The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-26
American Press on Death Of Cleveland

gift OF the people was distinctly American,
and his rugged independence and simplicity.
his devotion to pr,ncp,e ms ss he under
stood 1t, regardless of the effect upon his
political fortunes, caused him to be ad-
mired and respected even by his opponents.
Mr.. Cleveland strong as he was In his
own convictions respected the coordinate
branches of the government, as was strlk-
ingy shown when GonEIess re'use sec 10
for the Constitution as thus manifested Is
not the least of his claims to tho gratitude
of his countrymen and In q conspicuous
niche in the gallery of the nations greatest
Presidents.
New YorL Evening Mall.-The highest
praise that that any one can award 70 ex s.
home In Princeton this morning, ana me
truest word that we can say for him, Is TINS;
His character and his career exempllted ana a1'l
expressed the American nation itself HIS
place in fame will be that OF President
with lofty purpose. a brave heart. a pa
trotism perfectly honest and true ana "a. an
Amercanism Of tried and mounting quality.
Personally he had rare traits OF character.
New York Evening Post.-The personal
qualities OF the man fell happily with the
needs Of the time. Mr.. Cleveland was called
BY James Russell Lowell a typical American.
The Unaffected simplicity. the clear honesty.
the direct thinking, the planness OF speech,
dent to whom Lowell offered his resignation
as minister to England. appeared to that
shrewd and cosmopolitan scholar and OBJ
server to be racy of the soil.
Disputes about the measure OF Mr. Cleve-
lands greatness are futile. 1t Is said that
no was u commonplace man. This Is not
the View OF dsinterested observers like MIR.
Bryce who have been struck by the grasp
of Mr.. Cleveland's mind and his large way
of looking at all questions. II his Scharac-
terstic virtues were commonplace then may
Heaven send US more commonplace men
Brooklyn Engle.-We have been at pains
to show that the course of Grover Cleveland
and and Re Republican, divisions, and 10 pressure
of exigency and duty upon Democratic op-
portunlty. We may expect that both parties
will vet admit this without dissent. Wash
ington was not more brave or more SINGLE
minded than Cleveland, though he was more
reserved and more patient. Lincoln was not
to stern principle than Cleveland, though he
was more tactful. more patient. but not more
philosophical. With both, IN the root qua.
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intcd from them and from others in minor
respects he should be.
New York World.---one Of tho commons
among those OF his own poltical faith Is
tina. he wrecked his party. 1t would be
nearly correct to say that the party ar,s
| to the financial principles of Jefferson and
Jackson. 1t was the Democratic party that
went astraN. 1t sold its birthrlEht for Pops
ulistic pottage. and 1t has dwindled in press
| tige, 1t has dwlndled In Influence. 1t has
| dwinded In power, ever since 1t abandoned
the only President 1t has elected since tbs
| husks OF defeat until It returns to the
| Fundamental principles OF Democracy, WITH
which 1t twice triumphed under the leader
/ ship Of Grover Cleveland. at
Ills whole public career was dem,
| onstratlon OF political courage. a onur.
| age which, as Mr.. Roosevelt truly says
| "quailed before no hostility when once hi
i was convinced where his duty lay HI
| showed Il as Mayor of Buffalo when he
scourged the corrupt elements of his owl
| party. He showed It as Governor when HI
| refused TO truckle to Tammany. He showoe
1 1t as President when he suffered the cxecra
.|tion OF his party rather than swerve from
\ the line of high duty.
Ii could be said Of him as Napoleon sal,
Ior Goethe, "rhere is a man.