Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-24

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 Miss Crosby boldly stood up for her rights after that, and the principal meekly submitted, while the young amanuensis continued the penmanship practice which enabled him later along in life to write presidential messages legibly.
 | Mir Cleveland made his own way in the world. His father, Presbyterian minister, died when Grover was six teen. The boy after his brief experi- ence in the school for the blind started for Cleveland, o. It Is said that the name of that city was Its chief attrac- tion for him. But he visited an uncle in Buffalo on his way west and was induced to remain in that city. Gro ver's mother when he left home gave him a little Bible. Daniel Lamont, who was private secretary to Governor Cleveland and later a member of Pres ident Cleveland's cabinet, told high ly interesting story of this Bible.
 q first saw it." said Mir. Lamont. "on a table in Cleveland's law office in Buffalo. When MT. Cleveland became governor the little Bible was generally to be seen on the bureau in his bed room in Albany. Just before his inau- guratio as president found the book in his rooms at the Arlington hotel, Washington, and I carried it to Cnief Justice Waite, requesting him to use it when he swore the new chief mag istrate into office" .~.s. .. | About 10000 witnesses saw Grover Cleveland press his mothers gift to his lips on that memorable occasion.
 Later the little Bible lay on Mr. Cleveland's writing table in his library at Princeton On the outside cover IS inscribed in gilt letters the name "S. C. Cleveland" and on the fly leaf in his 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 wonderment by Mir. Cleveland's display of self con fidence at his first inauguration. With 40 GOO people in hearing and 70,OOO,OOO waiting to read the words he was about to utter, this man, altogether new to Washington and to the national arena, stood forth to deliver his ln' Iaugural address offhand. He held in the palm of his left hand scrap Of 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 skilled by a lifetime of experience, and why not to Cleveland, a novice in the art! Yet he stood there, with all the confi- dence of a prophet of old, and without manuscript spoke for an hour to TO-. GOO, 900 people,"
 This courage, this self confidence, characterized his entire career as pres ident. He seemed always prepared. He had loaded his gun beforehand, and when he got ready to fire he fired. During his first term he vetoed 413
 bills. This unprecedented exercise of
 the veto power astounded congress and caused the people to sit up and take
 notice. No adverse criticism swerved
 him. Among the bills vetoed were 297
 private pensions. Cleveland, who help
 ed to support his mother during the
 war on a meager salary as assistant
 prosecutor in Buffalo, had hired a sub
 stitute when he was drafted into the
 army. This was brought up against
 him by indignant Grand Army men
 but he believed that. the pension bills
 he was vetoing were improper undel
 the laws, and he ignored the insinua
 tions.
 Mir. Cleveland devoted his entire con
 gressional message in 1887 to the tar
 if. He characterized the then existin:
 tariff laws as vicious. inequitable ant
 illogical" His bold stand for reduc
 tion of duties contributed largely tc
 his defeat for reelection the next year
 though he received a majority of thu
 popular vote.
 O It was in his second term that MT 1t Cleveland's policy or principle o standing pat with his own convictions n split his party wide open and mad ,s him millions of political enemies. H, d was unalterably in favor of the golC a standard. In the summer of 1893 h, D. called a special session of congress t' r. repeal the sherman act requiring th, e- government to make large purchase p of silver bullion. Succeeding chapter d in the monetary struggle are of sucl k recent history that 1t is unnecessar.
 to mention them.
 L. Perhaps the one act of Presiden h. Cleveland which aroused the deepes If indignation in some quarters am g. evoked the highest commendation fror IS other quarters was the sending of fed 10 eral troops to Chicago during the grea le railroad strike of 1894 ito prevent ot m struction of United States mails 1- against the protest of Governor Al
 geld of Illinois. who held that his stat a. forces were adequate to cope with th st situation.
 \ Made Him a National Hero. .d His vigorous assertion of the Monro doctrine in the Venezuelan boundar |, case. even to the extent of invitin q war with Great Britain. swept ava
 partisan prejudices for the time an
 made President Cleveland a nations :. hero.
 d "A public office Is a public trust" .. -.~-ov -r-o-as Fs Nr Claveiardts nohle,