The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31
MIR. Cleveland Says Pro-
vision Should Be
Made For Ex-
Presidents

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Grover Cleveland. under the IT," -
our People and Their eS~-ffe#4aShh&
has contributed an interesting afts'"
10 the Youthe Companion f1F ahGAts
3 Referring ~ ihc poverty 20 JeGcF-
son after he lott the Presidency "A" =
blow - n|stiouat pride. Ar Glove
land declares deaulte ara generous
provision should Se made for the
maintenance Of chief magistrates at
the expiration Of th"ts- terms tic
deals with the subject at length and
explains that he feels he can do 50
without his sincerity being questioned.
since he is beyond the need u aid
from the public treasury
The condition Is hy mo means met
MIR Cleveland writes. h} the mcagre
and spaSmodfc relief occasionally flrn-
ishei under the CUTS or a military
pension or some other preteNt. nor
would IL be best met bv making conn
pensation dependent upon the dis
charge Of Senatorial or other duty
our people ought - make "a definite
and generous provision for all cases
alike. based on motives 81 justice and
fairness. and adequate 10 the aitua-
ton"
MIR. cleveland describes the Hmita-
tons that itis formcr high office place
on a retired President il his choice u
occupations and means OF livelihood,
anu low HDDuI comet pt4tU u HAiH
as a repository OF national dignity en-
forced a scale of living that may not
be within his private means.
There Is a sort OF vague, but none
the less imperative feeling abroad In
the land" says Mr.. Cleveland, that
one who has occupied the great office
Of President holds IN trust for ills fell
low citizens a certain dignity. which IN
his conduct and n he is bound
to proteC against loss and detnriOria-
ton. Obedience TO hts obligation pre-
scribes for him only such work as in
popular judgment is not undiEntfed.
This suggests without argument a re-
ciprocal connection between tho cur-
tailment OF opportunities and a rea-
sonable obligation Of decentralization
on the other"
one division Of the Cleveland arti-
Gle il devoted To the occupations Of
an FIX -~President." and in II the form
er President reveals the multiplicity OF
things which persons endeaVor 70
bring TO the attention of the retired
statesman. and the manner OF AFFAIRS
he IS asked to engage in.
He is deluged with books Mr..
Cleveland says. most of them indif-
ferent or positively worthless. and
these he is expected to read and
commend for advertising He
is made a target for all sorts OF pecu-
mary solicitations, embracing all sorts
u ODJtCCS, TdlBllS rom large en-
dOwment funds and disinterested own
ers of fabulously profitable invest
ments to pathetic and depressing APP
neals for the relief OF individual dis
tress.
II is almost daily importuned 10
join in the management Of public or
semi-public enterprises which profess
to be useful; or beneficent or charita-
bic. He is persistently urged TO make
addresses on topics and for purposes
are b~ewildering and at times and
places that are impossible. His daily
mail furnishes conclusive evidence
that he is not overlooked by any
class Of our people in any corner Of
our land. and the visitors he receives
forbid the reflection that he IS only a
melancholy product Of our govern
ment system.
1T is most gratifying to note how
the lives Of our eX-Presidents are
made grateful and bright by the gen
erous attachments and spontaneous
manifested toward them by
their falloW countrymen."