Aug. s, 1888. Died at Albany. N. ",
Feb. 8. 1919"
President Harrison died one month
after his inauguration. and his body
was placed temporarily in the cemetery
vault at Washington. 1t was taken
back to Ohio in July and buried in the
family burying ground, situated on his
farm at North Bend, Ohio. Mrs. Har-
rison's grave is beside her husbands.
and both are near the ban of the Ohio
river.
General Taylor. who succeeded Polk.
was a military hero. whose house had
been the tent and his home the battle
field" He was born in Kentucky and
after his death, a year and a half after
his inauguration. his remains were re-
to Louisville. Ky. and there in
TERED. A suitable shaft marks his
grave. Mrs. Taylor died two years af-
ter her husband. a broken-hearted wo-
man. and was buried at East Pasca-
goula. La. where she had been living
with her son since her emoval from
the white house.
Vice President Willard Fillmore sue
ceeded President Taylor and lived in
the white house from July 10. 1850. to
March 3. 1858. His wife died in Wash
ington % days later at Wizards hotel.
President Fillmore's home was at Buff
fslo. n. Y. where his death occurred
in 1874. and his body rests beside that
of his wife and his two children In For
est Lawn cemetery. A fine monument
over the grave of the 18th pres
ident.
President Franklin Pierce Is buried
beside his wife and children in the
cemetery at Concord. y. H., n a sub