Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-01

ps7 submitted to him. Of the bills dis. approved log related Co private pen. sion claims, but he took similar action on general pension bill.
 His action in the matter of public patronage brought him much unpopu' laritv. Many members of his party were irritated by his refusal 10 dismiss office holders whose places they sought, but whose services were regarded by him as necessary for the public wei fare. Iu other quarters great ehmor arose because of tho immense number of dismissals from the public service. The number of republican ohice holders cast ou, in two years exceeded i3,O00, and of these 10000 were fourth class po,tmastcrs. "Offensivc partisanship and "pernicious activity in politics. " were the reasons given for tho great ma jority of these removals. These terms proved to bc notable contribu. ,ions 10 the language of politics. Tne removals caused one of his most spirit ed auarrcls with the senate. The latter called for the papers giving fully the cause of dismissals. The president re- fused to send the papers and gave tho senators 10 understand that their only duty under the constitution was 10 act al, b;a ,n,,;patinns
 A tremendous storm of dcnuneiation vas caused by his proposal Co return to the south Confederate battlcdsgs cap turcd in the civil war. The opposition pointed out that he did not have con. s,itu,ional authority 10 return the flags and he was forced Co admit that the contention was correct The wedding of President Cleveland and Frances Folsom was celebrated at the White House June ., 1886. Three children survive him.
 Tn 1887 his famous "tarik for reve, nue only" message was sent tc con gross. IL had the effcc, of making. for q time. the tariff as q dominant issue in politics.
 The prcsden, was rcnominatcd by the democrats in 1888. \ noteworthy incident of the campaign was tne dis missal of the British minister. He had been trapped by republicans into writing a letter favorable 'O Cleveland. The latter, under pressure of his friends, requested the British govern. ment to recall the offending minister. The foreign minister demurrcd. Clcve- land retortcd by sending passports to Sir Lionel Sackvillc. West and thus driving him from the country.
 Cleveland was defeated in the clec. ton and he had crossed SO many men by his course in office that his enc mics confidently predicted taat he would not figure again as force in public affairs.
 The cx.president opened a law office in New York. He was successful both from n professional standpoint and fl nancially. IIc made it rule to ac. ecpt no rctainers from great corpora. tions.
 Two u,tcranccs by Cleveland during chis period of retirement strengthened the conviction of those who believed him to be out of public life for all I.. hot h. in terssts ncnaeed the welfare of the na- iion and he announced his unalterable opposition 10 the free coinage of sl- yer. The latter was thought to posi- lively put him out O; the race. Just to ciinch the matter, however, the ma chine democrats in New York called n state convention in February, 1892, and pledged the entire delegation to HiIi for president.
 |; proved that the politicians did not reflect the sentiments of the coun try Cleveland went into the national convention of 1892 without his own state and was nominated on the first ballst, receying 6lI ous of EDS votes.
 Ih y1ie elevtion he defeated Gen. liar. rison, and Ais second inauguration as president o~currcd in 1893. He pro cee.ied stroightway with an iwdepen dent course of action that added to his stock of uspcpuiarity. Re ordered down the American flag in Hawaii, and over the protest of the governor, he sent federal troops into Chicago to brc.k railroad strike. In order to maintain the gold reserve he called to his assistsnce q syndicate of Wall street men. He forced the repeal of tAs sherman net, which provided for the purchase of 4,5o0,00o ounces of silver n month. The latter action