The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-07-04
THBoDAUx La AIsArURDAY. JULY 4yo8.

"Ia his death the nation has Zee.
deprived OF one of its greatest cit
izens. By profession a lawyer. hi
chief services to his country were ren
dered during his long. varied and hon
orable career in public life.'
I'm testimony Of the respect ii
which his memory is held by the gov
eminent and people CT the Unitet
States, I do hereby direct that ia,
flags Of the white house and the sew
eral departmental buildings be display
ed at half-staff for period of thirty
days, and that suitable military ane
naval honors under orders Of the sec
retaries OF war and navy be rendered
on the day of the funeral.
Done this Gath day of June, in til,
i year of aour Lord Gne tpusand min;
j hundred and eight and nfythe indapen
dence Of the United States OF Amer
lea the one hundred and thirty second
I THEODORE ROOSEVELT. =
President
| by A. A. ADEE, Acting secretar,
of State"
Grover Cleveland was twice presi
dent of the United States from the
state of New York. He defeated James
| G.. Blaine, the republican nominee fc1
1 the Office in 1884, again the candidate
by Benjamin Harrison He retired to
private life for four years and again
made the race in 1892, defeating Har-
rison for ;uhe most honored positicl
within the power of the American
people.
No man perhaps ever arose FROM
the rank of the people who had strong
er friendships Or more bitter enemies.
In most things he was plain, blunt
man, who thought strongly and geaer-
ally said just what ne thought.
His rise to power formed a striking J
Illustration of the democracy of this
country-a country where mans worth
has often been weighed against all
other considerations.
He was known as the veto president
having, during his terms vetoed one
hundred and fifteen bills out of eight
hundred and ninety7seven bills sub
mitted to him. OF the bills disapproY-
ed cne hundred and two were private
pension cases and he took similar &C.
ton on a general pension bill. He
turned forty-three thousand republi-
can Office holders cut OF their pos1t1op5
in two years. OF these forty thcus-
anu were fourta-class postmas.ers.
Offensive partianship" and "per..i-
cious activity in politics" were the
reasons given for a great majority OF
these removals These terms proved
to be notable contributions to the Ian
guage of politics The removals caused
one OF the most spirited qaarrals with
the senate. The latter called for the
papers giving fully the cause OF DIS
missa,s. The president refused to
send the papers and gave the senator's
TO understand that their only duty un-
der the, constitution was to act Gil MS
nominations. This occurred during
his first term.
Most popular Of all Mr.. C.eyoIo-;I.:.
acts as president was his treatment Of
the Venezuela. boundary question. That
was in 1895. England, it was charged
was encroacaing On Venezuela and
threatened the appropriation. OF large
and valuable territory. Cleveland went
to the rescue of the republic, and, at
the risk of war with England, forced
an arbitration of the question at is
sue. England was bellige:ent and Eu-
rope frowned savagely, but the fellow
citizens of the president were wildly
enthusiastic in his support.
Mr.. Cleveland being the only dem
ocratic president since the civil war
was greatly beloEed IN the south. Soon
after leaving the white house in 1895,
he established his family in a comfor-
table home at Princeton, N. J. He had
a fortune ample for Ais needs. Ap-
parently he had no further ambition
for public Office, and he settled down
N peace and contentment to enjoy the
declining years of his life. fe
Time softened the ennity of these
who had been arrayed against him,
and. so he gained the coed will of the
great mass OF Americans. His deliv-
erance on any public question was re-
ceived by them with the deepest inter.
est He wrote occasional articles for
various periodicals. Some of the
themes. to which he gave attention
were:. Integrity of American Char.
acter," Mission of Sport and Out
door Life, "Woman's Mission and Wo-
mans Clubs" Word Concerning Ra5-
bit Hunting" Would Womans Suf-
frage Be Unwise?" "Citizeas' Duty"
Independence of the Executive"
Word to Fishermen" and Word for
Forestry"
The only occasion, on which he left
his retirement was in response to a
call that he assist in bringing order
to one OF the companies Involved in
he New York insurance scandal
1t seems poor and trite to say that
that long life of usefulness and hon
or comes to close by the death of
Grover Cleveland. The raws flashed
rom Princeton chilled the heart OF
thousands of devoted followers who
lave locked upon him for years as the I
one supreme and uncompronisiag
of democracy as it was
aught by the fathers of the republic