The Washington herald., 1908-07-06
Tribute Paid by Brazil.
,litor The wa.hlnEton Hcrald /.

Editor The Washington Herald
The Washington Herald Of June 2S, re-
ferring TO the worlds manifestations OF
sorrow At the death Of ex-President Cleve-
land. sets forth. in part. as follows;
Brazil beat them all. No other country
so signally honored Grover Cleveland
Not only did Brazil send the usual mes
sages Of sorrow to the State Department
at the time Of the death. but that all over
the world she ordered her flags displayed
at half-mast.
mo other country Joined the United
States in thus honoring the dead Ameri-
can"
Another tribute Of Brazil especially
beautiful and rare tribute was in drap-
ing Mr.. Clevelands picture hanging in hel
department OF state The Brazilian Am
bassador at Washington. being directed
by his government to attend the funera
with the staff embassy, having TO sub
nit 10 Mrs Clevelands wishes for a
strictly private funeral. telegraphed tc
Mrs. Cleveland and her family the deer
coincidence Of the Brazilian nation. OF
President Penna and Baron Dl Rio Bran
co, minister for foreign affairs. and the
national one" in the wagon-loads OF
flowers reaching the Cleveland home was
a floral piece from Baron Rio Branco.
tied with green and yellow ribbon six
inches wide. on which was inscribed
Homage Of Baron Rio Branco on behalf
Of Brazil"
One OF the most interesting honors paid
Mr.. Cleveland's memory was by the
Dutch government of the little island OF
Curacao. At Willemstad, Curacao. by or
der Of the governor. In memory of the
great President, the flags were put al
half-mast and every half hour through
out the day a gun was fired No other
country in the world so signalized him.
Venezuela, you looked to America. for
help In your dark days Of revolution for
independence and got II, and 10 Presl-
dent Cleveland. who saved you from
England's capaclous nav Where is your
gratitude? Curacao's tribute would well
have been your own. Alas. for your abb
solute Castro. the littlest President with
which ever country was burdened. and
your incivility But Venezuela. as bad
as is your case. and cold your heart anu
senses dead, Il is not quite so bad as
with civic Washington. Here IN the Cap
ital Of the nation, Venezuela. proud
Venezuela. and automatically uncivil
Castro. which may we'll take your heads
out of shame. be 1t known that the great
Presidents funeral and burial hour went
unnoticed. No bell tolled here in the
nations capital no deep-toned CUR
sounded the funeral hour and burial
no memorial services held. no grafton
had, or word IN meeting spoken in mem
ory Of Cleveland. Commercialism stalked
high and patriotism was dead Take
heart then, Venezuela, and, Castro. hold
Up your head a bit, for your silence was
not as uncivil as the nations and the
citizens silence here in Washington.
In Philadelphia. the Liberty Bell tolled
from Independence Hall. while the
chimes Of many churches and the bells
on all municipal buildings sounded the
hour OF the funeral and burial OF the
former Chief Magistrate. and the stock
exchange closed at / O'clock
In New York City, Mayor Mcclellan.
as a special tribute, requested that ali
church bells be tolled during the funeral
service. The stock exchange and all
other exchanges stopped business at /
O'Clock. The chamber of commerce ex-
tolls Cleveland's work and character in
resolutions. while the Society OF the
Friendly Sons of ST Patrick Of the CITY
Of New York In meeting honor his men,
ory by a set Of resolutions
In Chicago. memorial services were
held
In Texas and Virginia memorial serv-
ices were held and funeral orations made
during the former Presidents funeral
hour in honor Of the great Office he
held and the memory of the man.
Other cities and States paid tribute TO
the memory Of the former President
But here In Washington was no tribute
save silence-the silence OF forgetfulness.
The governor OF New Jersey, In his
proclamation among other things. closes
State. county, and municipal Offices at 12
o'clock, midday, Of funeral day. and
recommends that during the hour fixed
for the funeral services, all business, as
far as possible. be suspended. that the
people OF the State might take thought