The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-06-26


There seems to have beer an effort
on the part Of the physicians TO Keep
the seriousness Of the ex presidents
condition from the public.
Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland celebrated
the twenty anniversary of their
wedding here on June 2. i he affair
was very quiet because of Mr.. Cleve-
lands illness. A large wedding cake
containing twenty two candles was
sent to them by some of their neigh
bors.
The fixing of Friday afternoon as
the time for Mr. Cleveland's funeral
was done to make it possible for Presi-
dent Roosevelt to attend. The presi-
dent this morning wired Mrs Cleveland
his coincidence and expressed his de-
sir. to attend the funeral At the
same time he could not come if the
services were to be held on Saturday
Mrs. Cleveland answered that the fun.
eral would take place Friday afternoon
and the president is expect to be pre-
seat.
Chronology:
Born, March IS, 1887.
Died, June "a, 1908.
| 1859, admitted to bar in Buffalo. NY.
1863, appointed assistant district at
torney of Erie County, N Y.
| 1870, elected sheriff Of Erie County,
N. Y.
1881, elected mayor of Buffalo, N. Y.
| 1888, elected governor of New York
by majority of 200. 600.
1884, elected president of the United
States, being the first Democratic
president since James Buchanan, in
1857.
1883, defeated for second term by
| Benjamin Harrison. Republican can
didate.
1892, for the second time, elected
president of the United States.
1897, retired to private life at Prince,
ton, n. j., being the only former presi-
dent living.
1903, performed his last public act in
making the opening address at the st.
Louis exposition.
| Grover Cleveland. twice chosen pres
ident Of the United States, mayor Of
Buffalo, governor of New York and
recognized leader of Democracy for
more than twenty years, was born in
Caldwell. N. j., March IS, 1897. His
father was a Presbyterian minister
Cleveland received good grammar
school education, but never completed
a college course He started in life as a
teacher but in 1859, was Admitted 70
the practice of law at the bar of Buf
falo, N. Y. 1t was then the man and
the opportunities joined hands and the
making Of the future statesman was
begun.
In 1863 he was appointed assistant
district attorney of Erie county and
from that time forth steadily mounted
the ladder of political fame until he
reached the summit in 1854 by being
elected president of the United States
SO well did young Cleveland serve
his country and his party in 1870 he
was nominated and elected sheriff of
Erie county, a position Of Importance
by reason OF the trade from the Great
Lakes centering at Buffalo. AS in his
former public office, Cleveland sue
ceeded in pleasing both the people and
the leaders OF his party and in 1881 was
elected mayor of Buffalo.
When year later the state leaders
of Democracy were seeking for a leader
that would pull the party out of de-
feat, the most prominent candidate
for the nomination of governor was
the stalwart figure of Grover Clevc-
land mayor of Buffalo.
The governor OF New York always
has been considered the logical candi-
date for the following presidency and
when Cleveland swept the Empire
state from the northern tier to Battery
park and rolled up the overwhelming
majority OF 100000 the rank and file
OF the party rallied to his standard
with fidelity that remained unbrok-
en-, unchanged, for nearly twenty years.
Cleveland obtained the presidential
nomination in the summer of 1884 and
then began the battle in which his
personal magnetism and political prin-
ciples turned the tide against Repub-
licanism and placed in the White
House for the first time since the Civil
war, Democratic president.
The contest which resulted in Cleve-
lands triumph was close and bitter
one, impregnated with personal an
tagonism and useless vituperation by
the subordinate leaders of both parties.
Against him was the peerless leader
of the Republican party, the
Plumcd Knight" advocater of high
tariff and originator of "Pan-America, ."
James G. Blaine.
Often the tale has been told of the
turning point in the campaign when