Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-26
NO SPLENDOR
FOR FUNERAL
OF CLEVELAND
WILL BE BURIED TODAY IN
SIMPLE MANNER
BAND MUSIC, AN ESCORT AND
EULOGY ELIMINATED
Remains of Former President VIII Be
Laid to Rest In Princeton With
out Pomp-Four CIergymen
to Officiate
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. J., June 25.-The
funeral of Grover Cleveland tomor-
row will be marked by extreme sim
plicity.
Although twice elected president of
the United States no pomp or splen-
dor will have a place in the ceremo-
nies.
There will be no lbands to play
mournful dirges on the way to the old
Princeton cemetery, no military es-
cort. no eulogy by the officiating
clergy.
The half mile of thoroughfare :.
through which the cortege will pass
from Westland the Cleveland home on
Bayard lane, to the cemetery, will be
policed by mounted troops and blue
coated soldiers, but they will be there
for police duty and as a. measure of
precaution in protecting the living
president rather than as an element
of display in paying tribute to de-
| parted chief executive.
| 1t has been Mrs. Cleveland's wish to
avoid anything of a military nature
| at the funeral and it was only when
the necessity of guarding President
Roosevelt, who is to be in attend
ance, was borne upon her by those in
charge of the funeral arrangements
| that she consented to the presence of
| troops in police capacity.
Arrangements Are Made
| The final arrangements for the cere-
| mony and the names of those selected
to officiate were not announced until
this afternoon, when acceptance from
| all had been received.
| Four clergymen will officiate at the
house and at the grave. They will
read the burial service from the Pres
| byterian book of common worship, but
| will offer no eulogy.
| This simple but impressive service
will be conducted by DIR. Henry Van
Dyke of Princeton; Rev. Dr. William
r. Richards, pastor of the Brick Pres
byterian church of New York; Rev.
Sylvester Beach, pastor of the First
| Presbyterian church of Princeton,
where the Cleveland family attended,
and Rev. Maitland ", Bartlett, for
mer pastor of the same church. There
will be no honorary pallbearers.
Those who will bear Mr.. Cleveland's
body to its final resting place in the
Cleveland plot will be Mayor George
B. Mcclellan, Paul Morton, Commo-
| dore E. G. Benedict, Richard Watson
| Glider of New York. Prof. Paul Van
Dyke, Dean Andrew F. West. Prof.
John G. Hibben, Junius S. Morgan,
nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan. A. d.
Russell, Prof. Howard McLenahan
and Bayard Stockton of Princeton.
Services at Home
| The service at the house, which will
begin at o'clock, will be brief, after
which the cortege will be formed and
proceed to the cemetery down Bayard
lane to Nassau street. the principal
street in the village, thence up Van
deventer avenue to Wigg street. which
leads to the cemetery. highway along
which cluster many historic memo
ries.
Only those invited to the funeral
and a few newspaper men will be per-
mitted to enter the cemetery, which
will be guarded by mounted troops and
members Of the national guard of New
Jersey.
| The simple Presbyterian service will
| be said at the grave, the casket low
cred into the ground and one OF the
countrys most distinguished citizens
will have become but memory.
| President Roosevelt, Governor Fort
of New Jersey, Governor Hughes OF
New York, Governor Hoke Smith of
Georgia, members of President Cleve-
lands cabinet and other notable citi-
zens are expected to attend.
President Roosevelt will arrive on a
special train from Oyster bay tomor-
| row at 4.ou ID. III. I10 Will NO liiCL dt
the station by Governor Fort and they
will drive direct to the Cleveland
home.
After the ceremonies the president
| will leave Princeton at once in his
private car Signet. Although the adj
mittance to the Cleveland home and
the cemetery is to be limited to per-
| sonal friends of the family, thous-
ands of people are expected in Prince
ton tomorrow, attracted by the pres
ence Of President Roosevelt and other
distinguished personages and TO wit
ness the Cleveland procession.
Princeton's police force consists OF
only a few men and the precaution of
safeguarding President Roosevelt, of
maintaining order and keeping the
/ thoroughfares cleared became a seri-
Gus problem with the city authorities.
Mayor Robinson decided to call on
| Trenton for police assistance and TO
rope off the thoroughfares from the
Cleveland house to the cemetery, but
the utter inadequacy of a score of po-
licemen to handle a crowd of several
thousand people and to keep the ceme-
tery free from intruders became at
once apparent.
State Troops rendered
Governor Fort, through Assistant
| Adiutant General Frederick Gilkeyson,
| rendered to Mrs. Cleveland the state
troops for a. military funeral. but the
tender was declined, Mrs. Cleveland's $
expressed wishes being that nothing
of a military nature should have rqrs
in her husbands obesequies.
Mayor Robinson, however. pointed
out to those in charge of the funeral
arrangements that the desire of the
| curious thousands to witness the burial
of Mr.. Cleveland at close range might
cause them to sweep aside the few
police available as guards and cause
a scene of confusion, at least at the
grave.
When the situation was presented to
Mrs. Cleveland and the necessity for
guarding President Roosevelt against
possible harm was pointed to her she
| finally consented to the presence OF
troops to assist in policing the city.
Late this afternoon Colonel Giikeyson
| came here from Trenton. and with
Mayor Robinson held a long consulta-
tion with those in charge of the funeral
at the Cleveland home.
Following the conference 1t was
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