Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-24

use my services in this way. You:
lymns 10 much. good for this school.
iou tell the principal so next time he
objects
Miss Crosby boldly stood up for her
rights after that. and the principal
meekly submitted. while the young
continued the penmanship
practice which enabled him later along
IN life to write presidential messages
Ie@ibly.
Mr.. Cleveland made his own way in
the world. His father, Il Presbyterian
died when Grover was six
teen. The boy after lis brief expert
ence i'll the school for the LIND started
for Cleveland, o. 1t is said that the
name of that city was its chief attrac-
ton for him. But lie visited an uncle
in Buffalo on his way west and was
to remain in that city. Gro
yer's mother when he left home gave
him a little Bible. Daniel Lamont,
who was private secretary TO Governor
Cleveland and later IA member of Pres
ident Cleveland's cabinet, told a high
ly interesting story of this Bible.
Il first saw it," said Mr.. Lamont, ION
Il table in Cleveland's law office in
Buffalo When Mr. Cleveland became
governor the little Bible was generally
to be seen on the bureau in his bed
room in Albany. Just before his inau-
guration as president | found the book
in his rooms at the Arlington hotel,
Washington. and | carried it to Chief
Justice Waite. requesting him to use
it when he swore the new chief mag
istrate into Office
About 10000 witnesses saw Grover
Cleveland press his mothers gift to his
lips on that memorable occasion.
Later the little Bible lay OH Mr..
Cleveland's writing table in his library
at Princeton. On the outside cover is
inscribed in gilt letters the name IS. G.
mothers handwriting are the words,
My son, Stephen Grover Cleveland
from his loving mother"
Display OF Self Confidence.
The late Senator Ingalls,, himself q
brilliant orator, once confessed that he
was stricken dumb with wondermen1
by Mr. Cleveland's display of self con
tidence at his first Inauguration. Will
10000 people in hearing and 70,000,00(
| waiting to read the words lie wa:
about to utter, this man, altogether
new to Washington and to the nationa
arena, stood forth to deliver his i'll
! augural address offhand. He held il
the palm of his left hand a scrap o.
visiting card on which he had noted
the merest catchwords of his address
The sight of this scrap of card caused
Senator Ingalls, to say:
suppose his memory had failed him
Such things happen to speakers skillet
by lifetime of experience, and VIII.
not to Cleveland, Il novice in the art
| Yet he stood there, with all the conf
dence of Il prophet of old, and withou
manuscript spoke for an hour to 20
100000 people,
This courage, this self confidence
characterized his entire career as pres
ident He seemed always prepared
He had loaded his gun beforehand ant
when he got ready to fire he fired
During his first term he vetoed Al
| bills. This unprecedented exercise o
the veto power astounded congress an,
notice. No adverse criticism Swerve
him. Among the bills vetoed We're 90
private pensions. Cleveland, who hell
ed to support his mother during til
war on 4 meager salary as aSsistan
prosecutor in Buffalo, had hired sui
stitute when he was drafted into th
army. This was brought up agains
him by indignant Grand Army mer
but he believed that the pension bill
he was vetoing We're improper unde
the laws, and he ignored the insinui
tons
Mr.. Cleveland devoted his entire cor
gressional message in 1887 to the tai
if. He characterized the then eXistin
tariff laws as vicious. inequitable an
Illogical" His bold stand for 4 redu,
ton of duties contributed largely t
his defeat for reelection the next yea
though he received majority of til
popular vote.
1t was in his second term that NJ
Cleveland's policy or principle c
standing pat with his own conviction
split his party wide open and mad
him millions of political enemies. II
was unalterably in favor of the gol
standard. In the summer of 1893 i
called special session of congress
repeal the Sherman \act requiring I'll
government to make large purchase
of silver bullion. Succeeding chapter
in the monetary struggle are of sue
recent history that it is unnecessar
to mention them.
: Perhaps the one act of Presidel
: Cleveland which aroused the deepe
Indignation in some quarters n
evoked the highest commentator fro
other quarters was the sending of fe
eral troops to Chicago during the gre
railroad strike of 1894 ''to prevent o
struction of United States MALL
against the protest of Governor a
geld of Illinois. who held that his sta
forces We're adequate to cope with Il
| situation.
Made Him a National Hero.