Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-01
GROVER CLEVELAND DEAD.
Death Claimed Suddenly Only Ex-
President of United States.

morning. The end came very sud-
denly and was great shock to his
family and friends.
a Since reaching home a fortnight
ago from Lakewood, where he lay
June, Mr. Cleveland has been appar-
emily gaining. He took frequent car
riage rides, and although DR.. Bryant
came over occasionally from New
York to see him, he was considered
on the road to complete recovery.
Mrs. Cleveland only last night
said, "Mr. Cleveland will soon be
well man, and about Tuly l we will
go to join the children at Tamworth,
N. H."
To-day she is prostrated by grief,
and the children, who were at the
summer farm in New Hampshire,
have been ordered home.
Sketch Of His Life.
Grover Cleveland was the 22d and
oath President of the United States.
He was born at Caldwell, Essex
county, New Jersey, March Is, 1897
In 1S41 his father, the Rev. Rich
ard F. Cleveland. Presbyterian min
lister, removed with his family to
Fayetteville, near Syracus, N. Y,
and afterwards to Clinton, N. Y, in
the schools Of which place Grover
Cleveland was a scholar. The death
of his father in 1853 obliged him to
earn his own living. and the first po-
sition that he he / was that of a
teacher in the New York Institution
for the Blind.
A little later he started for Cleve-
land, Ohio, where he expected to
study and practice law. While pass
ing through Buffalo, however, he was
induced to remain there by his uncle.
Lewis f. Allen, who secured for him
position with a prominent law firm
He was admitted to practice in
1853; became assistant attorney for
Erie county in 1868; was the Demo-
cratic candidate for district attorney
In 1865, but was defeated at the
polls. and In 1870 was elected sheriff
of the county. At the conclusion OF
his term of Office Of three years, he
resumed the practice of law, with
marked success.
In November, 1881, he was nomi-
mated as Democratic candidate for
mayor Of Buffalo. The city was
strongly Republican, but long-contin-
ued tenure Of Office had engendered
fagrant corruption, and good men Of
all parties Joined to uproot 1t.
Cleveland, being elected by a very
departments under his charge on
business principles, overcame cor
rupt combinations, and promptly We
toed all measures that SavOred of eX-
travagance or dishonesty.
His notable service in that Office
was recognized in 1882, when he re-
ceived the Democratic nomination
for Governor of New York. His op-
ponent was Charles J. Folger, then
Secretary of the Treasury under Pre-
ent Arthur. The Republican par
~ in the State was divided, and
among the independent voters there
was strong dissatisfaction with the
methods that had secured for Mr..
Folger his nomination. Mr. Cleve-
lands reputation as refOrmer was
strongly in his favor. and he was
elected by the extraordinary plurality
of 192,S54. His conduct as Governor
was marked by integrity, independ-
ence, and good Judgment. and he was
early spoken OF as Il candidate for
the Presidency.
At the Democratic National Con-
yention, July, 1884. he was leading
candidate on the first ballot, and in
spite Of jealous minority of dele
gates from his own State, secured the
necessary two-thirds of all the votes
on the second ballot.
A large body of independent Re-
publicans declared themselves in his
favor. but the accession of this new
element was partly Offset by the de-
fection of many Democrats. Cleve-
land received 219 electoral votes
against 1872 for his opponent. James
G. Blaine. Besides the Southern
York, New Jersey and L. diana. He
was inaugurated March 4, 1885.
On June I'd, Of the following year,
he married Miss Frances Folsom.
His term was characterized mainly
by his bold advocacy of a reduction
of tariff duties, and by his opposition
to what he considered unworthy bills.
During his term he vetoed or "pock-
eted' Alb bills, 297 OF which were
private pension bills.
During the first session of Con-
gress he directly antagonized the Sen
ate by refusing to give to that body
his reasons for removing certain Off
GERS, or to deliver up the papers Or
dering such removals.; this on the
ground that, under the constitution,
the President Is not amenable to
Congress for such acts, and that the
papers were not official documents.
He was renOminated for the Presi-
dency at st. Louis June 7, 1888, but
was defeated. receiving only 16S
electoral votes to Harrison's 233.
though his popular vote exceeded by
more than 100000 that Of his oppo-
nent.
On the expiration of his term Of
office he resumed In New York City
the practice of law, but still kept I'm
touch with the political interests Of
his party.
At the Democratic National Con-