Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-31

| tl7 ttiaier OF MS administrations. al
.no,,gh their Individual claims were oft
en- represented
Cookers scant Satisfaction.
One cf the characteristic episodes -
| the campaign of 1892 was C'leyela n8,s
| ihlervlew with Richard Croker. ii was
| arranged by William c. Whitney ond
iook place at Mr.. Whitney's CITY house
y was considered important BY Ciere-
iahd campaign managers that he should
| cphclilate Croker. and this meeting was
| looked upon as fitting time for the
eAehdhge OF promises. Cleveland CON
nsTslhteu TO the interview with reluctance.
! ne three men dined in a private room
az MT Nhitney's. After the coffee
| When both the eX-secretaFy and the Tam
many chief We're seeking an opportunity
/ 10 lead up diplomatically 20 political
| questions Cleveland suddenly laced Gro.
ker, squared his shoulders, aud launched
Oh ms own accord. into a fearful arraign-
meht OF fammany men and Tammany
| methods
Inc candidate rose from his chair, and
| lowered above the Tammany chief. who
SAT uumo with amaZement. while Cleve-
lahd, now thoroughly aroused, punctuat-
! ed his remarks with repeated blows on
me table. Croker attempted no reply,
| eontentlng himself with a declaration
tnat lie did not seek a quarrel, Nothing
4 ".
ana Croker found but scant satisfaction
IN Cleveland's declaration that past oc-
cuffences should not influence him in
the future
Among the interesting anecdotes illus
trative of Mr.. Cleveland's refusal to
give pledges of any sort, is that which
| describes an incident of the campaign of
1892. A literary friend of Mr.. Cleve-
land brought together as if by chance
the democratic nominee and a promi-
hent IrIsh-American contractor who was
supposed to have great influence with
the much coveted Irish vote" The in
teryiew was so managed that the two
men We're left alone in the literary mans
library for an hour. At the end of that
stories with each other like old friends
Wen. asked the host of the contrac-
| tor. after Mr.. Cleveland had left.
What do you think of him?"
Sire, replied the contractor, beam
ing all over. hes the greatest man
ever saw. He's a line mana grand
man. He wouldn't promise TO do wan
damned thing | asked him.
1t was said that the contractors in
tiuence was effectively exerted in behalf
of Mr.. Cleveland.
Certain of Bills Passage.
The repeal of the silyer-purchase
VI tht kclttIHldu dtt WAS dGGOlu-
plished by the President with the aid of
Republican votes, twenty-six Republican
senator's out of thirty-seyen voting for it.
Inc President was at once charged with
having purchased support for his repeal
measure by promises of patronage. At
least the President made sure of its
passage before the vote was taken, and
his assurance was exemplifed by a con-
versation he was reported to have had
with nf hic dacr,a
Why, Mr. President" this friend
complained, Senator -. whom / have
Just seen, says this bill won't pass till
hell freezes over"
Did the senator say that?'' replied
the President with a smile. Then please
say to him, with my compliments, that
hell will freeze over in exactly twenty
four hours"
And ON the following day the repeal
was carried
Another of Mr. Cleveland's remarks.
emphatic and somewhat briefer. illus
trates his known dislike of formalities in
custom. On one occasion during his Sec
ond administration, when the President
and Congress We're not on the best of
terms, committees of the Senate and
House visited him to tell him that Con-
gress had assembled When they were
ushered into his presence they found
him busily writing at his desk, which
was heaped high with books and manu-
scripts. He did not look up rs they filed
in, and they stood in line waiting during
an awkward interval. Finally, the
spokesman summoned up courage to in
terrupt.
Mr.. President" said he, Eve have the
honor to inform you that Congress is in
session, and awaits any communication
that you may desire to make to it,"
At the last word the President looked
up with scowl.
Damn Congressi" he said emphatical-
~, and resumed his writing. The COM
mittees filed silently out, but the Presi-
dent message was not conveyed to their
colleagues in his exact words.
Cleveland's Ego Map.
One of the most famous of the many
Cleveland cartoons was that known as
''Cleveland's Map of the United States, y
which appeared during the first year of
his second administration. Like a GER
tain other executive who occupied the
white houes at later date, Mr.. Cleye-
land was criticised for his frequent use
of the personal pronoun ~ in his Off
cial documents. and several of them were
reproduced in opposition newspapers
with all the us" in fulifaced type. Ov-
erwhelmed by the opportunities of Of
| flee seekers he at length issued one of
inc host cAti"o, uiiiaiy ViuSiS tndt SHVi
emanated from the white house, in which
he notified senators and representatives
| that henceforth she should decline all
personal interviews with those seeking
appointments to Office, except as | on my
own motion may especially invite them"
| This order gave point to the cartoon,
wherein the President was drawn so that
his figure conceded with outlines of the
United States, thus implying that the
country was identical with its chief ex-
| ecutive Underneath was written:
Ny country it's of Me,
OF Me | sing
The Venezuelan Message.
When President Cleveland, in the clos
! ing days of 1895, sent his Venezuelan
message to Congress, in which he de-
clared that in the event of Great Brit
| aims continued refusal to demand for
| - -. LII h, thu dut1. .nE tl.n