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ton to the effect that flags in tn
city of Washington be placed at half
!. mast in respect TO the memory of tn
late Mr.. Cleveland and that all nava
and military honors be observed.
Grover Cleveland. twice President O
| the United states, was intimately con
| nected with the history of Hawaii a
the time when history was in the max.
ing in these islands, Commissioner
Blount having come here under direct
orders from President Cleveland tc
| investigate political conditions and as.
| certain the actual facts in connection
| with the landing of American troops
| from the cruiser Boston at the time
/ of the deposition of Queen LiliuokaIani
| in 1898 The result OF Commissioners
| Blount's visit was the hauling down OF
| the American flag, the withdrawal OF
the American protectorate established
| by Minister Plenipotentiary Stevens
and an order that the American troops
who had, as alleged, helped in the de-
| position of the Queen should assist in
| her restoration to the throne.
The Provisional Government, under
Sanford B. Dole. its President, made a
show of resisting the landing of the
troops by force. but the action of the
Queen herself, in refusing to promise
clemency to the leaders of the revolu-
ton, brought about a delay in the res
toration and a dropping of her claim
by the American Government.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE EX-PRESI-
DENT
Born in Caldwell. Essex County, ".
j., March Is, 1887, the son of Rev.
Richard Falley and Ann (NeaD Cleve-
land. Family removed to Onondaga
County, New York, in 1871. Attended
village school and clerked in store.
Teacher in institute for the blind, New
York, for one year. LID, Princeton,
1897. Married June 2, 1856, to Frances
Folsom, during his first administration
as President.
Went to Buffalo, 1855, became clerk
in law offices of Rogers, Bowen &
Rogers, 1855, and was admitted to bar
in 1859. Assistant District Attorney
for Erie County, 1866. Sheriff Erie
County, 1908. Established law prac-
tise and in 1881 was elected Mayor of
Buffalo.
His veto of extravagant appropriate
tions directed outside attention to him
and led to his nomination and election
as Governor of the State of New York
the following year.
In 1884 he was elected President of
the United States on the Democratic
ticket, over James G.. Blaine, Repub
lican, by a majority of 81 electoral
votes. He was the first and only DEM
ocrat to hold the office of President
since the war. He was again the
Democratic nominee in 1888, but was
defeated by Benz. Harrison, Republic
can. He returned to his law practise,
opening offices in New York city. In
1892 he was again elected President on
the Democratic ticket, defeating Pres
ident Harrison. In 1896, the Demo-
cratic party having declared for silver
in its national platform, Mr.. Cleveland
withheld his support from the ticket
and platform. This was the first
Bryan campaign.
After his second retirement from the
White House he took up his residence
in Princeton. n. j. He was elected a
holding a majority of stock OF
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States in June, 1905. He
has been chairman of the Association
of Life Insurance Presidents since
January, 1907. Member executive COM
mittee National Civic Federation. |
Member American Philosophical So |
ciety and American Historical Assoc |
citation. Trustee Princeton University. |
Cleveland's first message to Congress
recommended a reduction of the tariff |
and extension of the civil service re- !
form regulation of presidential success |
sion, and the settlement of the fish
cries dispute with Great Britain. His |
from non-political office were |
less sweeping than those since Pres
ident Jackson; of 9S7 bills passed by |
Congress up to August, 1886, he vetoed |
102. chiefly private bills. He won a !
sharp contest with the Senate over sus- |
pensions and nominations; and devoted |!
his 1887 message entirely to the exist |
ing tariff, denouncing it as vicious and |
and demanding the |
abolition of duties on raw materials. |
When reelected in 1892, he took office |
in 1898 in the midst of threatening cur
rency and financial conditions. His in
augural speech declared that so far |
as the executive branch of the govern
ment can intervene, none of the pow
ers with which it is invested will be |
necessary to maintain our national |
credit or avert financial disaster" Ac-
cordingly he forced the repeal of the |
Sherman Silver Purchase Act, killed |
the bill for coming the seigniorage,
the treasury's gold reserve
by the successive issue of government |
bonds, and saved its credit throughout |
the world, despite furious opposition
far .af = %J,e,t
Republican party favoring the free |
coinage of silver. He repudiated the
Hawaiian annexation treaty made by
President Harrison, enforced the neu-
trality laws during the troubles in
Cuba, while firmly supporting Amer
lean interests there, and compelled |
Great Britain to arbitrate her dispute |
With Venezuela. During the Chicago
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