The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-12-10
PAY TRIBUTE
TO LAST WORK
OF CLEVELAND
LIFE INSURANCE PRESIDENTS
HOLD EXERCISES IN MEMORY
OF LATE CHAIRMAN.
MADE ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
Paul Morton Describes Dead Statesman
as Grand Old Pilot on Ship in
Danger Among Rocks.
HIS CREED THAT OF HONESTY

HIS CREED THAT OF HONESTY.
NEW YORK, Dec. Al Special. /
BY word of mouth and pen many high
tributes to the worth of the late Grover
Cleveland as citizen and statesman were
paid at the memorial exercises which
formed the first session of the second an
nual meeting of the Association of Life
Insurance Presidents in this city this
morning. Mr. Clevelands last field of
public activity was in connection with
the work of that organization, he having
been its chairman and general counsel
from the date of its formation until the
time of his death on June II of this
year.
The presidents and other executive Off
GERS of life insurance companies from all
over the United States and Canada and
many insurance commissioners from the
states and provinces were present TO do
honor to the man who had proved such
Il bulWark of confidence TO the policy
holders at time when life insurance
was under fire.
Many Distinguished Speakers.
Chief among those who spoke at the
memorial exercises were Paul Morton.
president Of the Equitable Life AsSur-
ance society and former secretary of the
navy under President Roosevelt and
John IL. Finley, Phi. D., president Of the
college Of the city of New York. MIR,
Mortons father, J. Sterling Morton,
served in President ClevcHul's cabinet,
NNbiIa ! lr I'iUla, iS HR "a Itt1
lied memoirs of Mr.. Cleveland. Letters
of tribute from Adlai i. Stevenson, vice
president during Mr.. CleVclaudS second
administration, and from several Of the
surviving cabinet officers of the late
President formed an impressive part OF
the programme Charles \. Peabody,
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York, presided ut the
exercises
During the course of his address, Mr..
Morton said:
Mr. Cleveland came into the life nsur-
anCc situation late In lur-Soiu" years
after he had twice been the victorious
leader of his party and the chief executive
Of this great nation. At that time he
was easily the first citizen of the coun-
try.
Cleveland Grand Old Pilot.
His advent first as trustee Of the Equit
able and afterwards as chairman ana gen
Rlal counsel OF inns HSSbtlIll1 met Win
the emphatic appreciation of tile American
public because everyone know that IN no
way would Grover Cleveland wink at any
wrong-doing. or In any way Ice connected
with mal-adminiStration. He was grand
old pilot taken on board a very important
ship that was In danger among the rocks,
and at once all on board were pacific and
confidence fully restored.
Grover Cleveland was a most cOnscicn-
tiOus man. He never for one moment hest
tated as to what was right ana what was
wrong. His courage in doing right was no
less than his courage in denonuCing wrong.
Mr.. Cleveland was n patriOt-not a partl.
san. His love Of country was greater than
his love of party. If his own conscience
told him n thing was right he acted aud
took the consequences. He never did things
because they were eNprdent. His creed
was that honesty was the best expedIcucy
in the long run
Mr.. Morton related an incident illus
trating Mr.. Cleyelaud's regard for econ
omy even in comparatively small matters.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Morton on
October I. 1908, Mr.. Cleveland wrote:
II believe YOU expect TO send statement
to each of the Equitable policy holders.
Can the trustees send something in the
same enclosure and thus save EXPENSE"
Hilary A. Herbert Writes.
Among the letters read Mt the memo
rial exercises from cabinet officers of
the Cleveland administrations was one
from Hilary 4. Herbert of Washington
who was secretary of the navy.
In responding TO your request for Il
letter concerning the great man whose
memory you are to honor, and who was
formerly my political chief it is perhaps
to be expected that ! should speak Of him
mostly us | saw him when he was a
public servant" wrote Mr.. Herbert
Grover Cleveland, the only Democratic